CLAIRE BISSEKER: Ratings agencies weigh SA’s public finances and find them wanting
Sentiment takes another hit as S&P cuts SA’s ratings outlook to ‘negative’ amid a rapid worsening of the country’s debt profile
28 November 2019 - 03:00
Low growth and a growing debt burden are damaging SA’s public finances. Unless the government takes control of the deficit and embarks on sustained economic reform, the country’s debt is unlikely to stabilise.
This is the warning laid out in S&P Global Ratings’ latest review of SA. Released over the weekend, it affirms SA’s long-term foreign currency rating two notches deep into junk territory (BB), but cuts the outlook from "stable" to "negative"...
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