10-28-2008, 03:45 PM
<b>Moodyâs cuts Pakistan rating to B3 from B2</b>
<b>LONDON : International rating agency, Moodyâs International has cut down Pakistan Bondsâ rating to B3 from B2.</b>
International rating agency, Moodyâs Internationalâs analyst, Aninda Mitra said that the persistently depleting foreign reserves, deficit in balance of payments and failing to arrange immediate assistance from the global monetary organizations were the basic reasons of the downgrading of Pakistanâs credit rating. He said that the suspense in IMF loans also negatively impacted Pakistanâs rating.
The analysts further said that Pakistan economy facing threats from the global recession too, while the country would also have to take measures for the recovery of its export proceeds in a bid to enhance its foreign exchange reserves. <b>It may be recalled that Moodyâs in September also had changed Pakistanâs outlook from stable to negative.</b>
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