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S&P Cuts Bahamas' Credit Rating, By Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York
Monday, January 04, 2010
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has cut the Bahamas’ long-term
sovereign credit rating by one notch to BBB+, or three notches into investment-grade
territory.
The report noted that the ratings outlook is stable as a result
of fiscal measures implemented by the government to mitigate increases in debt.
S&P further observed that the Bahamas had been vulnerable to the onset of the economic crisis due to its
dependence on taxes on international trade and transactions, which account for
more than 50% of tax revenue.
The report accredited the credit rating downgrade to falling revenues, expected
to deteriorate further during the current fiscal year, having fallen 9.2% in
the fiscal year ending June 2009.
"The downgrade reflects the Bahamas' weakened fiscal profile. Its debt
and deficits have increased. In addition, following three years of economic
contraction, the Bahamas' growth prospects beginning in 2011 are modest,” the report said.
According to the report, state debt has increased significantly to 30% of
GDP, from 22% of GDP in 2008, and is expected to increase to between 35% and 39%
by 2012.
The agency, however, did project that the economy would recover in 2011, with
growth of around 2% of GDP, following a contraction of 0.5% of GDP in 2010,
and 4% of GDP in 2009. In particular, S&P observed that
the territory’s economy would be bolstered by tourism from the United
States.
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