By Marcus Bensasson
The country’s long-term local currency debt was upgraded to Caa1 from Caa3, New York-based Moody’s said in a statement yesterday. The nation’s short-term debt rating is unaffected and remains not prime, or NP.
The significant improvement in fiscal position over the past year and the view that the government remains committed to fiscal consolidation underpin a forecast of a gradual decline in public debt, Moody’s said. The credit-rating company also cited gains in Greece’s economic outlook, based on both a cyclical recovery and the progress made in implementing structural reforms and rebalancing the economy, further supporting the downward trajectory of the public debt ratio.
Greece’s economy will grow this year for the first time in seven years, the European Commission predicts. The country received two rescue packages with pledges totaling 240 billion euros ($322 billion) from the euro area and the International Monetary Fund and underwent the biggest sovereign debt restructuring in history in 2012.
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