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Belgium’s Credit Rating Cut by Fitch as Budget Concerns Linger

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Tackling public debt, driven by rising public spending and an ageing population, was touted as a priority by government

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The American rating agency Fitch has lowered its assessment of Belgium's creditworthiness from AA- to A+. Rating agency S&P did the same for the Brussels-Capital Region: it goes from A+ to A. This may result in it becoming more expensive for our country and for Brussels to borrow money.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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The rating agency Standard & Poor's communicates this Friday evening on the score of the Brussels Region, which could be further degraded. What will be the consequences? ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 - 19:36 Belgium and Brussels sanctioned by two rating agencies: it will be more difficult for them to borrow money By RTL info with Mathieu Col and Pascal Noriega Belgium and the Brussels Region are pointed out by two well-known rating agencies. Fitch and Standard & Poor, respectively, have revised their assessment downwards. In concrete terms, what does it change for Belgium? zen Reading For the Fitch agency, Belgium see…

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A+. That is the score that Belgium has to make do with now. That is how it was assessed by Fitch, which gave us AA- until Friday. What do these rating agencies actually do? Who works for them? And how big is their power?

·Belgium
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Fitch Ratings has downgraded Belgium's credit rating. The report comes from Fitch. The agency has downgraded Belgium's long-term foreign currency debt rating to A+ from AA-. The rating outlook is stable. Fitch justified its decision by the deterioration of public finances. "Belgium's fiscal position has structurally weakened in recent years and we expect a continued moderate increase in public debt relative to GDP," the agency said. According to…

·Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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La Libre broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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