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Moody's upgrades Dominican Republic credit ratings

Wed May 2, 2007 12:53pm EDT

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service upgraded on Tuesday the Dominican Republic's debt ratings saying the country posted a stronger-than-expected recovery from its banking and currency crisis in 2003.

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"Macroeconomic stability has been restored, and the country is experiencing above-trend growth with GDP increasing at an average annual rate of 10 percent during 2005 and 2006," Moody's analyst Mauro Leos said in a statement.

The ratings agency upgraded the Dominican Republic's foreign- and local-currency bond ratings to "B2" from "B3." The foreign-currency country ceiling was upgraded to "Ba3" from "B1." All ratings have a stable outlook.

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