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Fitch revises Uruguay rating outlook to positive

Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:35am EDT

NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings on Monday revised its outlook for Uruguay's credit ratings to positive from stable, saying the country has shown great resilience to the impact of the global financial crisis.

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"Fitch believes that Uruguay's resilience to external economic shocks has increased as a result of greater exchange rate flexibility, rising international reserve levels, lower external financing needs and prudent measures that have strengthened the banking system," the ratings agency said in a statement.

Fitch rates Uruguay's foreign-currency bonds at BB-minus, or three notches below investment grade. (Reporting by Walter Brandimarte; Editing by Leslie Adler)



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