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Fitch Reaffirms BBB+ For Malaysia

Kathleen Chen, Associate Director of Asia-Pacific Sovereigns, Fitch Ratings

19-Dec-24 07:30

Fitch Reaffirms BBB+ For Malaysia

International ratings agency, Fitch has reaffirmed Malaysia’s long term currency issuer default rating at BBB+ with a stable outlook. We speak to Kathleen Chen, Associate Director Fitch Ratings’ Asia-Pacific Sovereigns who is also the primary Sovereign analyst for Malaysia as to the reasons for this and what is required for us to achieve an upgrade.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar


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Tags:  fitch ratingssovereign credit ratingmalaysia economic performance





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