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S&P Downgrades Belgium's Credit Rating as Second Cut in a Week
S&P has downgraded Belgium's credit rating, marking the second such action by a credit assessor within a week. The move comes as Belgium maintains the euro area's largest budget deficits. @business reported the developments amid ongoing fiscal concerns in the region.
Apr 24, 4:38 PM·1m read1 source
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S&P downgraded Belgium's credit rating, according to @business. The downgrade via S&P represents the second such action against Belgium by a credit assessor in a week. Belgium is running the euro area’s biggest budget deficits, as reported by @business.
This fiscal situation underlies the recent credit assessments. The unattributed details highlight the rapid succession of downgrades, with the S&P action following another within the same week.
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