Costa Rica

Fixed Interests

English - February 03, 2019 18:31 - 7 minutes - 6.97 MB
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Persistently high fiscal deficits leading to rising debt burden and high government financing needs has led Fitch to downgrade Costa Rica. Charles Seville, Head of North America Sovereigns, and Carlos Morales, Director, Sovereigns, discuss Costa Rica in more detail, exploring the reasons behind the downgrade and how this negative outlook may be resolved.