Debt: Fitch maintains both France's "AA-" rating and a stable outlook

2023-10-27T21:27:45.094Z

Highlights: Fitch has maintained France's debt rating at AA-, six months after downgrading it. The rating agency deplores the "high level of debt, which is a weak point in its rating" France can boast of having "a large, rich and diversified economy, strong and effective institutions and macro-financial stability (...) Its public finances, and in particular its high level ofdebt, are a strong point," the agency noted. The outlook is considered stable, according to a statement on Friday.

The rating agency deplores the "high level of debt, which is a weak point in its rating".