Dangerous denial on economic status | Negación peligrosa sobre el estatus económico

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Analyst on Moody’s report: Government’s denial is already dangerous for the country

The expert stated that the downgrade in sovereign debt rating is a “very low credit quality rating.”

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After the report from the rating agency Moody’s, which downgrades Bolivia’s credit rating from Caa1 to Caa3, economist Gabriel Espinoza stated that the government’s denial about the economy “is already dangerous for the country.”

The expert affirmed that the downgrade in sovereign debt rating is a “very low credit quality rating” because it alerts to an extremely high credit risk and a high probability of default.

“This downgrade comes at a time when the government was talking to investment banks to secure financing through instruments such as securitization. The government’s denial is already dangerous for the country,” he emphasized on his X account.

Meanwhile, the president of the Tarija College of Economists, Fernando Romero, also commented on Moody’s rating. He added that the economic situation in the country will face difficulties.

“Moody’s has lowered the rating, although it says we have some stability due to the credits,” he said while warning that the decline in reserves puts the financial system on shaky ground.

Romero pointed out that the government should review its policies instead of rejecting the rating agency’s report. Furthermore, he ensured that urgent measures should be taken to provide certainty and prevent the shortage of dollars from deepening, as well as to demonstrate solvency to continue paying Bolivia’s internal and external public debt.

The risk rating agency Moody’s, based in the United States, announced a downgrade in Bolivia’s credit rating from ‘Caa1’ to ‘Caa3.’

Moody’s attributes the downgrade to a series of governance issues and a persistent internal political conflict, which has resulted in a critical reduction in liquidity in the country.

While the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance rejected the agency’s low rating, with a stable outlook, because it does not consider economic policies that protect the country’s stability and economic growth.

The government emphasized that Moody’s report does not provide a comprehensive assessment of all factors influencing the Bolivian economy, limiting its analysis to foreign currency liquidity pressures, nor does it consider the specific actions taken by the government to address these issues.

/ANF/

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