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Debt risk 'too high' for credit rating upgrade – S&P

One of the big three credit ratings agencies is holding New Zealand at double-A.

Nevil Gibson
Mon, 14 Aug 2017

A dependence on population growth and high household indebtedness are dampening New Zealand’s hope of a re-rating by one of the big three global credit agencies.

The head of sovereign risk at S&P Global Ratings, Craig Michaels, says these two factors weigh against restoring New Zealand’s

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Nevil Gibson
Mon, 14 Aug 2017
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