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- Fitch Affirms Canada's Ratings at 'AA+'; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings - New York - 14 Jun 2022: Fitch Ratings has...
- Fitch Affirms Canada's Ratings at 'AA+'; Outlook Stable
Jun 27, 2022 · Canada's positive net international investment position balances net external debt that exceeds the 'AA' median. Strong Economic Growth: Fitch Ratings expects firm Canadian economic growth of 3.8% in 2022, decelerating to 2.2% in 2023.
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Strong Credit Fundamentals:Canada's ratings reflect strong governance, high per capita income and a macroeconomic policy framework that has delivered steady growth and generally low inflation. These strengths are balanced by a high public debt burden, partially reflecting the pre-financing of future pension liabilities. Canada's positive net intern...
Fitch's proprietary SRM assigns Canada a score equivalent to a rating of 'AA-' on the Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LT FC) IDR scale. Fitch's sovereign rating committee adjusted the output from the SRM to arrive at the final LT FC IDR by applying its QO, relative to SRM data and output, as follows: --Public Finances: +1 notch, to reflect mitigants to...
International scale credit ratings of Sovereigns, Public Finance and Infrastructure issuers have a best-case rating upgrade scenario (defined as the 99th percentile of rating transitions, measured in a positive direction) of three notches over a three-year rating horizon; and a worst-case rating downgrade scenario (defined as the 99th percentile of...
Canada has an ESG Relevance Score of '5[+]' for Political Stability and Rights as the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) have the highest weight in Fitch's SRM and are therefore highly relevant to the rating and a key rating driver with a high weight. As Canada has a percentile rank above 50 for the respective Governance Indicator, this has a po...
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Fitch On: Canada is a curated compilation of Fitch Ratings’ in-depth research and commentary. This edition provides an overview of the macroeconomic outlook for Canada, as well as sector-specific reviews of Banks, Structured Finance and more.
Fitch Ratings is pleased to invite you to its Fitch On Canada 2022 Series 1 focused on Canadian infrastructure “renewables and other assets”. The event will be led by our senior Fitch analysts and they will review key sector trends and topics.
This year’s edition of Fitch’s annual credit outlook series explores these issues and more. Join us for our Credit Outlook North America, to see the year ahead in full color. For more information on this series please visit Credit Outlook Series 2022. BULLET 1.
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