S&P pushes Argentina's local currency rating deeper into junk territory

Reuters

Published Nov 16, 2022 04:50PM ET

(Reuters) - Ratings agency S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) on Wednesday cut Argentina's long-term local currency sovereign credit rating by two notches to "CCC-" from "CCC+" to reflect increased vulnerabilities over the next six months given the concentration in the peso-debt profile.

Argentina had conducted a local debt exchange last week offering the same dual bonds as in August 2022 to lessen peso-dominated maturities over the remainder of the year, S&P said.