S&P Global Ratings hiked Portugal’s credit rating one notch to BBB-, returning it to “investment-grade” status. Large institutional investors like pension funds may be required to abstain from buying bonds ranked below investment-grade. The ratings company boosted the country’s growth forecast to an annual 2% between 2017 and 2020. The rating change also reflects “solid progress [Portugal] has made in reducing its budget deficit.”
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