YEREVAN, March 21. / ARKA /. Fitch Ratings kept its AAA rating on U.S. debt and said the outlook for that rating is stable. The announcement stood in contrast to the change in its rating for Russia, which it reported had received a negative outlook, down from stable, on its BBB rating, Prime reported.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the United States of America’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘AAA’ with Stable Outlooks. The ratings on senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at ‘AAA’

Fitch said the US economy is large, rich and diverse, with GDP per capita (at purchasing power parity) and measures of human development above the ‘AAA’ median.

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Russia’s credit rating outlook was cut to negative from stable by Fitch Ratings, citing the potential impact on a slowing economy of Western sanctions imposed after its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region

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Fitch Ratings has affirmed The Netherlands’ Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDRs) at ‘AAA’, the agency reports. The Outlooks are Negative

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Fitch Ratings has assigned the Republic of Armenia’s potential upcoming USD-denominated notes an expected ‘BB-(EXP)’ rating, the press office of Fitch reports

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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Armenia’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘BB-‘ with a Stable Outlook. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at ‘BB’ and the Short-term rating at ‘B’

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Fitch Ratings has affirmed and withdrawn the ratings of Armenia’s CJSC ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank (ACBA), including its Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘BB-‘ with a Stable Outlook, the international rating agency’s press office reported on Thursday.

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