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* Fitch says ecuador's downgrade reflects evidence of increased fiscal financing constraints amidst a steady deterioration of key metrics

17 Aug 2018 12:27:43 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says ecuador's outlook has been revised to stable from negative

17 Aug 2018 12:27:36 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says Ecuador is expected to enter a recession in 2h18 due to fiscal retrenchment underway

17 Aug 2018 12:23:49 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says ecuador's external liquidity is weak and heavily reliant on sovereign's external borrowing

17 Aug 2018 12:23:43 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says ecuador's interest burden has risen sharply & government's interest/ revenues are expected to approach 10% in 2020

17 Aug 2018 12:23:36 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says ecuador's large fiscal deficits and increased reliance on expensive market debt have led to rapidly rising debt and interest burdens

17 Aug 2018 12:23:24 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says assigned Ecuador a 'b-' long-term local-currency idr/stable outlook & a 'b' short-term local-currency IDR

17 Aug 2018 12:23:18 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says downgraded ecuador's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (idr) to 'b-' from 'b'

17 Aug 2018 12:23:12 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch downgrades ecuador's rating to 'b-'; outlook revised to stable

17 Aug 2018 12:22:59 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch downgrades ecuador's rating to 'b-'; outlook revised to stable

17 Aug 2018 12:22:40 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* U.S. state dept has raised about $300 mln from coalition partners for areas freed from islamic state in northeast Syria -statement

17 Aug 2018 11:51:11 By FxWire Pro - Geo Politics

* U.S. state dept will redirect the funds to support 'other key foreign policy priorities'

17 Aug 2018 11:49:44 By FxWire Pro - Geo Politics

* U.S. to redirect about $230 mln in stabilization funds for Syria -state dept

17 Aug 2018 11:49:13 By FxWire Pro - Geo Politics

* Fitch says absence of "orthodox" monetary policy response to lira's fall, "rhetoric" of Turkish authorities increased difficulty of restoring stability

17 Aug 2018 11:43:56 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says abrupt tightening in turkey's financial conditions will sharpen slowdown in GDP growth already under way

17 Aug 2018 11:42:29 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says abrupt tightening in turkey's financial conditions will sharpen slowdown in GDP growth already under way

17 Aug 2018 11:42:23 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says evidence of "genuine" commitment to orthodox monetary policy from top of Turkish administration likely to be required to restore lasting market confidence

17 Aug 2018 11:42:16 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says "an ad hoc and incomplete policy response" cannot fully address the underlying causes of the Turkish lira's fall

17 Aug 2018 11:42:04 By FxWire Pro - Ratings

* Fitch says bilateral support such as that pledged by Qatar unlikely to meet turkey's external financing requirements without sustainable policy adjustment

17 Aug 2018 11:42:04 By FxWire Pro - Ratings