{"id":608146,"date":"2026-04-26T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:56:15","slug":"greeces-long-term-sovereign-credit-rating-reaffirmed-by-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608146\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece\u2019s Long-Term Sovereign Credit Rating Reaffirmed by S&#038;P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/euro-coins-credit-wikimedia-commons-avij-public-domain.jpg\" alt=\"Euro coins Greece\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Greek economy remains at \u2018BBB\u2019 with a stable outlook, one notch above investment grade, according to the latest report by S&amp;P. Credit: Wikimedia Commons \/ Avij \/ Public Domain<\/p>\n<p>S&amp;P Global Ratings reaffirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/greece\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greece<\/a>\u2019s long-term sovereign credit rating on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s creditworthiness was graded by S&amp;P at \u201cBBB\u201d with a stable outlook, one notch above investment grade. S&amp;P noted that it conducted its semi-annual assessment based on the latest data without publishing a new report.<\/p>\n<p>The agency had upgraded Greece to investment grade in April 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/2025\/11\/15\/fitch-ratings-upgrade-greece-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fitch<\/a>, DBRS, and Scope rate Greece at the same level as S&amp;P, whereas <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/2026\/03\/14\/greece-moodys-upgrade-investment-grade-baa3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moody\u2019s<\/a> rates it one notch lower at Baa3, AMNA reports.<\/p>\n<p>Moody\u2019s recent upgrade of Greece\u2019s credit rating<\/p>\n<p>In March, global ratings agency Moody\u2019s upgraded the Government of Greece\u2019s long-term issuer rating from Ba1 to Baa3, shifting the country\u2019s economic outlook from positive to stable.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade signaled growing international confidence in Greece\u2019s economy, driven by faster-than-expected improvements in public finances, robust institutional reforms, and a stabilizing political environment. According to the agency, Greece\u2019s sovereign credit profile now demonstrates heightened resilience to potential future economic shocks.<\/p>\n<p>A primary driver behind the upgrade was the significant reduction in Greece\u2019s national debt; the country\u2019s debt-to-GDP ratio plummeted by roughly 50 percentage points since its 2020 peak. Moody\u2019s estimates the ratio stood at 156.1 percent at the end of 2024 and projects a further decline to 140.6 percent by late 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The health of Greece\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/2026\/04\/18\/greek-banks-thrive-while-workers-struggle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">banking sector<\/a> also factored heavily into the decision. While Greek banks are generating strong organic capital and improving profitability, Moody\u2019s noted that the sheer volume of NPLs now held by credit servicers remains a slight drag on broader economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greek economy remains at \u2018BBB\u2019 with a stable outlook, one notch above investment grade, according to the latest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,58008,101,264236,264237,199215,153939,7834],"class_list":{"0":"post-608146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-credit-rating","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-greece-economy-2026","12":"tag-greek-banking-sector","13":"tag-greek-news","14":"tag-investment-grade","15":"tag-sp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}