Moody's upgrades ukraine's sovereign rating to CAA3, outlook stable

Headlines via Reuters

  • Concurrently, Moody's affirmed the CA rating of the government's US $3 billion bond scheduled to mature on 20 December, 2015
  • Rating reflects progress in political and economic reform under the auspices of the imf-led programme
  • Upgrade sovereign rating of ukraine's government due to settlement of restructuring of $15bln in privately-held eurobonds issued by government
  • Stable outlook reflects current balance of risks, taking into account both the stronger external position