Fitch keeps its negative slant on UK credit rating

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Published Jun 02, 2023
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4 negative sentiments and 1 positive sentiment for Antony Blinken


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Antony Blinken

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6% nnRussia must also pay a share of Ukraine's reconstruction and be held accountable for launching its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, ..."
-14% Mr Blinken said that "a ceasefire that simply freezes current lines in place" - and allows Russian President Vladimir Putin "to consolidate control over ..."
-22% US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said there can be no ceasefire in the war in Ukraine unless it is part of a ..."
-28% Allowing Moscow to keep the one-fifth of Ukraine territory it has occupied would send the wrong message to Russia and to "other would-be aggressors ..."
-28% Allowing Moscow to keep the one-fifth of Ukraine territory it has occupied would send the wrong message to Russia and to "other would-be aggressors ..."
-40% "LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - Ratings agency Fitch on Friday stuck with its negative outlook for Britain's sovereign credit rating, citing a weak economy ..."

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30% : LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - Ratings agency Fitch on Friday stuck with its negative outlook for Britain's sovereign credit rating, citing a weak economy and lingering uncertainty around Brexit trade terms with the European Union.

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