Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has announced that it gives the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR)’s long term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings at “AA-”. The credit rating for the MSAR is based on its stable fiscal and external payment conditions, as well as the vast revenues arising from its tourism-oriented economy and its fiscal surplus.

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