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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jack Simpson

Ratings agency downgrades China debt outlook over economic uncertainty

Construction cranes at construction sites near office buildings of the main business district in Beijing, China
Buildings in the main business district in Beijing. Fitch forecasts that this year China’s general government deficit will rise to 7.1% of GDP, from 5.8% in 2023. Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

Fitch has downgraded the outlook on China’s debt as it warned of increased risks to the economy while the country moves away from its reliance on growth from the property sector.

On Wednesday the US-based agency said it had revised China’s sovereign credit rating from stable to negative, saying this reflected the “increasing risks to China’s public finance outlook” as the country “contends with more uncertain economic prospects”.

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