BRASILIA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Brazil may earn the much-coveted investment-grade rating by Moody's Investors Service in coming weeks, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Wednesday.
Mantega, who spoke with Moody's executives recently, said the debt upgrade was likely to take place next month. Brazil already has an investment grade rating by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings.
'Moody's has given us signs it will promote us to investment grade, probably in September' Mantega told journalists outside the Finance Ministry.
(Reporting by Isabel Versiani, Writing by Elzio Barreto) Keywords: BRAZIL MOODYS (elzio.barreto@thomsonreuters.com; +55 11 5644-7725; Reuters Messaging: elzio.barreto.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Mantega, who spoke with Moody's executives recently, said the debt upgrade was likely to take place next month. Brazil already has an investment grade rating by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings.
'Moody's has given us signs it will promote us to investment grade, probably in September' Mantega told journalists outside the Finance Ministry.
(Reporting by Isabel Versiani, Writing by Elzio Barreto) Keywords: BRAZIL MOODYS (elzio.barreto@thomsonreuters.com; +55 11 5644-7725; Reuters Messaging: elzio.barreto.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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