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19 April 2024

Sovereign weakness may hurt companies

Sovereign weakness may hurt companies. (SUPPLIED)

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Corporate borrowers in Europe may be hurt by lower growth and could struggle to access funding because of weakness in sovereign credit quality. Governments are tightening fiscal and monetary policies by cutting spending and raising taxes to trim budget deficits and this could trigger a rise in company borrowing costs, said Moody's.