Pakistan: Moody’s downgrades long-term deposit ratings of five banks
Live MintPakistan's economic crisis has continued to get worse with each passing day. Now, the international rating agency company, Moody's Investors Service has reportedly downgraded the long-term deposit ratings of five Pakistani banks to Caa3 from Caa1. According to Moody's Investors Service, the five banks to be downgraded on deposit rating include Allied Bank Limited, Habib Bank Ltd, MCB Bank Limited, National Bank of Pakistan, and United Bank Ltd. In addition to downgrading their long-term deposit ratings, the global rating agency has also downgraded the five banks' long-term foreign currency Counterparty Risk Ratings to Caa3 from Caa1. Furthermore, Moody's has lowered the banks' Baseline Credit Assessments to Caa3 from Caa1, and as a result, also downgraded their local currency long-term CRRs to Caa2 from B3 and their long-term Counterparty Risk Assessments to Caa2 from B3.