The government has solicited credit ratings from two credit rating agencies: S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings. For long-term debt, they are AA+ (stable outlook) and AA+ (stable outlook), respectively. In addition, other credit rating angencies such as Scope Ratings and DBRS Morningstar provide unsolicited ratings.
Solicited credit ratings for central government debt
Calendar dates for credit rating announcements in 2021: | |
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5 March 2021 | S&P Global Ratings |
23 April 2021 | Fitch Ratings |
3 September 2021 | S&P Global Ratings |
22 October 2021 | Fitch Ratings |
The State Treasury publishes, as a general rule, the decisions and possible reports of the rating agencies on a Monday following the rating decision.
Credit rating agency | Short-term | Long-term | Reports | Press releases |
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S&P Global Ratings | A-1+ | AA+ (stable outlook) |
Research Update, 4 September 2020 (pdf) | Finland ‘AA+/A-1+’ Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable, 4 Sep-tember 2020 (Login required) |
Fitch Ratings | F1+ | AA+ (stable outlook) |
Full Rating Report, 3 November 2020 (pdf) Fitch Ratings Navigator, 4 November 2020 (ESG scores, pdf) |
Fitch Affirms Fin-land at ‘AA+’, Outlook Stable, 30 October 2020 |
Unsolicited credit ratings for central government debt
Credit rating agency | Short-term | Long-term | Press releases |
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Scope Ratings | S-1+ | AA+ (stable outlook) |
Scope has completed a monitoring review for the Republic of Finland, 26 June 2020 |
DBRS Morningstar | R-1 (high) (stable trend) |
AA (high) (stable trend) |
DBRS Morningstar Confirms Republic of Finland at AA (high), Stable Trend, 6 November 2020 |