March 7 (Reuters) - Greece is close to regaining its
investment-grade credit rating in 2023, after 12 years of
relegation to junk status, the Financial Times reported on
Tuesday.
"We think that 2023 is the year will get the investment
grade," Greek central bank chief Yannis Stournaras said in an
interview with the paper, urging the country's next government
to maintain fiscal prudence.
Stournaras told FT he was "confident" that credit rating
agencies would upgrade Greek bonds within months should
lawmakers signal their intent to maintain reforms and take
advantage of a "window of opportunity" to significantly lower
the country's debt burden.
Greece is a step away from regaining its investment grade
rating, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in January,
adding he still believed it was "feasible" within 2023, after
elections.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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