MUMBAI, May 19: US-based Duff and Phelps Credit Rating Company (DCR) has expressed concern regarding the impact of the US economic sanctions on India's credit rating.Currently, DCR is monitoring recent developments in India and assessing the direct and indirect balance of payment effects of the US sanctions. "It is also assessing the political and budgetary implications of heightened security concern in the south Asian region," stated a DCR release.
DCR's current rating of India's foreign currency sovereign obligation is -BBB, and +BBB for its local currency obligation. "The outlook on both the ratings is currently stable," it said.
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