Last week we had Commonwealth Bank of Australia analysts warn that Australia is most likely to lose its AAA rating
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Westpac have provided their analysis, in brief saying that they are of the opinion that the next S&P sovereign rating review for Oz should maintain the Negative Outlook but not undertake a full downgrade. WPAC do concede though that "ratings decision will be "line ball" and dependent on a subjective view around the government's approach to fiscal repair."
- In the end, we think that the biggest influence on whether or not S&P choose to shift their rating will come down to whether they are confident that the current political considerations around fiscal repair are appropriate. If they were to take a similar stance to previous years, then a downgrade would be almost certain. However the postpandemic world is a different place. And focusing on achieving budget surpluses on too tight a time frame would, in our view, be counter-productive to the ultimate creditworthiness of the sovereign and the aim of the debt rating.
