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The bad news just keeps coming.

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                    [Title] => Fitch turns ‘negative’ on Philippines; credit downgrade possible
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Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Philippines’ outlook to negative from stable, signaling rising risks to the country’s credit profile even as it maintained the investment-grade “BBB” rating.

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