DBRS Assigns Short-Term Sovereign Ratings of R-1 (high) to Sweden, Stable Trend

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) has today assigned R-1 (high) short-term issuer ratings with a Stable trend to the local and foreign currency debt of the Kingdom of Sweden. The R-1 (high), Stable trend ratings are consistent with DBRS’s long-term issuer ratings on the local and foreign currency debt of AAA, Stable trend, as per DBRS’s rating scales.

Notes:
The principal applicable methodology is Rating Sovereign Governments, which can be found on our website under Methodologies. The principal applicable rating policies are Commercial Paper and Short-Term Debt, and Short-Term and Long-Term Rating Relationships, which can be found on our website under Rating Scales.

The sources of information used for this rating include the Swedish Ministry of Finance, Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish National Debt Office, Statistics Sweden, Eurostat, IMF and Haver Analytics. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality.

Ratings assigned by DBRS Ratings Limited are subject to EU regulations only.

Lead Analyst: Giacomo Barisone
Rating Committee Chair: Alan G. Reid
Initial Rating Date: 17 April 2012
Most Recent Rating Update: 17 April 2012

For additional information on this rating please refer to the linking document under Related Research.