The note, which is the second highest level in the classification of the agency, is accompanied by a stable outlook, Fitch indicating that it has no a priori intention to lower over the medium term.
“ Our base scenario is that the UK remains in the EU, and projections reflect our assumption that ,” the agency said in a statement.
However, it warns that it will review its rating “ shortly after the referendum ” June 23 on membership of the EU in the event of a favorable vote in “ Brexit . ”
“ A vote to leave the EU would have a moderate negative effect on the solvency of the UK, affecting its medium-term growth and investment prospects, its external position and potentially the future of Scotland in it “explains the agency.
Fitch had already issued a similar warning late last year.
For now, Fitch considers that its rating is justified by “ the high-income, diversified and flexible ” of the country, which also benefits from a “ credible macroeconomic policy framework “and the status of sterling as an international reserve currency.
Another rating agency, Standard & amp; Poor’s had already confirmed his note late April “ AAA ” for the United Kingdom, however, matching a negative outlook and highlighting its concerns about the consequences of a possible exit from the country of EU.
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