Fitch downgrades France to AA+ from AAA

FXstreet.com (Córdoba) - Fitch Ratings has downgraded France to AA+ from AAA on Friday, keeping a stable outlook on the country's debt.

Fitch cited the high level of the French government indebtedness as one of the main reasons of the downgrade. Fitch expects France's general government debt to peak at 96% of GDP in 2014 and decline only gradually over the long term, remaining at 92% in 2017.

"The only 'AAA' country with a higher debt ratio is the U.S. (AAA/negative), which has exceptional financing flexibility and debt tolerance afforded by the preeminent global reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar," Fitch said in a statement.