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Fitch Rating: Asia Pacific Outlook

While the downgrade of Japanese debt by S&P last week garnered all the media attention, Fitch Ratings released their report on banks in the broader Asia Pacific region a couple of days ago. It issued a stable outlook for the most part but issued a cautionary note for banks in China and Vietnam. A good summary of the report is available on the GARP website here. Stay tuned for a post by a guest blogger comparing the Chinese and Vietnamese economies in the next few days.