BRIEF — Moody's Downgrades Mozambique's Foreign — Currency Ratings To Caa3, Maintains Stable Outlook

Sept 18 (Reuters) — Moody's: Moody's: Downgrades Mozambique's Foreign-currency Ratings To Caa3 And Affirms Local-currency Rating At Caa3; Maintains Stable Outlook Moody's: Mozambique's Downgrade Reflects Higher Risks That Government Restructures Private-sector Foreign-currency Debt, Including Eurobond Moody's: Negative Net External Financing And Rising Arrears Point To Severely Constrained Access To Foreign-currency Resources For Mozambique Moody's On Mozambique: Financing And Payment Pressures Previously Concentrated In Domestic Debt Market Have Spread To External Debt (Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com;)