据道琼斯7月27日消息,穆迪投资者服务公司称,阿联酋逐步取消燃料补贴的决定对其信用具有积极的作用,但是将只能部分弥补油价下跌对该国收入的影响。穆迪分析师表示:“对燃料价格采取放松管制的措施对阿联酋和阿布扎比的信用具有积极影响,因为在全球油价低迷周期中,这将支撑政府的财政。”报告称,尽管努力实施多元化战略,但是油气收入仍然占到2014年阿联酋合并后收入的75%,2015年阿联酋面临的财政赤字占到该国GDP的2.3%,这是自2010年以来首次出现财政赤字。而逐步取消燃料补贴将部分弥补低油价带来的负面影响。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
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UAE Fuel Subsidy Reform Partly Offsets Low Oil Price Impact
The decision by the United Arab Emirates to phase out fuel subsidies is credit positive but will only partly offset the impact of lower oil prices on the country's revenues, says Moody's Investors Service. "Fuel price deregulation measures....are credit positive for the UAE and Abu Dhabi because they will bolster government finances by the downturn in global oil prices," says the Moody's analyst. Notes that despite diversification efforts, hydrocarbon revenues still account for 75% of the U.A.E.'s consolidated revenues in 2014. Adds that in 2015, the U.A.E. faces a fiscal deficit of 2.3% of GDP, its first deficit since 2010. "Phasing out fuel subsidies will partly offset the negative effect of lower oil prices."