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2017: credit ratings outlook never worse

Last week the Canadian rating agency DBRS cut Italy's sovereign credit rating to BBB (high) from A (low), a move that could raise borrowing costs for struggling Italian banks. As David Pollard reports, the number of countries at risk of having their credit ratings cut has never been higher.