(Updates with the marking of currencies in the second paragraph).
April 13 (Bloomberg) - local currency credit rating of China to Fitch Ratings cut on the concern that increase the indebtedness of companies and the household is a risk to public finance.Long-term Outlook default currency rating local transmitter China has been lowered to "negative" from "stable", Fitch said yesterday. The rating is currently AA-, he said. The long-term foreign currency rating is A + with a stable Outlook.China, major economy of the more rapid growth of the world with approximately 2.8 trillion of foreign currency reserves, has raised interest rates four times since October to fight inflation. Last month, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said that "exorbitant" home-price increases are main concerns as China seeks to rely more on the inside that requires foreign engine of economic growth.The negative Outlook reflected concerns about the scale of the passive sovereigns, "especially in the context of the increase in the assessments of real estate and inflation", Andrew Colquhoun, sovereign head of the Asia-Pacific of Fitch, said in the statement. "Fitch expects that sovereign support for the banking system will be necessary.".Loans to companies and households in China rose to about 140% of gross domestic product last year of 111% in 2008, Fitch said. The increase is linked to property lending and financing of local government, he said.Concerns of loan "concerns about the quality of a large part of this loan are compounded by the rapid increase of new channels of off-balance sheet of credit, the disclosure of which is extremely poor," the rating company said.Wen, during a visit of Eastern China's Zhejiang province, called on Governments to take responsibility for keeping of affordable housing and the stabilizing said consumer price is the highest priority, according to a statement on the website of the Government April 9 makers raised the minimum fund development for secondary residences buys this year that the Government has focused on measures to speculators, which mainly target houses in major cities. Shanghai and Chongqing imposed of taxes on residential properties and cities including Beijing and Guangzhou has imposed restrictions on housing purchases.-Editors: Jeffrey Donovan, Paul Panckhurst.
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