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S&P Global on Friday downgraded Senegal's long-term foreign currency rating, citing a precarious debt position that leaves the West African nation struggling to meet massive repayment obligations.

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Despite recent rainfall, the situation remains "precarious", it said.

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That will, of course, add significant uncertainty around assumptions of inflation’s trajectory in the coming months and make Fed policymakers’ rate policy decisions even more precarious.

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That will, of course, add significant uncertainty around assumptions of inflation’s trajectory in the coming months and make Fed policymakers’ rate policy decisions even more precarious.

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A power-sharing agreement allowed for the return of a precarious calm.

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