LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - S&P Global completed the list
of top credit rating agencies to warn that an "unprecedented"
U.S. withdrawal from the World Bank and other top multilateral
lenders would damage their prized triple-A credit ratings.
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order last week
for a six-month review of U.S. support to all international
intergovernmental organisations to decide whether it should
withdraw from them, or seek their reform.
S&P said the current triple-A ratings of the World Bank and
other top development banks assume the U.S. remaining in place.
Therefore, if Washington were to "limit" its support, any rating
change that came as a result of that was likely to be
"negative".
S&P's top MDB analyst Alexander Ekbom added that it would
ultimately depend on the impact on the individual institution's
capital and whether other major shareholders filled the void
that would be left.
"Should the U.S. leave, which would be unprecedented, it is
difficult to predict how any reallocation would be ironed out,"
he said.