Public Finances Underpin Upgrade:The upgrade reflects the use of high oil revenues to pay down debt and spread its maturity, spending restraint reducing external risks, and an increase in Fitch’s oil price forecast. We project general government debt to fall to 36% of GDP in 2023 and stabilise at around 35% in 2024 and 2025, below the ‘BB’ peer median of 54%. This compares with our forecast of 45% of GDP in 2023 when we last upgraded Oman in August 2022.