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Fitch Credit Analysis: The Home Depot, Inc.


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 has published an updated credit analysis on The Home Depot, Inc. (HD), available on Fitch's web site www.fitchratings.com.

The publication of this report follows Fitch's two-notch downgrade yesterday of Home Depot's Issuer Default Rating (IDR IDR

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) to 'A+' from 'AA'. The Rating Outlook is Stable.

The rating action affects approximately $11 billion of senior notes and $1.5 billion of commercial paper outstanding. The report provides additional analysis of HD's rating and Outlook as well as updated financial data for the company.

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Date:Dec 14, 2006
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