On Oct. 25, 2024, we revised our outlook on the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to negative from stable. We align our ratings on government-related entities (GREs) NRW.BANK and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA) with our ratings on NRW because, in our opinion, they enjoy an almost certain likelihood of extraordinary government support. Consequently, we revised our outlook on NRW.BANK and EAA to negative from stable and affirmed our 'AA/A-1+' ratings on both entities. The negative outlook reflects that on NRW. FRANKFURT (S&P Global Ratings) Oct. 29, 2024--S&P Global Ratings today revised its outlook on Germany-based NRW.BANK and EAA to negative from stable. We affirmed our 'AA/A-1+' long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on both entities. The outlook revisions follow a