The Netherlands kept its triple-A credit rating from Fitch, which said on Friday the decision reflected the country's strong underlying economic, institutional and credit fundamentals. The rating agency kept the outlook at negative, however, because of the Netherlands' weak economic growth prospects. Another rating agency, Standard & Poor's, stripped the Netherlands of its top-grade AAA rating in late November, also citing its low growth prospects. That left Germany , Luxembourg and Finland as the only members of the 17-nation euro zone with the coveted top rating from all three leading credit agencies. Moody's, which still rates the Netherlands triple-A with a negative outlook, will publish its next update on March 7. "The country's flexible, diversified, high value-added and competitive economy benefits from strong domestic institutions, a track record of sound budgetary management and historically broad public and political consensus in support of