BEIRUT- Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he had a "positive" feeling over a sovereign credit rating report expected later this week, although he had no information about it, Lebanese newspaper al-Joumhouria reported on Wednesday.

S&P is due to publish its review of Lebanon on Friday. Fitch Ratings is also expected to release a report soon, though it has not said when. An S&P spokeswoman said it does not comment on future ratings actions.

Asked about talk of a negative rating, al-Joumhouria cited Berri as telling visitors: "I do not know. I have a positive sense and impressions (and) reassurance, but in principle I don't have information".

Lebanon, saddled with one of the world's heaviest public debt burdens and blighted by years of low economic growth, is seeking to put its public finances on a sustainable path by implementing long-delayed economic reforms.

In separate comments about Lebanon's sovereign ratings, Berri told a group of MPs that "all the positive indications that happened may give Lebanon an extra opportunity for the sake of correcting the path".

The comments were relayed by MP Ali Bazzi after the meeting. He was referring to factors including the resumption of cabinet sessions that had been stalled by a political crisis.

Goldman Sachs, in an Aug. 16 week ahead note, said "the steady deterioration in Lebanon's FX liquidity position indicates a likely downgrade to CCC (by S&P), which would bring the ratings in line with those of Moody's".

Mounting worries about Lebanon's finances saw S&P put the country's B- rating on a negative outlook at the start of March.

In January, Moody's downgraded Lebanon's rating to Caa1.

(Reporting by Tom Perry and Laila Bassam in Beirut and Tom Arnold in London; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Hugh Lawson/William Maclean) ((thomas.perry@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: thomas.perry.reuters.com@reuters.net))