sovereign credit rating

基本解释

Q: The Standard & Poor's has recently downgraded Italy's sovereign credit rating. What is China's comment?
問：近日標準普爾公司下調了意大利主權信用評級，中方有何評論？
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And S&P has lately been in the news for its decision this August to lower the United States' sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA+.
標準普爾最近還因宣佈將美國主權信用評級由AAA下調至AA+而処於風口浪尖。
David Beers, who heads Standard and Poor’s sovereign credit rating unit, says the United States has yet to demonstrate its capacity and commitment to change.
標普公司的國家債信評級單位負責人戴維德·比爾斯說，美國還需要拿出它改革的能力和承諾。

But it does get the company out from under the sovereign credit rating problem.
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Rating company Standard and Poor's raised the country's long-term sovereign credit rating from "stable" to "positive" last week, citing optimism about the government's ability to carry out structural changes.
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European authorities need to avoid a further sovereign credit rating downgrade of Greece, which would put it in default, as this would make Greek bonds no longer good enough to be held as collateral by the European Central Bank.
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