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?
问：近日标准普尔公司下调了意大利主权信用评级，中方有何评论？
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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+.
标准普尔最近还因宣布将美国主权信用评级由AAA下调至AA+而处于风口浪尖。
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.
标普公司的国家债信评级单位负责人戴维德·比尔斯说，美国还需要拿出它改革的能力和承诺。

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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