Sentences with phrase «aaa debt rating»

Plus, the Australian economy is one of a select few large economies still with a AAA Debt rating.

Not exact matches

Japan has already lost its AAA status, and Fitch Ratings recently warned it might downgrade the country's sovereign debt if it issued more than the planned ¥ 44 trillion in bonds next year.

The ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top - notch «Aaa» credit rating Thursday, saying, «The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along with the US dollar's status as the preeminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging - related entitlement spending, higher debt - service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures.»

No ratings agencies are going to stick AAA labels on consumer debt where arrears and defaults are soaring.

Various quantitative - easing options focused on government bonds were shown to governors on Jan. 7 in Frankfurt, including buying only AAA - rated debt or bonds rated at least BBB minus, the euro - area central bank official said.

(April 2012) Just a few years ago, General Electric's (GE) debt was Aaa rated by Moody's.

S&P ratings agency issued a statement reaffirming US Treasury bond AAA credit rating, but they issued a negative outlook which means there's a 1 in 3 chance of lowering the debt rating in the next 2 years.

As an aside, those who believe that the province should simply «take back Translink» as a crown corporation (or similar) should understand that in practical accounting terms this would also involve taking on Translink's multibillion dollar debt (supported as it is by ridership fees, gas taxes, etc.), and that this would almost certainly immediately denigrate the province's AAA credit rating.

Achieving the coveted AAA rating is possible for those who issue debt, whether business or government, and doing so can make the difference in terms of financial stability and viability.

They wound up selling packages of very poor quality mortgages (sub-prime) called «collateralized debt obligations» (CDOs) and convinced the rating agencies (who were paid by Wall Street) to rate these «securitized mortgages» AAA.

In the middle of a showdown over the federal debt ceiling, Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time, from AAA to AA + with a negative outlook.

A standoff in August 2011 rattled financial markets and the political gridlock led the credit rating firm Standard & Poor's to downgrade its AAA rating of U.S. debt for the first time in history.

As if to emphasize this worry, in what Americans should regard as an astonishing development, Moody's this week issued a credit warning for the United States of America, stating that unless the United States reverses the current expansion of its national debt, it may place its Aaa credit - rating at risk.

Fitch — which placed the UK's AAA rating on «negative outlook» in March - frowned on the government's decision not to pursue what it called «additional consolidating measures» to ensure it met its debt pledge.

Chancellor George Osborne has insisted the Government was delivering on its commitment to tackle the UK's debt problem after ratings agency Moody's downgraded the country's AAA credit rating.

Since 2010, George Osborne has drastically missed his deficit target, lost the UK's AAA credit rating, increased public debt by trillions and made huge gambles on the tax revenues.

The Conference recognizes that the Congress enacted the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 provision prohibiting the combination of Federal guarantees with tax - exempt debt, because of concerns that such a double - subsidy could result in the creation of a «AAA» rated security superior to U.S. Treasury obligations.

In comparison, the U.S. government's Standard & Poor's debt rating is AA + and AAA by Moody's.

Investments are only made in the highest rated (AAA) Mortgage Backed Securities, U.S. Government agency debt or in Certificate of Deposits with highly rated banks and corporate credit unions (credit unions for credit unions).

«Many investors are interested in high credit quality bonds, but the supply of AAA - rated corporate debt in the U.S. is very limited,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.

Currently, our debt portfolio is invested in the highest credit quality assets encompassing securities issued by AAA rated companies and Government of India securities.

If I created a Collateralized Debt Obligation [CDO] out of similar instruments, with what would be light leverage of 15 times, and it had just two tranches — 94 % senior, 6 % junior, the senior obligations would get a AAA (probably), but the junior obligations would be rated BB or so — just my back - of - the - envelope guess, but consistent with my experience.

But for Constant proportion debt obligations [CPDOs], they were not rated BB but AAA, because the dynamic portfolio management would allow the structure to survive modest bear markets in credit.

Fitch now rates Japanese debt as an A, which is five full notches below the top AAA rating... and just a few notches short of actual non-investment-grade junk status.

The debt portfolio of the fund consists of high quality corporate bonds and G - secs with more than 80 % investment in AAA rated securities and rest in AA rated.

In debt it invests around 80 % in AAA rated securities and majority of rest in AA rated.

Corporate debt will become more expensive as well, specifically for the companies that do not sport the AAA rating.

In general, opaqueness, and high debt (even if it's rated AAA), is usually a recipe for disaster.

Standard & Poor's Financial Services assigns AAA sovereign rating to Canadian Government debts.

If company ABC (Rating: AAA) wanted to issue bonds at 5.00 % their competitor XYZ (Rating: AA) would have to pay a higher yield to attract the equivalent investment because of the perceived lesser quality of their debt.

THERE IS NO DISCERNIBLE DEFAULT FREQUENCY or frequency variation around any sovereign debt rated above A. Thus, S&P's own study shows no default variation differential between AAA & A.

The S&P report steps up the pressure on the government to get the federal deficit and debt under control before it loses its AAA rating.

Spreads on Illinois debt to MMD (Municipal Market Data, the yield curve of the highest rated, AAA / Aaa municipal bonds, as published by Thompson Reuters) have widenAAA / Aaa municipal bonds, as published by Thompson Reuters) have widenAaa municipal bonds, as published by Thompson Reuters) have widened.

S&P has a separate rating for US treasuries themselves, which remains AAA — which probably explains why money market funds which need a certain amount of AAA debt (by law) didn't all sell off holdings.

On January 17, 2008, Moody's placed the Aaa insurance financial strength ratings of MBIA Corp. and its insurance affiliates, the Aa2 ratings of MBIA Corp.'s $ 1.0 billion of 14 % fixed - to - floating rate surplus notes («Surplus Notes») issued on January 16, 2008, and the Aa3 ratings of the junior obligations of MBIA Corp. and the senior debt of MBIA Inc. on review for possible downgrade.

On February 26, 2008, Moody's affirmed the Aaa insurance financial strength ratings of MBIA Corp. and its insurance affiliates, the Aa2 ratings of MBIA Corp.'s Surplus Notes and the Aa3 ratings of the junior obligations of MBIA Corp. and the senior debt of MBIA Inc., with a negative rating outlook.

On February 25, 2008, S&P affirmed the AAA insurance financial strength ratings of MBIA Corp. and its insurance affiliates, the «AA -» rating of MBIA Inc.'s senior debt and the «AA» ratings of MBIA Corp.'s North Castle Custodial Trusts I - VIII, with a negative outlook.

On February 25, 2008, S&P affirmed the AAA insurance financial strength ratings of MBIA Corp. and its insurance affiliates, the «AA -» rating of MBIA Inc.'s senior debt and the «AA» ratings of MBIA Corp.'s North Castle Custodial Trust I - VIII, with a negative outlook.

AIG had a AAA credit rating, but its bonds frequently traded cheap to other AAA bonds because of the opacity of the financials of the firm (and among some bond managers, a growing sense that AIG had too much debt).

This strategy implies that he suspects that the major bond insurers have problems more severe than have been discounted by the equity and debt markets, and that their AAA bond ratings will remain under threat for some time.

As the debt spectacle continues in Washington, Moody's Investor Service renewed Canada's AAA credit rating on Thursday.

To assist in the evaluation of an issuer's creditworthiness, ratings agencies, such as Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's analyze a bond issuer's ability to meet its debt obligations, and issue ratings from «Aaa» or «AAA» for the most creditworthy issuers to «Ca», «C»,»D», «DDD», «DD» or»D» for those in defauAaa» or «AAA» for the most creditworthy issuers to «Ca», «C»,»D», «DDD», «DD» or»D» for those in defauAAA» for the most creditworthy issuers to «Ca», «C»,»D», «DDD», «DD» or»D» for those in default.