Sentences with phrase «street bond rating agency»

In another sign of Connecticut's wobbly finances, a Wall Street bond rating agency has downgraded the state's bond rating for the third time in less than a week.

Last year, she made no secret of studying the potential for municipal bankruptcy, even when it scared Wall Street bond ratings agencies.

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He said the town was considered a creditworthy entity, found to be «investment grade» by Wall Street bond - rating agencies.

The new plan also offers a major bow to bondholders and Wall Street credit rating agencies, who might be worried that state bonds — with payments guaranteed by the state's income tax revenues — could face future payment issues if Albany is to rely less on income tax collections.

Wall Street rating agency Standard and Poor's Financial Services LLC raised Erie County's bond rating to A - from BBB +.

A Wall Street ratings agency downgraded the county's bond rating last month.

In his letter, Naughton noted that the Wall Street agency Standard & Poor's recently upgraded the county's bond rating outlook.

Here the Wall Street bond trading desks exploited another blind spot in the rating agencies» models.

«This rating charade created a Wall Street shell game constructed by the ratings agencies for the benefit of the bond insurers,» he said, adding that bond insurers profited from unnecessary premiums and interest paid by taxpayers.....