Standard and Poor's, the credit rating agency, has cut its outlook for China's sovereign credit ratings from stable to negative.

评级机构标准普尔昨天宣布将中国的主权信用评级展望从稳定调整为负面。

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The first is that national bank bail-outs would increase state borrowing relative to GDP, which could raise question-marks over some sovereign credit ratings.

这会带来另一系列的复杂情况。第一个是国有银行纾困会增加国家负债在GDP中的比重，这可能会带来问题-标志着超过了主权信用评级。

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Of course, as the representative of China's largest debtor at a time of less-than-perfect sovereign credit ratings, Mr. Locke is likely to maintain a humble stance for the foreseeable future.

当然，在美国主权信用评级不够完美之时，身为中国最大债务国的代表，骆家辉可能会在可预见的将来保持谦逊的态度。

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Fitch Ratings announced it was downgrading sovereign credit ratings for five European nations: Italy, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, and Cyprus.

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BRUSSELS The European Commission is leaning toward proposing a ban on the issuing of sovereign credit ratings for countries in bailout talks, a top official said on Thursday.

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Then there is a debate on a European Union Committee report on Sovereign Credit Ratings - peers will ponder the findings of their the their Economic and Financial Affairs and International Trade EU Sub-Committee recently published report on those mysterious but all-powerful bodies, the credit ratings agencies.

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