Some experts credit the warning with keeping the outbreak of bacterial poisoning from becoming much worse.
Case in point: Meridith Whitney, who is given both credit for warning in 2007 of the collapse of Citigroup, and blame for predicting in 2010 that numerous municipalities would be in bankruptcy by now.
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"This was supposed to be the silver bullet that was going to end welfare dependency, but now the policy is spinning out of control and world-respected organisations are joining the chorus warning Universal Credit simply won't be fit for purpose, " he said.
And you can forget about using credit agency ratings as a warning beacon for widening spreads.
Yet, we have reason to believe that changes in credit markets are an early warning sign for an NGDP heat-up.
Applying for new credit temporarily lowers your credit score, and having too much available credit is also considered a warning sign.
Or it knows you are a compulsive shopper: it can flash a warning on your credit card balance as you consider another purchase.
The comments from senior French figures followed a recent warning from US credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's that France could lose its triple-A credit rating over the eurozone crisis.
The top three credit ratings agencies have been warning of debt in both the UK and the US since late 2008, when both governments radically increased spending to keep their economies from falling deeper into the blackhole left by the credit crisis.
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On July 17th, Moody's, a credit-rating agency, gave warning that it was considering downgrading South Africa's sovereign debt to sub-investment grade, a move that would deter much-needed foreign investment.
This market, which is an early-warning system for global credit defaults, has been growing at a 50% annualized rate without the proper infrastructure to ensure against the potential risk of a nasty and disorderly shock.
The Bank of England, the OECD, the IMF and credit-rating agencies have all given warning that such deficits are unsustainable.
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France has been given a warning over its top AAA credit rating by Moody's, one of the main rating agencies.
The need for that was reinforced this week by a warning from Fitch, a credit-rating agency, that Britain was the big economy most at risk of losing its prized triple-A status as a sovereign borrower.
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Two international ratings agencies have downgraded the country's credit grade from the top level AAA, warning about the government's fiscal policies.
The time has come to protect consumers from credit card companies that jacked up rates without warning. (Applause.) We signed the strongest consumer financial protection in history.
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The Mint has added a warning to its Web site that credit-card companies could consider the purchases cash-equivalent transactions not eligible for miles, and Mint officials plan to contact credit-card issuers "to try to implement a solution, " he says.
The reasons given by Standard and Poor's for warning that it may downgrade the credit ratings of all but one of the eurozone's member governments - the exception being Greece, which already has an exceptionally low junk rating - are in a sense uncontroversial.
Chancellor George Osborne has defended continued spending cuts following a warning that the country's top credit rating may be downgraded.
He certainly deserves credit for being ahead of the curve, in warning of commodity inflation around the turn of the century, the dangers of the housing bubble and the dangers of excessive sovereign debt.
Which is why Morgan Stanley, the investment bank, has been warning about the emergence of a new credit crunch for southern European banks - which in turn could infect and undermine the ability of northern European banks to borrow.
The credit was also available in 2010, and a nervous IRS is now warning taxpayers they must complete Schedule M on their 1040s (or the worksheet for line 8 on the back of the 1040-EZ) to make sure they got the proper amount of credit in their paychecks.
Unfortunately, the Bush Administration chose to ignore this warning when it decided to reopen the U.S. official credit window for Moscow.
Last week, the agency sent letters warning three marketers of mobile apps that provide background checks that they might be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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