What's really more likely to happen is that if these bond insurers get down-graded by the rating agencies from their triple-A rating, that would cause all the holders of the bonds to also have down-grades, which would mean yet more billions of write-offs, yet more losses, yet more problems for the stock market and yet more ripple effect on the rest of the economy.
Ms Barton puts the improvement in grades down to "hard work" and an improvement in teaching.
He does, however, favour breaking down rigid job grades, which currently encourage talented civil servants to continually move to new posts to secure promotion.
Scroll down for Forbes grades for 950 funds that buy U.S. stocks and have been around for at least two market cycles (since August 2000).
Look, instead, at our up- and down-market grades, and you have to confront the fact that a bull market doesn't last forever and that you may not have the stamina to survive a bear one.
Over recent years, critics have said A-levels are being "dumbed down", with grades continuing to rise.
And in practice, the insertion of a new grade will mean that it will devalue grades lower down the scale.
Since 2003, the gold grades have gone down by approximately 27%.
They will say that between January and June 2012 it was decided that too many students were going to get a C grade or better in GCSE English, so a decision was taken to push up grade boundaries for the exams marked in June to bring down the numbers of good grades for the year as a whole.
While Moody's hasn't said whether and to what degree it will cut various banks' ratings, officials at multiple top European banks said they expect their grades to be knocked down at least one notch.
You studied hard, kept your head down, and did a good job, and you were rewarded with good grades, strong test scores, and admission to the right schools.
Ofqual, which regulates exams in England and vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland, says teenagers have been let down by an exams system where teachers are under intense pressure to achieve good grades.
BBC: GCSE English: Teachers' anger over generous marking claim
Funds that invest more conservatively get reverse grades: a low one in up markets and a good one in down markets.
Perhaps it would help us get better grades, land a better job, but it might also take us down a road we'd prefer not to travel.
Revenue hit a record high even though gold-mining output was down from the year-ago quarter due to factors such as mine sequencing and lower ore grades in certain mines.
Zatopkova put his ability to train and compete so ferociously down to his upbringing, taking up an apprenticeship at 14 after failing to make the academic grades to continue his studies.
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