Investor confidence in a global economic recovery took a hit after international rating agency Standard &Poor's downgraded the US long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+.

国际等级机构标准普尔将美国长期信用等级由AAA降至AA+后，投资者对受此冲击的全球经济复苏仍然自信。

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S&P executives said five countries, including Canada, Sweden and Australia, managed to regain a AAA rating after falling to AA+, as the United States did last week.

标普公司的高级人员说，有五个国家的信用评级，曾经一度像美国上个星期一样由3A降到了2A上(+)，但是又能回升到3A。 这些国家包括加拿大、瑞典和澳大利亚。

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He was giving up 1.6% in yield, plus upside equity in a AAA-rated credit for the 'safe haven' of an ever-eroding AA-plus piece of government paper.

他放弃的不仅是1.6%的收益率，还有强生股票的AAA信用评级及日后的上升空间，而去购买所谓的“避险天堂”、信誉仍在不断丧失的AA+级的美国国债。

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Then, if you weren't quite Aaa, you were Aa and if you weren't quite Aa, you were A and then you could become Ba.

于是,如果你达不到AAA,你就会是AA,如果你达不到AA,你就会是A,再往下就有可能是BA

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