Earlier this week, the other two major credit rating agencies, Fitch and Moody's, reaffirmed their versions of AAA ratings after the end of the debt ceiling fight.

在本周早些时候，其他两家主要信用评级机构惠誉和穆迪在债务上限争论结束后重新确认他们对美的3a评级。

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First of all, a six-month extension of the debt ceiling might not be enough to avoid a credit downgrade and the higher interest rates that all Americans would have to pay as a result.

首先，延长债务上限6个月可能不足以避免信用降级和所有的美国人因此将不得不支付的较高利率。

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Those Iowans may well be reacting to domestic news, such as the debt-ceiling crisis in late July or Standard & Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating.

那些爱荷华州的投资者们也许对国内的新闻反映迅速，譬如七月底的债务上限危机，或是标准普尔公司下调对美国主权信用评级。

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The earned income credit actually works as an arbitrary ceiling on earning power.

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But it is telling that even after the debt-ceiling debate and the credit-rating downgrade, global investors remain happy to buy American debt because they still see America as a haven in a troubled world.

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In the U.S., the fiscal cliff debacle promises to take its toll on markets, much like the debt ceiling debate which resulted in a credit rating downgrade and a massive risk asset correction last year.

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