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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BA and AA are seeking anti-trust immunity because it will enable them to squeeze existing Heathrow-US competitors off key routes.

英航和美航追求反托拉斯豁免，因为这样的话它们就能够排挤掉从希斯罗到美国主要航线上的竞争对手。

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Dagong, which has maintained a pessimistic outlook on US fiscal policy, has been leading the charge to downgrade US debt over the last 12 months, lowering the US rating from AA to a + a year ago.

大公公司一直对美国的财政政策持悲观态度，在过去的12个月里主导了对美国的债务降级，并在一年前将美国评级从AA降级到A +。

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All three major credit rating agencies have threatened to reduce the US sovereign debt rating a notch to AA if the debt ceiling is not raised and if the US budget remains in deep deficit.

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It could lead to the loss of jobs, primarily, because as the US credit rating goes from AAA to AA which would be the most likely downgrade credit default swaps, or insurance on bonds, would increase for corporate bond issuers.

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