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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BARACK OBAMA: "it does mean we don't have a problem." The fact is, we didn't need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction.

奥巴马：“这表明美国没有问题，事实是，我们并不需要评级机构告诉我们，我们必须用一种平衡、长期的手段来削减赤字。”

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That and an AA long-term-debt rating, as well as less reliance on volatile trading businesses than other banks, had enabled ING to withstand the financial storm better than other banks.

凭借这一点加上AA的长期债券评级，以及对波动性较高的交易业务的依赖程度低于其他银行，荷兰国际集团在这场金融风暴中的表现要好于其他银行。

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"It doesn't mean we don't have problem. The fact is,we didn't need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction.

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International ratings agencies say Thailand's credit rating is at risk unless long term political divisions are resolved.

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Fitch cut its long-term rating for Argentina by five notches to CC.

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Perhaps more importantly, its main operating subsidiary retains a long-term rating that would put it in the Championship rather than League One, although the short-term rating of this subsidiary has been downgraded by a notch, which the bank regards as of some significance.

BBC: Are any British banks still Premier League?

On Oct. 28 Moody's rating service tweaked the outlook to negative from stable on the A3 long-term issuer rating of Nomura Holdings because the Lehman purchase will edge up operating expenses.

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