American Enterprise Institute scholar Kevin Hassett says a debt rating change could set off a downward economic spiral for the United States.

美国企业研究所的学者哈瑟尔特说，债信评估等级的改变，可能导致美国经济螺旋式的衰退。

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Tristan Cooper of Moody’s, a rating agency, says many sheikhs fear the social consequences of too many local staff being laid off as a result of consolidation.

Moody的评级机构Tristan Cooper说很多酋长担心因合并重组导致地方裁员引发社会问题。

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The anti-Keynesians point out that bond market sell-offs are seldom gradual. All it takes is one piece of bad news – a credit rating downgrade, for example – to trigger a sell-off.

反凯恩斯主义者反唇相讥——债券市场的下跌很少是渐进式的，往往一个坏消息就能触发一轮大跌，比如信用评级下调。

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The banking sector was also slightly higher elsewhere, shaking off credit-rating downgrades on 15 major financial firms from Moody's.

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The second-most popular tool featured in the retail apps, a contact form, also underachieved, as only 45% of apps with such an option earned a majority of rating above the cut-off of three stars.

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So far, it looks like most investors have shrugged off first-hand France losing its coveted triple A credit rating late Tuesday.

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