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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Clever people, abetted by the rating agencies, set out to pass off poor credit as AAA, because they stood to make a lot of money.

受到评级机构煽动的聪明人，宣布要终止AAA差级信用，因为他们想要赚更多的钱。

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If its credit rating drops sharply, the banks have the right to revoke the loan—and Wyeth could walk off with a $4.5 billion break-up fee.

如果辉瑞的信用评级急剧下滑，银行有权收回贷款——惠氏公司则可以拿着45亿美元的协议终止费全身而退。

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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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If I were to measure the Facebook approval rating based off social media and comment sentiment it would be overwhelmingly negative (probably about 80-90 percent bad).

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Textron shares took off after Credit Suisse raised its rating on a bright future.

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