Defending itself against attack by the Treasury, S&P later issued a statement flatly rebuting the criticism, saying it "had no impact on the rating decision".

作为对财政部抨击的回应，标准普尔随后发布一份措辞平平的声明反击其批评称，“对评级决定没有影响”。

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Over the year to the end of October, only 2.9% of American junk bonds had defaulted, according to Standard &Poor’s (S&P), a rating agency.

根据评级机构标准普尔（标普），到10月底截至的过去一年中，美国垃圾债券的违约率只有2.9％。

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The U.K. 's important' triple-A 'credit rating looks safe for now.

英国重要的AAA信用评级目前看起来是安全的。

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By comparison, the president's approval rating was about forty-five percent after the congressional elections in November.

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The idea was that the --so he set up Moody's Rating Agency and the job of Moody's was to give letter grades to securities; it was a little bit like a bank, but it was different because he didn't actually make the loans.

主旨是... 因此他成立了穆迪评级机构,穆迪的工作就是用字母给证券评级,这有点像银行,但还是有区别,因为他并不发放贷款

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The first rating agency in the world was created by Mr. John Moody, in the U.S. In 1909.

世界上第一家信用评级机构,是约翰·穆迪先生,于1909年在美国创办的

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However, many analysts believe a fall in the UK's rating would have little effect.

BBC: Moody's rating agency places UK on negative outlook

Mr Cook added Jersey's rating meant it was still perceived very positively by others in the marketplace.

BBC: Jersey falls eight places in Global Finance Centres Index

As the incumbent prime minister, Ms Tymoshenko's rating has also been dented by Ukraine's severe economic crisis.

ECONOMIST: Ukraine's presidential election