Borrowing funds is costly for countries with poor credit ratings.

对于信用评级较差的国家来说，借款成本高昂。

That is, if my credit rating is satisfactory.

只要我的信用评级令人满意，就是它啦。

Over the years, the Bull run would be tested in August 2011 by the U.S. Credit Rating downgrade.

这次牛市在2011年美国信用评级下调的考验。

The settlement pushes credit rating firms to be more proactive about fixing mistakes.

这份议要求信用评级机构更加积极地改正错误。

The lack of a pension fix has led to downgrades of Illinois credit ratings.

缺乏养金致使伊利诺斯州的信用评级遭下调。

What's the correlation between an ageing population and a lower credit rating?

人口龄化信用评级降低之间有什么关联？

The credit ratings agency added that the government's failure to deliver promised reforms could slow growth.

该信用评级机构称政府未能兑现所承诺的改革将会导致发展放缓。

Regulators in New York today announced a nation-wide settlement with credit rating agencies.

今天，纽约监管机构宣布与信用评级机构达成议，这一议将惠及全美。

Credit rating agencies working for the investment banks had told investors that the securities were safe.

为投资银行工作的信用评级机构告诉投资者，这些证券很安全。

Rating agency Moody's has placed six U. S. banks on review for potential credit rating downgrades.

评级机构穆迪已经将六家美国银行列入可能下调信用评级的观察名单。

My salary is pretty high and I've never had a problem with my credit rating in the past.

我的薪水很高，而且以前我的信用评级从来没有出过问题。

The White House criticised the law, saying it was " unfortunate" . Israel's credit rating was downgraded.

白宫批评这项法案，称其“不幸”。以色列的信用评级被下调。

So, Lauren, could this affect markets or the US credit rating?

所以劳伦，这会影响市场或美国的信用评级吗？

We could see a downgrade of US debt by the credit rating agencies.

我们可以看信用评级机构下调美国债务评级。

At the same time, credit ratings agencies were telling investors these mortgage backed-securities were safe investments.

与此同时，信用评级机构也在告诉投资者这些抵押贷款支持证券是安全投资。

Scheme-backed debt tends to boast a better credit rating than the airline issuing it.

常客计划背书的债券往往比发行它的航空公司拥有更好的信用评级。

Plus, we'll take a look at how ageing populations are causing government credit ratings to take a hit.

此外，我们将看看人口龄化是如何导致政府信用评级冲击的。

This includes eight small, northern members of the European Union (EU) with bad weather and good credit ratings.

该同盟包括八个欧盟（EU）北部小国，这些地方气候恶劣，但信用评级良好。

In the past two recessions, about a tenth of firms with credit ratings defaulted worldwide.

在过去两次经济衰退中，全球具有信用评级的公司中大约有十分之一的出现违约情况。

To assess clients, banks and insurers rely on credit ratings. These have plummeted as firms' cash flows have dwindled.

为评估客户，银行保险公司依赖信用评级。信用等级会随着公司现金流的减少而骤降。