debt rating
Creditworthiness assessment grade
A debt rating is an assessment of a borrower's creditworthiness—their ability to repay loans.
Rating agencies like Moody's and Standard & Poor's assign grades to governments, corporations, and financial instruments.
Higher ratings indicate lower risk of default: The company's debt rating was downgraded after quarterly losses.
Debt ratings affect borrowing costs, since lower-rated entities pay higher interest rates.
- credit scoreNumerical measure of borrower reliability
- downgradeReduce in status
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- junkWorthless discarded items
- junk bondLow-rated corporate debt
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- credit ratingsAAA, AA, A, BBB, B
- sovereign lendingbailouts, loan guarantees, emergency loans, loan agreements, loan terms
- sovereign debtgovernment bonds, treasury notes, T-bills, treasury bonds, gilt
debt ratingdefault
Preset standard option
bankruptcy · insolvency · AAA rating · investment grade · creditworthy
debt ratingearnings report
Statement of company profits
net worth · cash flow analysis · income level · profit margin
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