Sentence examples for a default rating from inspiring English sources

"Fitch would regard such a debt exchange or voluntary debt rollover as a default event and would lead to the assignment of a default rating to Greece," said Andrew Colquhoun, head of Asia-Pacific sovereign ratings with Fitch.

"Fitch would regard such a debt exchange or voluntary debt rollover as a default event and would lead to the assignment of a default rating to Greece," said Andrew Colquhoun, head of Asia-Pacific sovereign ratings with Fitch.The jury still seems to be out on this, however, with detailed arguments raging across the EU over how, when, and whether Greece would be deemed to be in default.

A default rating, even if the country makes its debt payments on time, may force some investors, like insurance companies, to sell Argentine bonds, pushing prices lower.

Some major credit agencies have said that even a voluntary restructuring of Argentina's debt would lead them to give the debt a default rating.

"Obviously one of the sticking points has been to try to get a lot of the technicalities right so that you don't get a default rating".

Some companies that have sold default insurance to investors may also face losses if Argentina has a default rating, said Peter Petas, a debt analyst at CreditSights, an independent credit research company.

Lending Club's top-rated three-year loans expect a default rate of around 1.4%, and the riskiest loans, offering rates as high as 25%, have a 9.8% default rate.

Lending Club’s top-rated three-year loans expect a default rate of around 1.4%, and the riskiest loans, offering rates as high as 25%, have a 9.8% default rate.

A default rate of 31% seems alarmingly high.

However hard they are to price, municipal bonds have a default rate under 1percentt.

The website is targeting a default rate of less than 1.5%.