He also worries that the U.S.'s high level of unfunded future liabilities will be deleterious to its creditworthiness, making it more difficult to find buyers for its mounting debt.
Refinance.com then ranks a user's creditworthiness; if it is below an "A," the site suggests ways to improve the credit profile.
Amazon's shares fell by 19% in one day after a report criticised the firm's creditworthiness because it was likely to run out of cash.
The agency is reviewing 19 Japanese banks' financial strength, or ability to sustain themselves without government or other outside support, he said; the agency is not reassessing their creditworthiness, which it sees as stable "in view of the strong government support".
Credit scoring is a dependable assessment of a person's creditworthiness, since it is based on actual data.
PARIS — Under pressure from anxious lenders, the French government took steps on Wednesday to help reassure markets about its creditworthiness, announcing that it would raise the retirement age and increase income taxes on the rich to help rein in its budget deficit.
Failing to balance the books can be more damaging to the country's creditworthiness than letting it off its debts.
America dislikes the idea because it thinks the bank will not abide by high standards of creditworthiness and transparency; it also fears the institution will be a vehicle for Chinese influence.
And yet Platts wouldn't have any direct reason to worry about Lehman's creditworthiness, because all it does is collect prices and distribute the information to traders.
