Sentence examples for downgrade as from inspiring English sources

B. Nielsen Yes, you can upgrade and downgrade as often as you like.

Greek debt received a ratings downgrade as early as 2004 – can anyone remember a French or German politician urging arms suppliers to be more cautious about selling on credit?

Spiro believes that French debt looks "more and more overvalued relative to fundamentals", and believes Moody's downgrade is belated, as: This is a "Chirac/Sarkozy downgrade" as much as a "Hollande" one.

As long as you buy before then, though, you'll be able to downgrade as long as you own the PC.

The last debt ceiling battle between Congress and Mr Obama ended in July 2011, after bringing the nation close to default and resulting in a credit rating downgrade as well as financial market turmoil.

Do we really want to risk another credit downgrade, as well as a stock market collapse, to use the debt ceiling to debate budget issues that are properly addressed elsewhere?

Hunt's move comes after an academic study savaged the statistics used by the DfE to justify its decision to downgrade AS-levels.

That would erode their capital, leaving them at risk of downgrades as well.

News organizations like Bloomberg, CNBC, Dow Jones and The New York Times routinely report on stock upgrades and downgrades as soon as they get their hands on the reports.

Since profits should rise in line with GDP over the long run, then forecasts for profits growth must be downgraded as well.

Four times as many companies have had their credit ratings downgraded as have had them improved, the worst such ratio since 1990, according to Moody's Investor Services.