Sentence examples for downgraded below from inspiring English sources

I suspect not — their bets on Italian and Spanish sovereign debt should have been downgraded below "A" many moons ago.

As a result, PG&E;'s bond rating was downgraded below junk bond status by Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday.

With Bolton gaining prominence, the U.N. ambassadorship may be downgraded below Cabinet level, making the lines of authority clearer.

And in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations the interests of automakers -- who have otherwise been a top priority and poster child for the Administration's manufacturing thrust -- have been downgraded below those of the banks.

Under the various swap agreements, if AIG were ever downgraded below certain levels, AIG had so many days to find a substitute swap counterparty, with a higher rating, to assume AIG's contractual obligations.

When a country's debt is downgraded below investment grade it is pushed out of an index, forcing passive investors to sell their holdings and crystallize hefty losses that could shrink when the immediate rush for the exit subsides.

It's been downgraded to a "below average" rating this year, due in part to suspension problems and other concerns that include the car's finicky extending door handles.

Credit ratings for nearly every newspaper company judged by the major ratings agencies have been downgraded well below investment grade.

If they are downgraded to below investment grade, or junk, the team may have to pay higher interest rates if it issues new debt.

In the past few weeks, Hungary has had its sovereign credit rating downgraded to below investment grade by Standard and Poor's and Moody's Investors Service.

The decisions mean that the county has only 90 days in which to fix its finances or see its bonds downgraded to below investment grade, or junk bond status, as it is often known.