Sentence examples for its top rating from inspiring English sources

Late Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service sharpened attention on such an outcome by warning that it might cut its top rating for the United States.

AAA gives the resort five diamonds, its top rating, and it has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.

Fitch Ratings, which has already taken Ambac down a peg, said it does not believe the bond insurer will be able to regain its top rating until it is able to contain the exposure to the contagion of the subprime meltdown.

Fitch warned on Wednesday that the United States probably would not be able to maintain its top rating if it missed even a few bond payments.

But the heart of the rating firm's reasoning is that without decisive action, America will soon look measurably sicker in financial terms than other AAA-rated countries and it will be increasingly difficult to justify its top rating.

Last week, Moody's raised the possibility that it would downgrade Japan's credit rating yet again, having lowered it in November 1998 to Aa1, one level below its top rating.

Were a President Hollande to implement his 75% tax rate just when Britain has cut its top rate from 50% to 45%—it would send an untimely message abroad about the way France treats financial success, much as the 35-hour week tarnished the country's image for years.

Its top rate, at 35%, is among the world's highest.

In March, E*Trade Financial, based in New York, raised its top rate for checking to 3.25percentt from 0.8percentt.

Yet while economic pressures may persuade some governments to target their richer citizens, Britain plans to drop its top rate of income tax from 50% to 45% in April 2013 and Greece has not raised its top rate since 2010.

Despite the decline in corporate tax rates since then, business advocates say the nation needs to lower its top rate further to encourage hiring and investment.