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北京时间6日上午,国际三大评级公司之一的标准普尔宣布下调美国主权信用评级,由AAA调降到AA+,评级展望负面,这是美国历史上首次失去AAA主权信用评级。专家分析认为,此举将再次引发世界对美债危机的担忧,增加全球市场的不确定性,投资者信心将面临巨大考验。
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The Standard & Poor's agency on Friday dealt a heavy blow to the largest world economy as it deprived the US of its top-tier AAA credit rating. Analysts said that could lead to a weakening dollar and threaten China's interests as the country holds colossal amounts of dollar assets.
S&P cut the long-term US credit rating to AA-plus, citing concerns about the government's budget deficit and worsening debt prospects despite the earlier bipartisan consensus to raise the country's debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion and cut the deficit by $2.1 trillion over a decade.
标准普尔机构周五剥夺了美国AAA最高信用评级,这对美国这一世界最大经济体以沉重的打击。分析家称,这可能导致美元更加疲软,并且由于中国持有美债相当大的数额,这也将威胁中国的利益。
尽管之前美国两党达成一致,对美国债务上限提高2.4万亿美元,并在未来十年内削减2.1万亿美元财政预算赤字,标准普尔仍然对美国政府财政赤字以及恶化的债务前景表示担心,进而将美国长期信用评级降为AA+。
【讲解】文中credit rating 即指信用评级,credit表示信用,如credit cards信用卡,carbon credit: 碳信用额。Credit还可以表示贷款,如credit crunch信贷紧缩;rating表示评定等级。AAA是最高的信用评级,下面有AA+, AA, AA-,A+等,budget deficit指预算赤字。