1·If by then Greece's rating from all three main credit agencies (Moody's is the other one) starts with a b, Banks will be far less keen to buy or hold its debt.
如果到那时希腊在三大主要的评级机构(另一家是穆迪)的评级以b开头,银行对购买或持有它债券的热度将大大降温。
2·Yet the spread over German bonds has widened recently, and in February Moody’s, a rating agency, warned that in the absence of consolidation, rising debt could threaten France’s AAA rating.
然而最近,德国的债券也广泛蔓延开来。 评级机构穆迪二月发出警告,如果不进行盘整,越来越多的债务会威胁到法国的三A级信用。
3·Moody's,another rating agency, says it was less worried by the absence of covenantslast year than by the more aggressive use of borrowed money (in particular,bank debt) in private-equity deals.
另一家评级机构穆迪认为比去年合同的缺乏更值得担忧的是,借入金钱(尤其是银行债务)在私人股本交易的更过度自信地使用。
4·Moody’s made the cut on the basis that Ireland will also eventually need another bail-out, provoking more grumbles in Brussels about the role of ratings agencies in the debt crisis.
基于爱尔兰终需另一次纾困,穆迪做出了此次调整,加剧了在布鲁塞尔的各国代表,对于信用评级机构在债务危机中所扮演角色的不满。
5·Now that investor attention has shifted to sovereign risk, the three big agencies (Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s) once more find themselves at the centre of the action.
现在投资者的注意力已经转移到了主权风险,三大机构(惠誉,穆迪和标准普尔)再次发现自己处于关注的中心。