How to Use credit rating in a Sentence

credit rating

noun

• In 2011, a prolonged fight over the debt limit led to a downgrade in the nation’s credit rating.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• This is not the first time the United States has experienced a change in credit rating.
  — Vivi Smilgius, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• In his early 40s, Mr. Jimenez has been looking for two years and has worked hard to improve his credit rating.
  — Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
• The selloff in stocks and bonds came after Fitch's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating earlier this week.
  — David Uberti, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
• One agency has warned the US credit rating is at risk of a downgrade, even as the deadline approaches.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• The role of the credit rating firms is to assess the likelihood of those eventualities.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• First Republic's stock is tumbling, and so is its credit rating.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
• In a weird stroke of irony, the U.S. government’s credit rating was downgraded the same day that Donald Trump was indicted for a historic third time.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
• That marks the seventh straight quarter of sales declines for the company, S&P said in its recent credit rating report.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 June 2023
• That’s despite what’s been shaping up to be a banner year for the US stock market — at least prior to this week’s US credit rating downgrade (more on that below).
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
• But by Friday, Aug. 5, when S&P downgraded the country’s credit rating, the index had dropped by over 10 percent.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 9 May 2023
• Oh, and the US is yet again on the precipice of another government shutdown, an event that could result in a downgrade to its credit rating and lead to volatility in US stocks.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• Fitch Ratings this week moved Boeing’s credit rating closer to junk bond status.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
• But most candidates say the country is moving in the wrong direction, pointing to a downgrade of Panama’s credit rating in March.
  — Leila Miller, New York Times, 5 May 2024
• Borrowing too much would hurt the state’s credit rating, increasing costs for future bonds.
  — Julia Shumway, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
• Failure to do so, or even a standoff that increases the risk of the U.S. defaulting on its debt, could lower the nation’s credit rating and push up interest rates.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• In May, the company reported a first quarter loss of $54.6 million and Moody’s downgraded its credit rating out of concern about its dispute with the union.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• Moody’s, along with Fitch Ratings and S&P, has said that such reforms threaten the country’s relatively high credit rating.
  — Max Raskin, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
• Adding to the gloom: after Chinese markets closed, Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook on the country’s credit rating to negative.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
• One tool might say that the loan was rejected because the person’s credit rating was too low while another might emphasize the person’s income.
  — Will Henshall, Time, 23 June 2023
• Subprime lenders loan to you even if your credit score is below 580, which is a low rating, per the credit rating company Experian.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2023
• The firm, which has not previously examined Alaska, gave the state an AA credit rating in late July, the second-highest of 10 steps on the company’s rating scale.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The plan to make residents whole will be costly, something noted by Fitch Ratings, which placed a negative credit rating watch on Lifespace because of it.
  — Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Standard & Poor’s downgraded the nation’s credit rating 12 years ago.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
• Fitch is one of three major credit rating agencies, along with S&P Moody’s, that evaluate a company or country’s ability to pay its debts.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• Moody’s, the credit rating agency, downgraded its outlook on Legacy debt from stable to negative in April.
  — oregonlive, 11 July 2023
• Cheryl said Jackson assured her the hospital was taking steps to make sure the referral to a collection agency doesn’t damage the Farrells’ credit rating.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Trump allies were charged in connection with conspiracy to breach voting machines in Michigan, and Fitch downgrades the US credit rating.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• The state or whichever entity issues the bond would face significant pressure to obtain a credit rating for a bond issue that large, in part because investors would demand it.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
• The company is making a long-term play to become a tech company, generating $15 million last year from selling data on user habits to banks and credit rating firms.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 9 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024