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He said he hoped the downgrade 'will give us a renewed sense of urgency' in tackling deficits.

他说，他希望评级下调将使我们在应对赤字问题上有新的紧迫感。

A downgrade could happen before that if the current plan to reduce the budget deficit turns out not to be "credible, " he said.

他并表示，如果当前减少预算赤字的计划未能产生“可信的”结果，则穆迪亦有可能更早就调降美国债信评级。

Despite the downgrade, US government debt was one of the big beneficiaries of the sell-off .

尽管信用评级遭下调，但美国国债仍是昨日抛盘的一大受益者。

The news comes less than a week after rival ratings agency Moody's put Japan's bonds under review for a possible downgrade.

在其对手----莫迪信用等级机构就可能发生的降级而对日本证券进行复核，不到一个星期之后，普尔公司即传出这一消息。

He said it isn't just a possible French downgrade, but other triple-A countries as well, such as Austria.

他说，不仅是法国评级有可能被下调，奥地利等其他AAA评级国家也有可能被下调。

On top of that, Obama will now be branded as the president who presided over the national humiliation of a debt downgrade.

更重要的是，奥巴马则会被冠以他在总统任期内美国因为主权债务降级而蒙受了国耻的罪名。

He said the chance of a downgrade represents "a higher risk level for the Treasury market than at any point in the memorable past" .

他指出，评级遭下调的可能性代表着“美国国债市场的风险水平高于记忆所及的任何时候”。

The environment does seem to have changed to a more gold-positive one, on the back of S&P threatening to downgrade the U. S. credit rating.

在标准普尔扬言可能调降美国债信评等的背景下，大环境似乎已变为对金价较为有利。

Brett Rose, head of U. S. rates strategy at Citigroup Global Markets, said, 'On Friday, I said it was 50-50' there would be a downgrade.

花旗环球金融（CitigroupGlobalMarkets）美国利率策略主管罗斯（BrettRose）说，上周五我曾说过美国信用评级被下调的概率是50%。

S& P said the error wasn't triggered by 'any ratings surveillance activity, ' quashing talk that it was set to downgrade France.

标普说，出现这样的失误并不是因为正在对评级进行任何评估活动，进而平息了有关标普打算下调法国评级的议论。

Despite the downgrade, "China is a relative bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economy, " said the World Bank's David Dollar.

尽管降级，“中国是一个相对的亮点，在一个暗淡的全球经济中说，”世界银行的杜大伟。

Barclays Capital said the immediate effect of a downgrade should be supportive for the dollar.

巴克莱资本表示，美国评等遭下调的即时效应可能是对美元有利。

A negative outlook indicates the possibility that Moody's could downgrade the country's sovereign credit rating within a year or two.

一种负面的前景预测显示出了一种可能性，即穆迪可能在会一、两年之内调低美国的主权信用等级。

"Putting a country's rating on review is also not the same as a downgrade, " she said. "An actual downgrade is still an unlikely scenario. "

“将一个国家的信贷评级置于观察名单和下调评级是两回事，”她说，“实际（将美国信贷评级）下调仍然是不大可能发生的情况。”

Remarkably, there was no immediate reaction from the White House after the downgrade was made public.

惊人的是，自从下调后，白宫并未立即公开发布对下调的反应。

How much does this downgrade have to do with Congress' recent fight over the federal debt ceiling?

这次的降级与最近国会关于联邦债务上限的争议有多大关系？

Such a downgrade would be surprising because, with the new legislation, the relative debt outlook for the US has improved.

如果它们真这么做了，那将令人感到意外，因为随着新法案出台，美国的相对债务前景已经有所改善。

Most assets had already priced in the underlying condition of countries well before any ratings downgrade, he said.

他认为，在评级调降前，大多数资产价格已经体现所在国真实的窘况。

What looked to be a quiet Friday in Asia was disrupted by an S&P downgrade of Spain which helped to pull the plug on risk.

周五亚洲时段的平静被标准普尔下调西班牙评级的消息所打破，该事件帮助阻止风险反弹势头。

Separately, the agency said the four remaining U. S. nonfinancial companies with "AAA" ratings were not affected by the downgrade threat.

另外标普还称，其馀四家拥有AAA评级的美国非金融企业不受降评威胁的影响。