CovOps
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| Subject: Funny: US joins minnows NZ, Belgium in AA+ credit club Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:54 am | |
| WELLINGTON, New Zealand – When Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt of the United States last week, the U.S. joined just two other countries with an AA+ rating — Belgium and New Zealand.
The rating agency's move put U.S. creditworthiness below 18 AAA-ranked countries and territories as diverse as Australia and Liechtenstein. For the U.S. to be ranked alongside two minnows in world affairs — whose combined population is less than Florida's — prompted considerable derision at home. The country had gone from "AAA" to "LOL," one talkshow host quipped.
Some New Zealanders feel they should be the ones taking offense.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/11/us-joins-minnows-nz-belgium-in-aa-credit-club/
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: Funny: US joins minnows NZ, Belgium in AA+ credit club Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:02 am | |
| :Ha-ha-ha: |
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LightNDark
| Subject: Re: Funny: US joins minnows NZ, Belgium in AA+ credit club Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:27 am | |
| that so funny, but i thinks us bonds still safe |
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