junk bond status

基本解释

The average bond rating fell from A in 1981 to BBB- today, just one notch above junk status.
債券平均評級已經從1981年的A滑落至如今的BBB-，距垃圾債不過一步之遙。
GM debt, once considered the highest investment grade, has tumbled to low-rated, junk-bond status.
曾被認爲是最高投資級別的通用汽車債券已經降到了垃圾級。
At worst, Moody's says, the vast majority of tranches insuch CDOs would be downgraded to junk-bond status.
Moody’s稱，在最差的情況下，那些觝押債權各種主流的資金層將被降級到垃圾債券的狀況。

With enough think tanks in Washington rehabilitating gold as a respectable monetary anchor and ratings agencies threatening to reduce T-bills to junk bond status, hard money will have its day in court.
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Many of her highly leveraged companies are severely troubled and as a result her once triple-AAA bond deals have been reduced to junk status.
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