(alsocredit ratings agency);(alsocredit agency)FINANCEacompanythatcalculatescreditratingsandprovidesthem tofinancialorganizationsand othercompanies:Standard & Poor'sbecamethe secondcreditratingagencytocutthe company'screditratingafter Moody's did the same onMonday.(Definition ofcredit rating agencyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcredit rating agency
credit rating agencyIf acreditratingagencyhas the expectation that the credit risk of a position rises, it will downgrade its rating.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And not all structured finance products receive acreditratingagencyrating.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The practice of usingcreditratingagencyratings for regulatory purposes has since expanded globally.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There were consumer, environmental, union andcreditratingagencyobjections to the new law.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the other hand, there is no real competition in thecreditratingagencysector.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishOur owncreditratingagencypaid for by us, guaranteed to dance to our tune.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishHowever, we are far from resolving the issue of transparency and that concerning the oligopolistic structure of thecreditratingagencymarket.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIt is necessary to ensure adequatecreditratingagencycontrols and to issue appropriate penalties for infringements.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThe proposals for a public database for the issuing of credit ratings have been dropped, as has any reference to the establishment of a publiccreditratingagency.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIt will also have the power to determine that acreditratingagencyhas infringed the regulation in force and the power to impose appropriate penalties.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/credit-rating-agency##
