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• n  trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing

• Citing the government's difficulty in reining in inflation, Moody's, which grades creditworthiness, lowered Vietnam's ratings outlook last week to negative from positive.
• So I call on the United States to maintain its creditworthiness, abide by its commitments and ensure the security of China's assets.
• The most widely used ranking of individual creditworthiness is the FICO score.

News & Articles

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• Emerging-Market Bond Anxieties Surging by Most Since 2008
  The biggest drop in perceived creditworthiness for emerging-market borrowers since the credit crisis is deepening as speculation intensifies that central banks will scale back record stimulus.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• BofA Extends Reach to Whitestone REIT - Analyst Blog
  Texas-based Whitestone REIT ( WSR ) has proved its creditworthiness with Bank of America Corp. ( BAC ) extending its reach and joining the group of top tier banks that provide the
  June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Attention, Capital-Hungry Entrepreneurs: New UNH Research Can Help 'Show You the Money'
  To continue building their companies, growth entrepreneurs depend on short-term, liquid sources of debt financing such as bank loans, even though winning a thumbs-up from bankers is no cakewalk. Yet University of New Hampshire researchers have shed new light on how entrepreneurs can influence their creditworthiness.
  June 12, 2013 - Newswise

Quotes

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• Wen Jiabao in Reuters
  To speak truthfully, I do indeed have some worries,Wen said in Beijing. "I would like ...... to once again request America to maintain their creditworthiness, keep their promise and guarantee the safety of Chinese assets."
• Charles Schumer in MarketWatch
  Quite frankly, I think we are at a moment of economic crisis stemming from four key areas: falling housing prices, lack of confidence in creditworthiness, the weak dollar and high oil prices,said Schumer, DN.Y. "Each of these problems...
• Glenn Stevens in BusinessWeek
  Concerns about sovereign creditworthiness in several European countries have been a focus of financial markets,central bank governor Glenn Stevens said in a statement explaining the rate decision. "Investors have generally displayed a good...