Defending itself against attack by the Treasury, S&P later issued a statement flatly rebuting the criticism, saying it "had no impact on the rating decision".
作为对财政部抨击的回应，标准普尔随后发布一份措辞平平的声明反击其批评称，“对评级决定没有影响”。
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Over the year to the end of October, only 2.9% of American junk bonds had defaulted, according to Standard &Poor’s (S&P), a rating agency.
根据评级机构标准普尔（标普），到10月底截至的过去一年中，美国垃圾债券的违约率只有2.9％。
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Two of the three main credit-rating agencies, Fitch and Standard & Poor’s (S&P), cut their rating on Greek bonds and gave warning that a further downgrade was likely.