'We're downgrading you from AAA to AA,' say Moody's or Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agencies (CRAs). 'And that's a bad thing,' they add, in case you didn't know it. Basically, what they're saying is we look at your country's economic health and come up with some letters to show how worthy you are of borrowing money. All seems a bit abstract until we realise that the system of categorisation they use draws parallels with bra sizing's... (Continued at http://www.tinybangtheories.com/2012/02/moodys-to-boobies_20.html).
Best Wishes,
Paul (Ed.)