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Bond rating agencies have issued misleading ratings on companies in questionable health.
The ratings agencies are threatening additional downgrades; others envision an eventual breakup of the euro and/or demise of the dollar as the global reserve currency.
Thus, a prime minister who gained massive support from voters only two and a half years ago, won mid-term elections, survived two confidence votes in Parliament, and still enjoys high approval ratings is constantly under pressure.
And, whereas the Basel standards continue to refer extensively to credit ratings as the basis for assessing the creditworthiness of borrowers, the Dodd-Frank Act in the US moves away from reliance on ratings.
Germany and the other eurozone members with AAA ratings will have to decide whether they are willing to risk their own credit to permit Spain and Italy to refinance their bonds at reasonable interest rates.
In short, Germany and the other countries with AAA bond ratings must agree to a eurobond regime of one kind or another.
Over 15 consecutive surveys, London’s ranking and ratings have remained broadly constant, while Zurich, Geneva, Frankfurt, and Luxembourg have gradually narrowed the gap with it – though that gap remains wide.
But his opponents’ dismal approval ratings grant him the power of brinkmanship, and the growth and competitiveness agenda that Italy and Europe crave require him to command political center-stage for whatever time he has left in office.
To be sure, as 2015 begins, Putin’s approval ratings remain high (though they are no more reliable an indicator than Russian budget projections, political pronouncements, or gas deliveries).
Poll after poll puts his approval ratings at more than 70%.
This often makes for manipulative media that distort and mislead in the pursuit of readers and ratings.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of brusque bellboys in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the Web sites’ capacity to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy exponential growth, as new customers are attracted by good overall reviews and subsequently provide yet more (positive) feedback.
So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.
Nefarious operators are known to pay fake review services to bolster ratings.
Fortunately, technology is countering this misuse of ratings.
Not every service, however, has been touched by online ratings.
The impact of ratings depends on whether the typical consumer actually reads online reviews before making a decision.
Singapore’s Changi Airport is a rare exception: it solicits user ratings at every turn, via feedback screens with cheery, touch-enabled smiley-face emoticons that request travelers’ opinions on everything from the efficiency of immigration service to the cleanliness of toilets.
Meanwhile, Trump’s poll ratings are lower than ever – and the lowest of any president at such an early point in an administration.
Indeed, except for Namibia, all of these Sub-Saharan sovereign-bond issuers have “speculative” credit ratings, putting their issues in the “junk bond” category and signaling significant default risk.
Heavily subsidized, the loans are attractive to borrowing governments, especially those whose credit ratings have plummeted.
The credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has just downgraded the sovereign-debt ratings of nine eurozone countries, including France.
According to the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a Seoul-based think tank, Koreans gave Trump exceptionally low approval ratings during his 2016 presidential campaign, and his popularity remains at rock-bottom levels.
Meanwhile, Moon’s approval ratings have declined, from 79% in June to 58% today.
The public below, just like the leaders above, cherish political stability; the popularity ratings of both Prime Minister Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev remain above 70%.
Doing so might improve credit ratings, thereby facilitating the European Commission’s efforts to raise financing on favorable terms.
The approval ratings for Russia’s president and prime minister are heading south.
A poll by Terror Free Tomorrow in September showed that Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and local Islamic militants received approval ratings either equal to or higher than Musharraf.
Indeed, I believe that it is here that the seminal reason for their plunging poll ratings lies.
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