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die Schrottanleihe (-n)  junk bond

Die Rating-Agentur Standard & Poors (S&P) stufte die Kreditwürdigkeit der Autokonzerne General Motors und Ford auf den Status von „Schrottanleihen“ herab.
The Standard & Poors (S&P) rating agency reduced the creditworthiness of automakers General Motors and Ford to the status of "junk bonds."

Related: die Anleihe (das Anleihen, Swiss) loan; bond, das Wertpapier security, bond, Wertpapiere (pl.) stocks and bonds

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