- Dagong Global Credit Rating
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Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Industry Financial Services Founded 1994 Headquarters Beijing, China Key people Guan Jianzhong (Chairman) Website dagongcredit.com Dagong Global Credit Rating (大公国际资信评估有限公司; pinyin: Dàgōng Guójì Zīxìn Pínggū Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a credit rating agency based in China. It is one of the few notable non-US based credit rating agencies.[1] It is recognized as a credit rating agency which gave the US debt a lower credit rating than that given by the three traditional rating agencies Moody's, Standard and Poor's and Fitch.[2] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has refused to recognize Dagong's ratings because of the commission's inability to supervise the Beijing-based agency.[3]
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Long-term credit ratings
Dagong rates borrowers on a scale from AAA to C. Intermediate ratings are offered at each level between AA and CC (e.g., AA+, AA, and AA-).[4]
- AAA: Highest credit rating
- AA: Very High credit rating
- A: High credit rating
- BBB: Medium credit rating
- BB: Low medium credit rating
- B: Relatively low credit rating
- CCC: Low credit rating
- CC: Very low credit rating.
- C: Lowest credit rating. Issuer is unable to meet financial obligations and possibly in the process of bankruptcy.
Short-term credit ratings
Debt with maturity dates of 1 year or shorter are rated on a scale from A-1 to D. No intermediate ratings (e.g., B+ and B-) are used. [4]
- A-1: Highest credit rating
- A-2: Good credit rating
- A-3: Fair credit rating
- B: Significant speculative credit rating
- C: High default risk credit rating
- D: Default
References
- ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112029/what-is-the-us-governments-credit-score?mod=bb-creditreports
- ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Are-US-Treasuries-Really-a-etfguide-68057243.html?x=0 Are U.S. Treasuries Really a Safe Haven?
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/08/02/china.us.rating/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
- ^ a b ""Symbols and Definition of Dagong’s Credit Rating Scale"" (pdf). Dagong Global Credit Rating Co.. http://www.dagongcredit.com/dagongweb/uf/rating%20definition.pdf. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
External links
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- 1994 establishments in China
- Credit rating agencies
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