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Higher crude prices and "protracted uncertainty and structural headwinds" led the International Monetary Fund to last week slightly downgrade its projection for China's annual growth this year to 4.5 percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Indonesia would be the first Asia-Pacific market to have a standalone status if the proposed downgrade takes place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Macro factors have also influenced RBC’s thinking on the downgrade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
His downgrade of AT&T doesn’t reflect a dramatically different view of the company’s financial prospects in the short run.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The surveillance department was meant to monitor subprime bonds and downgrade them if the loans that underpinned them went bad.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Affin Hwang downgrades Press Metal to hold from buy, and cuts its target price to 7.70 ringgit from 9.40 ringgit, citing less-favorable raw material price trends and a plateau in aluminium price momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
So when a strategist downgrades the sector from overweight to market-weight and swaps the exposure to healthcare, investors should pay attention —because it doesn’t happen very often.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Elliott disclosed a sizable stake in the company in June following a series of guidance downgrades that meant Northern Star hadn’t been able to benefit from record gold prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Nike falls after Bank of America downgrades the stock on concerns about innovation, wholesale revenues, and softening demand.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
That’s below current guidance, which is likely to be downgraded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The IMF downgraded the forecast of almost 50% of the countries it surveys.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The hurricane -- downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale -- was moving slowly and remained dangerous.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Last year, the green sea turtle became the first marine turtle to have its protection status downgraded from "endangered" to "least concern", after 50 years of conservation work in about 80 countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Right now it’s a Category Five. But they’re predicting Emily will be downgraded back to a Category Four by the time she makes landfall.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
While the downgrading of Sunday’s storms brought some relief, risks continue across the California coast until Tuesday, and there is the longer-term concern of what is expected to be an active El Niño season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
At the time, he told the BBC that he "can't see a world" in which he would bring his family to the UK due to the downgrading of his protection.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Now, they’re downgrading the shares to a neutral rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Ader upgraded Backblaze shares to Market Perform from Underperform—just a few months after downgrading the stock.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Toward the end of 1971 some management committees were still reported to be disregarding or downgrading general assembly proposals, but such instances were said to be growing progressively fewer.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier
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