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The downgrade to the UK's economic growth outlook is moderate, according to the OECD, which predicted it will grow by 1% in 2027, against an earlier forecast of 1.1%.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The company cited subdued interest from customer investments, leading to postponements, as a main driver of the outlook downgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Strategists led by Ohsung Kwon said the downgrade comes even as the bank is growing more optimistic on earnings per share — targeting $425 next year for S&P 500 companies and $460 in 2028.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

M and the writer move through highly mediated spaces that amplify certain features and downgrade others, a kind of edited, hyperreal landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“We must return to them their lawful rights, assure equality of justice—and then everybody leave everybody else to hell alone. Paternalistic—we show our prejudice in our paternalism—we downgrade their dignity.”

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Analysts at the investment bank keep a neutral rating on the Australia-based pharmaceutical company, observing that a 58% share-price rise over three months came despite earnings downgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

UiPath falls after DA Davidson downgrades the stock, citing concerns about its artificial-intelligence pricing.

From Barron's ● 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

The bank downgrades Resolute to neutral from outperform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Fitch Ratings recently downgraded the project’s $1.2-billion senior bond to its negative watch list.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Japan's Meteorological Agency had warned of an "imminent threat to life", but several warnings have now been downgraded, with the danger to life warning remaining in place in Oshima Town.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

With those concerns top of mind, analysts at the firm on Friday downgraded shares of the streaming giant to underweight — the rough equivalent of a sell rating — from equal weight.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Moody’s downgraded New Jersey’s second-largest city to a lower investment-grade rating in December, describing it as a “struggling city with a deteriorating liquidity profile.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

I pulled my feelings book from under my pillow, flipped to the current page, and downgraded from desperate to mediocre.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

On Monday, shortly after authorities began downgrading some mandatory evacuation orders to warnings around Somersett, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said people were already venturing too far into dangerous wildlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Chicago is facing renewed financial strain, with three ratings firms downgrading its credit since January 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

Ader upgraded Backblaze shares to Market Perform from Underperform—just a few months after downgrading the stock.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Rather than downgrading all math, they should highlight the work that matters, and state the reasons why it matters.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus