After Quote by Philip Hammond

Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble…

— George Osborne

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds.

— Mike Fitzpatrick

“today a country’s credit rating is far more important to its economic well-being than are its natural resources.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

I think, as time passes, people will come to see that the United States' credit standing is really not quite the same level as…

— John T. Chambers

As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.

— George Washington

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.

— Michel de Montaigne

Credit is an 'I love debt' score.

— Dave Ramsey

“British kings could not repudiate national debts-and this in turn made Britain a more attractive country for lenders.71”

— Thomas Sowell

I want to see a new system. I believe that the credit scoring system is broken. That's my belief.

— Suze Orman

I bet Richard Fuld doesn't have an ounce of contrition. It's just megalomania. When it's like that, you need rules to prevent catastrophe. When…

— Charlie Munger

We have new rules that give shareholders the ability to vote on executive compensation. We have new rules for asset-backed securities. We have new…

— Mary Schapiro

The government can reasonably rely on debt ratings when it forms programs to lend money to buyers of otherwise unattractive debt instruments.

— Seth Klarman