BBB

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BBB is an investment-grade credit rating that denotes moderate credit risk and adequate capacity to meet financial commitments, though more susceptible to adverse economic conditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf credit rating ⓘ
investment-grade rating ⓘ
associatedWith greater sensitivity to business and economic downturns ⓘ
increased refinancing risk in stressed conditions ⓘ
comparedWithHigherRatings offers higher yields than A or AA ratings ⓘ
comparedWithLowerRatings offers lower yields than BB or B ratings ⓘ
creditQualityTier lowest investment-grade tier ⓘ
creditworthinessAssessment adequate but not strong ⓘ
denotesCapacityToMeetFinancialCommitments adequate capacity ⓘ
denotesCreditRisk moderate credit risk ⓘ
higherThan BB+ ⓘ
speculative-grade ratings ⓘ
impliesDefaultRisk low to moderate default risk ⓘ
impliesProbabilityOfDefault higher than A-rated but lower than BB-rated entities ⓘ
linkedToCovenantTightness may require somewhat tighter covenants than higher ratings ⓘ
linkedToFundingCosts moderate funding costs in capital markets ⓘ
lowerThan A- ⓘ
higher investment-grade ratings ⓘ
marketImpactOfDowngrade downgrade below BBB can trigger forced selling by investment-grade mandates ⓘ
ratingScalePosition borderline between investment-grade and speculative-grade ⓘ
regulatoryTreatment often qualifies as investment-grade for regulatory purposes ⓘ
riskPerception acceptable risk for many conservative investors ⓘ
scaleContext long-term issuer credit ratings ⓘ
susceptibilityToEconomicConditions more susceptible to adverse economic conditions than higher ratings ⓘ
timeHorizon medium to long-term credit risk ⓘ
typicalInvestorBase institutional investors ⓘ
investment-grade bond funds ⓘ
typicalIssuerProfile companies with stable but not robust financial metrics ⓘ
sovereigns with moderate fiscal and economic strength ⓘ
usedBy credit rating agencies ⓘ
fixed-income analysts ⓘ
institutional investors ⓘ
regulators ⓘ
usedFor rating corporate bonds ⓘ
rating financial institutions ⓘ
rating sovereign debt ⓘ
rating structured finance instruments ⓘ

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