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Andrzej Szczepaniak, senior European economist at Japanese investment bank Nomura, told clients in a note that he expects Moody’s to downgrade France’s rating to A1 with a stable outcome.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The moves come as investors assess MSCI’s proposal to downgrade Indonesia’s equity market, citing transparency concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"The US equity sell-off reflected a reassessment of the economics underpinning the AI investment boom rather than a simple downgrade to end-demand," said National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 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

But even without my downgrade in the birth order, Kia was a huge disappointment once he entered the world.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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

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

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

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Forecast cuts are more widespread, with about 47% of economies downgraded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Bernstein downgraded AT&T and cut price targets across telecom and cable stocks as SpaceX expands its wireless ambitions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The IMF downgraded the forecast of almost 50% of the countries it surveys.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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

“After sharp outperformance, stock is on 16.5x mid-cycle price-to-earnings, making it harder to chase,” says analyst Michael Simotas, downgrading Ampol to hold from buy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Anmuth was more critical of Meta’s spending plans, downgrading the stock to neutral from overweight on Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

A change in the method of productivity planning, which involved a redefinition of productivity as a calculated index, is reported to have been widely misinterpreted as downgrading the importance of productivity.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern