creditworthiness
Noun
Meaning
trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
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Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
Brüning expected that the policy of deflation would temporarily worsen the economic situation before it began to improve, quickly increasing the German economy's competitiveness and then restoring its creditworthiness.
Seeing a sovereign default in the eurozone as a shock, the general public, international and European institutions, and the financial community started to intensively reassess the economic situation and creditworthiness of eurozone states.
Actually S&P and its like are less agencies than businesses that in a competitive environment assess the creditworthiness of businesses (and more recently governments).
All those months of diligently paying off your current loan can have a positive effect on your overall creditworthiness.
Depending on your creditworthiness, you can put down $49, $99 or $200 and receive a $200 credit limit.