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Re:The horrifying AAA debt-issuance chart by pkteison on Friday July 15, 2011 @10:57PM (#2769985)
Microsoft's debt would be issued in dollars. If the US fails to back the dollar, Microsoft's debt is also worthless, because it's also dollars. So it would make no sense for MS bonds to be rated higher than the US.
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Re:The horrifying AAA debt-issuance chart by effn on Saturday July 16, 2011 @09:12AM (#2770696)
The rating only covers default risk, not currency risk.
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