1. The availability of cheap long - term credit would help small business.

2. We furthermore agree to temporary relaxation of the OECD rules on medium- to long-term credit insurance.

3. Fitch Ratings' long-term credit ratings are assigned on an alphabetic scale from 'AAA' to 'D', first introduced in 1924 and later adopted and licensed by S&P. (Moody's also uses a similar scale, but names the categories differently.)

4. The state-owned mining firm , which had its long-term credit rating cut by Standard&Poor 's in December 2010 , was seeking a $ 150 million facility last year with an all - in rate , which included margin and fees , of 318 basis points , the source told the newspaper .