ジャンク債増加

大手格付会社スタンダード・アンド・プアーズによると、2008年に世界の社債市場で、投資適格から投機的水準の「ジャンク債」になった社債の総額は2264億ドルで、前年より72%増加したとのことです。
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♪Jumpin' Junk Bond♪

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Rating's down in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my market in the driving rain,
And it's all fallen down, in fact, it's a gap!
And it's all fallen. It's Jumpin' Junk Bond,
It's a gap! Gap! Gap!

Rating's raised if the finances' turned well,
I was confused with a split rate across one bond,
And it's all fallen down, in fact, it's a gap!
And it's all fallen. It's Jumpin' Junk Bond,
It's a gap! Gap! Gap!

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the collapse of credit of bond.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was lose by a note down to the C.
And it's all fallen down, in fact, it's a gap!
And it's all fallen. It's Jumpin' Junk Bond,
It's a gap! Gap! Gap!

Jumpin' Junk Bond, it's a gap
Jumpin' Junk Bond, it's a gap
Jumpin' Junk Bond, it's a gap
Jumpin' Junk Bond, it's a gap


（原曲「Jumpin' Jack Flash」　作詞・作曲：Mick Jagger/Keith Richards、唄：The Rolling Stones）
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