A triple-A rating is rare; it amounts to a statement that funds deposited with the bank carry almost no risk.

The insurance gives those bonds a triple-A rating by the rating agencies.

The expert system I hired gave the contract a triple-A rating.

All of the bonds are insured, giving them a triple-A rating.

It lost its triple-A rating in 1981 and the next year liberalized some accounting practices.

Morgan is the only banking company with the triple-A rating.

Underwriters said they expected triple-A ratings on the new securities.

"We want to get back our triple-A ratings."

Also placed under review was the triple-A rating for the company's planned $600 million Eurobond issue.

That would still be a notch or two below Citigroup's triple-A rating.