creditworthy
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Industry executives also say they aren’t permitting as many adjustments to financial metrics, such as removing one-time or discretionary expenses, that can make companies look more creditworthy than they actually are.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Saylor was keen to point out “systemically important banks like Morgan Stanley and Citi, all with intent to integrate bitcoin into their operations,” which he interprets as an “embrace of bitcoin as a creditworthy instrument.”
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
But much of the controversy focused on the winners and the losers of the pricing updates — and not the fact that the most creditworthy borrowers with large down payments would still pay much less.
From New York Times • May 7, 2023
I’m all about personal responsibility, but tell me how this kind of excessive pricing predicts someone is creditworthy.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
That is, the lenders were making loans to people who were less creditworthy than 71 percent of the population.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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