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Business network. so which banks are looking at the possibility of downgrades, liz and what's moody's saying about all this? >> reporter: out of the top 17 global banks we're looking at possible ratings downgrades. it could come later in the month. it could come also in two weeks time. bank of america, citigroup, morgan stanley, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase, all face ratings downgrades and in fact what we're hearing from the banks is that, look, this is immaterial but they're saying also to fox business we do have to set aside more in what is called our cookie jar reserves, meaning our capita...

To look to other banks to get their paper from. jon: that doesn't sound good for banks but what about our individual viewers, how does it affect them? >> reporter: how it affects them when the banks get downgraded the banks are essentially being told look, you're a riskier bet than we previously thought. so you have to set aside more in terms of reserves to support their lending. that means borrowing rates could go up. if they have to set aside more collateral they have to charge more and loan rates would go up. for towns and cities, the muni bonds they borrow to build schools an bridges those...

Was down 11. in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 78 points, in hong kong, the hang seng gained 214. a flood of earnings before the bell will likely drive markets today, provided there are no major hiccups in spain's scheduled bond auction. worries about spanish debt resurfaced weapons as traders worried a sloppy auction could send borrowing rates back into bailout territory. the bigger drag yesterday was disappointing results from ibm and intel. after the bell, american express reported a 7% jump in net income as customers spent and repaid more in the first quarter. kfc and taco bell parent yum brand...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, we told you so. the economy is doing a lot better. today, the third month in a row of frankly really good job numbers. today's jobs report shows the u.s. added 227,000 jobs last month, and more people felt optimistic enough to actually get back into the labor force. that's why the unemployment rate held firm. now, everyone is increasingly optimistic about the jobs picture in america, something we at "outfront" have been saying for month. our strike team said there wouldn't be a double-dip recession last month, and after the ...

let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we told you so. the economy is doing a lot better. today, the third month in a row of frankly really good jobs nurls. today's report shows the u.s. added 227,000 jobs last month and more people felt optimistic enough to get back into the labor force cht that's why the unemployment rate held firm. now, everyone is increasingly obje optimistic. our strike team said there would not be a double dip recession last fall when a lot of people were full of doom and gloom and recession, and then after the december jobs ...