Another use is to prevent downgrading the firmware of a device. The country's worsening macroeconomic position has led to Moody's downgrading Pakistan's debt outlook to "negative". Downgrading of Greek government debt to junk bond status created alarm in financial markets. The tax cuts helped contribute to Moody's downgrading of the state's bond rating in 2014. Reports suggested arrogance and bad reputation among the elites as reasons leading to his downgrading. Some cost reductions were made, such as downgrading the stereo. Sony offers no method for downgrading such software. The Italian-Brazilian couple argued that the move constituted discriminatory "downgrading" of their relationship status. The vassal titles were generally inherited in perpetuity without downgrading. A trivial use for ancilla bits is downgrading complicated quantum gates into simple gates. He also called for the downgrading of the importance placed on the liberal arts. The Leavisites' downgrading of Hardy may have damaged Leavis's own authority. Moody's applied a similar downgrading a month later.