US Credit Rating

State Given Worst Credit Rating In U.S.

Posted 01.09.2012

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Citing the state's ongoing financial problems, Moody's Investor Service on Friday downgraded Illinois's credit rating to the lowest of any state in th...

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Arrogance of Self-Appointed Judges of U.S. Credit

Frank A. Weil | Posted 01.29.2012

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The bond markets do not need their views to make assessments of the situation. The markets by themselves are the best indicator of what everyone needs and wants to know.

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U.S. May Suffer Another Credit Downgrade By Year's End: Merrill

Posted 12.24.2011

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The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of this year due to concer...

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Moody's: Obama's Deficit Reduction Plans Unlikely To Be Adopted

Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan would be positive for the United States's credit ratings but chances of its...

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SEC Reportedly Probes Possible Insider Trading Before U.S. Downgrade

Posted 11.20.2011

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Securities regulators have sent subpoenas to hedge funds and other trading firms as it probes possible insider trading before the U.S. government'...

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Credit Ratings Matter for Those Who Need Them Most

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Sovereign Debt, Poverty, Economics, U.S. Credit Rating, Sovereign Debt Crisis, World Bank, Global Credit Ratings, Global Economics, Worldwide Credit Rating, Global Poverty, World News

Think of what would happen if you lived in one of the 58 developing countries that remain unrated by Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. You would have very limited access to capital and investment, and the cost of borrowing would be significantly higher.

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Analysts Increasingly Gloomy About America's Economic Prospects

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.16.2011

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Forecasters are increasingly reining in their expectations for the United States' economic performance, suggesting that the country will face many mor...

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Prominent Agency Keeps U.S. At Highest Credit Rating

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and CHRISTINA REXRODE | Posted 10.16.2011

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WASHINGTON — Fitch Ratings said Tuesday that it would keep its rating on long-term U.S. debt at the highest grade, AAA, and said the outlook rem...

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Slowing Global Economy Takes Toll On U.S. Stock Futures

AP | STAN CHOE | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Germany, Home Depot Inc, Double-Dip Recession, Great Recession, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's, European Union, Manufacturing, U.S. Stock Futures, U.S. Credit Rating, Global Investors, Business News

NEW YORK — Worries about Europe's economic and debt problems sent stocks Tuesday to their first loss in four days. The major indexes bounced up...

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Dysfunction and Downgrades: Sad Parallels

James Zogby | Posted 10.13.2011

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Standard & Poor's demonstrated its loss of confidence in the ability of Washington to get its financial house in order by downgrading the U.S.'s bond rating. Much the same scenario has been playing out in the U.S.'s approach to Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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The Two Nations Now Sharing A Credit Rating With The U.S.

AP | NICK PERRY | Posted 10.11.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — When Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt of the United States last week, the U.S. joined just two other countries wi...

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Obama's No Good, Very Bad Month

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 10.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — It has been a lousy month for President Barack Obama. And August is not yet 2 weeks old. Running for re-election, he's getting be...

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Federal Budget Deficit Puts Pressure On White House, Congress

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.10.2011

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WASHINGTON — The United States' budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a third straight year, adding pressure on Congress and the White House...

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Airplane Banner: 'Thanks For The Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.09.2011

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On Tuesday, less than a week after Standard and Poor's downgraded U.S. credit for the first time in history, a plane circled lower Manhattan with a ba...

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No Secrets In America's Latest Economic Crisis: Weak Economies, Weak Leaders

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 10.09.2011

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The global economy is weak and still weakening, while policymakers seem unable or unwilling to marshal a reassuring response. From the United States to Europe to Japan, economies are stagnating, and governments are tightening the straits by cutting back on spending.

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Deja Vu All Over Again

Robert Zevin | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Politics News, Standard & Poor's, Credit Rating Agencies, Debt Crisis, U.S. Credit Rating, AAA Rating, European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Business News

Many people are worried about the recent sharp declines in stock markets around the world along with increasing turmoil in other markets and ominous i...

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What's Happening to America?

Ethan Casey | Posted 10.09.2011

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A decade ago, I read a book that made a lasting impression on me. It was a memoir called Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner, who had recently passed ...

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Downgrade S&P Status to "Amateur"

Dagobert L. Brito | Posted 10.09.2011

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The fact that the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+ a few hours after the Treasury discovered a two trillion (!) dollar error in their calculations suggests that their "economic analysis" was just window dressing to a publicity stunt.

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Tie Congressional Pay to Results

Raja Krishnamoorthi | Posted 10.09.2011

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For too long, people in Congress point fingers at each other even as millions of middle-class Americans remain unemployed, and our economy continues to sputter. They must realize that we are all in this together.

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WATCH: Conan's Reasons Why America Is Still Awesome

Posted 10.09.2011

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Despite cries that America's credit rating was downgraded erroneously by rating agency Standard & Poor's, nobody can deny that the national mood is le...

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Flight To Safety: What To Do With Your (Remaining) Money After Stock Market Delivers A Drubbing

Pamela Yellen | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Retirement Funds, Stock Market Drop, Wall Street, 401k, Market Volatility, Flight to Safety, Stock Market, Cash for Clunkers, Financial Doomsday, Gold, Nest Egg, Real Estate, U.S. Credit Rating, Business News

Investors have short memories. Keeping that in mind, you might want to print this column and save it at the ready. It is timely reading this week and without any doubt will be again -- sooner than any of us want to admit.

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Tea Party Wants To Impeach Obama, GOP Congressman Agrees

Star-Telegram | Posted 10.09.2011

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Hours after the Dow Jones industrial average closed down more than 600 points Monday, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, heard from local conser...

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S and P and Tea

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.08.2011

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Standard and Poor's, The White House and the Economy

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 10.08.2011

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The White House, Treasury officials and persons in the private sector who are now so publicly critical of Standard and Poor's for its downgrading of the creditworthiness of the US government are too late and off the mark.

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Are Rating Agencies Acting in the Name of God?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.08.2011

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There is something fundamentally wrong in the rating agencies' approach: they unilaterally redefined their role from doing their job -- assessing the ability of sovereign issuers to service their debt -- to rating countries.

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