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NDTV Explains: India And The US' Awkward 'AAA' Ratings Cut, Debt Story
Moody's has joined Fitch and S&P in cutting the US' credit rating, dropping the world's largest economy from a perfect 'AAA' to one notch below. Why? Because of a ballooning federal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio that threatens an almost unthinkable d
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Fitch Downgrades US Credit Rating, White House Says "Defies Reality"
Fitch downgraded the United States' top-notch credit rating by a step on Tuesday, citing a growing federal debt burden and an "erosion of governance" that has manifested in debt limit standoffs.
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House Democrats Try to Ease Threat of Battle Over Debt Ceiling
House Democratic leaders have long argued debt ceiling shouldn’t be used to extract policy concessions from the opposing party.
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S&P revises US credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative'
S&P said the chances of a ratings downgrade is now "less than one in three" as improvements in tax receipts and economic performance are helping to bring down the country's debt levels.
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Moody's says more steps needed to save US credit rating
The United States must do more than the recently passed "fiscal cliff" measures if the country is to rescue its Aaa debt rating from its current negative outlook, rating agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday.
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Fitch affirms US AAA credit rating, outlook still negative
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday affirmed its AAA credit rating on the United States and maintained a negative outlook
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S&P lowers ratings of agencies linked to US debt
Officials at Standard & Poor's are downgrading the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term US debt. The agency says it has also lowered the ratings for: farm lenders, long-term US government-backed debt issued by 32 banks and credit unions and three major clearinghouses, which are used to execute t...
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Full text of Obama's speech
President Barack Obama on Monday essentially dismissed the first-ever downgrade of the US credit rating, trying to reassure investors and the public that the nation's leaders need only show more "common sense and compromise" to tame a staggering accumulation of debt.
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US credit rating downgraded: Situation grave, will have to analyse, says Pranab
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today described the downgrading of the US government by a credit rating agency as a "grave situation" and said it has to be analysed."We will have to analyse it. It will require some time.Situation is grave and there is no gain in making off-the-cuff remarks," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function ...
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Why S&P cut US credit rating was cut from 'AAA' to 'AA+'
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday downgraded the United States' credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings.The credit rating agency said that it is cutting the country's top AAA rating by one notch to AA-plus. The credit agency said that it is making the move because the deficit reduction plan passed...
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S&P downgrades US credit rating for the first time in its history
The lowering of America's sterling credit rating was the punctuation mark on a tumultuous week in financial markets.Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency, said Friday it was dissatisfied with the plan Congress came up with earlier in the week to reduce the country's debt.This is the first time the nation's credit rating has fallen below t...
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NDTV Explains: India And The US' Awkward 'AAA' Ratings Cut, Debt Story
Moody's has joined Fitch and S&P in cutting the US' credit rating, dropping the world's largest economy from a perfect 'AAA' to one notch below. Why? Because of a ballooning federal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio that threatens an almost unthinkable d
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Fitch Downgrades US Credit Rating, White House Says "Defies Reality"
Fitch downgraded the United States' top-notch credit rating by a step on Tuesday, citing a growing federal debt burden and an "erosion of governance" that has manifested in debt limit standoffs.
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House Democrats Try to Ease Threat of Battle Over Debt Ceiling
House Democratic leaders have long argued debt ceiling shouldn’t be used to extract policy concessions from the opposing party.
-
S&P revises US credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative'
S&P said the chances of a ratings downgrade is now "less than one in three" as improvements in tax receipts and economic performance are helping to bring down the country's debt levels.
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Moody's says more steps needed to save US credit rating
The United States must do more than the recently passed "fiscal cliff" measures if the country is to rescue its Aaa debt rating from its current negative outlook, rating agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday.
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Fitch affirms US AAA credit rating, outlook still negative
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday affirmed its AAA credit rating on the United States and maintained a negative outlook
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S&P lowers ratings of agencies linked to US debt
Officials at Standard & Poor's are downgrading the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term US debt. The agency says it has also lowered the ratings for: farm lenders, long-term US government-backed debt issued by 32 banks and credit unions and three major clearinghouses, which are used to execute t...
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Full text of Obama's speech
President Barack Obama on Monday essentially dismissed the first-ever downgrade of the US credit rating, trying to reassure investors and the public that the nation's leaders need only show more "common sense and compromise" to tame a staggering accumulation of debt.
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US credit rating downgraded: Situation grave, will have to analyse, says Pranab
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today described the downgrading of the US government by a credit rating agency as a "grave situation" and said it has to be analysed."We will have to analyse it. It will require some time.Situation is grave and there is no gain in making off-the-cuff remarks," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function ...
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Why S&P cut US credit rating was cut from 'AAA' to 'AA+'
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday downgraded the United States' credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings.The credit rating agency said that it is cutting the country's top AAA rating by one notch to AA-plus. The credit agency said that it is making the move because the deficit reduction plan passed...
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S&P downgrades US credit rating for the first time in its history
The lowering of America's sterling credit rating was the punctuation mark on a tumultuous week in financial markets.Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency, said Friday it was dissatisfied with the plan Congress came up with earlier in the week to reduce the country's debt.This is the first time the nation's credit rating has fallen below t...
