Discover how a credit rating downgrade in the US can impact your investments and learn what steps you can take to mitigate the risks.
Fitch’s recent downgrade of US sovereign rating from AAA to AA+ came as a mild surprise for markets. Though Fitch had placed US debt rating on review for downgrade on 24 May 2023, few investors expected the downgrade to happen. Nevertheless, as I explain below, we believe that the impact...
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Despite the resilience of the financial markets to the Fitch decision to downgrade the US' sovereign credit rating, it is still conceivable that government borrowing costs will increase alongside a weaker dollar. The initial reaction to higher yields could have increased demand for US Treasuries and ...
That dynamic played out in 2023 when the U.S.credit rating was downgradeda notch by both Moody’s and Fitch – which cited "political polarization" and "fiscal deterioration" as factors contributing to their respective downgrade decisions. ...
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The refusal by Congress to allow the U.S. to pay its bills is the biggest threat to the U.S. paying its bills. In 2011, Standard & Poor downgraded America's credit rating because the Republicans in Congress then tried to block the debt ceiling increase when Obama was president. "The ...
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