Moody’s strips U.S. government of top credit rating, citing Washington’s failure to rein in debt

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WASHINGTON — Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt.
Moody’s lowered the rating from a gold-standard Aaa to Aa1 but said the United States “retains exceptional credit strengths…

This story appeared on chicagotribune.com, 2025-05-16 21:51:52.
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