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

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

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Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government’s credit. Standard & Poor’s downgraded federal debt in 2011 and Fitch Ratings followed in 2023.

This story appeared on pbs.org, 2025-05-16 23:17:09.