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  2. United States federal government credit-rating downgrades

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    The 2011 S&P downgrade was the first time the US federal government was given a rating below AAA. S&P had announced a negative outlook on the AAA rating in April 2011. The downgrade to AA+ occurred four days after the 112th United States Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling of the federal government by means of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011.

  3. America’s credit rating got downgraded again. Here’s what ...

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    Fitch Ratings downgraded US long-term debt late on Tuesday from AAA to AA+, citing this spring’s debt ceiling standoff as a major reason. America’s credit rating got downgraded again. Here’s ...

  4. 2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis - Wikipedia

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    On August 5, 2011, Standard & Poor's credit rating agency downgraded the long-term credit rating of the United States government for the first time in its history, from AAA to AA+. In contrast with previous ratings, the agency assumed in the base case scenario that the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 would not expire at the end of 2012, citing ...

  5. Black Monday (2011) - Wikipedia

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    In finance and investing, Black Monday 2011 refers to August 8, 2011, when US and global stock markets crashed [1] following the Friday night credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States sovereign debt from AAA, or "risk free", to AA+. [2] It was the first time in history the United States was downgraded. [3]

  6. Another downgrade of America’s credit rating might be coming

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    Standard & Poor's cut the US credit rating for the first time in 2011. The nation's debt is a lot worse now. ... Three days later, it lowered its US credit rating from AAA to AA+, with a negative ...

  7. Moody’s sends a warning to America: Your last AAA credit ...

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    The United States is one step closer to losing its last perfect credit rating after Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook of the nation’s debt to negative on Friday after markets closed.

  8. Meet the Only 2 Game-Changing Businesses With a Higher Credit ...

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    In August 2011, just a few years after the financial crisis gripped America, S&P downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA, the highest possible rating, to AA+, the second-highest possible rating.

  9. Big Three (credit rating agencies) - Wikipedia

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    In August 2011, S&P downgraded the long-held triple-A rating of US securities. [1] On August 1, 2023, Fitch downgraded its credit-rating of United States Treasuries from AAA to AA+, as S&P had twelve years earlier, leaving only Moody's to still assign its highest rating to the country's debt.