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Map of S&P's sovereign long-term foreign credit ratings as of March 2024. Legend: AAA AA+ AA AA− A+ A A− BBB+ BBB BBB− BB+ BB BB− B+ B B− CCC+ CCC CCC− SD/D. For S&P, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB− or
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.
This is a list of U.S. states by credit rating, showing credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's. The list is given as of May 2021.
Whoever is to blame, mounting debt and political brinksmanship have already taken their toll on America’s credit rating. Fitch cut its rating on US sovereign debt to AA+ from AAA last August; in ...
Standard & Poor's cut the US credit rating for the first time in 2011. ... from about $15 trillion in 2011 to more than $31 trillion today. As a percentage of GDP, total federal debt has ballooned ...
The belief was that this would diminish conflicts of interest and create more transparent criteria for rating sovereign debt. There are over 100 national and regional rating agencies which could issue ratings if they can build up their credibility by meeting the conditions for being registered by European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
Just a few days before the United States might default on its debt, Fitch Ratings has placed the country's AAA long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.