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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.
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 chipmaking icon's revenue for the first nine months of this year, which was roughly flat year-on-year at $38.84 billion, was below the ratings agency's expectations, S&P Global said. The ...
A city with a high credit rating would be able to issue bonds that are purchased with much lower rates. S&P said its outlook for San Francisco is negative given the city's financial challenges.
The rating agency cited the “high and growing” government debt, which currently stands at more than $32 trillion (that’s just under $100,000 for every single person in America).
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]
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.
The breakdown of labor talks occurred on the same day that credit rating agency S&P placed Boeing on CreditWatch Negative, increasing the likelihood of a downgrade should the labor dispute ...