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03-08-2023, 09:35 AM
BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Updated 5:26 AM GMT+8, August 3, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Late Tuesday, Fitch Ratings became the second of the three major credit-rating firms to remove its coveted triple-A assessment of the United States government’s credit worthiness, a move that spurred debate in Washington about spending and tax policies.
Fitch cited the federal government’s rising debt burden and the political difficulties that the U.S. government has had in addressing spending and tax policies as the principal reasons for reducing its rating from AAA to AA+.
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, said that Fitch’s decision was the right one, given that there are few efforts in Washington to address the government’s longstanding budget deficit.
“This is about a fundamental mismatch over the long term between our spending growth and our revenue capabilities,” he said.
Standard & Poor’s removed its coveted triple-A rating of U.S. debt in 2011
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Fitch’s downgrade will have little impact. Few pension funds are limited to holding just triple-A rated debt, according to Goldman Sachs, which means the current AA+ from Fitch and Standard & Poor’s will be sufficient to maintain demand for Treasurys.
Full article at: https://apnews.com/article/fitch-debt-do...cbd96f0bc7
Updated 5:26 AM GMT+8, August 3, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Late Tuesday, Fitch Ratings became the second of the three major credit-rating firms to remove its coveted triple-A assessment of the United States government’s credit worthiness, a move that spurred debate in Washington about spending and tax policies.
Fitch cited the federal government’s rising debt burden and the political difficulties that the U.S. government has had in addressing spending and tax policies as the principal reasons for reducing its rating from AAA to AA+.
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, said that Fitch’s decision was the right one, given that there are few efforts in Washington to address the government’s longstanding budget deficit.
“This is about a fundamental mismatch over the long term between our spending growth and our revenue capabilities,” he said.
Standard & Poor’s removed its coveted triple-A rating of U.S. debt in 2011
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Fitch’s downgrade will have little impact. Few pension funds are limited to holding just triple-A rated debt, according to Goldman Sachs, which means the current AA+ from Fitch and Standard & Poor’s will be sufficient to maintain demand for Treasurys.
Full article at: https://apnews.com/article/fitch-debt-do...cbd96f0bc7
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