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Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating from top score after debt ceiling crisis
NBCNews ^

Posted on 08/01/2023 8:00:40 PM PDT by matt04

Fitch downgraded its credit rating for the U.S. government, from AAA to AA+, two months after the debt-ceiling crisis was resolved.

“In Fitch’s view, there has been a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years, including on fiscal and debt matters," the rating agency said Tuesday. Fitch said the U.S. appeared to suffer from an “erosion of governance," pointing to the Washington brinkmanship over the debt ceiling as an example.

With a rating of AA+, the U.S. still holds among the highest possible ratings, which Fitch saying the nation still benefits from a “large, advanced, well-diversified and high-income economy.”“I strongly disagree with Fitch Ratings’ decision,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement Tuesday, calling the change “arbitrary and based on outdated data.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; credit; economy; yellen
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If Yellen disagrees that means Fitch is right.
1 posted on 08/01/2023 8:00:40 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

Debt ceiling crisis? Well, that will be pinned on the GOP by the MSM.


2 posted on 08/01/2023 8:02:33 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: matt04

“Fitch is dual-headquartered in New York City and London, and is controlled by Hearst”


3 posted on 08/01/2023 8:06:00 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

How long before Fat Albert opens some investigation?


4 posted on 08/01/2023 8:09:08 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: matt04

> Fitch downgraded its credit rating for the U.S. government, from AAA to AA+ <

This is great news for the Biden administration! After all, Finch could have downgraded the U.S. government to AA. But they didn’t. They recognized Biden’s genius, and so added the + sign.

(I’m just auditioning to be Biden’s next press secretary. How am I doing?)


5 posted on 08/01/2023 8:09:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: matt04

Trump’s fault!

It should be lower.


6 posted on 08/01/2023 8:10:51 PM PDT by bgill
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To: matt04

Rating will be based upon how many yuans the nations have.
/S


7 posted on 08/01/2023 8:12:24 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Biden freaks when US credit rating is downgraded
due to his “erosion of fiscal management.”


The problem is he doesnt spend any time on the economy.

We’re learning Biden spends most of his time
<><>on his grooming,
<><>making deals w/ our foreign adversaries,
<><>opening secret bank accounts,
<><>enriching his family
<><>talking to his grandkids,
<><>retreating to his various mansions in Delaware......

And his most foolish task....trying to remake
cokehead Hunter into some semblance of a human being.


8 posted on 08/01/2023 8:16:23 PM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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To: Leaning Right
(I’m just auditioning to be Biden’s next press secretary. How am I doing?)

What's your skin color, race, and sexual orientation? That's more important.

9 posted on 08/01/2023 8:29:23 PM PDT by plsvn
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To: matt04

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4172166/posts

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4172170/posts

😁👍


10 posted on 08/01/2023 8:36:58 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: plsvn

You beat me to it. Actual competence disen’t matter.


11 posted on 08/01/2023 8:37:01 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Leaning Right

Too good. Your supposed to deflect and demand they ask someone else or just say someone else already made some vague statement. Your fired.


12 posted on 08/01/2023 8:38:45 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: plsvn

> What’s your skin color, race, and sexual orientation? That’s more important. <

I’m a straight white male who is obsessed with Jennifer Aniston. (Please don’t tell my girlfriend about that last part.)

However, on my resume I self-identify as an illegal alien dreamer. I am also a female lesbian of color. And I am physically and mentally challenged too.

So, yeah. There is certainly a place for me in the Biden administration. I would expect a cabinet position, at the very least.


13 posted on 08/01/2023 8:53:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: matt04

Interest rates will go up for Fedzilla?


14 posted on 08/01/2023 9:49:00 PM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: matt04

AA+ is ridiculous. If the US was a person, bank would have hired a bouncer to keep him out.


15 posted on 08/01/2023 11:08:06 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

Interesting....ranked at same level as New Zealand now.


16 posted on 08/02/2023 1:56:25 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Stock futures not overly concerned yet. SP500 only down 70 bps as of now.


17 posted on 08/02/2023 3:32:57 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: matt04

https://usdebtclock.org/


18 posted on 08/02/2023 3:45:47 AM PDT by Pollard (The US government has US citizens as political prisoners!)
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To: matt04

So Biden is running the country into the ground. Democrat voters are complicit.


19 posted on 08/02/2023 7:10:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Interest rates will go up for Fedzilla?

Yes, the lower the credit rating the higher the borrowing cost - a further drain on the American taxpayer.

20 posted on 08/02/2023 7:12:10 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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