US EditionMoody's downgrades U.S. credit rating, pushes it out of elite 'AAA' club
- Moody's downgraded the United States' credit rating from AAA to Aa1 on May 16, 2025, removing its last perfect rating since 1917.
- The downgrade followed earlier cuts by Fitch in 2023 and S&P in 2011, reflecting rising government debt and interest payments above peers.
- Moody's highlighted the steadiness of U.S. monetary management, largely due to the Federal Reserve's autonomy, while also pointing out governance challenges and increasing federal borrowing requirements.
- Moody's stated the downgrade could increase interest rates and disrupt markets but affirmed the U.S. credit outlook remains stable and near-perfect.
- The agency expects institutional frameworks to remain resilient even if tested and sees no immediate risk of further downgrades.
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Moody’s Downgrades US Credit Rating
Source: Mykhailo Repuzhynskyi / Getty Moody’s Downgrades US Credit Rating. Will our credit downgrade lead to higher borrowing costs? It’s what’s in not so “Beautiful Big Bill” that is causing the downgrade. Tony Katz: Should we really be concerned with this Moody’s, which is one of these reigning services. They dropped the credit rating of the United States. Now, I think if we’re going to go about this politically, people can say, “oh, look w…
The US is also losing its top rating at the third major rating agency. The White House reacts promptly.
U.S. AAA Credit Rating Slashed by Moody's as Biden's Debt Legacy Haunts Economy
Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating from “Aaa” to “Aa1” on Friday, May 16, 2025. The decision strips America of its last top-tier credit rating among major agencies. Moody’s cited persistent fiscal deficits and mounting debt burdens as key factors behind the downgrade. “Successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to agree on […]
It was the last of the three major credit rating agencies not yet to have degraded the US debt. The latter considers in particular that the draft budget bill defended by Donald Trump will not allow to achieve a reduction in spending.It is a blow to the economic policy of Donald Trump: the Moodys agency lowered on Friday the note of the United States, while the tensions related to its trade war, especially with China, were just beginning to calm …
With Moody's, the third major credit rating agency has now also withdrawn the US from the top rating. The reason is the high public debt of the United States. The White House reacts unnoticed to the downgrading.
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