Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ debt on Friday, stripping the country of its last perfect credit rating. The ...

Financial ratings firm Moody’s Ratings downgraded the U.S. government’s credit ratings Friday, citing its rising debt and ...

The Moody's announcement follows similar actions from Fitch and S&P in recent years and could result in higher borrowing costs.

The downgrade on Friday means the United States has lost its last triple-A credit rating from a major ratings firm following cuts by Fitch Ratings in 2023 and S&P Global Ratings in 2011.

The ratings agency noted that America’s system of governance, albeit challenged, gives Moody’s confidence that the United States still deserves a near-perfect, if not AAA, credit rating.

Moody's Ratings cut the United States' sovereign credit rating down one notch to Aa1 from Aaa, the highest possible, citing the growing burden of financing the federal government's budget deficit ...

The United States government lost its last AAA credit rating Friday evening with Moody’s Ratings downgrading the country to its ...

Moody's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating made it the third of the three major ratings agencies to downgrade U.S. credit since 2011 amid widening budget deficits.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Friday evening, Moody’s downgraded the United States’ overall credit ...

Moody's became the last of the three major credit-rating agencies to downgrade the U.S. from the highest possible credit rating. Unrelenting federal deficits, rising interest rates, and ongoing ...