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Why Did a Rating Agency Send U.S. Treasury Bonds Lower?

Credit downgrades increase borrowing costs. In mid-May 2025, one of the leading rating agencies downgraded the world’s leading economy. Market analysts are divided on whether a downgrade will impact markets and asset prices over the coming days, weeks, and months.

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Credit rating downgrade cost unknown for debt-hit state

No research has been done on how much interest repayments on spiralling state debt would soar from a possible credit rating downgrade.

AAP

Africa’s new credit rating agency could change the rules of the game. Here’s how

For governments, a credit rating is more than a financial signal. It is a verdict that can influence the cost of borrowing, access to markets and, ultimately, the ability to provide for their citizens.

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Maryland's Wes Moore says he's not running for president but high-profile stops keep chatter alive

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been saying for months that he does not plan to run for president in 2028

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September British Pound Futures: How to Trade Stagflation Threats and the Moody’s Debt Downgrade

The United Kingdom’s has a fundamentally health economy and has better trading relations with the U.S. than many other countries.

Barchart

The bond market is worrying that 'something may be breaking beneath the surface' of Trump's tax bill

Saxo Bank’s Charu Chanana says: “The bond market is sending out distress flares."

Fortune

Trump Tax Bill, Moody’s Downgrade: Here Are the Key Reasons to Sell T-Bond Futures Now

T-bond futures hit a contract low on Thursday, May 22. Here are the levels to watch for a selling opportunity now.

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America's Credit Is Falling—and the Government Is Still Digging Deeper Into Debt

The lesson from the Moody's credit downgrade is that the U.S. cannot borrow its way to prosperity.

Reason

Bitcoin touches all-time high and Treasury yields touch 5% again

Bitcoin soared to record levels before dropping like a stone later in the day. U.S. equities saw their positive streak cut short.

Fortune

How Is Moody’s U.S. Debt Downgrade Impacting Commodities Markets and for How Long?

The debt downgrade news is likely to wear off by the end of this week.

Barchart

The US credit rating has been downgraded. But there’s an easy fix for our debt

Instead of cutting taxes on the richest Americans – who hold much of the country’s debt – simply raise them

The Guardian - US

Markets drop amid debt jitters, Tesla climbs as Musk plans pullback on political spending

Stocks remained relatively stable after a 6-day winning streak.

Fortune

Ray Dalio says the risks from U.S. credit downgrade ‘are greater than the rating agencies are conveying’

Dalio fears the U.S. will “print money” to pay off its debts, which creates a different problem for bondholders.

Fortune

U.S. economy is experiencing 'death by a thousand cuts', says Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says Moody's recent debt downgrade continues a drip of bad fiscal news for the American economic outlook.

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Trump can complain all he wants – but he can’t stop his own economic mess

Between his tariffs and his regressive ‘big, beautiful bill’, the president is wreaking havoc – and he never learns

Fortune

Will Moody's U.S. credit downgrade trigger 'flight to quality?'

It’s no secret the national debt is on an unsustainable path.

The Independent UK

Asian shares advance after China cuts interest rates to boost economy

Asian shares have advanced after China cut key interest rates as part of its effort to fend off malaise worsened by the trade war

AAP

Aussie shares push higher as rate cut lifts markets

A Reserve Bank interest rate cut has helped push the Australian share market higher and recover recent losses.

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Markets recoup earlier losses as JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns of investor complacency

The S&P 500 was largely flat Monday, recouping earlier losses after Moody's lowered the U.S. credit rating.

Kiplinger

Stock Market Today: Markets Discount Another U.S. Downgrade

After Friday's closing bell, Moody's followed Standard & Poor's and Fitch and cut its rating on U.S. government debt.

Reason

Not Even the Moody's Downgrade Can Make Republicans Take the National Debt Seriously

Friday's announcement by Moody's and the House Budget Committee vote could have been a turning point.

Fortune

Top economist El-Erian says tariffs have put the era of U.S. exceptionalism ‘on pause’

El-Erian said American exceptionalism for years led the world to bring its money to the U.S.

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‘President Trump lied to Americans’: Hardline republicans push controversial Trump bill forward, demand even deeper cuts

Trump's bill keep getting cut on its way to the president.

The Guardian - US

JP Morgan chief warns of ‘complacency’ as markets look past credit downgrade

Jamie Dimon says possibility of stagflation far higher than investors realize as markets shake off Moody’s triple-A cut

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 claws back losses after US credit rating downgrade

Markets had initially dropped on Monday after ratings agency Moody’s downgraded the US from its triple-A credit rating.

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