The financial ratings firm lowered the U.S. credit rating from the gold-standard Aaa to Aa1. It said it expected federal ...

Moody's lowered its rating on U.S. debt from Aaa to Aa1, pointing to sustained increase in federal debt and interest payments ...

The downgrade, which places the U.S. government one notch below Moody’s top Aaa status, comes as lawmakers weigh a budget ...

Moody's had been a holdout in keeping U.S. sovereign debt at the highest credit rating possible, and brings the 116-year-old ...

The downgrade from Moody’s means that each of the three major credit rating agencies no longer gives the United States its ...

Moody’s blamed the downgrade on more than a decade of increasing government debt and interest payment ratios, and the failure ...

Congress and past administrations have been unable to agree on how to curb the pattern of substantial yearly budget deficits and rising interest costs.

Moody’s lowered the U.S. credit score to Aa1 from Aaa on Friday, joining Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings in grading the ...

Moody's Ratings downgraded the U.S. credit rating by one notch, from a pristine Aaa to Aa1, citing persistent and rising ...

Moody's Ratings has lowered the United States government's credit rating. This is due to concerns about increasing government ...

Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government’s credit. Standard & Poor’s downgraded ...

Moody’s Ratings cut the U.S. credit rating down a notch to Aa1 from the Aaa, citing the growing burden of financing the ...