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 ...

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

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

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

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

The U.S. was stripped of its last top credit rating by Moody’s Ratings, reflecting deepening concern that ballooning debt and ...

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

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