Moody’s just stripped the U.S. of its last triple-A sovereign rating—and while markets have taken the news so far in stride, ...

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

A sovereign credit rating is issued by a credit rating agency after evaluating the country’s economic and political conditions. Sovereign credit ratings provide investors with an indication of ...

In 2011, the GOP was responsible for a U.S. credit rating downgrade. In 2023, it happened again. And in 2025, Republicans are again to blame.

Moody's was the last credit-rating agency to keep the U.S. at a top AAA rating. That changed Friday, with Moody's joining S&P ...