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Fitch ratings places US AAA rating on 'negative watch' as debt ceiling deadline nears
by Shine
May 25, 2023[Money]
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The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings announced Wednesday it has placed the US AAA-rated long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating on a "negative watch" as the debt ceiling deadlock continued.
"The Rating Watch Negative reflects increased political partisanship that is hindering reaching a resolution to raise or suspend the debt limit," the agency said in a statement.
Despite reaching the US$31.4 trillion debt limit in January, discussions between the White House and congressional leaders only began on May 9, less than a month before the estimated date of a US government default on its debt obligations.
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