Moody's has downgraded deposit ratings of top US lenders JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo just days after stripping the nation of its triple-A rating.

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he’s more alarmed by the country’s growing budget deficit than its trade ...

A new report by Goldman Sachs finds that while larger tax cuts will yield a bigger growth boost, the drag on economic growth ...

The dip in the U.S. credit rating indicates that ratings agencies believe the government is at a higher risk of default on ...

Moody’s has downgraded the long-term senior unsecured debt ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Aa1 from Aaa, following ...

This means all three of the major credit rating companies of the world — the others being S&P Capital and Fitch — have now all moved the U.S down from the top rating.

Moody’s Ratings became the last of the three major credit-rating agencies to say the U.S. federal government no longer deserves a top-tier AAA rating.

Recently, international rating agency Moody’s lowered the U.S. sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA1, marking the first ...

After recovering from an initial jolt, U.S. stocks, bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar drifted through a quiet May 19 ...

Moody's (MCO) adjustment to the U.S. government's credit rating was from Aaa to Aa1, a notch down on the firm's 21-notch rating scale. The firm cited the increase in government debt over the past 10 ...

Yields in the Treasury market are rising, threatening to make it more expensive for consumers and the U.S. to manage debt.