Saturday, August 06, 2011

united states loses aaa credit rating from s&p, markets go wild

debt crisis q&a: what you need to know about s&p cut*
united states loses aaa credit rating from s&p, markets go wildfrom reuters: The United States lost its top-notch AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Friday in an unprecedented reversal of fortune for the world's largest economy. S&P cut the long-term U.S. credit rating by one notch to AA-plus on concerns about the government's budget deficits and rising debt burden. The move is likely to raise borrowing costs eventually for the American government, companies and consumers. "The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government's medium-term debt dynamics," S&P said in a statement. The decision follows a fierce political battle in Congress over cutting spending and raising taxes to reduce the government's debt burden and allow its statutory borrowing limit to be raised... The S&P 500 stock index fell 10.8 percent in the past 10 trading days on concerns that the U.S. economy may head into another recession and because the European debt crisis has been growing worse as it spreads to Italy.

update: dow closes down 633 points after final plunge*

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/69130/Black-Swan-Monday-Stock-Market-Crash-August-8th-2011/

Anonymous said...

Once again....how can a debt system ever get out of debt when its designed to BE IN DEBT??!! Raising a debt ceiling does NOTHING but raise the debt...as it has been since the beginning of this very stupid financial system. Apparently, it is not the only thing that is stupid....get a clue!!!!!

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