On Friday, May 16, after the markets had closed for the week, Wall Street and investors got their answer in the form of a Moody's (NYSE: MCO) downgrade of the United States' credit rating.

When a major credit agency like Moody's Ratings downgrades the U.S. credit outlook, it can have real consequences for ...

Insurers in Europe and the United States are ramping up their exposure to private credit, according to two new reports from ...

Economists consider Moody's downgrade justified, given the U.S.'s reluctance to address its rising debt and deficit.

Recently, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody’s, the ratings firm, announced that the U.S. government’s rising debt levels will grow further if the Trump Republican package of ...

"The downgrade from Moody's means that each of the three major credit rating agencies no longer gives the United States its best rating," said The New York Times. Here is a closer look at what ...

U.S. stocks closed higher after an unsurprising US credit rating downgrade. Treasury yields rise. S&P 500 extends winning streak to six days.

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, the ripple effects can touch everything from your 401(k) to the rate on a ...

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

Although China and the United States agreed to a tariff truce earlier this month, Moody's said "uncertainty around future trade restrictions and global trade flows remains".

Worries may persist for a few weeks about Moody's U.S. credit rating downgrade, but the historical indicators of the U.S. economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, ...