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Moody’s Ratings has downgraded the nation’s credit rating one notch from Aaa to Aa1, leaving the U.S. government without a top grade among any of the major rating agencies. Moody's cited rising debt ...

Credit-rating firm Moody’s downgraded U.S. debt from its Aaa rating by one notch on Friday, citing successive administrations’ failures to deal with rising U.S. debt and deficits.

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