NEWS FLASH
REPORT: S&P to downgrade U.S. credit, will cite GOP refusal to raise taxes. | ABC News reports: “A government official tells ABC News that the federal government is expecting and preparing for bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the rating of US debt from its current AAA value.” Among the reasons cited will be “Republicans saying that they refuse to accept any tax increases as part of a larger deal.”
Update
Multiple reports are indicating that Treasury found math errors in S&P’s assessment of the U.S.’ debt making their figures off by up to $2 trillion. The rating agency is now reconsidering the downgrade, though the move is still possible.
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