Fitch Downgrades US Credit Rating, Citing Erosion of Confidence in Fiscal Management

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The White House slams the rating agency’s decision

The United States has taken a major hit as Fitch Ratings has lowered its Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating for the country from AAA to AA+.

The U.S. credit rating has been lowered because of “the expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years, a high and growing general government debt burden, and the erosion of governance” over the past two decades, according to the credit rating agency.

“The repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions have eroded confidence in fiscal management,” Fitch stated.

“In addition, the government lacks a medium-term fiscal framework, unlike most peers, and has a complex budgeting process.”

The move implies that U.S. government bonds are a riskier investment than they were previously and increases the cost of government borrowing as a result.

Fitch forecasts that the general government deficit will climb to 6.3 percent of GDP in 2023, up from 3.7 percent in 2022, due to cyclically lower federal revenues, new spending initiatives, and a greater interest burden.

In May, the agency placed the country’s rating on negative watch, citing the debt ceiling debate in Washington. According to the latest report, the negative watch was lifted and a stable outlook was assigned.

Since this is the first time a major ratings agency has downgraded the United States in more than a decade, the move has caused quite a stir.

“We strongly disagree with this decision,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

“The ratings model used by Fitch declined under President Trump and then improved under President Biden, and it defies reality to downgrade the United States at a moment when President Biden has delivered the strongest recovery of any major economy in the world. And itโ€™s clear that extremism by Republican officialsโ€”from cheerleading default, to undermining governance and democracy, to seeking to extend deficit-busting tax giveaways for the wealthy and corporationsโ€”is a continued threat to our economy.”

โ€˜Bizarre and Ineptโ€™

Larry Summers, the Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, reacted to the Fitch ratingโ€™s decision on Twitter.

Byย Emel Akan

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