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The 2011 S&P downgrade was the first time the US federal government was given a rating below AAA. S&P had announced a negative outlook on the AAA rating in April 2011. The downgrade to AA+ occurred four days after the 112th United States Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling of the federal government by means of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011.
Fitch Ratings downgraded US long-term debt late on Tuesday from AAA to AA+, citing this spring’s debt ceiling standoff as a major reason. America’s credit rating got downgraded again. Here’s ...
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government's credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance ...
When S&P downgraded the US credit rating in 2011, for the first time ever, it cited both fiscal and political problems. President Obama signed a bill raising the federal borrowing limit on August ...
In August 2011, S&P downgraded the long-held triple-A rating of US securities. [1] On August 1, 2023, Fitch downgraded its credit-rating of United States Treasuries from AAA to AA+, as S&P had twelve years earlier, leaving only Moody's to still assign its highest rating to the country's debt.
Fitch Ratings typically does not assign outlooks to sovereign ratings below B− (CCC and lower) or modifiers. CCC indicates 'Substantial Credit Risk' where 'default is a real possibility'. CC indicates 'Very High Levels of Credit Risk' where 'default of some kind appears probable'. [104]
On August 8, 2011, the first trading day after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US credit rating for the first time ever, the S&P 500 stock index plunged by 6.5%.
In finance and investing, Black Monday 2011 refers to August 8, 2011, when US and global stock markets crashed [1] following the Friday night credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States sovereign debt from AAA, or "risk free", to AA+. [2] It was the first time in history the United States was downgraded. [3]