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Standard & Poor’s
Standard & Poor’s warned there is a 50 percent chance it will lower the U.S. government’s AAA credit rating by one or more levels within three months. S&P said yesterday that, even if Congress raises the debt limit in time to avert a default, it might lower the U.S. sovereign rating to AA+ with a negative outlook if it isn’t accompanied by a “credible solution” on the debt level.Such a ratings change, which could come as soon as early August, would “modestly raise” the federal government’s borrowing costs, S&P said. If the U.S. defaults on some obligations after Aug. 2, even if it pays bondholders, S&P forecasts short-term interest rates would rise by 0.50 percentage points and long-term interest rates by 1 percentage point.end quote.
So even though Egan-Jones has already lowered U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA there is a 50% chance (which is pretty high) that Standard and Poor's which is the biggest credit rating company in the U.S. will also drop the U.S credit Rating from AAA to AA+
note: you can read in the following blog and quotes about Egan Jones dropping the credit rating already:
Egan-Jones Ratings downgrades U.S. Credit Rating t...
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