ムーディーズ 米べい政府せいふに対にたいする格付かくづけ 最さい上位じょういから1段階だんかい引き下ひきさげ

Major credit rating agency Moodys Ratings announced that it has downgraded the U.S. governments credit rating by one notch from the highest level, citing reasons such as the expanding fiscal deficit.

In effect, this means a downgrade of government bonds, and local media reports that the United States will lose the highest rating it had retained among the major credit rating agencies.

This was announced by Moodys Ratings on the 16th.

According to this, the rating for the U.S. government was downgraded by one notch from the highest level of Aaa to Aa1.

This virtually means a downgrade of government bonds.

The company pointed out that successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of running large fiscal deficits every year and increasing interest payments, and stated that fiscal deficits are expected to grow further in the future as expenditures increase.

The company also pointed out, While we recognize the strength of the U.S. economy and finances, we believe that this is no longer enough to fully offset the deterioration in fiscal indicators.

Moodys downgraded its outlook on the U.S. government from stable to negative in November the year before last.

Regarding the credit rating of U.S. government bonds, the former Standard & Poors, now S&P Global Ratings, downgraded the rating by one notch from the highest level of credibility in August 2011. Fitch Ratings also downgraded the rating from the highest level of credibility in August 2023.

The influential newspaper The Wall Street Journal reports that, due to Moodys decision, the United States will lose the last top rating it had among the major credit rating agencies.