An economist explains why the recent credit rating downgrades for major U.S. banks might not carry a big impact.

Habitual deficit financing — the very disease Alexander Hamilton warned against — has become business as usual.

Moody's has downgraded deposit ratings of top US lenders JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo just days after stripping the nation of its triple-A rating.

No one likes seeing their credit rating drop, as it’s indicative of a number of issues (poor budgeting, overspending, ...

A sell-off in global bonds is accelerating as Moody's downgrade of U.S. credit rating and President Donald Trump's tax bill has brought to fore investors' fiscal concerns globally.

America’s fiscal woes are nothing to sneeze at, but they’re also nothing new. Which is why we expect markets to largely shrug ...

Economists consider Moody's downgrade justified, given the U.S.'s reluctance to address its rising debt and deficit.

On Friday, one of the world’s foremost sovereign credit rating agencies, Moody’s, announced it was downgrading the United ...

Wall Street slumped under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the U.S ...

Wall Street is slumping under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the ...

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How could the downgrade impact Americans? The dip in the U.S. credit rating indicates that ratings agencies believe the ...