It all comes down to money. The credit rating is a guide to how risky buying debt is for potential investors. Independent ...

Strategists warned the move, announced after the market close on Friday, could spark some near-term selling in stocks and ...

The European Stability Mechanism's (ESM) bank recapitalization instrument ... increasing their already outsize exposure to eurozone sovereign debt, which falls in value as fears rise that the ...

Years of rising deficits and budget chaos finally caught up with the U.S. credit rating Friday when Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the government, stripping its last triple-A rating.

Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade ...

His coverage of Sri Lanka's financial crisis was part of a collection ... where he covered the end of the eurozone debt crisis and the Brexit referendum. He later worked as a freelancer in ...

The group of governments whose bonds get the highest ranking just got smaller, after the US lost its last triple-A credit rating from Moody's.