BBCNEWS World July 4, 2024
Remember thatjust like most americans who have credit records when they want to borrow money and find out how much debt they can take on, the Us Government also gets a credit rating. When it gets downgraded like this, the potential long term effect as it could push up the cost for the Us Government of borrowing money, and in turn that might long run push up taxes, it could mean less spending by the government and could mean fewer government and could mean fewer government programmes in the future. We are not there yet, but that is the underlying fear. If you look at what they are trying to add...