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Some student loan borrowers see credit scores plummet by over 100 points: 'I don't have 2 or 3 years to wait for my score to come back'
As federal student loan servicers once again report delinquent accounts to credit bureaus, borrowers feel the impact and ...
The U.S. just lost its last pristine credit rating. What that means for markets.
Years of rising deficits and budget chaos finally caught up with the U.S. credit rating Friday when Moody’s Investor Service ...
Why credit ratings do (kinda) matter
After splitting the data into pre- and post-crisis periods, we find that ratings go from being significant in the 1996—2007 subsample to insignificant in the 2010—2016 period. These results support ...
U.S. loses its last perfect credit rating following Moody's downgrade
Eyewitness footage showed the moment a Mexican navy tall ship crashed into New York's Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday (May 17).
Private-Credit Ratings Under Scrutiny: Conflicting Interests Fuel Investor Concerns
Certain agencies have garnered a reputation for inflating private-credit ratings, lending executives say.
The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Perfect Credit Rating Anymore. Investors Shouldn’t Worry Yet.
After the closing bell on Friday, Moody’s became the last major credit-rating firm to downgrade U.S. sovereign debt from its ...
Speaker Johnson: U.S. Credit Rating Downgraded Because Of "Biden Spending Spree"
House Speaker Mike Johnson comments on Moody's downgrading the U.S. government's credit rating during an interview on "FOX ...
Wall Street Brunch: U.S. Loses Top Rating At Moody's
The U.S. losses top credit rating on skyrocketing debt and interest payment ratios. China rare earth curbs hitting supply ...