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Like it or not, you have a number — and it’s either helping or hurting you. Here’s a simple guide to making yours better.

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Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland are the only countries with a perfect score from all three major credit rating companies.

Maryland maintains 2 top credit ratings for general obligation bonds, debt S&P Global Ratings assigns AAA long-term rating to Maryland's general obligation bonds ... Updated: 1:48 PM EDT May 28, 2025 ...

In other words, even though the U.S. no longer boasts the highest possible credit rating, Moody's still believes it's a financially strong entity. Image source: Getty Images.

But, David, each time there were previous downgrades from the other two credit rating agencies, right, in 2011 and 2023, we heard concerns that investors would start to see the U.S. less as a safe ...

Moody's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating made it the third of the three major ratings agencies to downgrade U.S. credit since 2011 amid widening budget deficits.

On Friday, Moody’s, for the first time in its history, downgraded U.S. government bonds from the gold star rating of “AAA” to “AA1,” the silver medal equivalent.

In a sure sign that President Donald Trump is ushering the U.S. into a new Golden Age, Moody’s became the third and final credit ratings agency to downgrade America’s rating on Friday, citing ...

Moody's credit rating agency downgraded the credit rating of the United States government from Aaa to Aa1, citing the rising national debt as the primary driver behind the reduction in ...

Moody's Ratings downgraded the U.S. credit rating by one notch, from a pristine Aaa to Aa1, citing persistent and rising government debt as causing the move.