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Fitch: Debt Ceiling 'Brinkmanship' Threatens U.S. Credit Rating
https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2017-08-23/fitch-debt-ceiling-brinkmanship-threatens-us-credit-rating

http://www.businessinsider.com/fitch-us-credit-rating-downgrade-debt-ceiling-2017-8
>Congress just got a big warning on how the debt ceiling fight could wreck the US economy
>One of the three big credit rating agencies issued a warning to lawmakers regarding the debt ceiling
>Fitch Ratings said in a statement that the AAA rating the US now bears would be in jeopardy if Congress can't get a deal done before the deadline to raise the borrowing limit.
>If the US were to slip close to a debt ceiling crisis, their ratings on the US debt could slip and make it more costly for the federal government to issue debt. In 2011, after the US brushed up against the debt ceiling deadline, S&P lowered its rating of US debt, sending shockwaves throughout financial markets.
>"We have previously said that prioritizing debt service payments over other obligations if the limit is not raised — if legally and technically feasible — may not be compatible with 'AAA' status."
>One option that has been floated in previous debates is the idea of "prioritization" — that the government could stop other payments and focus on paying interest on its debt to try and preserve faith in the bond market. Fitch said, however, that likely wouldn't help if it reconsidered its rating.
>"In Fitch's view, the economic impact of stopping other spending to prioritize debt repayment, and potential damage to investor confidence in the full faith and credit of the US, which enables its 'AAA' rating to tolerate such high public debt, would be negative for US sovereign creditworthiness"

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