No More AAA - What the U.S. Debt Downgrade Means for Investors | Money For the Rest of Us Podcast

With longer-term U.S. interest rates rising and no plan to reduce the budget deficit, is a U.S. national debt crisis imminent?
Topics covered include:
Why S&P, Fitch, and now Moody's stripped the U.S. of its pristine AAA debt rating
How the U.S. national debt dynamics compare to Greece, Italy, and Japan
What are four things investors should monitor for signs that the national debt crisis is worsening or spiraling out of control

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Show Notes
Moody's Ratings downgrades United States ratings to Aa1 from Aaa; changes outlook to stable—Moody's Ratings
Research Update: United States of America Long-Term Rating Lowered To 'AA+' On Political Risks And Rising Debt Burden; Outlook Negative—S&P Global
Interest Expense and Average Interest Rates on the National Debt FY 2010 – FYTD 2025—FiscalData.Treasury.gov
The Stark Math on the GOP Tax Plan: It Doesn’t Cut the Deficit by Richard Rubin—The Wall Street Journal
The Long-Term Budget Outlook: 2025 to 2055—Congressional Budget Office
Walmart says higher prices could hit this month due to tariffs by Natalie Sherman—BBC
Post on May 17th, 2025; 7:27 AM by Donald J. Trump—Truth Social
Walmart responds to Trump comment that retailer should ‘eat the tariffs’ by Kyler Swaim—The Hill
What’s behind Japan’s High Government Debt? by YiLi Chien and Ashley H. Stewart—Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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