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U.S. Government Finances Deteriorating, S&P’s Swann Tells MNI

Posted on August 15, 2012 by News

14-Aug (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government’s finances have deteriorated “gradually” since Standard & Poor’s stripped the country of its top grade, Nikola Swann, an analyst for the credit-rating company, said in an interview with newswire MNI.

America has had an AA+ rating with a negative outlook since Aug. 5, 2011, when S&P downgraded the country for the first time, citing the government’s failure to agree on a plan to reduce deficits. The grade may be cut again by 2014, the New York-based unit of McGraw-Hill Cos. said in a June 8 report.

“The U.S. fiscal profile has continued to gradually deteriorate since last summer, at a rate in-between our base- case scenario and our downside scenario of August 2011, keeping the U.S. at the high end of our indebtedness range,” Swann said in an interview published today by MNI. .........http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-14/u-s-government-finances-deteriorating-s-p-s-swann-tells-mni.html