Marketplace for August 8, 2011
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Debt Downgrade
S&P: U.S. credit worthiness remains very strong
by Marketplace Staff
Aug 8, 2011
Standard & Poor's global head of sovereign ratings David Beers comments on the ratings agency's decision to downgrade U.S. debt from AAA
Debt Downgrade
The downgrade: What political gap?
by Stacey Vanek Smith
Aug 8, 2011
The economy isn't doing well, but S&P said Friday it was downgrading U.S. debt because of politics, that there's such a gap between the parties, it throws into serious doubt the government's ability to govern responsibly. But where's the gap?
Debt Downgrade
The Fed steps up
by John Dimsdale
Aug 8, 2011
Now that partisan politics has rendered the government unable to function, only one player in Washington has the power to affect the economy: the Federal Reserve
Debt Downgrade
Asia and Europe react to U.S. debt downgrade
by Marketplace Staff
Aug 8, 2011
How Europe is dealing with the U.S. downgrade news, in light of its own debt problems, and the latest on China's reactions as the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt
Debt Downgrade
U.S. credit downgrade: Apocalypse now out in the markets?
by Marketplace Staff
Aug 8, 2011
New York bureau chief Heidi Moore discusses what S&P's downgrade was really about and how we are going to get substantive economic help out of what's going on