Moody’s cut the U.S.’s sovereign credit rating from AAA to Aa1. It was the last of the major credit-rating firms to strip the country of its triple-A rating. S&P Global Ratings downgraded U.S. debt in ...

The downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating Friday will likely mean higher borrowing costs on mortgages.

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But the sovereign downgrade — and the knock-on impact to the GSEs — sends a clear message: these entities don’t exist in a vacuum. As the government’s fiscal credibility evolves, so too does the ...