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Yellen: Negative Moody’s outlook on US is ‘a decision that I disagree with’
The Hill ^ | 11/14/2023 | TAYLOR GIORNO

Posted on 11/14/2023 7:38:35 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she disagrees with the recent move by Moody’s Investors Service’s to shift the U.S. outlook from stable to negative.

“The American economy is fundamentally strong and Treasury securities remain the world’s preeminent safe and liquid asset,” Yellen said Monday following the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting in San Francisco.

The Moody’s move is “a decision that I disagree with,” Yellen added.

While the U.S. still has its “AAA” rating from Moody’s, the agency called higher interest rates and the rising debt a risk to America’s fiscal strength.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disagree; economy; moodys; outlook; yellen
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why is this dottering mentally disabled person the Treasury Secretary? Oh wait, for the same reason the mentally disable buffoon in the fictitious president.

The enemy within needs fall guys. They fit the bill and do as they are told.


21 posted on 11/14/2023 10:01:47 AM PST by Boomer (The Long Winter is coming...)
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To: GOPJ

The rest of us will pay and pay and pay and pay.....


22 posted on 11/14/2023 1:13:02 PM PST by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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Well, at least Yellen was right about inflation only being ‘transitory’... /s


23 posted on 11/14/2023 6:25:39 PM PST by GOPJ (When white liberal 'elites' say we must 'save democracy' they mean 'save white liberal elite power'.)
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