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  • Obama officials attack S&P's credibility after downgrade

    08/05/2011 10:45:42 PM PDT · by tobyhill · 84 replies
    reuters ^ | 8/5/2011 | Glenn Somerville and Rachelle Younglai
    The Obama administration attacked the credibility of the analysis underlying Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the United States' top credit rating on Friday, saying it had found a $2 trillion error. S&P was forced to remove the number from its analysis after Treasury officials discovered that the rating agency's estimates of the government's discretionary spending was $2 trillion too high, sources familiar with the discussions said.