The Latest Breaking News from Moody

The stock market faces significant uncertainty heading into this week following Moody's unexpected downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt late Friday, which sent futures tumbling and threatens to overshadow other market catalysts. Here are 5 things to watch this week in the Market.

Loss of Moody’s triple-A rating comes amid concerns about fiscal trajectory and widening budget deficit

The S&P 500 is 3% below its peak set in mid-February, when Trump launched a global trade war that began with tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Trump tries to solve the economy with "alternative facts."

One state's taxpayers could soon be forking out $25 million a day in interest with credit rating agencies looking for fiscal discipline in the upcoming budget.

The United States lost its last triple-A credit rating from a major agency on Friday as Moody's announced a downgrade, citing rising levels of government debt and dealing a blow to Donald Trump's narrative of economic strength and prosperity.

Credit rating agency sees no real effort by government to cut spending, expects fiscal performance to deteriorate, and Trump’s tariffs to significantly hurt nation's long-term growth

"Successive US administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and growing interest costs."

Maryland has lost its triple-A bond rating from Moody’s

Rating agency downgrades Ineos Quattro as it says ‘trade barriers’ could affect it for next two years

Moody’s is set to report its first-quarter earnings next week, with analysts projecting modest growth in earnings compared to the same period last year. Expectations point to a single-digit increase in the bottom line, reflecting steady demand across its credit ratings and analytics businesses.