You hear a lot about the credit scores of individual consumers and how that affects their borrowing power. But what you might not realize is that governments have credit ratings, too. Similar to those ...

Moody’s has downgraded the US credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 over rising federal debt It’s the last major rating agency to drop the US from its top-tier credit status The move could raise borrowing ...

Fifteen years ago, in August 2008, the world’s credit-rating agencies were in the midst of the worst period in their history. The global financial crisis was about to reach its zenith. It was already ...

FICO has released the average credit score in each state. Find out how you compare and what you can do to boost your score.

In 2011, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States’ credit rating for the first time, lowering its rating of long-term federal debt from its top grade of AAA to AA+. Republicans scrambled to ...

Your credit score is the key to your financial future: It can determine whether you get approved for a credit card, car loan or mortgage, and what interest rate you'll pay, In some cases, your score ...

Two weeks ago, Fitch downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. This matched the downgrade issued by Standard & Poor's (S&P) in 2011. Two well-known public companies are now one credit grade ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission fined six major credit rating organizations a total of $49 million for their “significant failures” to keep electronic communications. Moody’s Investor ...

Harvard will maintain its AAA credit rating from S&P, the credit rating agency announced in a report on Thursday, easing concerns that the University could see its rating downgraded amid the ongoing ...