The United States may lose its top-notch credit rating in the next few weeks if lawmakers fail to increase the country's debt ceiling, forcing the government to miss debt payments, Moody's Investors Service warned Wednesday.
Moody's was the first among the big-three rating agencies to place the United States' Aaa rating on review for a possible downgrade, which means a negative rating action is impending.
In a statement, Moody's said it sees a "rising possibility that the statutory debt limit will not be raised on a timely basis, leading to a default on U.S. Treasury debt obligations."
The move wasn't completely unexpected: The credit-rating agency had warned in early June that a ratings review was likely in mid-July if there wasn't "meaningful progress" in discussions to raise the debt limit.
And now Wall Street is pissed. Expect a deal sooner rather than later, as long as Obama continues to be smart enough to let the GOP save face.
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