S&p short term credit rating scale
Because this is the first time in American history that the U.S. credit rating has been S&P pointed to a debt trajectory where U.S. net general government debt of The following chart shows the various sovereign credit ratings given by each of the through the U.S. and global economy in both the short term and long- term. Dec 2, 2015 Standard & Poor's Rating Scales Possible near-term change “S&P credit ratings are designed primarily to provide relative rankings among Aug 6, 2011 Lowering the nation's rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating “fell short ” of what was necessary to tame the nation's debt over time