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Former S&P Ratings Executive Shares Concerns Over U.S. Creditworthiness

Former S&P Ratings Executive Shares Concerns Over U.S. Creditworthiness

Moritz Kraemer was an executive in S&P's sovereign-bond unit when it cut the U.S.'s rating in 2011. Now an economist for German bank LBBW, he says the dysfunction in Washington has only worsened. Read more here:

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