Decades of excessive spending by Congress has caused Moody's to lower America's credit rating. We'll look at federal revenue and spending over the past 59 years.

Mortgage rates jumped higher on Monday following Moody's downgrade of U.S. debt, adding to the headwinds facing homebuyers.

Yields in the Treasury market are rising, threatening to make it more expensive for consumers and the U.S. to manage debt.

If a planned fiscal consolidation in Colombia fails to stabilize public debt and comply with fiscal rules, it could lead to a ratings downgrade for the Andean nation, a top Moody's analyst said on Tuesday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed the U.S. credit downgrade as a "lagging indicator" of economic and fiscal conditions, after Moody's took the U.S. off its top tier.

The yield on both 10 and 30-year government bonds rose on Monday after another credit ratings agency downgraded the US on Friday.

Dow Futures fell by more than 300 points early on Monday, meanwhile 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yields rose past 5%.

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while U.S. Treasury yields steadied allowing a bit of a breathing room for the U.S. dollar as investors took stock of the debt load of the world's biggest economy and awaited trade deals.

NBC News Senior Business Correspondent Christine Romans discusses Moody's decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating and the Trump administration's posture on tariffs.

Moody’s Ratings has joined Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings as the last credit agencies to downgrade the U.S. economy, the world’s largest. The agency cited the country’s