Little Changed After US Debt Downgrade

Last Friday’s downgrade of U.S. long-term debt from AAA to AA+ by credit ratings firm Standard & Poor’s may further unnerve investors.
Little Changed After US Debt Downgrade
WAITING GAME: A trader looks at his screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. Markets around the world open Monday, filled with new anxieties as Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. long-term debt rating and the European Central Bank mulls purchasing Italian and Spanish bonds to avert a debt contagion crisis. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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WAITING GAME: A trader looks at his screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. Markets around the world open Monday, filled with new anxieties as Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. long-term debt rating and the European Central Bank mulls purchasing Italian and Spanish bonds to avert a debt contagion crisis. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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