Quote from KeithOmalley:
Fitch S&P and Moodys ALL came out today(7/11/08) and affirmed USA debt rating. even if they had to take fre and fnm on there books.
Can all the rating agencies all put FNM and FRE at AAA, knowing there not a AAA company without the "implied government backing". And at the same time rate the USA AAA thinking the debt that fre and fnm are not there's? prob not unless there is another conspiracy theory on ET.
On Friday, July 11, the pandemonium surrounding Fannie Mae and Freddie Macâs fall from financial grace prompted some panic-stricken citizens to ask the most dreaded of all questions: If the U.S. government is forced to bailout the fledgling mortgage giants, will the leader of the free world lose its coveted AAA status?
To which leading ratings service Moodyâs Inc. responded -- fat chance. In their professional opinion: âEven under a real stress scenario, US debt is well within the guidelines for the top credit ratingâ¦