{"id":276730,"date":"2025-05-19T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/downgrades-and-cds-econbrowser\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:24","slug":"downgrades-and-cds-econbrowser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/downgrades-and-cds-econbrowser\/","title":{"rendered":"Downgrades and CDS | Econbrowser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-56680\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bessent says Moody\u2019s downgrade is a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/scott-bessent-calls-moodys-lagging-indicator-us-credit-downgrade-rcna207535\"> lagging indicator<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uscreditratings_18may25.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56681\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uscreditratings_18may25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uscreditratings_18may25.png 1009w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uscreditratings_18may25-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uscreditratings_18may25-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uscreditratings_18may25-624x473.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But then the <a href=\"https:\/\/ratings.moodys.com\/ratings-news\/443154\">Moody\u2019s statement<\/a> itself states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result <strong>from current fiscal proposals under consideration<\/strong>. Over the next decade, we expect larger deficits as entitlement spending rises while government revenue remains broadly flat. In turn, persistent, large fiscal deficits will drive the government\u2019s debt and interest burden higher. The US\u2019 fiscal performance is likely to deteriorate relative to its own past and compared to other highly-rated sovereigns. <strong>[emphasis added]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Note that Fitch dropped its rating in August of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>What about market indicators? Here\u2019s 5 year CDS on US Treasurys (from worldgovernmentbonds.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56682\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25.png 1200w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds5_us_18may25-624x468.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see the context, consider this 6 month detail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56683\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short.png 1200w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cds_us_18may25short-624x468.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Trump!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis entry was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2025\/05\/downgrades-and-cds\" title=\"4:51 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2025-05-18T16:51:16-07:00\">May 18, 2025<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/author\/menzie_chinn\" title=\"View all posts by Menzie Chinn\" rel=\"author\">Menzie Chinn<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2025\/05\/downgrades-and-cds\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bessent says Moody\u2019s downgrade is a lagging indicator\u2026 But then the Moody\u2019s statement itself states: We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":276731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}