Moody's: UK, US closer to losing AAA rating - Mon papers

The US and the UK have moved "substantially" closer to losing their AAA credit ratings as the cost of servicing their debt rose, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The governments of the two economies must balance bringing down their debt burdens without damaging growth by removing fiscal stimulus too quickly, Pierre Cailleteau, managing director of sovereign risk at Moody's in London, said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg. Under the ratings company's baseline scenario the US will spend more on debt service as a percentage of revenue this year than any other top-rated country except the UK, and will be the biggest spender from 2011 to 2013, Moody's said today in a report. "We expect the situation to further deteriorate in terms of the key...