{"id":8543,"date":"2013-10-07T04:45:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T08:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=8543"},"modified":"2013-10-07T04:45:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T08:45:47","slug":"heres-a-disturbingly-astute-line-from-when-sp-downgraded-the-us-credit-rating-business-insider-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/07\/heres-a-disturbingly-astute-line-from-when-sp-downgraded-the-us-credit-rating-business-insider-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s A Disturbingly Astute Line From When S&#038;P Downgraded The US Credit Rating | Business Insider Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From S&amp;P\u2019s historic downgrade of the US credit rating on August 5, 2011:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>More broadly, the downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges to a degree more than we envisioned when we assigned a negative outlook to the rating on April 18, 2011.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/debt-ceiling-standard-and-poors-downgrade-of-the-us-2013-10'>Here&#039;s A Disturbingly Astute Line From When S&amp;P Downgraded The US Credit Rating | Business Insider Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From S&amp;P\u2019s historic downgrade of the US credit rating on August 5, 2011: More broadly, the downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges to a degree more than we envisioned when we assigned a negative &hellip; 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