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Fitch Threatens Downgrade If Debt Deal Is Too Weak
Tuesday, January 15, 2013    
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Meanwhile Pat Toomey introduces backup bill

(NEWSER– The US credit rating is once again in danger thanks to a debt ceiling showdown. Fitch today announced that it may downgrade the US even if lawmakers manage to strike a deal, CNN Money reports. Fitch already has a negative outlook on the US' AAA rating, and said that would turn into a downgrade "in the absence of an agreed and credible medium-term deficit reduction plan that would be consistent with sustaining the economic recovery."

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