By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Sep 14, 2012 at 06:03:10 PM EST
Tags: Barry Odowngrade, Empty Chair, Crank up the Fed printing press Ben, NObama, Anyone but Stabenow (all tags)
via CNBC.com
Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to "AA-" from "AA," citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the country's credit quality.
The Fed on Thursday said it would pump $40 billion into the U.S. economy each month until it saw a sustained upturn in the weak jobs market. (Read more: Fed's 'QE Infinity' - Four Things That Could Go Wrong)
In its downgrade, the firm said that issuing more currency and depressing interest rates through purchasing mortgage-backed securities does little to raise the U.S.'s real gross domestic product, but reduces the value of the dollar.
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