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arjietoday at 5:30 PM1 replyview on HN

They're rated AA+/AA- depending on whom. The downgrades to the US's credit rating were big news: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_governme...


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koolbatoday at 5:36 PM

And also completely meaningless as a credit rating in the context of creditworthiness specifically means the ability to repay. And they can always print dollar bills to do so.

Now whether that $1 in 20 years will buy anything is an entirely different story.