Yields on US government bonds rose in response to the news, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield up 0.03 percentage points after the announcement to 4.48 per cent. The rise in yield represents a fall in price.

  • thallamabond@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The United States will have to pay more interest to borrow money.

    Think of it like credit scores, the US is making sketchy monetary decisions, so the score went down.