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Amid warning on US debt rating, calls mount for 'fiscal commission'

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The U.S. Treasury Building in Washington on May 4, 2021. [AP Photo]

With a government shutdown looming and a federal deficit that continues to climb, the bond rating firm Moody's on Friday lowered its outlook for U.S. Treasury debt to "negative" from "stable."

The change is a signal that Moody's, the only one of the three major credit ratings agencies that still considers U.S. debt worthy of its top rating, may soon apply a downgrade.

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