Credit rating: The shrinking ‘triple A’ club

Aug 2 (Reuters) – Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the U.S. government’s top credit rating by a notch to ‘AA+’ sending jitters across global markets as investors assessed the impact from the move.

Here is a list of countries whose sovereign debt is still rated ‘AAA’ by at least two of the top three ratings agencies:

Country/rating agencyS&PFitchMoody’s
CanadaAAAAA+AAA
GermanyAAAAAAAAA
AustraliaAAAAAAAAA
SingaporeAAAAAAAAA
SwitzerlandAAAAAAAAA
DenmarkAAAAAAAAA
SwedenAAAAAAAAA
NorwayAAAAAAAAA
LuxembourgAAAAAAAAA
NetherlandsAAAAAAAAA

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