S&P downgrade is ‘troubling news for manufacturers’
Aug. 8, 2011
After Standard & Poor’s stripped the United States of its AAA credit rating late Friday, “manufacturers are bracing for a negative impact on many levels,” the National Association of Manufacturers said this weekend
After Standard & Poor’s stripped the United States of its AAA credit rating late Friday, “manufacturers are bracing for a negative impact on many levels,” the National Association of Manufacturers said this weekend.
“This downgrade by just one of the three agencies is troubling news for manufacturers because higher interest rates are now on the horizon,” NAM president & CEO Jay Timmons said.
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