Moody's U.S. debt downgrade is raising concerns that investors could reevaluate their appetite for U.S. government bonds, with the potential for rising yields to put pressure on stocks that are trading at elevated valuations.

Investors will get the first chance to react to Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating late Friday over rising government debt and they’ll also look for more progress from President Trump on trade deals as the week kicks off.

The U.S. government is spending far more than it takes in as revenue, causing ever-rising debt — and there is no sign that will change anytime soon. The big picture: Those facts are well-known to anybody who has taken a cursory look at the government's books.

Moody’s decision to lower the rating on U.S. government debt seems unlikely to shake up the corporate bond market too much.

Sen. Ashley Moody will roll out a measure Wednesday that will expedite the removal of criminal illegal immigrants from the United States involved in gangs, foreign terrorist organizations or convicted of any felony on U.

If a planned fiscal consolidation in Colombia fails to stabilize public debt and comply with fiscal rules, it could lead to a ratings downgrade for the Andean nation, a top Moody's analyst said on Tuesday.

The Treasury plans to auction $16 billion of 20-year bonds, with results due just after 1 p.m. Eastern. The offering will mark the first auction of longer-duration Treasury bonds since Moody’s on Friday became the third and final rating agency to strip the U.S. of its top Triple-A credit rating.

Moody’s Ratings has joined Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings as the last credit agencies to downgrade the U.S. economy, the world’s largest. The agency cited the country’s