Investors largely shrugged off a downgrade of the U.S.'s credit rating in Monday trading as stocks ended the day mostly flat.

The yield on both 10 and 30-year government bonds rose on Monday after another credit ratings agency downgraded the US on Friday.

For a minute there, it looked like the “Sell America” trade was poised to make a comeback on Monday after Moody’s decided to strip the U.S. of its top-tier credit rating late Friday.

If the U.S.’s loss of its final perfect credit rating boosts yields on Treasury debt, it likely would boost the cost of borrowing for both companies and consumers.

Moody resident calls for action as loose dog problem persists

U.S. stocks are drifting lower and U.S. bonds are falling more sharply following the latest reminder that the U.S. government seems to be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Sunday that some of America’s trading partners could soon face a sharp hike in tariff rates, and dismissed Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating.

A U.S. sovereign downgrade by Moody's has exacerbated investor worries about a looming debt time-bomb that could spur bond market vigilantes who want to see more fiscal restraint from Washington. The ratings agency cut America's pristine sovereign credit rating by one notch on Friday,