What to watch as America awakes to financial vulnerability
Channel 4 News’ economics editor Faisal Islam explains what it means to the US and to the world, for America to have its credit status downgraded to AA+.
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Channel 4 News’ economics editor Faisal Islam explains what it means to the US and to the world, for America to have its credit status downgraded to AA+.
Is the independent report on banking “transformative”? Economics Editor Faisal Islam is not convinced.