WALL ST FALLS AFTER FITCH DOWNGRADES TOP-TIER US RATING

Wall Street fell on Wednesday after rating agency Fitch's move to downgrade the U.S. government's credit rating hit appetite for risky assets around the world. Fitch downgraded the United States to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years as well as growing government debt, the second major agency to cut the country's rating after Standard & Poor's in 2011 stripped it of its triple-A grade.

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