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Getting heat for downgrading the United States debt, credit rating agency Fitch took to the airwaves to defend the controversial move viewed by many as unwarranted and bizarrely timed. 信用评级机构惠誉因下调美国债务评级而受到热议，并通过广播为这一有争议的举措辩护，许多人认为这一举措毫无根据且时机奇怪。 “The numbers speak for themselves,” Richard Francis, the co-head of Americas sovereign ratings at Fitch, told CNN on Wednesday. By his count U.S. debt as a share off gross domestic product soared to 113% of the U.S. annual economic output from below 60% in 2007. 惠誉美国主权评级联席主管理查德·弗朗西斯周三对美国有线电视新闻网表示：“这些数字不言自明。”据他统计，美国债务占国内生产总值的比重从 2007 年的 60% 以下飙升至 113%。 For Fitch, this accelerated deterioration of the U.S. government balance sheet, combined with rising interest burdens from higher rates and a political class largely unwilling or unable to take concerted action, all mean the country can no longer serve as the gold standard for creditworthiness. 对于惠誉来说，美国政府资产负债表的加速恶化，再加上利率上升带来的利息负担增加以及政治阶层基本上不愿意或无法采取一致行动，所有这些都意味着该国不再能够充当信用度的黄金标准。 “Yes, debt to GDP peaked during the pandemic at 120% and has come down,” Francis explained to Bloomberg TV, citing as the cause the end of COVID-era stimulus last year. “But now were seeing debt levels starting to rise again and we do not see them stabilizing in the next three years and probably over the medium term.” 弗朗西斯向彭博电视台解释说：“是的，债务占 gdp 的比例在疫情期间达到了 120% 的峰值，现在已经有所下降。”他指出，这是去年新冠疫情时代刺激措施结束的原因。 “但现在我们看到债务水平开始再次上升，我们认为债务水平在未来三年内甚至可能在中期内都不会稳定下来。” Arguments that the downgrade was not justified because the economy has outperformed economists‘ expectations didn’t hold water
