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$2 trillion error in S&P calculations: US

The US treasury hit back against a Standard and Poor's downgrade of its AAA credit rating, saying there was a $2 trillion dollar error in the agency's calculations.

Updated on: Aug 6, 2011, 07:12:33 IST
AFP | By , Washington
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The US Treasury hit back against a Standard and Poor's downgrade of its AAA credit rating, saying there was a $2 trillion dollar error in the agency's calculations.

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"A judgment flawed by a 2 trillion dollar error speaks for itself," a Treasury spokesman said, just after the US lost its AAA rating for the first time ever and was downgraded to a AA+.