US credit rating downgrade drags $A lower
The Australian dollar has opened the day lower after America's credit rating was downgraded by Standard and Poor's for the first time in history.
The domestic currency dropped on Friday night after Standard & Poor's reduced America's credit rating from a sterling AAA to AA+ due to the failure of bitterly divided US leaders to reach a consensus on containing the country's spiralling debt.
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