U.S. government debt placed under negative watch by Fitch

U.S. government sovereign debt was placed under negative watch by the Fitch Ratings, although the ‘AAA' rating was maintained, a report released by the Fitch Ratings unveiled on Tuesday.  The report showed that the main reason of placing the ‘AAA' long-term rating and local currency issuer default rating on Rating Watch Negative was persisting deadlock over the federal budget.