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Uncover the nations with higher credit ratings than the U.S. — the answers may surprise you! Lucia Pitter / Shutterstock.com
Countries have credit scores much like consumers do — and the score for the U.S. just took a hit. Fitch Ratings just downgraded the U.S. credit rating from the highest rank, causing the stock market to sink. Fitch is one of the three major credit rating agencies along with Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. Whereas consumers have numerical credit scores, countries are rated with letter grades…