MARKET WATCH: Oil price falls as US credit rating threatened

Energy prices fell Apr. 18 when for the first time ever the Standard and Poor’s credit rating service issued a negative long-term sovereign debt rating outlook for the US, citing increased worry whether the government can handle more than $14 trillion in outstanding debt plus a spending budget larger than its income.

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