U.S. Default Poses Low Risk to Money-Market Funds, Fitch Says

(Bloomberg) -- The risk to money-market mutual funds from a technical default in U.S. Treasuries is low, barring a rush by investors to sell the funds, Fitch Ratings said today in a report.

“Mark-to-market declines on U.S. government exposures are probably manageable assuming any default is short lived and absent significant redemption activity,” the ratings company said.

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