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  1. Sure, it's good to promote healthier life #habits, but doing so via #CreditScore still seems to be a way to punish the #poor for being poor (and thus having to do grocery irregularly, esp. for those living check-to-check). Also, desire to seek more #correlation with #creditworthiness will result in more and more factors being collected, furthering various biases... Not to mention #privacy...

    theconversation.com/no-credit-

  2. Sure, it's good to promote healthier life #habits, but doing so via #CreditScore still seems to be a way to punish the #poor for being poor (and thus having to do grocery irregularly, esp. for those living check-to-check). Also, desire to seek more #correlation with #creditworthiness will result in more and more factors being collected, furthering various biases... Not to mention #privacy...

    theconversation.com/no-credit-

  3. Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+ - BBC News

    #Fitch, one of three major independent agencies that assess #creditworthiness, downgraded it from the top rating of AAA to #AA+.

    Fitch said it had noted a "steady deterioration" in governance over the last 20 years.

    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the downgrade "arbitrary".

    It was based on "outdated data" from the ( Trump ) period 2018 to 2020, she said.

    bbc.com/news/business-66379366

  4. Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+ - BBC News

    #Fitch, one of three major independent agencies that assess #creditworthiness, downgraded it from the top rating of AAA to #AA+.

    Fitch said it had noted a "steady deterioration" in governance over the last 20 years.

    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the downgrade "arbitrary".

    It was based on "outdated data" from the ( Trump ) period 2018 to 2020, she said.

    bbc.com/news/business-66379366

  5. Not waiting for the #SEC:

    "#Fitch Ratings this week said it would review the impact of #ClimateChange on the #creditworthiness of more than 1,600 companies. Nearly 20% of those companies could have their #credit ratings cut as a result, according to an initial Fitch estimate. These companies will have to change the way they do business or potentially face higher #borrowing costs."

    #ClimateRisk #MoneyPipeline #ESG
    bloomberg.com/opinion/articles

  6. Not waiting for the #SEC:

    "#Fitch Ratings this week said it would review the impact of #ClimateChange on the #creditworthiness of more than 1,600 companies. Nearly 20% of those companies could have their #credit ratings cut as a result, according to an initial Fitch estimate. These companies will have to change the way they do business or potentially face higher #borrowing costs."

    #ClimateRisk #MoneyPipeline #ESG
    bloomberg.com/opinion/articles