Week $4$ Discussions

Please watch the video, read the attached article and answer the following questions:

$1.$ According to the WSJ video, what is a key difference between US government savings bonds and US Treasury securities$,$ such as$,$ bills, notes and bonds?

$2.$ According to the WSJ video, what is the specific risk, as discussed in the lecture, that US Treasury securities are exposed to$,$ and how it precipitated a failure of Silicon Valley Bank?

$3.$ According to the WSJ article, Fitch Ratings downgraded the US government debt in August of $2023.$ What rating did Fitch assign and why? Is this the only time the US government downgrade happen?

$4.$ Why is Fitch downgrade of the US government important for financial markets and what consequences may it have in the future?