The Fitch ratings agency said today that Congress' agreement to raise the US debt ceiling to avert a default would allow the country to keep its triple-A rating.

But Fitch said it would continue to review the country's long-term deficit profile to see if it merited being listed along with more healthy economies in the exclusive AAA club of borrowers.

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