Fitch may follow Moody's to worsen the ratings of banks in the United States, including world-class Bank of America and JPMorgan, reports CNBC. The company intends to send a clear signal to the market that such a risk does exist, said its analyst Chris Wolf.

The agency recently downgraded the U.S. credit rating, but the public hardly noticed it, Wolf said. It also downgraded the states' bank operating system to AA-, but the banks' assessments of themselves remained unchanged. This time the revision will affect 70 banking organizations, which may be downgraded to A+. As the analyst explained, the reason for such plans are fears that the Fed will continue to keep interest rates at a high level - this factor has a significant impact on the banking system.

Earlier the ratings of 10 medium and small American banking organizations were worsened by Moody's. At the same time, the company warned that 17 more candidates, this time including large ones, may be subjected to this downgrade.