All three major U.S. stock market indexes rose Monday afternoon, following an earlier selloff sparked by long-dated Treasury yields surpassing the 5% mark after the financial ratings agency Moody’s downgraded the U.S. government’s credit rating late last week, citing rising debt and interest payment ratios.

After recovering from an initial jolt, U.S. stocks drifted through quiet trading following the latest reminder that the U.S government may be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt.

U.S. stocks are drifting lower and U.S. bonds are falling more sharply following the latest reminder that the U.S. government seems to be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt.