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What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
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U.S. Credit Ratings firms S&P, Moody's and Fitch in 2016, 8 years after the global financial crisis of 2008
03/10/2016
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What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
History of the credit ratings industry structure and how a few firms dominate
08/10/2011
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What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Call to Downsize Giants of Ratings
Wall Street Journal 08/10/2011
Raters Fail to See Defaults Coming
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2011
At S&P, a Crusader for Tough Ratings
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2011
Credit ratings agency S&P and the $1.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department
02/03/2015
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S&P to Pay $1.5 Billion to Resolve Crisis-Era Litigation
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2015
S.&P. Settlement Leaves Future Unclear for Ratings
New York Times 02/03/2015
S.&P.'s $1.37 Billion Reckoning Over Crisis-Era Misdeeds
New York Times 02/03/2015
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
The EU and credit ratings agencies
11/16/2011
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Rating Firms Steer Clear of an Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
The Stone Unturned: Credit Ratings
New York Times 03/22/2014
S. & P. E-Mails on Mortgage Crisis Show Alarm and Gallows Humor
New York Times 02/05/2013
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Plans to Tighten Rules On Credit Firms Stalled
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2011
Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes
New York Times 11/29/2011
The failure in credit ratings set for Greece
03/03/2010
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Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes
New York Times 11/29/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
S&P Cuts Greek Bank Ratings to Selective Default
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2015
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
The role of credit ratings agency Moody's in the 2008 U.S. mortgage financial crisis
12/07/2008
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Debt Watchdogs: Tamed or Caught Napping?
New York Times 12/07/2008
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Credit Ratings firms and the U.S. and Eurozone financial crisis of 2010-2012
12/08/2009
Criticism of credit ratings firms. European commissioner Barnier calls for banning credit raings on countries receiving financial aid after Moody's strongly downgraded Protugal's debt ratingin July 2011. The problems of credit ratings being very pro-cyclical and the need to reduce the role of ratings in the market and regulatory framework in Europe.
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ECB Chief Seeks Tighter Fiscal Union
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Ratings Gag Is No Joking Matter
Wall Street Journal 07/12/2011
Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis
New York Times 12/08/2009
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2011
S&P downgrades U.S. credit rating for first time - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/06/2011
Wall Street Journal study of the performance of credit ratings firms for sovereign defaults since 1975
08/12/2011
A review of the performance of the sovereign ratings units of S&P, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, shows the ratings firms did poorly in predicting defaults in the 12 months preceding the actual default. The ratings take into account static indicators such as current account balances but pay less attention to political changes and bank deposit flows. Investment managers turn to changes in bond yields for government debt as a better indicator of default conditions.
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Rating Firms Steer Clear of an Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/2011
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Raters Fail to See Defaults Coming
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2011
New S&P Chief Knows Crisis and Change
New York Times 08/24/2011
At S&P, a Crusader for Tough Ratings
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2011
Credit Ratings becoming optional.
10/30/2009
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What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
Credit Ratings Now Optional, Firms Find
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2009
Panel Gives Wins to Savers, Raters
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
Ratings Agencies Keep Their Influence
New York Times 02/01/2011
Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis
New York Times 12/08/2009
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2011
S&P and sovereign eurozone debt credit ratings
06/24/2011
S&P debt ratings for France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and other Eurozone countries.
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S.&P. Downgrade Deals Blow to French Government
New York Times 11/08/2013
Social-Security Woes Vex France's Hollande
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2013
New York Times 11/10/2013
Netherlands Loses Triple-A Rating, Spain Outlook Raised
Wall Street Journal 11/30/2013
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
S.&P. Warns Euro Zone of Ratings Downgrades
New York Times 12/05/2011
The role of credit ratings agencies in the 2008 U.S. mortgage financial crisis
12/07/2008
Grouped Articles
Debt Watchdogs: Tamed or Caught Napping?
New York Times 12/07/2008
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
U.S. credit ratings agencies and legal settlements
12/08/2009
Grouped Articles
Rating Firms Steer Clear of an Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
S&P's Account of An Irate Treasury Secretary
New York Times 01/21/2014
The Stone Unturned: Credit Ratings
New York Times 03/22/2014
S. & P. E-Mails on Mortgage Crisis Show Alarm and Gallows Humor
New York Times 02/05/2013
Regulators Struggle With Conflicts in Credit Ratings and Audits
New York Times 08/21/2014
S&P to Pay $1.5 Billion to Resolve Crisis-Era Litigation
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2015
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