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Rating the Credit Rating Agencies

Who is to blame for the current economic meltdown? For Assignment Mark Gregory turns the spotlight on a set of organizations – the Credit Rating Agencies.

Who’s responsible for our current economic meltdown? Financial institutions around the globe are now sitting on mega losses – they hold assets worth a fraction of what they paid for them. But one set of organizations – credit rating agencies - gave these institutions false confidence to buy these assets. So are the Credit Rating Agencies the real villains? Mark Gregory reports for Assignment.

23 minutes

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Sun 8 Mar 2009 11:06GMT

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