Credit Rating Agencies
IMF explores ways to reform US mortgage finance
Policies to foster homeownership for lower income households did not cause the crisis, research says
Credit rating agencies slam sovereign warning proposal
EU Commission proposal for credit rating agencies to give sovereigns three days’ notice of a rating change causes “grave concerns”
S&P lowers Greece rating
Credit rating agency lowers Greece sovereign ratings; believes eurozone official creditors “may see a restructuring of official and commercial debt as the best way forward”
S&P lifts China rating one notch
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s upgrades Chinese long-term rating; move follows similar step by Moody’s in November, places Chinese debt three marks short of prime rating