Brussels warning to rating agencies

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Series Details 6.4.05
Publication Date 06/04/2005
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Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, on 5 April 2005 heavily criticised the credit rating industry, but he backed away from proposing a new regulatory framework for agencies. Credit rating agencies monitor the credit backing of bond issuers and grade corporate and sovereign debt according to the likelihood of a default.

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European Commission: SPEECH/05/199 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/199&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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