rating agency

Or are ratings agencies simply taking on too much power?

Where do I go to find out who rates the rating agencies?

The rating agencies don't seem to have heard about that.

A couple of ratings agencies have already made that clear.

As for the ratings agencies: since when have they been right about anything?

Even if I am critical toward rating agencies, not everything they say is wrong.

I do not want the same thing to happen to us where rating agencies are concerned.

They also played down the significance of the rating agency's move.

I have no idea how the rating agencies make their decisions.

We do need to look at our rating agencies, but please remember that they have not got everything wrong.

This crisis could not have happened without the rating agencies.

As a result, solid work from the rating agencies has never been needed more.

Is pressure being put on the ratings agencies to accept this?

That said, the rating agency did make one thing clearer.

It is therefore high time that rating agencies were kept in check.

Rating agencies play an enormous role in a huge market.

Rating agencies say a more realistic level is about 15 percent.

The rating agency said a credit crunch is taking hold.

This raises the question about what these rating agencies actually do.

Several investors said the new rating agency standards were welcome.

Rating agencies responsible for the city's credit standing will be watching.

The announcement by the ratings agency came as no surprise.

Among those who do not come out of this looking very good are the bond rating agencies.

The Chinese banking system was not ready, the rating agencies said.

However it might be time to take a stand against the credit rating agencies who have too much say over the markets.