Issuers thus were forced to seek credit ratings (or else their bonds would not be marketable). The agencies—realizing they had a hot product and, what's more, a captive market—started charging the very organizations whose bonds they were rating. — Roger Lowenstein
Monday, December 15, 2008
rating agency – noun
An advertising firm that specializes in the sale of bonds.
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