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Ratings Firms Scrutinized for Role in Credit Mess

Appeared on September 4, 2007

Rating agencies are paid by the Wall Street firms that bundle mortgages into securities for sale. The rating agencies coached Wall Street on just how many risky mortgages they could pack in, said finance professor Joseph Mason of Drexel University.

Read the full story at National Public Radio