ARE INSURERS BECOMING DANGEROUSLY ADDICTED TO PRIVATE CREDIT RATINGS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Are insurers becoming dangerously addicted to private credit ratings? We should worry about what happens when regulatory arbitrage goes unch...

THE MOODY´S DOWNGRADE IS AN ALARM. WASHINGTON BETTER PAY ATTENTION / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The Moody’s Downgrade Is an Alarm. Washington Better Pay Attention. The image shows a small dollar bill floating in a vast dark open space B...

THE WAY OUT OF THE DEBT CRISIS COULD LEAD BACK THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The Way Out of the Debt Crisis Could Lead Back Through the Civil War By Roger Lowenstein Abraham Lincoln worked with his secretary of the Tr...

CREDIT-RATING AGENCIES COULD DERAIL ECONOMIC RECOVERY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Credit-Rating Agencies Could Derail Economic Recovery The world's three major private credit-rating agencies are using their power to pr...

TEN YEARS AFTER LEHMAN COLLAPSE FEW LESSONS HAVE BEEN HEDED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES MARKETS INSIGHT

Ten years after Lehman collapse few lessons have been heded Rating agencies still wield huge influence and investment executives remain u...

ILLINOIS ENTERS ITS DEATH SPIRAL / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Illinois Enters Its Death Spiral   When an entity needs to borrow ever-greater amounts of money to survive, the markets – that is, the ...

SOVEREIGN-BOND ISSUERS SHRUG OFF DOWNGRADES / THE ECONOMIST BUTTONWOOD COLUMN

Buttonwood Sovereign-bond issuers shrug off downgrades Bond-market vigilantes have lost their menace . ONCE upon a time, countries ...

MORE DEBT DOWNGRADES AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

More Debt Downgrades Ahead for Emerging Markets By Johanna Bennett Brazil became the latest emerging market downgraded by a major cr...