Where were agencies when mortgages sold?

The Gazette Opinion Staff

Jul. 29, 2011 12:02 pm

I note much has been made of the Moody's rating of the U.S. bonds.

But I have wondered where Moody's and Standard & Poor's were when the toxic mortgages were packaged and sold to investors? Did they purposely pass?

Phil Morris

Cedar Rapids

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