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Municipal Market Meltdown? Response to Bookstaber

We have two opposing camps in the muni-market at the moment: those who say it is the next systemic shoe to drop and the rating agencies that are systemically raising ratings. Which is right? We have moved from a market… Continue Reading →

Ratings Notching, Wall Street Reform and Systemic Risk

The financial reform proposals, designed to eliminate systemic risk, could actually trigger another meltdown upon the bill’s passage.  This is due to the ratings notching approach that has given rating credit to government support since the meltdown.  A change in… Continue Reading →

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