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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Fed was worried about ratings agencies' credibility in 2007.

Ben Bernanke and other senior Fed officials had major concerns about ratings agencies in mid-2007, which marks part of the period that the Justice Department is focusing on in its $5B lawsuit against S&P (MHP) for inflated ratings. Bernanke spoke of "a loss of investor confidence" in the firms, while William Dudley warned that flawed ratings could be masking "significant market risk."

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