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Credit rating agencies loosening standards again, in same dynamic that preceded financial crisis

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Are our memories that short? Some credit rating agencies’ are. A managing director at Fitch Ratings feels that we could be setting ourselves up for another economic collapse with mortgage backed securities once again at the forefront. Are ratings agencies and their conflict of interest to blame?