Part of the problem is that the rating agencies were rating their securities that they were investing in as AAA, in many cases.

存在的一个问题是，信用评级机构对他们投资的大部分债券都给予了 AAA 的评级。

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The other question is whether the rating agencies are up to the task.

另一个疑问是评级机构是否胜任这一任务。

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The rating agencies are rushing to catch up with this grim reality.

评级机构正匆忙地应付这个可怕的事实。

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All of the rating agencies still rate California as worthy of investment.

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I think that going forward, both the rating agencies and the banks will be very important in our society.

我认为这会有效果,信用评级机构和银行,都将会在我们的社会中扮演很重要的角色

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Some people think that the rating agencies have allowed a kind of moral hazard to creep into their organization.

有些人认为,信用评级机构,已经让某种程度的道德风险,渗透到他们的机构中

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There were also fears that the rating agencies might downgrade Enron's debt despite the Dynegy deal.

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Today, those investors like to blame the banks and the rating agencies for their roles.

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The rating agencies say they were never supposed to substitute for investors' own due diligence.

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