US sues Standard & Poor’s over gold rating for subprime

The US government is taking ratings agency Standard & Poor’s to court over the toxic subprime sludge given gold-plated ratings in the run-up to the financial crisis. The Department for Justice today launched a civil claim against S&P and parent McGraw-Hill over its rating of mortgage bonds a…

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US sues Standard & Poor’s over gold rating for subprime