Following the downgrade of the U.S. 'triple hey "(AAA) to" double whoa "(AA), ie the loss of one "A" was sufficient to ratings agency S & P fell out of favor. It will now be revised treatment of all rating agencies.
Distrust of the rating agencies came not in response to their decision to downgrade the U.S.. And because when we look at their activities were discovered deeper problems. Now put forward the claim to the S & P in the first place, that the credit rating agencies have overestimated the ability of mortgage banks.
Were inflated ratings to mortgage banks insolvent not own or mutual collusion, to be seen. Possible is that the rating agencies were the progenitors of the mortgage crisis, which broke out in the United States three years ago.
In all cases, the rating agencies began to move soil and although not yet smells of fried, and now they will lose that playfulness and liberties in assigning ratings. If it turns out bad faith in the actions of rating agencies, the trials they can not escape.
Now the structure of the United States government more concerned with how to realistically assess the consistency of banks without rating agencies, which discredited the activity and loss of investor confidence.
The near future will justify the right actions, or S & P rating agency is not expected to be easy times. Most of the other rating agencies after the incident with S & P in a hurry to confirm reliability of the U.S. and left the ratings at the same level - AAA.
Competition assessment of the EU countries compared with the United States, is associated with lower ratings, reflects the state of disparate economies. And the U.S. is not going so easy backwards and let the rating agencies have an impact on the volatility of stock prices and government loans.
The U.S. threatened that they radically rethink attitude to by the Agency, which in concert with stock speculators are trying to create a tool to influence the economy and politics of the United States. This is considered the biggest potential threat from uncontrolled agencies if they are not stopped.