Jack Reed: “But as we have seen during this crisis, many of those, if not most of…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2009

But as we have seen during this crisis, many of those, if not most of those, AAA-rated securities have, in fact, been downgraded.

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Reed highlights the downgrade of AAA-rated securities during the financial crisis.

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Jack Reed: “But as we have seen during this crisis, many of those, if not most of those, AAA-rated securities have, in fact, been…”