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About Marc Joffe
Marc Joffe is the Director of Policy Research at the California Policy Center. In 2011, Joffe founded Public Sector Credit Solutions to educate policymakers, investors and citizens about government credit risk. His research has been published by the California State Treasurer’s Office, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the Reason Foundation, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute among others. He has consulted for a number of NRSROs and alternative credit assessment providers mentioned in this article Joffe is also a regular contributor to The Fiscal Times. Prior to starting PSCS, Marc was a Senior Director at Moody’s Analytics. He has an MBA from New York University and an MPA from San Francisco State University
Credit Rating Agencies, Dodd-Frank Act Financial CHOICE Act, mis-rating, NRSROs
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A Level Playing Field for Credit Rating Agencies

Marc Joffe/May 25, 2017June 19, 2022

Both the Dodd-Frank Act and the new Financial CHOICE Act have sought to address the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, but neither measure deals adequately with one set of Great Recession culprits: the “big three” credit rating agencies. While those agencies — Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard…

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