Share prices in American and European Banks also came under pressure after the Federal Housing Finance Agency filed lawsuits for the alleged mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities.

联邦住房金融署以所谓的不当销售抵押证券对美国和欧洲银行提起诉讼，欧美银行的股价也受到了冲击。

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Even more damning is their conclusion that assets that generated greater proceeds for the ratings agency were rated more leniently than less lucrative securities.

更为致命的结论是：为评级机构带来更多收益的资产所获评级比那些无利可图的证券更为有利。

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Article 23. The following shall be included in the underwriting or sole agency agreement signed between a securities company and a stock issuer.

第二十三条证券公司承销证券，应当同发行人签订代销或者包销协议，载明下列事项。

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The idea was that the --so he set up Moody's Rating Agency and the job of Moody's was to give letter grades to securities; it was a little bit like a bank, but it was different because he didn't actually make the loans.

主旨是... 因此他成立了穆迪评级机构,穆迪的工作就是用字母给证券评级,这有点像银行,但还是有区别,因为他并不发放贷款

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Only after rates have gone up will the Fed begin to sell agency securities, mainly mortgage backed-securities tied to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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The Fed said it will also reinvest the principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-based securities into agency mortgage-backed securities.

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The Committee also will continue through the end of the year its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities as announced in June, and it is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities.

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