S&P Downgrades Top U.S. Banks’ Credit Ratings

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Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday downgraded a number of large financial institutions, including Bank of America and Citigroup, after the agency changed its rating criteria.

As the Dow Jones Newswire reports, the agency’s new methodology reflects weaker confidence in governments’ willingness and ability to bail out troubled banks.

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