Shooting the messenger

The European Union’s executive is leaning toward proposing a ban on the issuing of sovereign credit ratings for countries in bailout talks, European internal market commissioner Michel Barnier said Thursday.

Here is more.  Not that it matters (there are still the yields on the debt, for one thing), but a sad and indeed bad sign for the immediate future.

For the pointer I thank Annie Lowrey.

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