Greece’s credit downgraded

The World

The international credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s, downgraded Greek debt to a level known informally as �junk.� And things could get worse still. Anchor Marco Werman discusses the role of credit rating agencies in international financial matters with Justin Fox, Editorial Director of the Harvard Business Review.

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