"I did, and I was happy to have the opportunity to do it," he said, adding that he would not have done so if there was not also a strategic reason for crediting The Inquirer.
Last week I catalogued the reasons for crediting Christine Blasey Ford's assertion that, as a teenager, she was sexually assaulted by a 17-year-old Brett Kavanaugh.
But twice that many banks said the flagging euro area economy was the main reason for tighter credit standards.
Indeed, conservatives tend to view the affordable housing goals imposed on Fannie and Freddie as the central reason for the credit crisis.
"Fortunately we've been pretty unsuccessful," says Mr Jorgenson, a productivity expert at Harvard University, noting the small number of temporary mortgage modifications that have become permanent.Weak banks are not the only reason for a credit squeeze.
At a hearing yesterday, the United States District Judge Richard Owen concluded that Yahoo, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif., had a valid reason for demanding credit card information from customers who register for e-mail accounts - specifically, verification that account holders are adults.
Consolidated Credit, one of the country's five largest accredited agencies, reports that so far this year 5.2 percent of its 6,000 new customers have cited wedding debt as a reason for seeking credit counseling, double the rate of wedding-related cases the company took on in 2000, just before the last recession began.
Only Moodys would decide that was reason for a credit downgrade.
The main reason for the credit industry's reticence seems to be that fraud alerts are inconvenient for business.
Thus, holding such an important data source provides value and a reason for traditional credit services' existence, mainly to serve consumers with a longer financial history.
Industry rules do require lenders to tell you the principle reason for refusing credit - although you sometimes need to ask the question - and, importantly, if you have been refused solely because of credit scoring you have a right to appeal and have your application reviewed by a person.
