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Fitch should be available right here: Sovereign Ratings History
With Moody's it's not so easy, I don't know if there's a complete source available free of charge. But Sovereign Default and Recovery Rates, 1983-2007 has some data in the appendix III, though not so up to date and in a not that convenient format.
Same goes about S&P, Sovereign Ratings ...
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This is an interesting question. I'll make a guess on what may be the driving factors for "ratings inflation" based on these assumptions:
Rating agencies compete among themselves to conduct bond rating business with issuers, since they are paid for their services by the issuer.
Bond issuers choose the agency that promises the highest rating, since the ...
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S&P credit rating change information until 2012 (European Union only):
http://www.standardandpoors.com/ratings/articles/en/us/?articleType=HTML&assetID=1245327302187
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