exasperate

I shall conclude with a brief reference to the issue of sovereign debt rating: this should no longer be the responsibility of credit rating agencies, because too often they have exasperated market sentiment with their ratings, fuelling speculation.
Je terminerai par un bref renvoi au problème de la notation de la dette souveraine : cette question ne devrait plus relever des agences de notation de crédit, car, trop souvent, elles ont exacerbé le sentiment du marché avec leurs notes et ont alimenté la spéculation.
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