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What is a credit rating?
Learn how our ratings and analysis speak to the relative credit risk of debt instruments and securities across industries and asset classes around the globe.
THE RATING PROCESS
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THE RATING SCALE
Moody’s Ratings global long-term and short-term scales are forward-looking opinions of the relative credit risks of financial obligations
WHY MOODY'S RATINGs?
Debt capital markets access can be a powerful instrument. If you are looking to improve that access, our ratings may help.
Corporate Methodology Overview
This overview offers a high-level introduction to Moody’s Ratings use of sector-specific methodologies for assigning credit ratings to corporate issuers.
Sovereign Methodology Overview
This overview offers a high-level introduction to Moody’s analytical approach for assigning credit ratings to sovereign issuers, walking through key parts of the general framework as detailed in our methodology, "Rating Methodology: Sovereign" dated 22 November 2022.
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Moody's Investors Service provides investors with a comprehensive view of global debt markets through credit ratings and research. Learn how Moody's ratings and analysis speak to the relative credit risk of debt instruments and securities across industries and asset classes around the globe.
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