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In the spirit of promoting transparency and clarity, Moody’s Ratings (“Moody’s”) Standing Committee on Rating Symbols and Definitions offers this updated reference guide which defines Moody’s various ratings symbols, rating scales and other ratings-related definitions.
Learn how Moody's Ratings speaks to the relative credit risk of debt instruments and securities across industries and asset classes around the globe.
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In the spirit of promoting transparency and clarity, Moody’s Standing Committee on Rating Systems & Practices offers this updated reference guide which defines Moody’s various symbols and rating scales.
In the spirit of promoting transparency and clarity, Moody’s Standing Committee on Rating Symbols and Definitions offers this updated reference guide which defines Moody’s various ratings symbols, rating scales and other ratings-related definitions.
In Moody's Ratings system, securities are assigned a rating from Aaa to C, with Aaa being the highest quality and C the lowest quality. Moody's was founded by John Moody in 1909, to produce manuals of statistics related to stocks and bonds and bond ratings.
Moody’s credit ratings represent a rank-ordering of creditworthi-ness, or expected loss. Expected loss is a function of the probability of default and the expected severity of loss given a default. Ratings are forward looking in that the rank ordering is designed to hold across multiple horizons.
