In September 2011, the borough experienced a " super downgrade " of its credit rating by Moody's, from A1 to Ba1, as a result of an outstanding multi-million dollar loan guaranty to a property developer.

In 2004, Moody's cut Hannover's debt to junk status, and even though the insurer's other rating agencies gave it strong marks, shareholders were shocked by the downgrade and Hannover lost $ 175 million USD in market capitalization.

According to the American federal government statistics compiled by Mark Zandi, currently of " Moody's Economy. com ", back in 1985, the average inheritance was $ 39, 000.

In October 2011, Moody's downgraded the credit rating of 12 UK financial firms, including Nationwide, because of a reduced likelihood of government support for smaller institutions in any financial crisis.

We are very pleased that Moody's gave us an A-minus in the area of bank financial strength – without a reference to the government in any way.

The credit risk of a high-yield bond refers to the probability and probable loss upon a credit event ( i. e., the obligor defaults on scheduled payments or files for bankruptcy, or the bond is restructured ), or a credit quality change is issued by a rating agency including Fitch, Moody's, or Standard & Poors.

In 2011, Moody's Investors Service, a bond rating agency, rated $ 57 million worth of new debt in 2010 with a positive outlook and echoed their Aa2 bond credit rating for the underlying institution.

In early March 2008, Moody's followed suit and indicated that it would also review the county's ability to meet other bond obligations.

Specific bond debts owed by both governments and private corporations is rated by rating agencies, such as Moody's, Fitch Ratings Inc., A. M. Best and Standard & Poor's.

Minnesota property taxes rose $ 2. 5 billion, more than the previous 16 years combined, and Moody's lowered the state's bond rating.

Moody's eventually downgraded Indonesia's long-term debt to ' junk bond '.

As a result of his fiscal stewardship, Moody's Investors Service upgraded the city's bond rating.

Moody's was founded by John Moody in 1909 to produce manuals of statistics related to stocks and bonds and bond ratings.

Moody's Corporation traces its history back to two publishing companies established by John Moody, the inventor of modern bond credit ratings.

Moody's Investors Service is the bond credit rating business of Moody's Corporation, representing the company's traditional line of business and its historical name.

Moody's Investors Service rates debt securities in several market segments related to public and commercial securities in the bond market.

* Middle Investment Grade 1, A credit rating for municipal bonds issued by Moody's or Standard and Poor's bond rating agencies

Moody's Aaa Corporate Bond, also known as " Moody's Aaa " for short is an investment bond that acts as an index of the performance of all bonds given an Aaa rating by Moody's Investors Service.

Hungary's sovereign foreign currency debt issuance carries investment-grade ratings from all major credit-rating agencies, although recently the country was downgraded by Moody's, S & P and remains on negative outlook at Fitch.

Moody's ( in March 2000 ) and Fitch IBCA ( in January 2002 ) issued investment-grade ratings for Mexico's sovereign debt.

By March 2009, Porsche SE was aiming for its first ever credit ratings from U. S. rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.

The IFC received credit ratings of AAA from Standard & Poor's in 2010 and Aaa from Moody's Investors Service in 2011.

Moody's uses the letters Aaa Aa A Baa Ba B Caa Ca C, where ratings Aa-Caa are qualified by numbers 1-3.

At the same time, more generally, the largest agencies ( Moody's and Standard & Poor's ) are often seen as promoting a narrow-minded focus on credit ratings, possibly at the expense of employees, the environment, or long-term research and development.

When Hannover management refused, Moody's continued to give Hannover Re ratings, which were downgraded over successive years, all while making payment requests that the insurer rebuffed.

The bonds received ratings of " AA " and " A1 " from Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service, respectively.

Temasek is one of a few global firms with the highest corporate credit ratings by both Standard & Poor's and Moody's, of AAA and Aaa respectively.

* 1997 – Alfa Bank draws US $ 40 million syndicated loan ; Euromoney declares Alfa Bank The Best Bank in Russia in 1997 ; first credit ratings received from Moody's and Standard & Poor's ( S & P ); Alfa Bank places the first issue of US $ 175 million, 3-year Eurobonds, becoming the first privately owned Russian bank to issue Eurobonds ; branches in Saint Petersburg and Samara open ; the value of total assets passes US $ 1 billion ;

On account of the growing concerns over the country's sovereign debt ratings, credit ratings agency Moody's has lowered the ratings for ICICI Bank.

According to Moody's, the purpose of its ratings is to " provide investors with a simple system of gradation by which future relative creditworthiness of securities may be gauged ".

To each of its ratings from Aa through Caa, Moody's appends numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 ; the lower the number, the higher-end the rating.

This criticism was followed on 25 July 2012 with a statement questioning the timing and motivations behind the US rating agency Moody's comments over European ratings, drawing links with rating announcements in Europe with attempts to divert the attention of the markets from the growing debt mountain and economic difficulties in the US.

Freddie's senior debt credit rating remains Aaa / AAA from each of the major ratings agencies Moody's, S & P, and Fitch.

On 28 July 2006, credit ratings agency Moody's Investor Service said it was removing its standalone ratings on PDVSA because the oil company does not provide adequate operational and financial information.

Fitch Ratings is the smallest of the " big three " NRSROs, covering a more limited share of the market than S & P and Moody's, though it has grown with acquisitions and frequently positions itself as a " tie-breaker " when the other two agencies have ratings similar, but not equal, in scale.

The company maintains unsurpassed ratings for insurance financial strength from all four major rating agencies ( Standard & Poors lowered ratings for a number of insurance companies, including Northwestern Mutual, to AA + in August 2011 ): A. M. Best, Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch Ratings.

On 5 July 2011, Portugal's rating was decreased to " junk " status by Moody's ( by four notches from Baa1 to Ba2 ) saying there was a growing risk the country would need a second bail-out before it was ready to borrow money from financial markets again, and private lenders might have to contribute.

On 13 July 2012, Moody's cut Italy's credit rating two notches, to Baa2 ( leaving it just above junk ).

For example, Enron's rating remained at investment grade four days before the company went bankrupt, despite the fact that credit rating agencies had been aware of the company's problems for months .< ref name =" enron2 "> Or, for example, Moody's gave Freddie Mac preferred stock the top rating until Warren Buffett talked about Freddie on CNBC and on the next day Moody's downgraded Freddie to one tick above junk bonds.

According to Peter Robison and Christopher Donville of Bloomberg News, as reported in the Seattle Times ( April 17, 2009 ), " Weyerhaeuser is in a financial crisis so deep the largest U. S. lumber producer turns down the heat in its offices to save money ..." On September 28, 2009, Moody's reported Weyerhauser's proposed new notes rated at Ba1, a rating that puts them with junk bonds.

Moody's downgraded the rating of the company's bonds to " junk " status on June 28.

Moody's joined Fitch in cutting the State's debt rating ( though still three levels above " junk " status ), because of " increasing " risk to debt service payments.