BOND RATING AGENCIES
Companies evaluating the creditworthiness of both debt instruments and their issuers. Agencies use letter-based rating system to determine a bond’s default risk and financial stability. These are rated at the time of its issuance, and both bonds and issuers are regularly reevaluated to check if a rating’s change is acceptable. In the United States, the bond rating agencies are Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard & Poor’s.
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Lawful Money
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Trust Certificate
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