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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Stock Market Crash of 1987
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| 11:00 | Ifo Business Climate Index | Oct | |
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| 11:00 | IFO - Expectations | Oct | |
| 13:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Oct | |
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| 02:01 | BRC Shop Price Index | Oct | |
| 07:00 | BOJ Core CPI | Sep | |
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