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A credit rating is an assessment of creditworthiness. | A credit rating is an assessment of creditworthiness. | ||
Although the general term can apply to individuals, in treasury it is usually used with reference to public debt issued by corporations or public bodies. | Although the general term can apply to individuals and smaller businesses, in treasury it is usually used with reference to public debt issued by larger corporations or public bodies. | ||
So for example a bond issue by a large corporation, or by a government, would usually be given a credit rating by one or more credit rating agencies or other bodies. | So for example a bond issue by a large corporation, or by a government, would usually be given a credit rating by one or more credit rating agencies or other bodies. | ||
Revision as of 00:52, 18 March 2021
A credit rating is an assessment of creditworthiness.
Although the general term can apply to individuals and smaller businesses, in treasury it is usually used with reference to public debt issued by larger corporations or public bodies.
So for example a bond issue by a large corporation, or by a government, would usually be given a credit rating by one or more credit rating agencies or other bodies.
See also
- AAA
- Bond issue
- Climate change: testing the resilience of corporates’ creditworthiness to natural catastrophes
- Corporate credit ratings: a quick guide
- County court judgment
- CQS
- Credit
- Credit Benchmark
- Credit estimate
- Credit rating agency
- Credit watch
- Downgrade
- ESG ratings
- Fitch
- ICR
- Investment grade
- Junk
- Moody's
- NAIC
- Non-investment grade
- Notch
- pi
- Pricing grid
- Prime
- Private rating
- Public information rating
- Public rating
- Rated
- SACP
- Solicited rating
- Standard & Poor's
- Sub-prime lending
- Toxic
- Unrated
- Unsolicited rating
- Upgrade
