Rating Agencies

Organizations which provide the service of evaluating the relative creditworthinessThe way a lender measures the ability of a person to qualify and repay a loan. of Issues and assigning Ratings to them, such as Moody's Investors ServiceA financial services company that is one of the best known bond rating agencies in the country., Inc., Standard & Poor's CorporationAn entity established and treated by law as an individual or unit with rights and liabilities, or both,, and Fitch's Investors Service.