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By Pamela Nickell, William Perraudin and Simone Varotto
Credit ratings published by agencies such as Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s play an increasingly important role in financial markets. The significance of agency ratings will be even greater if they are used as a basis for calculating bank’s regulatory capital as suggested in proposals recently issued by the Basel Committee.
Stability of ratings transitions