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Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Part of Moody's Corp., Moody's Economy.com, Inc. is a provider of economic analysis, data, forecasts, scenarios, models, and advisory services. The company is based in West Chester, PA. Moody's Economy.com was acquired by Moody's Corp. on November 17, 2005 for $27 million. The company offers consistent forecasts for all market risk instruments under scenarios, economic data, research, analysis, and forecasting at the macro and regional level. Additionally, they provide expert consumer credit risk management services to meet risk management, compliance, and strategic planning needs. Moody's Economy.com has extensive experience in delivering useful insight to teams or clients through presentations.