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<br /> About Moody's Analytics
<br /> Moody's AnaLytics helps capital markets and credit risk management professionals worldwide respond to an evolving
<br /> marketplace with confidence.With its team of economists, the company offers unique tools and best practices for
<br /> measuring and managing risk through expertise and experience in credit analysis, economic research, and financial
<br /> risk management. By offering Leading-edge software and advisory services, as well as the proprietary credit research
<br /> produced by Moody's Investors Service, Moody's AnaLytics integrates and customizes its offerings to address specific
<br /> business challenges.
<br /> Concise and timely economic research by Moody's Analytics supports firms and policymakers in strategic planning, product
<br /> and sales forecasting, credit risk and sensitivity management, and investment research. Our economic research publications
<br /> provide in-depth analysis of the global economy, including the U.S. and all of its state and metropolitan areas, all European
<br /> countries and their subnational areas,Asia, and the Americas.We track and forecast economic growth and cover specialized
<br /> topics such as labor markets, housing, consumer spending and credit, output and income, mortgage activity,demographics,
<br /> central bank behavior, and prices.We also provide real-time monitoring of macroeconomic indicators and analysis on timely
<br /> topics such as monetary policy and sovereign risk. Our clients include multinational corporations, governments at all levels,
<br /> central banks,financial regulators, retailers, mutual funds, financial institutions, utilities, residential and commercial real
<br /> estate firms, insurance companies, and professional investors.
<br /> Moody's Analytics added the economic forecasting firm Economy.com to its portfolio in 2005.This unit is based in West Chester
<br /> PA,a suburb of Philadelphia,with offices in London, Prague and Sydney. More information is available at www.economy.com.
<br /> Moody's Analytics is a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO). Further information is available at
<br /> www.moodysanalytics.com.
<br /> About Moody's Corporation
<br /> Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research,tools and analysis that
<br /> contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company
<br /> of Moody's Investors Service,which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and
<br /> Moody's Analytics,which encompasses the growing array of Moody's nonratings businesses, including risk management
<br /> software for financial institutions, quantitative credit analysis tools, economic research and data services, data and
<br /> analytical tools for the structured finance market, and training and other professional services.The corporation,which
<br /> reported revenue of$3.5 billion in 2015, employs approximately 10,400 people worldwide and maintains a presence in
<br /> 36 countries.
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