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Rating Definitions

The Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) and Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR) provide descriptions of each agency's rating symbols used to rate local issues and issuers. R&I also provides ratings for asset-backed securities issues. International rating definitions for sovereign and international debt are also linked below.

Rating definitions vary from agency to agency, and are provided at the links below.

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