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<p style="text-align: justify;">A <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">ratings agency</span> which, together with <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">Fitch</span> and <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">Moodys</span>, rates the <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">bonds</span> and other <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">debt</span> <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">instruments</span> of governments, <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">parastatals</span> and <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">companies</span>. It also produces <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">index</span>es of leading <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">stock markets</span> which are widely followed.</p>