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4. Ratings Methodology for Central Banks Worldwide

Author : Dr. Indranarain Ramlall

Published in: Central Bank Ratings

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Different types of ratings have been developed in view of generating excellence in the specific area under focus. Ironically, every human being has been rated in his life based on exams undertaken at various levels of the educational pyramid. The interesting thing about rating is that it is inherently linked to a relative concept—the winner being ranked relative to any other unit in the rating scale adopted.

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Footnotes
1
Commercial paper constitutes a short-term external financing instrument for corporates usually having maturity below nine months.
 
4
The reference guide is http://​www.​centralbanknews.​info/​p/​inflation-targets.​html for central banks adhering to inflation targeting, updated list as at 2014.
 
5
OECD website.
 
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Metadata
Title
Ratings Methodology for Central Banks Worldwide
Author
Dr. Indranarain Ramlall
Copyright Year
2022
Book
Central Bank Ratings

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-98712-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-98713-8

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98713-8_4

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