Sovereign Methodology overview

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This overview offers a high-level introduction to Moody’s analytical approach for assigning credit ratings to sovereign issuers, walking through key parts of the general framework as detailed in our methodology, "Rating Methodology: Sovereign" dated 22 November 2022.

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