What is a rating transition matrix?
What will be an ideal response?
The rating agencies accumulate statistics on how ratings change over various periods of time. A table that specifies this information is called a rating transition matrix. It shows the number of downgrades, upgrades, and the ratio of upgrades to downgrades for a period of time as given by a commercial rating company such as Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Ratings.
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A) mission B) strategy C) governance D) culture E) organization
Which of the following are not characteristics of leadership?
A) A strong drive for responsibility and task completion B) Creativity and originality in problem solving C) A capacity for absorbing stress D) An untenable positive approach
When Cadillac buys headlights from Delco (both of which are divisions of General Motors), ____ pricing occurs.
A. base-point B. zone C. transfer D. uniform geographic E. matrix
An employer of an emergency response service required its service employees to be on call every weekend, as they might be called to report within 10 minutes. While on call, employees were not permitted to leave their homes, as the employer's contact was
to their home phones. Also, employees were not permitted to drink alcohol on the weekends, because of their potential on-call duties. The employer did not pay for on-call weekends, and the employees sued. What are the issues, and what should the court decide?