Credit rating agencies such as Fitch and Moody’s are in the news constantly with their ongoing credit reviews. Hospital issued bonds are one type of debt that these credit agencies rate and review.
In this assignment, you are going to locate a news article about a hospital bond rating by Moody’s or Fitch. To accomplish this, perform an Internet search using “Fitch hospital bond rating” or “Moody’s hospital bond rating” as your search phrase. (An easy way to find recent news articles about various topics is to use the “News” filter that is part of the Google search engine.)
Once you have selected a new article, complete the article review template below. Be sure to apply the concepts introduced in this Module.
Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:
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