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Government agencies need to optimize their analytics and better utilize open-source intelligence (OSINT) data in a data-driven world of increasing scale and complexity.

Moody’s offers deep data intelligence, extensive publicly and commercially available information and insights, and predictive analytical tools that provide quicker and more efficient government decisions.

Our data solutions empower analysts, investigators, regulators, and policymakers to make more efficient, confident, and transparent decisions.

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How can we help?

With our large datasets, robust analytical tools, and far-reaching insights, we can help you interpret complex national security priorities, anticipate future risks, and make better-informed decisions.

01
Unlock investment opportunities

With our data, you can evaluate the impact of economic development policies, as well as identify investment opportunities.

02
Protect and defend security interests

Our in-depth data intelligence can help you identify critical risks, including potentials, and uncover hidden threats to national security.

03
Produce essential research

We integrate massive and diverse datasets, made simple and visible by predictive analytics, so you can uncover the information you need to produce insights and inform policy.

04
Modernize processes and systems

Through our software and analytics, we enable you to expand your visibility, enhance capabilities, and automate tasks, giving you the ability to see and do more.

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Accelerate decision making

Our proprietary predictive models can help you assess the implications of future actions like processes and policies, enabling you to efficiently plan strategies with certainty and transparency.

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Who we help

01 Financial administration

Financial administration

Our tax authority data, enriched with information on corporate structures, beneficial owners, intangible property profiles, M&A activity, sanctions, and enforcements, helps financial administrators increase taxpayer visibility to inform better decisions.

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02 National security

National security

Our deep data intelligence and predictive analytics, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning-driven data, help defense, intelligence and law enforcement agencies to enhance the quality, efficiency and accuracy of analysis to strengthen strategic, operational and tactical missions.

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03 Research and policy

Research and policy

Our datasets and predictive models help economists and policymakers perform complex analyses and gain reliable insights that enhance research projects, inform better decisions, and shape effective policy.

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04 Trade and investment

Trade and investment

Our data and insights help government agencies foster economic growth, promote foreign direct investment (FDI), perform efficient FDI screening and safeguard critical infrastructure and technologies.

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05 Education

Education

Our datasets, analytical tools, and insights help educational institutions enhance proposals, studies, and reports to produce innovative research that impacts economic and societal developments.

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06 Central banks

Central banks

Our datasets and risk intelligence enable comprehensive economic analysis, rigorous assessment of financial firms’ risk management frameworks, and holistic identification of emerging vulnerabilities so central banks and financial supervisors can make informed policy decisions and take timely, decisive action.

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Financial administration

Our tax authority data, enriched with information on corporate structures, beneficial owners, intangible property profiles, M&A activity, sanctions, and enforcements, helps financial administrators increase taxpayer visibility to inform better decisions.

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National security

Our deep data intelligence and predictive analytics, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning-driven data, help defense, intelligence and law enforcement agencies to enhance the quality, efficiency and accuracy of analysis to strengthen strategic, operational and tactical missions.

More on national security

Research and policy

Our datasets and predictive models help economists and policymakers perform complex analyses and gain reliable insights that enhance research projects, inform better decisions, and shape effective policy.

More on research and policy

Trade and investment

Our data and insights help government agencies foster economic growth, promote foreign direct investment (FDI), perform efficient FDI screening and safeguard critical infrastructure and technologies.

More on trade and investment

Education

Our datasets, analytical tools, and insights help educational institutions enhance proposals, studies, and reports to produce innovative research that impacts economic and societal developments.

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Central banks

Our datasets and risk intelligence enable comprehensive economic analysis, rigorous assessment of financial firms’ risk management frameworks, and holistic identification of emerging vulnerabilities so central banks and financial supervisors can make informed policy decisions and take timely, decisive action.

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Solutions

01 Tax and transfer pricing

Tax and transfer pricing

Financial administrators use our tax and transfer pricing solution to efficiently manage the complexities of their responsibilities. Our solutions enhance their capabilities and enable informed decision making.

We provide robust tools and insights that improve visibility across tax jurisdictions and clarity on tax profits and liabilities, helping financial administrators act with certainty and stay aligned with laws and regulations. Our tools also simplify complex tax calculations, helping them achieve resource-to-cost savings.

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02 Economic and financial research

Economic and financial research

From economists and academic researchers to policy analysts and supply chain managers, our data, robust analytical tools, predictive models, and insights help professionals from public institutions streamline and verify complex analyses. 

Our data and research solutions help advance critical economic and societal decisions, including:

  • Helping policymakers evaluate the implications of their strategies and actions from an international perspective

  • Informing financial, tax, trade, fraud, and other investigations

  • Supporting academic research across a range of topics, from green innovation market development to the impact of recent economic shocks

  • Helping professors and researchers enhance proposals, predictions, studies, and reports

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03 FDI screening

FDI screening

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) researchers, screeners, and investment attraction managers use our ‘Trade and Investments’ solutions to efficiently monitor foreign direct investments, decode risk for FDI screening, and unlock opportunities for economic development and investment promotion. Our solutions help empower smarter investment decisions that save time, costs, and resources.

We provide quality information, including 20+ years of historical FDI data and M&A data, and in-depth entity data for global ownership structures, helping users identify investment opportunities and macro-level trends for policymaking.

04 Intelligence and investigations

Intelligence and investigations

Intelligence analysts, policy analysts, investigators, and program leaders use our strategic, operational, and tactical information for situational awareness, mission execution, screening and crisis prevention, and management. Our solutions help empower more efficient and precise analysis across complex government domains.

We provide verifiable data and far-reaching insights, which help agencies perform more in-depth analysis, increase the accuracy of outcomes, shorten intelligence and investigation cycles, and conduct more investigations.

Get more insight during your investigations with Moody’s Shell Company Indicator, which helps uncover shell company risk within complex corporate structures.

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05 Supplier risk

Supplier risk

In addition to supporting public entities with a robust selection of entity and ownership data to support procurement teams, we help agencies and institutions get a bigger picture for understanding and addressing risks in their supply chains with additional insights, including sanctions, fraud, human trafficking, reputational, sustainability, cyber, and other potential disruptions.

For a more holistic view, we can help you uncover shell company risk within complex corporate structures of potential customers/third parties with Moody’s Shell Company Indicator.

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Tax and transfer pricing

Financial administrators use our tax and transfer pricing solution to efficiently manage the complexities of their responsibilities. Our solutions enhance their capabilities and enable informed decision making.

We provide robust tools and insights that improve visibility across tax jurisdictions and clarity on tax profits and liabilities, helping financial administrators act with certainty and stay aligned with laws and regulations. Our tools also simplify complex tax calculations, helping them achieve resource-to-cost savings.

More on tax and transfer pricing

Economic and financial research

From economists and academic researchers to policy analysts and supply chain managers, our data, robust analytical tools, predictive models, and insights help professionals from public institutions streamline and verify complex analyses. 

Our data and research solutions help advance critical economic and societal decisions, including:

  • Helping policymakers evaluate the implications of their strategies and actions from an international perspective

  • Informing financial, tax, trade, fraud, and other investigations

  • Supporting academic research across a range of topics, from green innovation market development to the impact of recent economic shocks

  • Helping professors and researchers enhance proposals, predictions, studies, and reports

More on economic research
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FDI screening

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) researchers, screeners, and investment attraction managers use our ‘Trade and Investments’ solutions to efficiently monitor foreign direct investments, decode risk for FDI screening, and unlock opportunities for economic development and investment promotion. Our solutions help empower smarter investment decisions that save time, costs, and resources.

We provide quality information, including 20+ years of historical FDI data and M&A data, and in-depth entity data for global ownership structures, helping users identify investment opportunities and macro-level trends for policymaking.

Intelligence and investigations

Intelligence analysts, policy analysts, investigators, and program leaders use our strategic, operational, and tactical information for situational awareness, mission execution, screening and crisis prevention, and management. Our solutions help empower more efficient and precise analysis across complex government domains.

We provide verifiable data and far-reaching insights, which help agencies perform more in-depth analysis, increase the accuracy of outcomes, shorten intelligence and investigation cycles, and conduct more investigations.

Get more insight during your investigations with Moody’s Shell Company Indicator, which helps uncover shell company risk within complex corporate structures.

More on risk and threat solutions
Download brochure

Supplier risk

In addition to supporting public entities with a robust selection of entity and ownership data to support procurement teams, we help agencies and institutions get a bigger picture for understanding and addressing risks in their supply chains with additional insights, including sanctions, fraud, human trafficking, reputational, sustainability, cyber, and other potential disruptions.

For a more holistic view, we can help you uncover shell company risk within complex corporate structures of potential customers/third parties with Moody’s Shell Company Indicator.

More on risk and threat solutions
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Capabilities

01 Company reference data

Company reference data

Data is the backbone of the critical research and analysis that public institutions perform every day. From enhancing security measures and informed trade decisions to policy formulation, financial management, and comprehensive educational research, we help entities gain a more holistic view of the risks they, or their constituents, may face.

We provide a comprehensive cross-country, firm-level database for economic and financial research, enabling insight into firms' financial accounts, ownership structures, and the health of financial markets and their participants. 

When combined with additional datasets on technology, credit, financial, and reputational risk, along with environmental and global data, we help government agencies and academic institutions get the critical insights they need to make smarter decisions.

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02 Credit risk

Credit risk

Whether tax and auditing, policy formulation, regulation and oversight, or supplier risk management, government entities need to assess credit risk across a variety of domains. 

Key highlights:

  • Moody’s OECD-compliant solution for credit risk and interest rate pricing

  • Credit ratings and research from Moody’s Ratings

  • Extensive credit research and insights on trends

  • Comprehensive data and analytical tools
     

  • Global macroeconomic scenarios
     

  • Credit modeling and scoring

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03 Economic data

Economic data

Public agencies leverage our macroeconomic data and research as a critical compass to steer national policy, economic stability, foreign direct investment strategies, and other priorities.  

With Moody’s, institutions can make more informed, data-driven decisions that underpin their strategies, facilitate international cooperation, and align their priorities with the broader global economic landscape.

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04 Climate risk

Climate risk

Unlocking the full potential of climate data is essential for government agencies aiming to assess the economic and financial impact of climate-related risks. 

In an ever-evolving climate landscape, our solution helps equip government agencies with the insights needed to adapt, protect public welfare, and foster economic stability while aligning their objectives with sustainable practices.

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Company reference data

Data is the backbone of the critical research and analysis that public institutions perform every day. From enhancing security measures and informed trade decisions to policy formulation, financial management, and comprehensive educational research, we help entities gain a more holistic view of the risks they, or their constituents, may face.

We provide a comprehensive cross-country, firm-level database for economic and financial research, enabling insight into firms' financial accounts, ownership structures, and the health of financial markets and their participants. 

When combined with additional datasets on technology, credit, financial, and reputational risk, along with environmental and global data, we help government agencies and academic institutions get the critical insights they need to make smarter decisions.

More on company reference data

Credit risk

Whether tax and auditing, policy formulation, regulation and oversight, or supplier risk management, government entities need to assess credit risk across a variety of domains. 

Key highlights:

  • Moody’s OECD-compliant solution for credit risk and interest rate pricing

  • Credit ratings and research from Moody’s Ratings

  • Extensive credit research and insights on trends

  • Comprehensive data and analytical tools
     

  • Global macroeconomic scenarios
     

  • Credit modeling and scoring

More on credit risk

Economic data

Public agencies leverage our macroeconomic data and research as a critical compass to steer national policy, economic stability, foreign direct investment strategies, and other priorities.  

With Moody’s, institutions can make more informed, data-driven decisions that underpin their strategies, facilitate international cooperation, and align their priorities with the broader global economic landscape.

More on economic data

Climate risk

Unlocking the full potential of climate data is essential for government agencies aiming to assess the economic and financial impact of climate-related risks. 

In an ever-evolving climate landscape, our solution helps equip government agencies with the insights needed to adapt, protect public welfare, and foster economic stability while aligning their objectives with sustainable practices.

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Presidential politics, policy decisions and their economic impact

The anticipation of the upcoming election is on the top of everyone’s minds. Rightly so, as the decisions made in the coming weeks will likely affect every sector of our economy. Join us and be a part of the conversation by engaging directly with leading economic experts.

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Aug 01, 2024

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Join our webinar with economists Mark Zandi, Brendan La Cerda, and Justin Begley as they analyze how the Presidential candidates' policies could shape the economy.

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Navigate climate reporting challenges amid changing regulatory landscape

Join us and gain valuable insights into how regulations from the SEC for the US, B-15 for Canada, CSRD for Europe and various climate risk stress testing requirements for APAC are shaping reporting approaches across organizations.

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Mar 20, 2024

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Risky business? Addressing hidden shell company risk

Watch our webinar on-demand as Moody’s Industry Practice Lead Rich Graham explores groundbreaking research on suspicious corporate behaviors. Discover insights from analysis of 500M organizations, categorizing and quantifying shell company risks. Gain practical anti-financial crime strategies from global experts.

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  • KYC
  • Third party risk management
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Nov 05, 2024

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Understanding the financial crime nexus: Threats to EU markets and strategies to disrupt organized crime

A Europol report, shared in October 2024, looked into the largest criminal networks in Europe to identify those posing the most serious threat. The crime networks were categorized by how agile, borderless, controlling and destructive (ABCD) they were. 

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Oct 24, 2024

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Moody’s expands Orbis Crossborder Investment capabilities with IBM Plant Location International collaboration

Discover how Moody’s and IBM PLI are enhancing FDI insights with the Orbis Crossborder Investment tool, offering advanced analytics and robust data.

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Oct 15, 2024

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Harnessing innovation: The technology transformation in tax administrations

The rapid digitization of the global economy is drastically altering how we function at home and at work. Technology has reshaped business models, value chains, lifestyles, and daily work routines worldwide.

  • Public sector
  • Digital transformation
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Sep 26, 2024

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Global Innovation Index 2024: Analyzing global R&D trends with the Orbis dataset

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently published its 2024 Global Innovation Index (GII). This report analyzes current innovation, rapid technology progression, and the resulting societal impacts.

  • Public sector
  • Company reference data
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Sep 12, 2024

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Leveraging modern technology for swift, targeted digital investigations of financial crime

Financial crime poses a significant threat to government revenues, national security, and society more broadly, which makes it crucial for state departments and public sector teams to pursue swift and accurate investigations.

  • Public sector
  • National security
  • KYC
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Sep 05, 2024

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APAC: Financial intelligence in the public sector video

Integrate third-party data with your sources to enhance intelligence and investigative capabilities. This approach enables proactive detection of illicit activities – particularly in transnational money laundering schemes – by analyzing the connections and relationships between companies and individuals to provide crucial context to their transactions.

  • Public sector
  • Financial intelligence
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Aug 22, 2024

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Enhancing national security with public-private partnerships

Discover 10 ways public-private partnerships enhance national security, from tech innovation to resource optimization. Learn how these collaborations provide a strategic edge in risk management and adaptability to emerging threats.

  • Public sector
  • National security
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Jul 23, 2024

 Moody's Ratings
Stress tests show US cities generally secure from office real estate downturn

A rise in office vacancies likely will result in some of the largest assessed valuation declines in years. But our stress tests indicate the credit quality of most US cities can weather the downturn.

  • US Public Finance
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Jun 18, 2024

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Powering investigation of the illegal drug trade

Data from Moody’s intelligent screening database shows a 42% increase in global Fentanyl and synthetic opioid-related risk events in 2023 versus 2022. The scale of the problems caused by illegal drug trafficking are significant and pose a threat to national and international security. Investigating and tackling the issue of the illegal drug trade is pressing. This new paper looks at the role data and technology can play in combating this trade - supporting investigations and spotlighting risks.

  • Public sector
  • National security
  • Investigations
  • KYC
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Jul 22, 2024

 Moody's Ratings
Education Quarterly: Partnerships bring risks and rewards

The latest of our quarterly publication explores the credit impact of partnerships in the education sector, including those involving privatized student housing, charter schools and federal government spending on research and development.  ​​​​​​​​​

  • US Public Finance
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Jun 17, 2024

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Supply chain security and cyber risk: a proactive approach

Discover the value of proactive supply chain security in government agencies. See how predictive analytics and risk assessment identify vulnerabilities and reduce cyber risk.

  • Public sector
  • Supply chain risk
  • Cyber
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Jun 07, 2024

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Moody’s UK defense day

On May 9th, 2024, we hosted our inaugural UK Defense Day in London, themed “Navigating the Contemporary Defense and Security Threat Landscape: A Moody's Perspective”.

  • Public sector
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Jun 04, 2024

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Customs and border protection

Moody’s intelligent screening database revealed a 23% increase in global human trafficking incidents last year. Find out how customs and border protection teams can combat organized crime in this new paper.

  • Public sector
  • KYC
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Feb 05, 2024

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The critical risks of critical minerals

The race to power the future continues to ratchet up. Whether its powering green tech or increasingly sophisticated smart devices, the world needs ‘critical minerals’ to move forward.

  • Public sector
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Mar 12, 2024

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Moody’s and OECD Pillar One – Amount B

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a new report on Pillar One – Amount B on 19 February 2024 as part of the OECD/G20’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project.

  • Public sector
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Mar 01, 2023

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Going down the debt limit rabbit hole

The U.S. Treasury is quickly approaching the X-date—the day it will not have enough cash to pay all of the federal government’s bills on time. Expectations are that lawmakers will suspend or increase the Treasury debt limit before this happens, allowing the Treasury to issue more debt and pay the bills. But what if they do not?

  • Public sector
  • Credit risk
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GenAI will raise economic productivity-, but bring social risk and policy dilemmas.

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