Public sector

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.

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.

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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.

Financial administration
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.

Download our brochure to read more about our trusted intelligence capabilities.


National security
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.

Research and policy
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.

Trade and investment
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.

Education
Financial administration National security Research and policy Trade and investment Education

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.

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.

Download our brochure to read more about our trusted intelligence capabilities.


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.

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.

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.



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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.



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.


Data
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


Credit risk
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.


Macroeconomics
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.


Climate risk
Data Credit risk Macroeconomics Climate risk

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.


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


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.


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.



News and views

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State of Nations 2023-2024

Join Moody’s virtual Global State of Nations event this November, broadcast live from London.

Source: Moody’s Ratings

  • Public sector
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Weekly market outlook: No surprise in September CPI

September’s consumer price index (CPI), as Moody’s expected, showed a 0.4% monthly increase that held the annual inflation rate at 3.7%.

Source: Moody’s

  • Public sector
  • Reference data
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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?

Source: Moody’s

  • Public sector
  • Credit risk
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AI impact

GenAI will raise economic productivity-, but bring social risk and policy dilemmas.

Source: Moody’s Ratings

  • Public sector
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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.

Source: Moody’s

  • Public sector
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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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