S&P - Public Finance Criteria (2007). - The Global Clearinghouse

To Our ReadersStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services is pleased to present the 2007 edition of Public FinanceCriteria, which we hope you will find useful. This updated overview includes criteriadeveloped since the publication of the last edition, as well as criteria revised to reflect eventsand trends affecting public finance.Standard & Poor’s criteria are extensive and are periodically revised. Our completecriteria are available on Standard & Poor’s RatingsDirect, as well as on the Web atwww.standardandpoors.com.Standard & Poor’s also regularly publishes its new and revised criteria on RatingsDirectand on the Web, as part of our commitment to provide the most timely and comprehensivepublic finance ratings information.William L. MontroneManaging Director