The app is a valuable tool for investors, analysts or anyone who needs to keep abreast of the fast-changing global economy.

"Our goal is to use technology to find more convenient and readily accessible ways for people to use our analysis," says Paul Getman, Executive Director of Moody's Analytics Economic and Consumer Credit Analytics. "Dismal Scientist for iPad puts Moody's Analytics' trusted, timely and relevant economic analysis and data directly into the hands of capital markets participants to help them assess global risk."

Dismal Scientist for iPad is updated frequently by Moody's Analytics forecasters in the US, Europe and Asia. The app offers users a sample of the much deeper and richer content found on the Moody's Analytics Dismal Scientist subscription-based website.

Dismal Scientist for iPad is available at www.economy.com/apps. You can also download it, by visiting the iTunes Store®.