Credit Analyst: How would you determine the credit risk of a business / government?

What are the key ratios to look at? Are long term debt ratios more useful? Leverage vs coverage vs liquidity ratios? Cash flows? Future prospects? What is the general step-by-step method in doing so? How would it change from industry to industry?

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