LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of John J. Goggins, Jane B. Clark and
Michelle Berninger, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter
described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned
to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
Moody's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
"Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each
of the undersigned's attorney's-in-fact appointed by this Power of Attorney
and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and


(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of each such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned
acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not
require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on
information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or
executed by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor
either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned
from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives
and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and
on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 30th day of October, 2002.






									   __Chester V. Murray__________
						Signature




									   __Chester V. Murray__________
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Name



STATE OF NEW

COUNTY OF NEW YORK




	On this 30th day of October, 2002, Chester V. Murray  personally
appeared before me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein contained.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and official seal.




									   __Lenora A. Elsis____________
						Notary Public




									   ___12/28/05__________________
						My
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