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Related: About this forumGlobal Corporate Debt is Coming Unglued
Global Corporate Debt is Coming Unglued
by Wolf Richter January 6, 2016
[font color="blue"]Default Rate Highest since 2009, US Distress Ratio Soars.[/font]
Standard & Poors slashed the credit ratings of 112 corporations around the globe to default (D) or selective default (SD) in 2015, according to S&P Capital IQ Global Credit. The highest number of global defaults since nightmare-year 2009, when a previously unthinkable 268 companies defaulted, and not far behind the second highest default tally of 125, in 2008.
The oil & gas sector led with 29 defaulters (26% of the total). Metals, mining, and steel followed with 17 defaulters (15% of the total). The consumer products sector and the bank sectors tied for the third place, each with 13 defaulters (12% of the total).
So where are the defaulters? In Russia and Brazil? The economies of both countries have been ravaged by deep recessions and other problems. They rank high on the list but the country with most of the defaulters is the US.
In total, 66 defaulters were US issuers, up 100% from 33 in 2014, and the highest since 2009. US defaulters accounted for 59% of the global total. Some of this dominant share of defaulters can be attributed to the size of the US economy and the enormous size of its credit market. But the US is also the epicenter of oil & gas defaults, with contagion now spreading to other sectors. ................(more)
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/01/06/global-corporate-debt-is-coming-unglued/
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Global Corporate Debt is Coming Unglued (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2016
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Human101948
(3,457 posts)1. CEOs of those companies will be returning their compensation, right?
A&P Insiders Took Home Millions in Year Before Bankruptcy
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-p-insiders-took-home-millions-in-year-before-bankruptcy-1442608435
Hostess Blames Union For Bankruptcy After Tripling CEOs Pay
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/11/16/1203151/why-unions-dont-shoulder-the-blame-for-hostesss-downfall/
Fraud, failure and bankruptcy pay well for CEOs
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fraud-failure-and-bankruptcy-pay-well-for-ceos-2013-08-28
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-p-insiders-took-home-millions-in-year-before-bankruptcy-1442608435
Hostess Blames Union For Bankruptcy After Tripling CEOs Pay
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/11/16/1203151/why-unions-dont-shoulder-the-blame-for-hostesss-downfall/
Fraud, failure and bankruptcy pay well for CEOs
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fraud-failure-and-bankruptcy-pay-well-for-ceos-2013-08-28
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. Wish I could rec your comment...good info. n/t
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)3. +1000 nt