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Will The Coronavirus Unleash Corporate Debt Contagion?
Will The Coronavirus Unleash Corporate Debt Contagion?
March 09, 2020  |  Economy

As the coronavirus roils markets, as indexes swing down — and up — by several percentage points daily, and as interest rates get ever smaller,...

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Reading Tea Leaves – And Ripple Effects – Of Corporate Default Risk  
Reading Tea Leaves – And Ripple Effects – Of Corporate Default Risk  
November 22, 2019  |  Debt

There’s the old saying: When you owe $500,000, the lender owns you. When you owe $50 million, well, you own the lender. The scenario comes...

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Girding for the $17 Trillion Negative Interest Rate Debt Trap
Girding for the $17 Trillion Negative Interest Rate Debt Trap
August 26, 2019  |  Economy

The world is awash in debt marked by negative interest rates. It’s a $17 trillion warning sign of overextended corporate borrowing and lending, CreditRiskMonitor CEO...

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Will Risky Supplier Financing Light The $1.3T Debt Bomb’s Fuse?
Will Risky Supplier Financing Light The $1.3T Debt Bomb’s Fuse?
October 12, 2018  |  Debt

Stock markets around the globe seem to be in freefall. Interest rates are marching higher. Sears, at least at the time this article, is prepping for...

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Trade Credit’s $2.5 Trillion Ticking Time Bomb
Trade Credit’s $2.5 Trillion Ticking Time Bomb
April 18, 2018  |  Risk Management

There is hardly a more difficult conversation to be had, CreditRiskMonitor CEO Jerry Flum told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, than the one the finance guys have with a...

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