Elevated borrowing costs take their toll, with 29 companies having defaulted this year
We don’t know — and we have the charts to prove it
Rating agency says investors ignore climate risks when lending to some fossil fuel companies
Rating agency says Danish group’s huge US writedowns have exposed project management issues
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Higher rates combined with rising pensions and healthcare costs are set to weigh on states’ finances
Rating agency also indicates that economic risks have subsided in UK
The downgrade cites . . . “market perceptions of its creditworthiness”?
Rising costs of key ingredients will strain public finances and put pressure on ratings, S&P warns
Yet Moscow downgraded to ‘selective default’ by S&P as it warns country is unlikely to honour foreign debt terms
Report alleging companies ‘curry favour’ by buying debt ratings called ‘flawed’ by benchmark compiler
Data from past three decades suggest higher losses that could erode capital
Terms are being loosened at record pace as lenders struggle to drum up new business
Analysts anticipate wave of fragile companies facing future defaults after ‘clear signs of risk taking’