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Credit Spotlight on Global Oil & Gas
Credit risk was volatile for Global Oil & Gas producers in 2024 and global supply is expected to exceed demand in 2025, subject to strong geopolitical influences. This analysis from Credit Benchmark reviews global credit trends across a range of Oil & Gas sectors with a view to the year ahead.
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August 2022 Industry Monitor
Credit Benchmark have released the latest end-month industry update, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions.
Declining Credit Quality: Is Global Tobacco Being Stubbed Out?
Global Tobacco credit quality has weakened by 3.4% month-on-month. The introduction of stricter tobacco measures globally, as well as COVID-19, all contribute to this change.
August Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Oil & Gas
Credit Benchmark have released the August 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK Oil & Gas firms recent run of improvements ends after 6 months. EU Oil & Gas firms have experienced some instability in their collective credit quality this year, however, their CCI score has been above 50 for 3 consecutive months now. US Oil & Gas firms have gone from strength to strength, boasting CCI scores above 50 for 17 consecutive months.
August Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the August 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK Industrial firms are in a positive position for the second time this month, but they have been unable to maintain a consistent trend since mid-2021. EU Industrial firms have registered another positive CCI for this month, which is the eleventh consecutive instance of a positive score. This month US Industrial firms ended their streak of 17 consecutive months of positive credit quality.
Q2 2022 Quarterly Review: Credit at a Turning Point?
This whitepaper from Credit Benchmark illustrates the global credit trends in the second quarter of 2022. Widening credit spreads show a major shift to a “risk-off” mindset, as supply shocks and rate hikes show no sign of abating. Corporate default rates are likely to spike, and across sectors correlations between default risk are changing. This whitepaper tracks these shifts across many otherwise unrated countries/sectors, as well as illustrating other global trends in Q2 2022.
July Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Oil & Gas
Credit Benchmark have released the July 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK and US Oil & Gas firms continue their streaks of consistently positive CCI scores, with 7 months and 17 months of net credit improvement respectively. EU Oil & Gas firms have travelled a bumpier road, with alternating positive and negative scores this year, ending on a neutral credit quality position in the most recent update.
