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Global Credit Risk Rising as Trade War Starts: Credit Benchmark Data Show
The global credit outlook is deteriorating for a range of industries as international trade confrontation heats up, according to a study by Credit Benchmark.
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April Credit Update: Consensus Upgrades and Downgrades are in Balance
Credit Benchmark has published the latest monthly credit consensus data (from March 2019) based on contributions from 30+ financial institutions, covering over 27,400 separate legal

FOMC Meeting and Consensus Credit Views on US Financials
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Markets Committee is set to meet this week for the third time this year. Although no interest rate movements are

U.S. Auto Sales Poised for a Turn?
Following the March J.D. Power and LMC Automotive Forecast showing the slowest Q1 for U.S. auto sales since 2013, the industry hopes to see recovery

UN World Happiness Report: Does High Sovereign Credit Quality = Happy People?
The UN recently released their 7th World Happiness Report, which ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The results of

Credit Benchmark Data Validates the Improving Health of US Oil and Gas
While oil demand is expected to grow moderately in 2019, it is still below the strong growth expected in the non-OPEC supply forecasted for this

Risk.Net: UK Banks Hold Firm as Brexit Looms
The UK’s bumpy Brexit joyride has left London’s financial firms on edge. UK banks have set aside more than half a billion pounds to cover Brexit-related credit losses.