Up to 13.7% of "speculative grade" bonds across emerging markets are at risk of defaulting over the next year – a higher level than that seen during the throes of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, according to Moody's latest forecast.
According to the credit rating agency - as reported by the Financial Times - the default rate for higher-risk emerging market debt last year stood at just 0.8% with seven companies defaulting, including three Chinese firms and Jamaican telecoms company Digicel. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the global economy, Moody's predicts this will jump to between 8.3% and 13.7% between now and the end of March 2021. At the peak of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, default rates across emerging market credit stood at 13.6%. The long-term impacts of coronavirus on e...
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