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Moody's Liquidity-Stress Index falls again in December, points to fewer defaults in year ahead

New York, January 04, 2017-- Moody's Liquidity-Stress Index extended its declining trend in the final month of 2016, pointing to a more benign default environment in the year ahead, the rating agency says in its most recent edition of SGL Monitor Flash. The speculative-grade liquidity gauge fell for a ninth straight month in December, to 5.9% from 6.0% in November. Moody's Liquidity-Stress Index falls when corporate liquidity appears to improve and rises when it appears to...
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