Moody's Liquidity-Stress Index steady in January; half of SGL-4s defaulted in 2016
New York, January 20, 2017-- Moody's Liquidity-Stress Index was unchanged at 5.9% in mid-January versus the end of December, following nine consecutive months of improvement, the rating agency says in its most recent edition of SGL Monitor. US speculative-grade liquidity is entering 2017 on firmer footing than it entered 2016, when the energy crisis was in full swing. Moody's Liquidity-Stress Index falls when corporate liquidity appears to improve and rises when it appears to...
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