Moody's publishes the 30th annual default study; forecasts a lower default rate for 2017
New York, February 16, 2017-- The global default rate for speculative-grade companies rated by Moody's Investors Service is expected to decline to 3.0% by the end of 2017 from 4.5% in 2016, the rating agency says in its just-published annual default study. The overall default rate for speculative-grade and investment-grade issuers combined is expected to retreat even lower, to 1.5% from 2.1% during the same period. "We have based our benign default outlook for 2017 on the...
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