August Credit Update: Consensus Financial Upgrades Outweigh Downgrades

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Credit Benchmark has published the latest monthly credit consensus data (from July 2019) based on contributions from 40+ financial institutions, covering 50,000 separate legal entities.

The monthly upgrades and downgrades overview is now based on data adjusted for changes in contributor mix.

Monthly consensus upgrades and downgrades:

• 338 obligors improved their credit standing by at least one notch.
• 356 obligors deteriorated.
• 66 moved more than one notch.
• The size of upgrades and downgrades has increased.

Last month showed improvements across 324 obligors and deterioration across 416, with 58 moving by more than one notch.

Industries:

• Upgrades dominate downgrades in four out of the ten reported industries and four out of ten have more downgrades.

• The industries showing an improvement in credit quality include:
  • Consumer Services with 37 upgrades and 26 downgrades.
  • Telecommunications with 12 upgrades and six downgrades.
  • Financials with 61 upgrades and 53 downgrades.

• The industries showing deteriorations are:
  • Consumer Goods with 13 upgrades and 30 downgrades.
  • Industrials with 30 upgrades and 40 downgrades.
  • Technology with nine upgrades and 15 downgrades.

Note: Monthly upgrade / downgrade movement is based on 27,000 individual Consensus PDs.

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