
2026 Default Risk Outlook: G7 + China
Credit Benchmark’s 2026 G7 + China Default Outlook signals rising private corporate default risk amid slower global growth and tight funding conditions, while financial institutions
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Credit Benchmark provides a data-driven view of credit risk, offering coverage, detail, and collective insight available nowhere else. First, we collect the entity-level credit risk views of the world’s leading financial institutions. Next, we map, cleanse, anonymize and aggregate these raw contributions to create a ‘credit consensus’, delivered to our clients weekly.
The resulting Credit Consensus Ratings, Indices & Analytics are an entirely unique product backed by real-world market sentiment. Rather than the 'issuer pay model', it represents the views of those with 'skin in the game'.
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Complex risk decisions are supported by easy access to 110,000+ Credit Consensus Ratings, 130,000+ bond and loan rating assessments, 1,200+ sector indices, and a suite of in-depth analytics - available via Web App, Excel add-in, API, flat-file download, and partner channels including Bloomberg.
Risk professionals at banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and other firms use the data to gain visibility on entities without a public rating, monitor and benchmark portfolios, assess and analyze credit trends, inform risk sharing transactions, and fulfil regulatory requirements.
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