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June 28, 2022

Sovereign Credit Risk & Food Prices

A growing list of countries have already seen Sovereign ratings slide in the past two years due to COVID costs; some now face a real risk of outright default as the war in Ukraine drives food, fertilizer and energy prices higher.

June 22, 2022

UK Retail: Cost of Living Impact

Consumers are focusing on essential purchases and spending less time at home, and UK and EU broadline retailers are feeling the squeeze. Both groups show recent deterioration against a global trend of improvement.

June 15, 2022

Automobiles & Parts: Impact of Chip Shortage

Semiconductor supplies have not yet recovered from COVID disruption. This has caused problems for many industries, but the impact is becoming acute for manufacturers of automobiles and parts, as well as online car dealers and car rental companies.

June 1, 2022

Credit Consensus Ratings & Risk Sharing

For investors in Risk Sharing products, transparency is key. This report uses Credit Consensus Ratings to compare a single bank’s view of a typical risk sharing portfolio with the broader bank peer group view of the same portfolios. This unique dataset can be used for industry trend tracking, portfolio analytics, and single name assessments.

May 26, 2022

US Energy Sector: Credit and Equity

Shifting energy sector dynamics have been a bonanza for US oil and gas companies, with prices spiking and share prices following suit. Strong share performance does not always correlate with strong credit quality, however. This analysis shows the relationship between Credit Consensus Ratings and US energy sector equity price changes in 2022.

May 17, 2022

What Will Happen to Default Rates in 2022 / 2023?

With tighter global monetary policy already hitting heavily indebted households and firms, could default rates also reach record levels? This insight looks at the relationship between the Fed Effective rate and US Business Loan Delinquencies.

May 9, 2022

Home Improvement and Grocery Delivery Firms Suffer as Pre-COVID Habits Return

As the pandemic eases and workers return to their offices, companies that were COVID beneficiaries are facing the double hit of a return to more traditional buying habits and an inflation squeeze on household budgets.

April 27, 2022

Q1 2022 Quarterly Review: COVID Recovery, Inflation and Ukraine Invasion

The latest whitepaper from Credit Benchmark illustrates the global credit trends in the first quarter of 2022. With global growth rebounding strongly at the start of 2022, consensus credit trends mirrored this recovery across a broad range of sectors. But as inflation grows and interest rates look likely to jump, will heavily indebted companies drive credit defaults higher?

April 21, 2022

Earth Day: Ukraine War Pushes Energy Efficiency Rethink

The Ukraine war has seen countries scrambling to secure energy supplies, boosting the need for renewable sources. But with renewable energy paradoxically dependent on the increasingly volatile climate, diversity in technologies is critical to ensure stable supplies from renewable sources. Credit Consensus Ratings are available for a variety of wind and solar firms, with this report showing some divergences in credit quality.

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