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The fall of car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. proves the point that the health of an entire supply chain, from raw material harvesting to finished products, is critical to understand relative to assessing bankruptcy risk potential.

Chinese property developer defaults have become the norm, with formal bankruptcies now beginning to take shape. Industry giant China Evergrande Group may be among the next to file.

While risk analysis professionals may be tempted to use the statistical FRISK^® score as a component within a different model, such as one that is rules-based, doing so may generate suboptimal results.

The COVID-19 pandemic swiftly delivered hundreds of bankruptcy filings in 2020. Here in 2022, geopolitical tensions, supply chain challenges, and tightening credit conditions could lead to a similar devastating outcome.

CreditRiskMonitor offers up five quick and important facts that you need to know about China Evergrande Group right now to make a more solid business evaluation – or, more advisable, even an alteration of credit extension or a pivot to a peer.

Knowledge of how and when to react to a business defaulting is essential; cutting ties with a customer or supplier too soon could lead to a missed sales opportunity, while being too late can result in financial loss.

The harsh downturn in several end markets has resulted in overcapacity in key industrial commodity markets, causing base metal prices to break materially lower. We note where bankruptcy is most probable.

The media and financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, underreport the proliferation of zombie firms, a frightening reality you must not ignore. Learn how you can use the FRISK® score and other CreditRiskMonitor report features to protect your company from bankruptcy-prone zombies.