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Thoughts and perspectives on a financial risk and more.

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The No. 1 risk to the global financial system is rising corporate debt burdens, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest edition of their Global Financial Stability Report.

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Chinese factory activity has contracted for six consecutive months as CreditRiskMonitor observes that there are more than 1,100 public companies showing signs of elevated financial risk across China and Taiwan.

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Credit professionals should remain attentive to Tesla’s low FRISK® score, as well as their suffering operating performance, leverage and liquidity.

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Instead of looking into the past with payment history to gauge danger potential in counterparties, you need to be looking forward with CreditRiskMonitor’s predictive financial risk analytics.

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Rite Aid Corporation's elevated risk of financial failure might be imperceptible if a credit and procurement managers put too much stock into whether or not the pharma retail mainstay continues to pay bills on time.

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Dining-out traffic trends are showing persistent weakness. If you are working with a restaurant chain that has a weak capital structure, you should implement strategies to reduce risk or otherwise face the possibility of serious financial loss.

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Nearly 30% of publicly traded companies worldwide are already trending in the FRISK® red zone, indicating heightened bankruptcy risk - and as recession whispers intensify, every day you delay taking action could cost you and your company dearly.

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Major drug manufacturers Mallinckrodt plc and Endo International plc are financially distressed due to elevated debt and product-related risks. If your company is doing business with these manufacturers, you should evaluate your risk exposure and perform further research.

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In 2019, nearly half of the 230 publicly traded Chinese construction companies we cover are financially distressed. If you have exposure to China’s real estate market, we urge you to monitor closely the financial risk potential of your commercial counterparties.

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Public company financial risk is higher than it has ever been, and the weakest links in your supply chain may lead to costly, time-consuming problems.

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Frontier Communications’ deteriorating business fundamentals have been ongoing for years now, and CreditRiskMonitor’s subscriber crowdsourcing has provided an important high-risk signal in the last few quarters.

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Windstream Holdings, Inc.'s FRISK® score is signaling financial stress, and subscriber crowdsourcing specifically shows that risk professionals have been on high alert for nearly a year.

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