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With inflation at a 40-year high and interest rate hikes beginning to be implemented, more and more overleveraged companies with sinking FRISK® scores are in greater danger of bankruptcy in 2022.

In 2021, total liabilities from public company bankruptcies approached $77 billion, delivering formidable material losses to creditors and major disruptions to global supply chains.

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

As the Bank of England has already raised interest rates in the U.K., the U.S. Federal Reserve is telegraphing at least three interest rate hikes in 2022. With interest rates on the rise, many companies will go from muddling through to facing extreme financial duress.

Property development represents about 30% of China’s GDP. Ongoing defaults could eventually convert into bankruptcy filings that would shake up the industry - and subsequently rock markets in the West.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a disproportionate impact on airlines and related companies. As a clued-in financial risk evaluator, you will need to routinely monitor your greatest risks in this troubled industry.

The high-profile implosion of China’s largest property developer, China Evergrande Group, with 2.4 trillion RMB in total assets has snapped to the attention of financial risk evaluators worldwide.

CreditRiskMonitor recently published a Bankruptcy Case Study on apparel titan Sequential Brands Group, Inc. What were the glaring warning signs of failure? And how can you avoid a major bankruptcy write-down when the evidence of danger is cloaked? Our latest “Five Fast Facts” blog answers these questions and more.

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.

Economic reopening and depressed worldwide rig counts have led to energy prices heading back in a positive direction. Yet this recovery hasn't resulted in an equal improvement throughout the energy patch.

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You may have heard: the global supply chain is broken. Shipping delays and congested seaports have tripled container freight rates worldwide. We take a look at retail trade businesses with the highest risk potential.