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The FRISK® score downgraded retailers and restaurants in February and March following the market sell-off stemming from coronavirus.

The decline and demise of oil services giant McDermott International, Inc. was missed by many due to an unwise reliance on trade payment data analysis. When it comes to public companies and bankruptcy prediction, payment data doesn't work.

CreditRiskMonitor anticipates tighter access to credit in the years ahead and an escalation in bankruptcy filings – if we’re not heading for a recession, it may be a depression.

The coronavirus has reduced air travel across key channels worldwide. Equity markets are souring on airliners, especially those that already carry excessive debt and are strapped for cash.

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) sends shockwaves through the stock market and the world at large, it has also greatly upped the financial risk potential for automotive, technology, healthcare, chemicals, and many other industries.

If a premium grocery chain like Whole Foods can experience a multi-month SKU disaster, chances are that it can happen to your company too. Evaluate the financial health of your supply chain, see which vendors are most at risk of failure, and take the necessary steps to safeguard against them.

Commercial bankruptcies in the United States increased for the first time since 2009. Record corporate debt and waning business confidence are striking developments regardless of which industry you are operating within.

With cracks already starting to show in the trucking industry and CFOs worrying that economic conditions are primed to decline, the time to prepare is now.

The financial fallout from the most recent holiday season may not provide comfort or joy for Conn’s, Inc., a specialty retailer of furniture, mattresses, home appliances and electronics.

As the likelihood of an economic downturn continues to intensify, public companies across cyclical industries like trucking should be monitored closely.

CreditRiskMonitor’s FRISK^® Stress Index today shows that the retail industry in the United States is experiencing near-record financial stress.

As the fallout from one of the biggest bankruptcies of 2019 begins to settle, we see that credit and procurement professionals who evaluate risk in public companies as a habitual practice are proving to be the best at avoiding unnecessary exposure.