02.11.2015 15:52:00

Moody's: US corporate defaults to hit four-year high amid growing liquidity woes in oil and gas

New York, November 02, 2015 -- Increasing liquidity pressures in the oil and gas industry drove the US speculative-grade default rate up to 2.5% from 2.1% in the third quarter and will likely propel a rise in the default rate over the next year, says Moody's Investors Service. The rating agency expects the default rate will climb to a four-year high of 3.8% in October 2016 after rising for the first time in three years in 2015.

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