Credit situation isn't improving across the board...

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by Mvic, Aug 1, 2009.

  1. Mvic

    Mvic

    http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aBmBls_HJ15E

    With corporate defaults at a six-year high, so-called debtor-in-possession financings dropped to about 23 percent of businesses failing to make debt payments so far this year, the lowest since at least 2003, according to a strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Lenders are charging those entering Chapter 11 reorganization a record 7.25 percentage points over benchmark interest rates, on average, even with borrowing costs for issuers of junk-rated bonds the cheapest since September.