Debtwire Middle-Market – 11/18/2024

Under pressure: leveraged loan defaults are spiking

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Annual loan defaults are soaring, with this year’s rate of 4.7% surpassing 4.5% seen during the economic slowdown in 2020 triggered by the advent of the pandemic. It also marks the highest default rate since the global financial crisis, when defaults peaked at 10.5%.