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Debt Burden, Capital Markets, Corporates, Credit Analysis, Credit Markets Research, Fixed Income

Debt Markets In Transition

Market participants' need for transparency on the full scope of credit risk will expand as the financial system evolves, with increasing interplay and interconnection between public and private markets.

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Digital Disruption, Cyber Risk, Technology

Digital Infrastructure & Innovation

As global and regional markets race to finance and adopt the technologies of the future, the technological revolution is taking shape today. Demand for digital infrastructure is likely to reshape entire sectors.

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(Geo)political Shifts, Shipping, Macroeconomics

Trade, Tariffs, & Policy

S&P Global Ratings believes there is a high degree of unpredictability around policy implementation by the U.S. administration and possible responses—specifically with regard to tariffs—and the potential effect on economies and credit conditions.

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Capital Markets, Credit Analysis, Credit Markets Research, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance

Changing Capital Flows

Downside risks remain high amid increasing market volatility, and investors are rebalancing their portfolios to adjust for shifting risks—anticipating additional uncertainty.

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Towards Net-Zero, Energy Transition, Energy, ESG

Energy & Climate Resilience

More severe and frequent extreme weather events and worsening physical climate risks continue to influence credit fundamentals, and threaten to disrupt supply chains without adaptation.

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Credit Markets Research, Sovereigns, Economic Research

Emerging Markets Research

Emerging markets encompass regions with significantly diverging fundamentals, encountering a broad range of credit challenges—from persistent inflation and tightening financing conditions to sluggish domestic demand and geopolitical tensions.

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Structured Finance, RMBS

Asia-Pacific SF Insights

Find the latest Asia-Pacific structured finance research, commentaries and data across a range of asset classes.

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Credit Markets Research

Outlook 2025

Looking ahead at 2025, some of the same challenges remain and other risks are emerging—all of which require a new playbook for issuers and investors in the debt markets.

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Corporates, Credit Markets Research

Industry Credit Outlook Update 2024

S&P Global Ratings’ Industry Credit Outlook Update 2024 series sets out our industry experts’ assumptions and credit outlook for global industries for the second half of 2024.

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Leveraged Finance & High Yield, Credit Markets Research, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance

Private Markets

As investors increasingly allocate capital across the private debt markets, evolving macro and financial conditions may necessitate a need for greater transparency.

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