2017-02-28marketwatch.com

``The number of U.S. retailers ranked at the most-distressed level of the credit-rating spectrum has more than tripled since the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and is heading toward record levels in the next five years, Moody's Investors Service said Monday... The rating agency is the latest to weigh in on the state of the sector, and has 19 names in its retail and apparel portfolio, or 14% of the total, that are now trading at Caa/Ca. That's deep into speculative, or "junk," territory. It's also a percentage close to the 16% considered distressed during the 2008/2009 period, said a Moody's report led by retail analyst Charles O'Shea. The rise is part of a wider trend affecting sectors across Moody's coverage that has retail replacing oil and gas as the most-troubled industry.''



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