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02/26/2024
Corporate Publications

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02/01/2024
Economic Publications

Coface Country & Sector Risks Handbook 2024

Economic overview, country and sector risk assessment 2024

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01/31/2024
Economic Publications

2024, a pivotal year - Barometer Q4 2023

Busy, eventful, buzzing, decisive, crucial... there has been no shortage of adjectives to describe the year that has just begun. Our central scenario is more akin to a ridge than a boulevard. Check it out now.

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01/31/2024
Corporate Publications

Country Risks Assessment map Q4-2023

This is our latest edition of the Coface Country Risk Map.

Consult and download Coface's risk assessments of 164 countries across the world.

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01/31/2024
Corporate Publications

Sector risk assessment infographics Q4-2023

In a context that we explain in our barometer, Coface has made 22 changes to sector ratings: 17 upgrades and 5 downgrades.
Find out which sectors in which regions are affected in our sector risk infographic.

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12/19/2023
Economic Publications

Poland Payment Survey 2023: Slightly shorter payment delays but not for all sectors

Poland has seen an economic improvement in the last months of this year. However, it has been slow and gradual as the regional environment remains adverse.
Which sectors are the most resilient? Read it in our study.

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12/13/2023
Economic Publications

To grow out of its debt, Southern Europe must look beyond tourism and solve its demographic crisis

In 2021-23, Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal have consistently accounted for between a fourth and half of EU GDP growth. In the future, climate change and inflation will make it hard for the tourism boom to last much longer.
Learn more about the challenges southern European countries will face in the coming years.

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11/23/2023
Economic Publications

German Metals Industry: Negative outlook, but surprisingly positive payment behaviour

Despite challenges we describe in the publication, the payment behaviour has, counter-intuitively, improved over the years in the metals sector according to the results of our annual Germany payment surveys.
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11/08/2023
Economic Publications

2023 France Payment Survey: Longer and more frequent payment delays, with small companies in the firing line

The increasing payment delays in France are impacting cash flow and may lead to higher insolvency rates. All the details in our publication.

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11/07/2023
Economic Publications

CEE Top 500 - 2023 edition

The 15th CEE Top 500 study provides an insight into the future and summarizes the region’s economic activity for the previous year. Moreover, it describes the condition of the 500 largest companies in CEE by their turnover.

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10/17/2023
Economic Publications

Macroeconomics put to the test by microeconomic deterioration in Coface Barometer for Q3-2023

The spectre of recession is receding, as evidenced by the fact that yield curves in most developed economies are less and less inverted.
More in our latest barometer of the world economy.

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10/17/2023
Economic Publications

Sector risk assessment infographics Q3-2023

In a context that we explain in our barometer, Coface has made 33 changes to sector ratings: 17 reclassifications and 16 downgrades.

Find out which sectors in which regions are affected in our sector risk infographic.

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10/17/2023
Economic Publications

Country Risks Assessment map Q3-2023

This is our latest edition of the Coface Country Risk Map.

Consult and download Coface's risk assessments of 164 countries across the world.

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09/12/2023
Economic Publications

Germany Corporate Payment Survey 2023

Coface publishes its 2023 edition of the survey on corporate payment experience in Germany. In short, this year companies are very pessimistic about their business outlook.

More in our publication.

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07/04/2023
Economic Publications

Asia Payment Survey 2023

In 2022, Asian businesses took a more stringent approach to credit terms amid a year of aggressive rate hikes, tighter financial conditions and higher inflation.
Check out now which countries and sectors are less affected now.

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06/08/2023
Economic Publications

Country Risks Assessment map Q2-2023

This is our latest edition of the Coface Country Risk Map.

Consult and download Coface's risk assessments of 164 countries across the world.

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06/07/2023
Economic Publications

Lost illusions and great expectations in Coface Barometer for Q2-2023

The year 2023 began with great enthusiasm, but in all likelihood it will not be the year that most observers and investors were expecting.

Read our economists' forecasts to understand what to expect in the coming months.

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06/07/2023
Economic Publications

Sector risk assessment infographics Q2-2023

In a context that we explain in our barometer, Coface has made 26 changes to sector ratings: 13 reclassifications and 13 downgrades.

Find out which sectors in which regions are affected in our sector risk infographic.

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05/12/2023
Economic Publications

United Kingdom: Corporate insolvencies are going from zero to a hundred after end of government support measures

In 2022, around 23,400 companies went bankrupt in the United Kingdom, causing corporate insolvencies to reach its highest levels since the 2009 Global Financial Crisis “GFC”.

Read our analysis of this rapid rise in insolvencies.

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04/27/2023
Economic Publications

CEE insolvencies study

The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region has undergone significant economic changes over the past three years. A great heterogeneity, various support measures and legal changes have impacted significantly the insolvency trends.

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04/07/2023
Corporate Publications

Universal Registration Document 2022

Coface publishes its 2022 Universal Registration Document. Download a full copy.

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