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Panorama LATAM : Growth picking up at countries of Pacific

Over the years Latam has begun to be associated with economic growth, new middle class, poverty reduction and controlled inflation.

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Panorama Coface: Insolvencies barometer

The number of insolvencies at the end of October stood at 63,002 companies, a figure down by - 0.9% over the last 12 months. This is the lowest level recorded since August 2013 (...)

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Panorama : Should we be afraid of “low-flation”?

The term "deflation" seems to be on everyone's lips in Europe these days, not just on those of economists. The buzz around the term is not surprising, as Eurozone inflation has been falling for the past three years. France is no exception (...)

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Panorama sector, European pharmaceutical companies : is austerity fatal ?

This end of year panorama starts with the risk assessment of 14 sectors in the three regions we monitor.

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Panorama Poland insolvencies

Poland is a headline example of the country that didn’t record recession in recent years. However, in micro terms companies insolvencies have been on...

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Panorama Country Risk - World Trade: a Sluggish Spell?

This publication is the October 2014 Coface Panorama country risk, and includes a study about World trade, which is stagnating in the first halfyear 2014 and is struggling to recover nearly 6 years after the start of crisis...

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Country Essentials 2014

A concise overview of country economic facts, clearly structured and brand new: Country Essentials from Coface

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Panorama United Arab Emirates : A remarkable recovery after the debt crisis but financing needs still high

How wealthy is the UAE economy after the debt crisis? Figures indicate that after contracting around 5 percent in 2009, the UAE economy recorded gradually solid growth rates. The economy is expected to grow by 5 percent in 2014, after expanding around 5.2 percent in 2013.

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China : carrot-and-stick

Since the beginning of the year, the Chinese government has continued its effort to carry out various items on the reform agenda, particularly on...

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Panorama Russia: The russian economy towards glaciation?

The Ukrainian crisis has occurred in a context of significant weakening of the Russian econ-omy. In 2013, Russian growth fell to 1.3% after an average GDP progression of 4.8%between 2000 and 2011.

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European airlines: forced to change

«European carriers have been hit by aggressive competition from Middle East and Asia and, they are among the least profitable in the world»

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Panorama Brazil Insolvencies: Activity does not take off

Activity in Brazil remains lackluster, inflation stands above the target , interest rates are among the highest in the world, confidence remains at a low level across a variety of indexes and the well-known low investment ratio continues to deteriorate. What is the impact on companies' payment capacity?

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Romania: Will economic growth come back to strong performance?

After five challening years Romania’s economic performance proved that it has become one of the leaders of the European recovery and exceeded expectations with GDP growth rising by 3.5% in 2013. However, the slowldown of the growth in 2014 shows another picture.

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Adriatic/Balkan Top50

For the third time, Coface is publishing the Adriatic/Balkan Top 50. The companies are ranked based on their turnover in 2013. The economic problems of the region in the last few years have also taken their toll on the top players: Total turnover declined by 1.2% to EUR 39 billion, and profits decreased dramatically by almost 16% to EUR 702 million.

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Panorama Country Risk - The British recovery : miracle or mirage

Thanks to vigorous growth since the second quarter of 2012, we anticipate the UK economy to get back to its pre-crisis level in the third quarter of 2014.

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Panorama Country: Brazil

From 2004 to 2008 Brazil had grown, on average, by 4,8% a year, but in the former period, from 2009 to 2013, the average rate declined to 2,7%. The country did not take advantage of the good winds to make important reforms, such as improving the infrastructure and the business climate...

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Panorama Country - Turkey: What to expect in 2014?

If the tensions rise again as it happened in December and January, this may harm investors’ confidence and result in a fluctuation in forex markets. Such a situation would have a negative impact on the corporate sector’s external debt stock which is already at record high level.

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Corporate Payment Trend and Sectorial Risk in Asia Pacific

From the hawk’s-eye view, Asia’s economic growth momentum remained strong in the post-crisis era, with Coface’s forecast pointing to a 6.1% YoY growth for Emerging Asia in 2014.

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Changes regarding SMEs in France and Spain – Insolvency Barometer in France

New barometer of companies insolvencies in France : a lull is observed from January to April 2014, the number of insolvencies falling by 2.3%. This barometer is followed by a comparison between the situation
of SMEs in France and Spain.

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CEE Insolvencies : 2013 was a challenging year for companies in Eastern Europe

The results of a study on insolvencies among the CEE economies, a region experiencing a sharp rise in the rate of insolvencies in many countries during 2013 (e.g. up 39% in Bulgaria and 32% in the Czech Republic).

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Electronics in Asia / Sector Barometer

Focus on the electronics industry in Emerging Asia, a region that has become in a matter of years the world’s workshop for many electronic components.

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Panorama: Which emerging countries will take over from the BRICS?

This panorama first includes a study dealing with new emerging markets. While the 2008-2009 global crisis had highlighted emerging market resilience, gamechanging events have taken place in those emerging countries since May 2013 indeed.

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Which emerging countries will take over from the BRICS?

While the 2008-2009 global crisis had highlighted emerging market resilience, game-changing events have taken place in those emerging countries since May 2013 indeed.

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Reality Check: Corporate Payment Trend and Sectorial Risk in China

The overall payment experience in China has deteriorated in 2013 compared to 2012.

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French Road Goods Transport (RGT): between economic difficulties and structural problems…

If there is one sector that has been hit by the decline in activity associated with France’s “double dip” recession, it is the road goods transport sector. Despite improvements from time to time since 2008 2008, the sector has not been able to find its way out of this slump.

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Textiles - Upmarket positioning and innovation: Key to the success for the French and European textile industry?

You will find in it our usual barometer, which assesses the risks to which companies in fourteen key industrial sectors in emerging Asia, North America and Western Europe are exposed.
We have also included an analytical focus on European textiles. This traditional industry was affected very early by globalisation, and, in particular, competition from developing countries.

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Carmakers : Europe refocusing on emerging markets

This Panorama includes our global sector barometer, which analyses the situation in fourteen key economic sectors in three of the world‘s major regions (European Union, North America and Emerging Asia) through a single credit risk indicator. In Europe, sector risks continue to deteriorate, especially in chemicals due to the remaining difficulties in the European industry, and also in the pharmaceutical branch due to the fiscal tightening measures taken by the governments.

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2012 ACTIVITY REPORT

Jean-Marc Pillu, CEO of Coface: "In 2012, we combined further profitability and growth, while continuing to assist our customers"

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What has happened to the Italian business model?

This panorama contains a study of the Italian economy, which analyses and interrogates both macro- and microeconomic issues. We also present the latest adjustments to our country assessment.

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What has happened to the Italian business model?

This panorama contains a study of the Italian economy, which analyses and interrogates both macro- and microeconomic issues. We also present the latest adjustments to our country assessment.

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Central European companies in crisis: why?

This new Panorama contains the results of our Company Insolvency Monitor from April 2012 to April 2013 and the results of a study on insolvencies among Eastern European countries, a region experiencing a sharp rise in insolvencies rate.

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Focus e-commerce / distribution

Coface releases a series of economic reports and is pleased to announce the publication of its second Panorama sector report. Readers will find in it a global sector barometer which analyses the situation in fourteen key economic sectors. The originality of the analysis is that it is based on aggregating the accounts of 6,000 companies in three of the world’s major regions: the European Union, North America and Emerging Asia.

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Transformation of emerging country risk

In this Panorama, Coface highlights the radical transformation of risks in emerging countries. While traditional country risk (sovereign risk, external vulnerability) has appreciably declined, three new risks are appearing and need to be monitored.

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2013 Coface Country Risk Conference

The 17th Country Risk Conference held by Coface on 22 January 2013 has confirmed the complexity of a situation where, more than ever, the world seems to be «split in two»: advanced versus emerging countries.

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Updates and growth forecasts

The global economic slowdown is confirmed this fall, in line with the recession in the eurozone and the emerging market deceleration.

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2011 Activity report

Jean-Marc Pillu, CEO of Coface: «In 2011, we achieved our goal of refocusing our operations on credit insurance».

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