US Default Bomb Goes Off: 2020 Will Have A Record Number Of Large Corporate Bankruptcies

• US Default Bomb Goes Off: 2020 Will Have A Record Number Of Large Corporate Bankruptcies
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  The disconnect between the all time highs in the stock market and the broader economy has never been greater (with even Janet Yellen, one of the main architects of this disconnect, agreeing), and one of the places where this chasm is most glaring, is in the staggering number of major corporations filing for bankruptcy in 2020. Indeed, this year large US corporate bankruptcy filings are running at a record pace and are set to surpass levels reached during the financial crisis in 2009 (when the S&P was far from an all time high).
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  According to FT calculations, as of August 17, a record 45 companies each with more than $1 billion in assets has filed for Chapter 11 this year; this compares with 38 for the same period of 2009 during the depths of the financial crisis and is more than double last year’s figure of 18 over the comparable period.
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