02/12/2019
Country risk and economic studies
Coface will be sharing its vision of the major trends in the world economy in 2019 with businesses at its annual conference on country and sectoral risks.
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01/25/2019
Country risk and economic studies
Since May 2018, the number of insolvencies in France has started to rise again. This trend is expected to continue in 2019 (forecast of 1%) (...)
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12/20/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Asia has been under pressure following tighter global liquidity in 2018. Coface’s index for measuring relative vulnerability to outflows points to increasing divergence in Asia (...)
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12/06/2018
Country risk and economic studies
In the third quarter of 2018, after two years of improvement, French companies experienced a reversal of the trend with the number of insolvencies increasing by +2.3% (...)
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11/26/2018
Country risk and economic studies
When considering risk in the Chinese economy, a lot of the discussion has focused on large State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) or large private conglomerates (...)
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11/19/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Alongside other renewables, wind energy has experienced a strong growth since the mid-2000s across the world (...)
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11/16/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Increased protectionism is affecting a large number of economies – both advanced and emerging (...)
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11/07/2018
Country risk and economic studies
The international credit insurance company Coface presents its tenth annual study on the biggest 500 companies in Central and Eastern Europe – the Coface CEE Top 500. It ranks the businesses by their turnover and additionally analyses further facts such as the number of employees, the framework of the companies, sectors and markets as well as the new Coface company credit assessments. The trend of the CEE Top 500 reflects developments in the region.
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10/18/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Higher oil prices and continued capital outflows from emerging markets mark the third quarter of 2018 (...)
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10/11/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Despite economic acceleration in the region, insolvencies increased by +6.4% in 2017
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09/20/2018
Country risk and economic studies
According to Coface’s Political Risk Index, Asia scored 45% on the latest risk ranking, above the world average of 35% (...)
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08/22/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Multiple signs of an economic recovery in Greece. Reforms have helped to clean up public accounts, restore Greece's credibility and strengthen confidence.
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07/19/2018
Country risk and economic studies
While France’s trade balance has remained in surplus, its market share of exports to Africa halved from 11% in 2000, to 5.5% in 2017.
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07/11/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Downgraded assessments in the majority this quarter
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06/11/2018
Country risk and economic studies
On the back of highly-synchronised economic growth, technological shifts boosting a surge in the use of metals and a shortfall in supply, metals have been benefitting from a bull market since mid-2016 (...)
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06/04/2018
Country risk and economic studies
The Coface Political Risk Index takes into consideration various risk aspects: (...)
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05/22/2018
Country risk and economic studies
The European Union - Western Balkans Summit will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the 17th of May 2018. This meeting aims to reaffirm the EU’s commitment towards the Western Balkans gaining EU membership.
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05/15/2018
Country risk and economic studies
Adversely affected by the slump in raw material prices, most African currencies lost over 20% of their value between 2013 and 2016
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05/10/2018
Country risk and economic studies
In the Mediterranean, the recent rise in protectionism is starting to transform the vast network of free trade agreements and reshape intra-Mediterranean trade routes. Two new trends are emerging.
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05/02/2018
Country risk and economic studies
The aim of this exercise is to better understand corporate credit management practices and payment experiences. In our latest survey, data collection was conducted during the final quarter of 2017, and valid responses were received from 1,003 companies.
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