Time：05, 24, 2023 10:12

Based on reports from The Washington Post and Capitol Hill on May 23, a new report shows that since the beginning of this year, the number of US companies filing for bankruptcy has continued to increase, with more than 230 as of April. U.S. media said that as the economic pressure continues to increase, if the U.S. debt default cannot be avoided, the bankruptcy situation of U.S. companies will definitely continue to deteriorate.

According to a report by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 236 large U.S. companies have filed for bankruptcy in the first four months of this year, more than double the number in 2022 and the highest for the same period since 2010. The hardest hit are companies that sell direct-to-consumer, followed by industrial companies and then financial services firms. In recent weeks, several well-known large companies with hundreds or thousands of employees have even filed for bankruptcy protection.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said that as U.S. interest rates increase and the government's epidemic support plan for businesses has largely ended, the number of U.S. corporate bankruptcies is increasing. make the problem worse." Zandi also said that even a short-term failure to repay government debt would plunge the U.S. economy into recession, while a long-term default would be "catastrophic" and trigger a "tsunami of bankruptcies."

Overseas Net Zhang Ni

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