Economics

China Epidemic Threatens a Broader Wave of Defaults in 2020

  • Consumer-facing companies face cash-flow slide, analysts say
  • Rising stress could see more differentiation among borrowers
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China’s biggest health crisis since at least 2003 has worsened the outlook for defaults in the world’s second-biggest bond market, likely tipping a raft of distressed borrowers over the edge this year.