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Is Your Company Ready for a Downturn in the Economy?

Credit Research Foundation

million jobs, and the unemployment rate peaked at 10% in October 2009. Since then, we’ve weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, which many experts predicted would lead to a wave of defaults and business closures. Am I adequately staffed to handle an increase in risk and market volatility? During that period, the U.S.

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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

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After, the Great Recession of 2008, commercial bankruptcies peaked in 2009 and did not drop below pre-recession levels until 2012. Clearly, the level of Business Credit Risk is going to remain elevated as we move through 2024, bringing with it the potential for corresponding increases in bad debt and delinquency.

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Can You Get a Loan Without a Job?

CreditStrong for Business

Credit Cards A credit card is a revolving form of financing that an unemployed consumer might qualify for. However, in 2009 legislators passed the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act), which might make qualifying more challenging.

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Addressing Portfolio Risk in Economic Uncertainty: Part 2 (2022)

FICO Blog

FICO® Scores, often an important contributor to underwriting risk management strategies, are designed to provide valuable risk rank-ordering through all economic cycles. Traditional underwriting risk management strategy approach in stressed versus unstressed economy. Economic Scenario.

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