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Factoid of the Day Thursday, October 30, 2025
Moody's reported that its trailing 12-month global speculative-grade default rate stood at 4.4% at the end of September 2025 (preliminary results). Its baseline scenario sees the global default rate declining to 3.7% in December 2025. Moody's puts the global historical average default rate at 4.2%. The U.S. speculative-grade default rate stood at 5.5% in September. Moody's baseline scenario sees the U.S. default rate decreasing to 4.3% in December 2025.
 

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