US credit risk in focus
Credit Benchmark’s latest whitepaper introduces the Credit Risk Index (CRI) – an innovative measure of US credit sentiment derived from the internal risk assessments of more than 40 global banks. The findings reveal that bank confidence in US corporate borrowers weakened through 2025, with sectors such as automotive, telecoms and media showing pronounced signs of strain.
By aggregating more than a million monthly credit observations across 450,000 entities, the CRI provides a real-time, data-driven view of credit conditions often hidden from public markets. Strongly correlated with S&P default rates, it offers an early warning system for lenders, investors and policy-makers seeking to identify turning points in credit quality.
Download the full report to explore how the CRI uncovers emerging stress in corporate lending – and what it signals for credit risk management as 2026 approaches.
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