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To fill temporary liquidity gaps and maintain healthy cash flow, 55% of companies polled in Belgium said they requested trade credit from their suppliers as an alternative to bank loans.

Is the global transport industry on a highway to climate hell?

Regardless of the election result, the next Turkish government faces a complicated set of macroeconomic problems

Is the steel industry on track to meet the world's climate goals?

Fears of a banking crisis have arisen as several midsized US banks have filed for bankruptcy and Credit Suisse ran into trouble

The energy transition offers benefits for fuel importers in declining their import bill. Nevertheless, not all their problems are likely to be resolved.

Sharp insolvency increases in some major economies in 2023, followed in 2024 by a year of relative stabilisation.

The economic recovery in Asia is losing steam, but not for long

Energy markets were shaken by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Perhaps paradoxically, this is also acting as a catalyst to accelerate underlying trends in the energy mix towards clean energy.

Construction activity in advanced markets remains subdued in 2023

Government support sustains non-residential building activities

Labour shortage and higher wage costs are serious issues

A marked decline in residential construction activity

Increase in insolvencies, but from a historically low level

A substantial increase in business failures is expected

Woes in the residential construction segment

Structural weaknesses continue to impact credit risk

Freeze of EU funds severely affects civil engineering

Energetic renovation keeps up activity

Labour and material shortages remain major issues

At the start of 2023, against the backdrop of rather gloomy economic forecasts, we looked for ‘bright spots’ in the global economy.

After decades of high economic growth, the Chinese growth engine is slowing down, raising the question of whether the economy could fall in the middle-income trap

High food prices add to Sub-Saharan Africa's economic woes

The Atradius Payment Practices Barometer is an annual survey of business-to-business (B2B) payment practices in markets across the world. These are the survey findings for Eastern Europe.

The global economy is facing an unprecedented mix of challenges which are bringing it to the brink of recession in 2023.

Chemicals - global performance at a glance

A sharper focus on de-carbonisation strategies

Lockdowns and lower economic growth weigh on the industry

Subdued demand, but deterioration of profitability should remain limited

Still resilient, but profitability is under threat

Increasing pressure from overseas competitors

Most businesses are able to cope with the difficult market conditions

More resilient to market shocks than other industries

Pressure on profitability to remain limited

Concerns about liquidity strain have increased

The Atradius Payment Practices Barometer is an annual survey of business-to-business (B2B) payment practices in markets across the world.

Businesses experience difficulties to source inputs as a result of shocks to global value chains

As government support measures related to the pandemic have ended almost everywhere, we expect insolvencies to rise sharply in some major markets.

Ongoing political uncertainty could weigh negatively on investor sentiment

Companies polled in India told us of the difficulty they found in collecting long unpaid trade debt.

Still robust demand from construction, but downside risks persist.

Higher sales prices do not yet compensate for rise in input prices

Only a slight increase in business failures expected

Lockdowns and woes in the real estate sector weigh on the industry

Gas supply is the key issue

Payment delays and defaults have started to increase in the industry

Many businesses are financially resilient after a good performance in 2021

Robust demand situation set to continue

Shortage of gas supplies is a major downside risk

Financially resilient businesses, but downside risks loom