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01/31/2024
Economic Publications

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01/31/2024
Economic Publications

Country Risks Assessment map Q4 2023

This is our latest edition of the Coface Country Risk Map.

Consult and download Coface's risk assessments of 164 countries across the world.

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01/31/2024
Economic Publications

Sector risk assessment infographics Q4 2023

In a context that we explain in our barometer, Coface has made 22 changes to sector ratings: 17 upgrades and 5 downgrades.
Find out which sectors in which regions are affected in our sector risk infographic.

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12/19/2023
Economic Publications

Poland Payment Survey 2023: Slightly shorter payment delays but not for all sectors

Poland has seen an economic improvement in the last months of this year. However, it has been slow and gradual as the regional environment remains adverse.
Which sectors are the most resilient? Read it in our study.

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12/13/2023
Economic Publications

To grow out of its debt, Southern Europe must look beyond tourism and solve its demographic crisis

In 2021-23, Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal have consistently accounted for between a fourth and half of EU GDP growth. In the future, climate change and inflation will make it hard for the tourism boom to last much longer.
Learn more about the challenges southern European countries will face in the coming years.

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11/07/2023
Economic Publications

CEE Top 500 - 2023 edition

The 15th CEE Top 500 study provides an insight into the future and summarizes the region’s economic activity for the previous year. Moreover, it describes the condition of the 500 largest companies in CEE by their turnover.

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10/17/2023
Economic Publications

Macroeconomics put to the test by microeconomic deterioration in Coface Barometer for Q3-2024

The spectre of recession is receding, as evidenced by the fact that yield curves in most developed economies are less and less inverted.
More in our latest barometer of the world economy.

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10/17/2023
Economic Publications

Sector risk assessment infographics Q3-2023

In een context die we uitleggen in onze barometer, heeft Coface 33 wijzigingen aangebracht in sectorbeoordelingen: 17 herclassificaties en 16 neerwaartse bijstellingen.

Ontdek welke sectoren in welke regio's worden beïnvloed in onze sectorrisico-infographic

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10/17/2023
Economic Publications

Country Risks Assessment map Q3-2023

This is our latest edition of the Coface Country Risk Map.

Consult and download Coface's risk assessments of 164 countries across the world.

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09/12/2023
Economic Publications

Germany Corporate Payment Survey 2023

Coface publishes its 2023 edition of the survey on corporate payment experience in Germany. In short, this year companies are very pessimistic about their business outlook.
More in our publication.

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07/04/2023
Economic Publications

Asia Payment Survey 2023

In 2022, Asian businesses took a more stringent approach to credit terms amid a year of aggressive rate hikes, tighter financial conditions and higher inflation.
Check out now which countries and sectors are less affected now.

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06/07/2023
Economic Publications

Lost illusions and great expectations in Coface Barometer for Q2-2023

The year 2023 began with great enthusiasm, but in all likelihood it will not be the year that most observers and investors were expecting.

Read our economists' forecasts to understand what to expect in the coming months.

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06/07/2023
Economic Publications

Country Risks Assessment map Q2-2023

This is our latest edition of the Coface Country Risk Map.

Consult and download Coface's risk assessments of 164 countries across the world.

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06/07/2023
Economic Publications

Sector risk assessment infographics Q2-2023

In a context that we explain in our barometer, Coface has made 26 changes to sector ratings: 13 reclassifications and 13 downgrades.

Find out which sectors in which regions are affected in our sector risk infographic.

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05/23/2023
Economic Publications

China Payment Survey 2023: Shorter payment delays but worsening credit conditions in chemicals and wood

The year 2022 was marked by a significant economic slowdown and stringent Covid response in China. In the face of tight liquidity and mobility restrictions that disrupted payment processes, Chinese businesses showed
greater flexibility in giving credit terms. Read our full publication

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04/27/2023
Economic Publications

CEE insolvencies study 2022

The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region has undergone significant economic changes over the past three years. A great heterogeneity, various support measures and legal changes have impacted significantly the insolvency trends.

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12/22/2022
Economic Publications

Poland Payment Survey 2023: Stock building makes payment delays shorter but only temporarily

Grzegorz Sielewicz, our economist for Central and Eastern Europe delivers his analysis after the survey on payment experience from 356 companies in Poland.

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10/27/2022
Economic Publications

CEE Top 500

COFACE CEE TOP 500
The 14th CEE Top 500 study provides an insight into the future and summarizes the region’s economic activity for the previous year. Moreover, it describes the condition of the 500 largest companies in CEE by their turnover.

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11/11/2021
Economic Publications

Coface CEE TOP 500 Companies - 2021 Edition

The 13th edition of CEE Top 500 study provides an insight into the future and summarizes the region’s economic activity for the previous year. Moreover, it describes the condition of the 500 largest companies in CEE by their turnover. This edition describes the struggles of the new Covid-19 pandemic environment as well as how companies adjusted to this new situation. In 2020, CEE companies adjusted well to the new pandemic environment even though the Top 500 companies’ turnover dropped in 2020 by 3.3%. Although many of them wouldn’t survive further lockdowns and restrictive measures without government subsidies, for others the Covid-19 pandemic was a period of profits and prosperity.

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09/05/2019
Economic Publications

Coface Adriatic/Balkan Top 50 - 2019 Edition

The Adriatic countries are small economies which are open for external trade with the majority of export volumes sent within the region as well as to Eurozone countries.

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09/05/2019
Economic Publications

Coface Baltic Top 50 - 2019 Edition

The Baltic region’s economic growth is strongly driven by domestic demand. The countries benefit from the favourable situation on the labour market as well as rebounding fixed asset investments. Nevertheless, the external environment remains crucial for the Baltic States. The share of exports of goods and services as a percentage of nominal GDP is especially high in Lithuania and Estonia, where it amounted to 82% and 72% respectively last year. In Latvia it was 59%, making dependence on foreign markets a further important factor.

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