The Economist asks:

Will the U.S. leveraged loan default rate reach or exceed 5.0% before 1 September 2021?

Started Jan 08, 2021 06:00PM UTC
Closed Sep 01, 2021 07:01AM UTC

The economic impacts of COVID-19 have seen an increase in loan default rates, but when the default cycle will peak remains unknown (Economist, S&P Global). The outcome will be determined using the U.S. leveraged loan default rates published by S&P Global Market Intelligence at https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/campaigns/leveraged-loan. Under the "Leveraged Loan Trends" section, click on the "Default Rate" tab to show the "Leveraged loan default rates - US (principal amount)" graph. The rate reported for 30 September 2020 was 4.17.

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The question closed "No" with a closing date of 1 September 2021.

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Possible Answer Correct? Final Crowd Forecast
Yes 0%
No 100.00%

Crowd Forecast Profile

Participation Level
Number of Forecasters 131
Average for questions older than 6 months: 208
Number of Forecasts 418
Average for questions older than 6 months: 589
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Participants in this question vs. all forecasters average

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Relative Brier Score

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-0.055
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-0.043
3.
-0.037
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-0.035

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