{
  "id": 5501110,
  "title": "Leveraged loan default rate dips further to 0.87%; distress ratio eases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/leveraged-loan-default-rate-dips-further-to-0-87-distress-ratio-eases",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T18:37:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/leveraged-loan-default-rate-dips-183717248.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index (LLI) default rates remained low in August, with the payment default rate by amount at 0.87%, down six basis points from July, and the rate by issuer count at 1.17%, down eight basis points. Two companies, Anastasia Beverly Hills and City Brewing Company, LLC, exited the index. Distress ratio eased by 39 basis points to 6.50% as bids improved broadly.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}