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The days of interactions being private by default are gone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Moody’s said the decision reflects assumptions the country’s default risk declined, given that macroeconomic stabilization advanced beyond the initial adjustment phase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, the territory of Puerto Rico had a 30.9% default rate, higher than any of the states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

California fares better than most states, with the 36th highest default rate among states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

At worst, if you bought credit default swaps on $100 million in subprime mortgage bonds you might wind up shelling out premium for six years—call it $12 million.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Another wave of defaults could be on the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Private-credit funds have been contending with a surge of redemption requests since high-profile defaults last year sparked worries about the health of their investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

None of the sovereign defaults over the past decade—among them Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela—would have been averted by a debt pause.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

In the absence of firm data she defaults to a speculative tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

As it turned out, Lippmann had a new problem: U.S. house prices were falling, subprime loan defaults were rising, yet subprime mortgage bonds somehow held firm, as did the price of insuring them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Many of the states with the highest concentrations of defaulted borrowers are in the South, an Associated Press analysis found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

As England goalkeeper Pickford collected the ball, Mora defaulted to returning to his natural position, failing to close the gap.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Instead, they increasingly defaulted to reading the words themselves.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

The bank had lent to a private-credit-fund-linked special purpose vehicle which had on-lent to the defaulted borrower.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

And then, of course, the economy tanked and the country defaulted on its debt.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Terekhova said in an interview that the attacks have put her business at risk of defaulting on its loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

This shows you your financial account history but does not give you a credit score, which is the risk assessment that lenders use to assess your chances of defaulting.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

This contributed to consumers defaulting on high-interest loans, according to the lawsuit.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

It wasn’t immediately obvious—after all, the best way to avoid the risk of General Electric’s defaulting on its debt was not to lend to General Electric in the first place.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis