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Tax deferrals won’t help if you don’t have the money in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Within the BDCs that Fitch Ratings tracks, such deferrals accounted on average for 8% of their interest and dividend income in 2025, compared with 4% in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

If that is the case, he argued, stronger defaults — higher starting deferrals, automatic escalation or more aggressive communication — might achieve similar results without layering on an additional 40 basis points annually.

From MarketWatch Feb. 20, 2026

Successful Covid-19 pandemic-era loss mitigation measures, such as extended forbearance and payment deferrals, have lowered expected losses.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

Well, that was how suddenly Ruth was looking at me, and though I’d said nothing about deferrals, I’d mentioned Madame, and I knew we’d stumbled into some new territory altogether.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro



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