694 Bankruptcies: The Corporate Debt Crisis Explained

Описание: 694 corporate bankruptcies in 2024. Highest since 2010. $8.45 trillion in corporate debt. And Q1 2025 is already worse.
From Forever 21 to Nikola Corporation to Hooters, household names are collapsing under debt they can't refinance. The Federal Reserve held interest rates at 20-year highs through 2024. Companies that borrowed cheap money at 2-3% during the pandemic now face 7-8% refinancing costs. The math doesn't work. When your interest payments double but your revenue doesn't, bankruptcy becomes inevitable.
This isn't a financial crisis like 2008. This is a debt maturity wall hitting companies with weak balance sheets. Between 2020-2021, corporations borrowed record amounts at historic low rates. That debt is maturing now. And the cost to roll it over has tripled. We follow the financial mechanisms through official S&P Global data, Congressional Research Service analysis, and federal bankruptcy court filings to expose why this wave is accelerating—not slowing.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 — 694 Companies: The 2024 Collapse Wave
3:00 — Evidence #1: S&P Global Bankruptcy Data
8:00 — The $8.45 Trillion Debt Maturity Wall
12:00 — Evidence #2: Interest Coverage Collapse
16:00 — Why Q1 2025 Hit 188 Bankruptcies
20:00 — Evidence #3: The Sectors Collapsing Next
23:00 — 2026 Forecast: When the Wall Peaks
SOURCES:

S&P Global Market Intelligence (Jan 2025): spglobal.com
Congressional Research Service IN12536: congress.gov
Cornerstone Research Bankruptcy Report (Sept 2025)

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