US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The default rate among US corporate borrowers of private credit rose to a record 9.2% in 2025, according to a report Friday by credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. In its monitor of 302 companies with outstanding private credit debt, Fitch recorded 38 defaults among 28 different borrowers. The 9.2% default…