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deferrals
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In the 12 months ended in April, Fitch clocked 99 defaults of various kinds, including interest payment deferrals, maturity extensions under duress, and payments-in-kind instead of cash, as well as more conventional bankruptcies, liquidations and debt-equity swaps.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
28 May 2026 -
Of those defaults, 60 percent involved interest payment deferrals or conversion to payment-in-kind arrangements, where borrowers simply add unpaid interest to their principal rather than paying it in cash.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Deferments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferments. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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