, Columnist
Scaling a $9.5 Trillion Debt Wall
Its highest peak looms in 2020, with $2.1 trillion coming due.
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Companies still have a little time before they must pay down the bulk of $9.5 trillion of debt maturing in the next five years. That’s the good news.
But it’s not getting any easier for these corporations to borrow, at least not in the U.S. In fact, many of these obligations are becoming harder and more expensive to repay at a time when companies face a historic pile of bonds and loans coming due.