Global Bankruptcy Report 2017

Global economic growth forecasts have been revised downwards almost every year since the financial crisis, with a lack of growth engines, fiscally hampered governments, and the preceding overinvestment all playing a part in establishing this pattern. Despite the sluggish growth environment, global corporate failure rates have declined, reaching record lows in some major economies, according to Dun and Bradstreet's analysis.
Out of a total of 38 countries in our analysis, 26 experienced falling bankruptcy rates relative to the previous year, meanwhile the failure rate stagnated in two countries, and only ten countries saw the rate increase…