White Paper

Panorama Sector Barometer

October 9, 2013

Coface's quarterly sector barometer analyses the situation in fourteen key economic sectors in three of the world's major regions (European Union, North America and Emerging Asia) through a single credit risk indicator. In Europe, sector risks continue to deteriorate, especially in chemicals due to the remaining difficulties in the European industry, and also in the pharmaceutical branch due to the fiscal tightening measures taken by the governments.