English-Portuguese translations for credit risk

• risco de crédito
  Uma avaliação mais realista do risco de crédito global seria benéfica para ambos. A more realistic assessment of global credit risk would benefit both.
  Creio que a Comissão deve estudar cuidadosamente a potencial utilização de instrumentos alternativos para medir o risco de crédito. I believe the Commission should carefully assess the potential use of alternative instruments to measure credit risk.
  Por terem subestimado o risco de crédito, as agências de notação foram um dos factores que desencadearam a crise financeira global. As a result of underestimating the credit risk, credit rating agencies were one of the factors that triggered the global financial crisis.

Definition of credit risk

• The risk of loss due to a debtor's non-payment or delayed payment of a financial obligation, such as an account payable, a loan or other line of credit

Related words

• credit derivative
• credit scoring
• credit crisis
• subprime credit
• authorisation of credit
• creditrix
• creditor's rights