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Covid-19 and corporate sector liquidity

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  • Ryan Banerjee
  • Anamaria Illes
  • Enisse Kharroubi
  • José María Serena Garralda

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The Covid-19 shock is placing enormous strains on corporates cash buffers. Corporate financial statements from 2019 suggest that, 50% of firms do not have sufficient cash to cover total debt servicing costs over the coming year. Credit lines could provide firms with additional liquidity. On average undrawn credit stood around 120% of debt servicing costs at end 2019. However, access is uneven and banks may be reluctant to renew or extend them in the current environment. Sticky operating expenses result in many firms running operating losses, placing an additional burden on cash buffers. Estimates indicate that following a 10% drop in revenues, operating expenses only fall by 6% on average. Simulations suggest that if revenues fall by 25% in 2020, then closing the entire funding gap with debt would raise firm leverage by around 10 percentage points.

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  • Ryan Banerjee & Anamaria Illes & Enisse Kharroubi & José María Serena Garralda, 2020. "Covid-19 and corporate sector liquidity," BIS Bulletins 10, Bank for International Settlements.
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    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Covid-19 > Economic policy > Business support

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    1. Provash Kumer SARKER, 2020. "Covid crisis: Fiscal, monetary and macro-financial policy responses," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania - AGER, vol. 0(3(624), A), pages 41-54, Autumn.
    2. Lucia Granelli & Martin Habet & Guergana Stanoeva & Gaetano D’Adamo & Robert Gampfer, 2020. "Puzzles in Non-Financial Corporate Sector Savings across the G20," European Economy - Economic Briefs 063, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
    3. repec:fip:a00001:89433 is not listed on IDEAS
    4. Maurin, Laurent & Pál, Rozália, 2020. "Investment vs debt trade-offs in the post-COVID-19 European economy," EIB Working Papers 2020/09, European Investment Bank (EIB).
    5. Ryan Niladri Banerjee & Enisse Kharroubi, 2020. "The financial vulnerabilities driving firms to the exit," BIS Quarterly Review, Bank for International Settlements, December.

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