How has the prolonged downturn affected the chemical industry's ratings?
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Daniel Krauss discusses the impact of the prolonged downturn on the chemical industry's credit ratings and outlook.
Daniel Krauss, director at S&P Global Ratings, joins the podcast for a discussion about t he latest S&P Global Ratings chemicals report and the road ahead for the chemical industry. Topics include how the prolonged chemical downturn has affected credit ratings, the disparity in the outlook for commodity verses specialty chemicals , and what a recovery looks like when it arrives. Read the report here . The Chemical Week podcast is the industry's premier platform for wide-ranging discussion of issues impacting the global chemicals sector, hosted by the editors of Chemical Week and S&P Global Commodity Insights. Subscribe to the Chemical Week podcast on your favorite platform, or visit chemweek.com/podcast to view our episode archive.
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