A Guide to the Bloomberg News Distress Watch

With companies under pressure from higher interest rates, supply chain disruptions and easy-money-era business models that are no longer sustainable, Bloomberg News set out to track distress in the world’s corporate debt markets.

The global Distress Watch, published every Tuesday, delivers the latest on the most significant companies facing financial trouble while offering an exclusive look at where stress is building and where it’s easing, whether by region, country, industry or currency.

That insight comes from a weekly snapshot of corporate bonds and broadly syndicated loans in Bloomberg’s global database. The data is derived from two searches on SRCH ...