"The current cycle is going to be significantly worse than what we saw in the last two cycles so we think there is going to be further downward pressure on recovery rates."
--Kenneth Emery, director of corporate default research at Moody's Investors Service, on the prospect 300 companies could default in 2009 and an increased number of defaults means a decrease in recoveries.
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