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A financially unstable supplier may disrupt a supply chain long before bankruptcy is even considered. One vulnerable supplier can cause serious repercussions for companies throughout a supply chain’s ecosystem.

This issue's key takeaways: Macro-level trends and a challenging economic landscape have strained supply chains. In Europe, public and private company financial health has gone down. Financial health informs all risk domains...

This issues key takeaways: Risk exposure is not static — it changes along with economic fluctuations and business relationship changes between counterparties (a company and its supplier, a company with its customer, etc.). Inflation, tariffs, and increasing bankruptcy rates make having visibility into supplier risk crucial. The risk calculator is an interactive tool that helps companies evaluate risk levels in their supplier base, both with and without tariff stress applied. Detecting financial risk early gives companies much-needed optionality.

In this edition, we jump on the tariff rollercoaster, try to SAVE some readers from student loan interest, and answer one of the most beguiling questions of all time.