Credit Spreads at 20-Year Tights as Supply Tops $1.7T
IG at 81bps, HY at 281bps, and $1.68T of corporate bonds already issued YTD — why record supply keeps meeting record demand in the credit market.
IG at 81bps, HY at 281bps, and $1.68T of corporate bonds already issued YTD — why record supply keeps meeting record demand in the credit market.
Hyperscaler bond books have slid from 5x oversubscribed in February to under 2x by July, as AI-related debt heads to $570B and Moody’s warns.
Bank of America projects $130 billion of July U.S. investment-grade issuance, just shy of 2015’s record, as M&A financing and Big Tech capex flood the tape.
SpaceX sold $25B across five tranches in its first-ever bond sale, drawing nearly $89B in orders and tightening spreads 25 bps from talk.
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