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Buybacks, Dividends to Total $1T in 2016

But payouts are getting tougher to maintain amid slump in earnings.

By Oliver Renick and Rebecca Spalding, Bloomberg | Updated on October 21, 2016

U.S. companies are on pace to spend a record $1 trillion on buybacks and dividends in 2016. It’ll be a tough record to top.

A total $600 billion in share repurchases and $400 billion in dividends will be doled out by S&P 500 Index members by the end of the year, the biggest combined payout in history, according to strategists at Barclays Plc. Gravy like that is getting tougher to sustain as corporate profits suffer a six-quarter slump and cash levels begin to dwindle.

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