U.S. Corporate Borrowing Clocks Busiest First Quarter Ever

Blue-chip firms capitalized on robust investor demand to borrow a record $529.5 billion.

By Caleb Mutua | April 01, 2024 at 09:43 AM

Photo: The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Februart 27, 2024. Photographer: Moriah Ratner/Bloomberg

The primary U.S. investment-grade corporate bond market logged its busiest first quarter on record, supercharged by investors clamoring for high yields before the Federal Reserve starts cutting interest rates.

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