CUSIP Request Volume Trends Downward in December, Forecasts Continued Volatility in Corporate and Municipal Bond Issuance.
“A great deal of the activity in corporate and municipal bond issuance over the course of 2015 was defined by speculation around interest rates,” said Richard Peterson, Senior Director, S&P Capital IQ. “It is fitting, then, given the December move by the Fed that we’re now seeing a slow-down to the fever pitch of bond issuance we saw earlier in the year. Expect that trend to continue throughout the first part of this year.”
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