Junk Borrowing Binge Benefits Wall Street

Total amount of speculative-rated debt in the U.S. has declined in recent years.

By Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg | October 17, 2017 at 05:35 AM

Junk-rated companies are selling loads of debt again.

They're issuing dollar-denominated bonds at the fastest pace this month since October 2012.

This builds on the frenzy in the U.S. leveraged-loan market this year, which is on pace to be the most active ever.

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