- Investment-grade companies are on track for the busiest first quarter for debt issuance since at least 1999, writes Claire Boston at Bloomberg. With just over two weeks to go in Q1, $360B in paper has been sold - just shy of 2009's $381B record.
- "Lock it in while they can," says one money manager, noting spreads to Treasurys still at multi-year lows - just 116 basis points vs. 122 bps at the start of the year.
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