Tale of Two Markets

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THE LEAD|February 17, 2016
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The volume of institutional leveraged loans in the US is over six times as large as that of Europe on average over the past fifteen years.

Feb 15 2016 chart

Source: S&P Capital IQ; Annual institutional loan volume in US dollars

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