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Corporate Bond Issuance per Week: All Deals vs Investment Grade
U.S. dollar corporate bonds priced with an SEC term sheet, every rating and the investment-grade part, $ billions
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
All registered deals · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Investment grade · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
Palanor calculation from the pricing term sheets companies file with the SEC. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not included. Monthly average of weekly totals. Term sheets that print no rating, mostly from frequent bank and car-finance issuers, are in the first line only.
How much companies borrow each week in SEC-registered bond deals, and how much of it is rated investment grade.
What this chart reads
- Corporate Bond Issuance per Week (SEC Term Sheets)as “All registered deals”latest 2026-10-16
- Investment-Grade Bond Issuance per Week (SEC Term Sheets)as “Investment grade”latest 2026-10-16
Sources
Corporate Bond Issuance per Week (SEC Term Sheets). Source: Palanor calculation from SEC EDGAR pricing term sheets (FWP, 424B2). Public domain.
Investment-Grade Bond Issuance per Week (SEC Term Sheets). Source: Palanor calculation from SEC EDGAR pricing term sheets (FWP, 424B2). Public domain.
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