Corporate Bonds

The Fed is establishing two new credit facilities aimed at providing credit to large businesses: the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility for new bond and loan issuance and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility, which is focused on outstanding corporate bonds.
March 23, 2020 8:25 AM

The Federal Reserve committed Monday to conducting more asset purchases of Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities and announced $300 billion in new financing for credit facilities.

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With investors piling into Treasurys — the global safe haven asset of choice — benchmark 10-year yields hit a record low of 1.14%.
By Katherine Greifeld
March 2, 2020 11:19 AM

The bloodbath in risk assets has intensified on deepening concerns about the economic fallout from the spread of the coronavirus.

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