Europe faces worst corporate credit supply shortfall since 2005

The amount of corporate bonds investors can trade in Europe is shrinking for the first time since 2005.
Photo: Dado Ruvic/REUTERS / X02714
Photo: Dado Ruvic/REUTERS / X02714
By Tasos Vossos and Alice Gledhill, bloomberg

Despite a rush in deals by high-grade non-financial firms, there's effectively a EUR 21bn (USD 25bn) drop in the investable pool of euro bonds because of calls, buybacks, upcoming redemptions and European Central Bank debt purchases, according to Bloomberg calculations.

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