Commercial paper flat in January
In January commercial paper generally wen flat while still contracting at a rate of 4.12 percent on a year-over-year basis to $972.90 billion, a level that is still substantially lower than even the worst periods of the last two recessions.
The Commercial Paper (CP) market isa private debt market used by corporations as a cheaper means of funding recurring operations than drawing on a line of bank credit. The CP market remained flat in January but contracted slightly on a year over year basis.
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The Commercial Paper (CP) market is essentially a private debt market used by corporations as a generally cheaper means of funding typical recurring operations than drawing on a line of bank credit.
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Commercial paper, as financial instrument, is by no means a recent innovation and, in fact, you can read about how the CP market was affected by the many historic financial shocks experienced by the U.S. (read Panic on Wall Street: A History of America’s Financial Disasters).
Although the Federal Reserve was able to artificially bring CP rates down significantly since the shocking 615 basis point spread blowout (A2/P2 spread) of late 2008, they had not been successful in preventing an overall contraction in the CP market.
The Federal Reserve calculates and published the total amount of CP outstanding every week and for January commercial paper generally wen flat while still contracting at a rate of 4.12% on a year-over-year basis to $972.90 billion, a level that is still substantially lower than even the worst periods of the last two recessions.
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