US corporate debt inventories turning negative – Deutsche Bank
By FXStreet FXStreet (Delhi) – Jim Reid, Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank, notes that the latest data from the NY Fed showed that the US corporate debt inventories turning negative for the first time on record.
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“Rather like the fact that swap spreads are now deeply negative in the US, this again shows the relationships and ideas we knew from the past are changing in this heavily regulated market and financially repressed world. In both markets year-end pressures are exacerbating the issue.”
“We still believe that when this credit cycle ends the lack of liquidity will be a major issue but for now other factors are still more dominant for the direction of spreads and we don’t think there has been an increase in the liquidity premium in recent times. In fact with inventories run down so quickly, and with the inflows we’ve seen in recent weeks, had it not been for still huge US supply, credit could have gapped tighter. At the moment supply is offsetting positive inflows and remains a big issue for US credit.”
“However in some ways it does reflect that there is still demand for the asset class. The worst periods in credit markets are when you can’t …read more
Source:: FX Street
