Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 4/21/2025

Leveraged Loan Market Dries Up Amid Economic Uncertainty

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The reduction in US institutional leveraged loan issuance has been drastic – with just $3.1b priced through April 22nd, it amounts to the worst month of loan issuance since July 2022’s $3.5b, which followed the Federal Reserve’s historic 75 bps rate hike to combat rising inflation at the time.