Twin peaks: loans and bonds hit new milestones in 2024
Loan issuance reached new heights in 2024. The Americas added USD 1.02trn in 4Q24 for a full-year total of USD 3.8trn, the highest number recorded in Dealogic’s database. The volume surpassed the previous high of USD 3.5trn posted in 2021. FY24 volume gained 49% year-on-year (YoY), despite a slowdown in 3Q24, when USD 758bn of loans issued made up the region’s lowest quarterly volume of the year.