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2026-02-17 00:48:18
[CreditSights: US Companies Issue Record Amount of Euro- and Pound-Staple Corporate Bonds in First Six Weeks of 2026] A CreditSights report indicates that US companies issued record amounts of euro- and pound-sterling corporate bonds in the first six weeks of 2026. US tech giant Alphabet issued £5.5 billion in pound-sterling bonds last week. Analysts stated that the large issuance of bonds led to a widening of the credit spread between the euro and pound sterling last week. They noted that the credit spread for euro investment-grade bonds widened by 2 basis points to 75 basis points, while the credit spread for pound investment-grade bonds widened by 3 basis points to 82 basis points.
