U.S. leveraged finance issuance – leveraged loans and high yield bonds – totaled $21.5 billion last week, the most since the week of June 10.

Loans comprised the bulk of the total, with $14.2 billion in deals launched last week. High yield bond issuance totaled $7.3 billion.

Year to date (through Aug. 5), U.S. leveraged loan issuance totals $272 billion, down some 11% from this point in 2015, according to LCD, an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence.

U.S. high yield bond issuance through Aug. 5 totals $140 billion, down a hefty 30% from the same period in 2015.  – Tim Cross

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