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Companies raise over $12tn in ‘blockbuster’ year for global capital markets

Companies raised a record $12.1tn in 2021 by selling stock, issuing debt and inking new loans, as a torrent of central bank stimulus and the rapid recovery from the pandemic propelled many global markets higher.

Massive bond-buying programmes launched by central banks including the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (picture) during the depths of the pandemic have helped to push borrowing costs to historic lows.
Massive bond-buying programmes launched by central banks including the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (picture) during the depths of the pandemic have helped to push borrowing costs to historic lows.Foto: Daniel Roland/AFP/NTB
  • Eric Platt (FT)
  • Nicholas Megaw (FT)
  • Joe Rennison (FT)
Publisert 3. January 2022, kl. 11.00Oppdatert 3. January 2022, kl. 11.00
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