Junk credits sneak to safety

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Junk credits sneak to safety

The corporate default rate in 2009 was a damp squib compared to the predicted onslaught of bankruptcies. Now that banks have rebuilt equity capital and established work-out groups, it is the booming high yield bond market that is pouring cold water on the pessimists. For the moment.

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