Summer volumes reached exceptionally quiet levels this week with a mere $2.6 billion of investment grade deals coming to market, supplemented by a single high yield deal. The 4-week moving average deal size has dropped to levels as low as we have seen all year and the average rating quality is climbing as the primary market continues to be impacted by the risk aversion, volatility and illiquidity in the secondary market and the ongoing equity weakness.
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