Federal Reserve Economic Data

High-Grade Corporate Bonds (Questions 52-55)

52) Over the past three months, how have the terms under which high-grade corporate bonds are funded changed?

   

Please select a date range

    Q4 2011    
 
 
    Q1 2025
Number of Respondents
Name Q1 2025 Q4 2024 Q1 2024
  A. Terms for Average Client
  1. Maximum amount of funding
 
Tightened Considerably
1 1 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
1 1 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
18 19 18
 
Eased Somewhat
0 0 0
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 0
  2. Maximum maturity
 
Tightened Considerably
1 1 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
1 1 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
18 19 18
 
Eased Somewhat
0 0 0
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 0
  3. Haircuts
 
Tightened Considerably
0 0 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
3 1 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
17 20 17
 
Eased Somewhat
0 0 0
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 1
  4. Collateral spreads over relevant benchmark (effective financing rates)
 
Tightened Considerably
0 0 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
3 1 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
14 20 15
 
Eased Somewhat
3 0 3
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 0
  B. Terms for most favored clients, as a consequence of breadth, duration and/or extent of relationship
  1. Maximum amount of funding
 
Tightened Considerably
0 0 1
 
Tightened Somewhat
1 0 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
19 21 16
 
Eased Somewhat
0 0 0
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 0
  2. Maximum maturity
 
Tightened Considerably
0 0 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
1 0 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
19 21 16
 
Eased Somewhat
0 0 0
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 1
  3. Haircuts
 
Tightened Considerably
0 0 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
3 1 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
17 20 16
 
Eased Somewhat
0 0 0
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 1
  4. Collateral spreads over relevant benchmark (effective financing rates)
 
Tightened Considerably
0 0 0
 
Tightened Somewhat
3 1 0
 
Remained Basically Unchanged
14 20 13
 
Eased Somewhat
3 0 3
 
Eased Considerably
0 0 1
   

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