Outlooks

Momentum and optimism are both driving markets. But election-related policy uncertainty could impact investors.

Continued economic stability has fostered healthy fundamentals in most leveraged credit, but risks are accumulating in loans to lower-rated private borrowers.

Optimism is stretching markets to new heights, but inflation is proving stubborn, limiting the scope of Fed rate cuts and putting upward pressure on rates.

CRE investor sentiment seems to be perking up, even as high rates continue to challenge the market.

After relatively benign credit conditions following the pandemic, dispersion of loan issuer quality is growing. Read more in our Q1 corporate credit playbook.

We look at risks to three key assumptions driving the rosy market outlook, including the coordinates of a soft landing, the pace of inflation and rate cut prospects.