January 9, 2009

DAILY DEALS INSIGHT

Global Debt Strongest Since First Full Week of 2008
200 1,600

•Global debt volume this week 180

1,400
Proceeds ($bil)
totaled $152.6 billion, the 160
Average Deal Size
1,200
highest level since the first full 140

week of 2008 (1/6/2008 –

Average Deal Size ($mil)

1,000
120

Proceeds ($bil)
1/12/2008) when volume was
$176.3 billion. 100 800

80
•The average deal size so far 600

this week is $1.5 billion, 60

400
dwarfing the previous record set 40

the week beginning 12/7/2008, 20

200

when the average deal size was

0 0
$551.9 million. 1/6/2008 1/9/2009

Top Global Debt Issues (1/4/09-1/9/09)

•Thirty-seven of the 105 Date Issuer Proceeds ($mil)
offerings of the week are valued 01/08/09 Fannie Mae 10,000.0
at more than $1 billion. 01/05/09 General Electric Cap Corp TLGP 9,995.7
01/07/09 Freddie Mac 9,000.0
01/08/09 Ireland 8,173.8
01/09/09 Commerzbank AG 6,817.2

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