As of July 1, 2024, outstanding corporate debt in the United States was mostly composed of investment grade securities, rather than speculative grade ones. Of the 11.9 trillion U.S. dollars of outstanding U.S. corporate debt that has been rated, just under 3.2 trillions was rated as speculative grade. Approximately 74 percent of the total rated debt was issued by non-financial corporations.
Value of outstanding corporate debt in the United States as of July 1, 2024, by rating grade and corporation type
(in billion U.S. dollars)
According to the source, the values include "Bonds, notes, loans, and revolving credit facilities that are rated by S&P Global Ratings from financial and nonfinancial issuers. Foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on July 1, 2024. Source: S&P Global Ratings Credit Research & Insights."
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S&P Capital IQ. (October 3, 2024). Value of outstanding corporate debt in the United States as of July 1, 2024, by rating grade and corporation type (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277336/corporate-debt-rating-type-usa/
S&P Capital IQ. "Value of outstanding corporate debt in the United States as of July 1, 2024, by rating grade and corporation type (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277336/corporate-debt-rating-type-usa/
S&P Capital IQ. (2024). Value of outstanding corporate debt in the United States as of July 1, 2024, by rating grade and corporation type (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277336/corporate-debt-rating-type-usa/
S&P Capital IQ. "Value of Outstanding Corporate Debt in The United States as of July 1, 2024, by Rating Grade and Corporation Type (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277336/corporate-debt-rating-type-usa/
S&P Capital IQ, Value of outstanding corporate debt in the United States as of July 1, 2024, by rating grade and corporation type (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277336/corporate-debt-rating-type-usa/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Value of outstanding corporate debt in the United States as of July 1, 2024, by rating grade and corporation type (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], S&P Capital IQ, October 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277336/corporate-debt-rating-type-usa/
