credit markets
Debt trading sphere
Credit markets are the financial systems where debt instruments are bought, sold, and issued—including bonds, loans, and other securities representing borrowed money.
When analysts say credit markets are tightening, they mean lending has become harder or more expensive.
The health of credit markets reflects broader economic confidence, since they determine how easily governments, corporations, and individuals can borrow.
- interest ratesPrice paid for borrowing
- mortgagesLoans secured by property
- bondsTies that unite
- underwritingRisk evaluation and acceptance
- loansBorrowed money arrangements
banks · securitization · borrowers · debt ceiling · capital allocation · systemic risk · too big to fail · moral hazard · financial stability · central banks · interest rate risk · Wall Street · prime rate · economic growth · coupon · lending · easy money · leverage
- corporate financecost of capital, investment, capital markets, NPV, debt financing
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- Wall Streetstocks, shares, Wall Street, NYSE, Dow
- global financeinternational banking, financial hubs, central banks, capital flows, exchange rates
- lendingloans, borrower, approval, lenders, bank loan
- securitiessecurities, shares, equities, bonds, stocks
credit marketsequity markets
Exchanges for company shares
stock markets · stock exchanges · capital markets · commodity markets · real estate markets
credit marketscash hoarding
Accumulating currency without spending
private lending · direct lending · barter economy · loan sharking · personal loans
credit marketscash reserves
Accessible money stockpile
venture capital · savings · private equity · direct investment · deleveraging