US Quarterly Highlights, Third Quarter 2015

Long-term securities issuance totaled $1.62 trillion in 3Q’15, a 11.0 percent decrease from $1.82 trillion in 2Q’15 but a 2.4 percent increase year-over-year. The asset classes that recorded the largest quarterly increases were Treasury and agency, up 1.0 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, while all other classes declined quarter-over-quarter.

About the Report

A quarterly snapshot containing statistics and graphs on the U.S. capital markets, including issuance, trading volume and outstanding data broken down by asset class.

Credits

SIFMA Research 

  • Kyle Brandon, Managing Director, Director of Research
  • Sharon Sung,  Assistant Vice President, Research
  • Justyna Podziemska, Senior Associate, Research