February Corporate and Municipal CUSIP Request Volumes Rise Sharply
The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a sharp monthly rise in request volume for new corporate and municipal identifiers.
- The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a sharp monthly rise in request volume for new corporate and municipal identifiers.
- The monthly volume increase was driven by a 67.7% rise in request volume for U.S. corporate debt identifiers.
- Texas led state-level municipal request volume with a total of 112 new CUSIP requests in February, followed by New York (81) and California (45).
- On an annualized basis, international equity CUSIP requests are down 17.9% and international debt CUSIP requests are up 55.7%.