SIFMA today published its Research Quarterly for the first quarter of 2017. Long-term securities issuance totaled $1.90 trillion in 1Q’17, an 18.7 percent increase from $1.60 trillion in 4Q’16 and a 13.1 percent increase year-over-year from $1.68 trillion. Issuance increased quarter-over-quarter across all asset classes except for municipal, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities. Year-over-year growth was positive in all asset classes except municipal debt.
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