Finance chiefs are issuing debt in the commercial paper market to save on interest costs and prepare their balance sheets for a likely rate cut from the Federal Reserve. The short-term debt appeals to ...

Commercial paper is a type of short-term investment instrument issued by corporations in order to cover certain types of debt liabilities. Corporations issue commercial paper when they need to cover ...

The commercial paper funding facility is a tool used by the Federal Reserve to provide funding for issuers that might face large redemptions and experience a squeeze on their cash resources. The ...

It was the flexible, fast-moving commercial paper market that companies use for all kinds of short-term financing that was nearly brought to a screeching halt as the nation’s economy crumbled this ...

Gavin Power, Global Fixed-Income Product Manager at Bloomberg L.P., was interviewed by Alison Fletcher, a Corporate Treasury Specialist at Bloomberg, on the reasons behind the rising interest in ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A funding backstop the U.S. Federal Reserve launches on Tuesday should help address liquidity problems that ...

Commercial paper is a form of unsecured debt that allows companies to bypass a traditional lender, according to the SEC. Companies may issue commercial paper when they need to raise money. Commercial ...

Commercial paper is a promissory note in which the issuer promises to pay the buyer a specified amount at its maturity. Buyers purchase commercial paper at a lower rate than they are expected to ...

(Reuters) - The latest corner of credit markets hit by fears of U.S. subprime mortgages is commercial paper, a kind of short-term IOU that companies use to fund their daily operations. Here is how the ...