Corporates Surpass ’07 Mortgage Bonds as Risk Escalates

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By Lisa Abramowicz and Sarika Gangar

March 18 (Bloomberg) –- Corporate debt is accounting for the biggest portion of the U.S. bond market ever, with $9.8 trillion of debentures surpassing the 2007 peak of the mortgage-securities boom that triggered the financial crisis.