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Banks Postpone Loans as Tariffs Stoke Fears of ‘Hung’ Debt

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Wall Street lenders are postponing leveraged-finance deals as investors shy away from risky transactions while global markets convulse in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

In the past several days, banks have pushed at least two leveraged-loan sales to the sidelines, according to people with knowledge of the transactions who asked not to be identified as they’re not authorized to speak publicly.