Some borrow less because they’re optimistic, some because they’re pessimistic and some because they’re cautious.

For some, borrowing’s a lifeline. For others, it’s a bargain.

In a report submitted to Congress the Federal Reserve highlighted an increase in the riskiest investment-grade corporate debt.

“Junk” bonds don’t mean the company got an F in a test.

Today’s corporate borrowing is similar in many ways to the mortgage debt that burst the housing bubble.

AT&T has $169 billion in debt on its balance sheet. That’s high, even for a telecom company, and until it whittles that debt down AT&T won’t be able to focus on priorities like expanding HBO or developing a 5G network. Part of the reason the company wound up with this massive debt — the biggest of […]