A Record $184 Billion Bond Binge Stuns Latin America Bankers
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Latin American bond sales have shattered forecasts from investment bankers who had predicted, at best, modest growth in a year of heightened volatility amid Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Companies and governments from the region sold just over $184 billion of debt abroad so far this year, a jump of almost 50% from 2024. The figures are a record in data going back to 2014 compiled by Bloomberg, but longtime market watchers — themselves stunned by the surge — say it’s likely the best year ever.