## Figure 1.16. Global Fixed Income Markets and US Corporate Credit Investor Base

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### Global Investment-Grade Fixed Income Instruments, 2007
- Panel title: "Global Investment-Grade Fixed Income Instruments, 2007 (Trillions of US dollars)"
- Summary finding from figure: "In 2007, a variety of asset classes generated returns in excess of 4 percent."
- Global total outstanding: "$15.8 trillion"
- Asset classes shown (labels present in figure): "Corporate", "Quasi and foreign government", "Securitized/collateralized", "Sovereign"
- Regional/country yield labels appearing in the figure (Yield (percent)):
  - "Asia 4.2%"
  - "USA yield 4.6%"
  - "Other Europe 4.3%"
  - "CAN 5.3%"
  - "GBR 4.7%"
  - "Latin America 7.3%"
  - "FRA 3.6%"
  - "DEU 2.1%"
  - "JPN 3.3%"
  - "EMEA 5.6%"
  - "ESP 2.2%"

### Global Investment-Grade Fixed Income Instruments, 2017
- Panel title: "Global Investment-Grade Fixed Income Instruments, 2017 (Trillions of US dollars)"
- Summary finding from figure: "In 2017, corporate debt is the only significant asset class that provides a comparable return."
- Global total outstanding label in figure: "$1.5 trillion"
- Yield axis label repeated: "Yield (percent)"
- Note: Panels 1 and 2 are based on the Bank of America Global Bond Market Index. Data labels in the figure use International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country codes. EMEA = Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

### Yields of US Dollar Corporate Bonds Outstanding
- Panel title excerpt: "Yields of US Dollar Corporate Bonds Outstanding"
- Figure note text: "US corporate bonds make up the majority of the US dollar corporate bond universe ..."

### Holdings of US Corporate Bonds and Loans, by Investor Type
- Panel title excerpt: "Holdings of US Corporate Bonds and Loans, by Investor Type (Percent)"
- Figure note text: "... drawing foreign investors beyond their traditional risk habitats."
- Time series label shown along the horizontal axis: "2008 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17"
- Holdings and investor categories shown in the figure (labels):
  - "Foreign sector"
  - "Insurance companies"
  - "Banks and broker dealers"
  - "Mutual funds"
  - "Households/hedge funds"
- Value shown near top of this panel: "$1.8 trillion"

*Sources: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Bloomberg Finance L.P.; Federal Reserve; Haver Analytics; and IMF staff estimates.*

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