SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for November 3, 2023 | SaltWire - The restoration of Ford Motor Co's investment-grade credit rating this week after almost four years as a"junk"-rated company is set to boost demand for high-quality U.S. corporate bonds, analysts said.
Analysts said the rating boost for Ford's billions of dollars of bond debt has been a positive for investment-grade bond demand, as index-tracking funds adjust their holdings. Of the inflow, $1 billion in volume went into the long end of corporate-only funds, the most since mid-June, JPMorgan said. Just days after regaining its investment-grade rating, Ford Motor Credit raised $2.75 billion through the issue of 5- and 10-year bonds on Thursday.