Fred, not quite sure of what one is to make of this: despite the US feds efforts to decrease both short term and now long term rates, junk debt borrowing costs have risen considerably; the spread over comparable Treasurys has risen about 3x since mid 1998. There has been a squeeze on the supply of credit of highly leveraged businesses and companies--see WSJ 10/29/01, p. C1. rb
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