| Abstract: | Industry estimates of 2008 bond issuance remain very pessimistic and vary more widely than they usually do. In addition, bond market professionals seem very unsure about how low issuance is going and when it will turn around. Those are among the findings of the latest survey of bond market professionals that Standard&Poor's Ratings Services has commissioned from Business Communication Strategies (BCS) in Westwood, Mass. The BCS survey, done twice a year, canvassed major bond houses and aggregated the estimates provided for 11 categories of bonds and five categories of structured finance. This year's survey was conducted from mid-June through mid-August (see table). The number of respondents differs significantly by asset category, and some categories had few responses. In
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| Sector: | Asset-Backed Commercial Paper, Asset-Backed Securities, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Commercial MBS, Corporations, Financial Institutions, Global Issuers, Insurance, International Public Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate Companies, Residential MBS, Servicer Evaluations, Sovereigns, Structured Finance, Utilities
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