Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| The Week Ahead | 1 | 1 |
| The Long View | 1 | 1 |
| Ratings Round-Up by Ben Garber and Njundu Sanneh | 1 | 1 |
| Rating Downgrade Slant Points to Sputtering Credit Cycle. | 1 | 1 |
| Market Data | 1 | 1 |
| Moody s Capital Markets Research recent publications | 1 | 1 |
| Weekly Market Outlook Contributors: | 1 | 1 |
| Credit Markets Review and Outlook | 2 | 3 |
| Earnings growth can be bought via M&A | 2 | 1 |
| M&A set previous record highs in 2007 and 2000 | 3 | 1 |
| M&A goes from being a net benefit to a net drag on credit quality | 3 | 2 |
| The Week Ahead US, Europe, Asia-Pacific | 5 | 10 |
| THE US | 5 | 1 |
| Friday, July 29 | 5 | 1 |
| GDP Second Quarter (Advance Estimate) | 5 | 1 |
| University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment July Final | 5 | 1 |
| Monday, August 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Construction Spending June | 5 | 1 |
| ISM Manufacturing Index July | 5 | 1 |
| Tuesday, August 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Personal Income &Spending June | 5 | 1 |
| Vehicle Sales July | 6 | 1 |
| Wednesday, August 3 | 6 | 1 |
| ISM Non-Manufacturing Index July | 6 | 1 |
| Thursday, August 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Factory Orders June | 6 | 1 |
| Friday, August 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Employment Report July | 6 | 1 |
| Trade Balance June | 6 | 1 |
| EUROPE | 7 | 1 |
| Monday, July 25 | 7 | 1 |
| Tuesday, July 26 | 7 | 1 |
| Germany: Retail Sales (June; 8:00 a.m. BST) | 7 | 1 |
| Wednesday, July 27 | 7 | 1 |
| Spain: Retail Sales (June; 8:05 a.m. BST) | 8 | 1 |
| U.K.: GDP Production Breakdown (Q2; 9:30 a.m. BST) | 8 | 1 |
| Thursday, July 28 | 8 | 1 |
| Germany: Employment Situation (July; 9:00 a.m. BST) | 8 | 1 |
| Friday, July 29 | 8 | 1 |
| France: GDP (Q2; 6:30 a.m. BST) | 8 | 1 |
| Italy: Employment Situation (June; 9:00 a.m. BST) | 9 | 1 |
| Euro Zone: Preliminary Consumer Price Index (July; 10:00 a.m. BST) | 9 | 1 |
| Euro Zone: Unemployment (June; 10:00 a.m. BST) | 9 | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | 10 | 1 |
| Friday, July 29 | 10 | 1 |
| South Korea Industrial Production June | 10 | 1 |
| South Korea Retail Sales June | 10 | 1 |
| Japan Consumer Price Index June | 10 | 1 |
| Japan Employment Situation June | 10 | 1 |
| Japan Household Expenditures Survey June | 11 | 1 |
| Japan Industrial Production June | 11 | 1 |
| Japan Retail Sales June | 11 | 1 |
| Taiwan GDP 2016Q2 | 11 | 1 |
| Japan Monetary Policy July | 11 | 1 |
| Japan Housing Starts June | 11 | 1 |
| Thailand Private Consumption June | 12 | 1 |
| Thailand Foreign Trade June | 12 | 1 |
| Thailand Industrial Production June | 12 | 1 |
| Monday, August 1 | 12 | 1 |
| South Korea Foreign Trade July | 12 | 1 |
| Tuesday, August 2 | 12 | 1 |
| South Korea Consumer Price Index July | 12 | 1 |
| Australia Foreign Trade June | 12 | 1 |
| Australia Monetary Policy August | 13 | 1 |
| Japan Consumer Confidence July | 13 | 1 |
| India Monetary Policy August | 13 | 1 |
| Wednesday, August 3 | 13 | 1 |
| New Zealand Employment Situation 2016Q2 | 13 | 1 |
| Thailand Monetary Policy August | 13 | 1 |
| Thursday, August 4 | 13 | 1 |
| Australia Retail Sales June | 13 | 1 |
| Friday, August 5 | 14 | 1 |
| Taiwan Consumer Price Index July | 14 | 1 |
| Malaysia Foreign Trade June | 14 | 1 |
| The Long View | 15 | 4 |
| Credit spreads | 15 | 1 |
| Defaults | 15 | 1 |
| Through the first 30 weeks of 2016, US$-denominated corporate bond issuance showed year-over-year percent changes of a -2.6% drop for investment-grade and a -27.9% plunge for high-yield. US economic outlook | 16 | 1 |
| EUROPE | 16 | 1 |
| The euro zone economy will likely slow this and next year due to the U.K. exit from the European Union. Although we still expect the economy to expand, we have cut the growth estimates to 1.4% for this year and to 1.3% for next year, from 1.6% and 1.8... | 16 | 1 |
| Although the annual euro zone inflation accelerated slightly in June thanks to a softer decline in energy prices, the U.K. exit from the EU will weigh on the economy, which will likely push consumer prices lower. Inflation will remain subdued in comin... | 16 | 1 |
| With stabilizing financial markets, the European Central Bank followed the Bank of England and refrained from lowering its policy rate or announcing more quantitative easing this week. The immediate risk of financial market contagion after the U.K. vo... | 16 | 1 |
| Moody s Analytics expects U.K. economic growth to moderate to 1.5% this year and to 0.5% next year. Heightened uncertainty after its exit has rattled financial markets, with the pound plunging and equity indexes around the world falling. The U.K. will... | 17 | 1 |
| The Bank of England surprised markets by keeping its policy rate and asset-purchase program unchanged last Thursday, the first since the U.K. voted to leave the EU. The bank s decision seems justified. Although the pound's depreciation could support t... | 17 | 1 |
| Asia Pacific | 17 | 2 |
| Ratings Round-Up | 19 | 1 |
| Ratings Round-Up | 19 | 1 |
| Ratings Round-Up | 20 | 1 |
| Market Data | 21 | 4 |
| Moody s Capital Markets Research recent publications | 25 | 3 |
