Credit Fear Gauges Soar Most Since Banking Meltdown in 2023 (2)

Gauges for credit risk are signaling just how nervous investors are getting about what Bank of America Corp. analysts described as “the biggest shock to global trade in modern times.”

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent indexes that track credit-default swaps surging by the most since March 2023 in both the US and Europe. The CDS contracts are used to hedge against the risk of default. The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index, the most active CDS contract in the world, jumped as much as 8.5 basis points to 75.7 basis points, according to prices compiled ...