The Fed and ECB are concerned, but most regulators say a repeat of 2008 is unlikely.
Leveraged loan buyers believe they stand to benefit from slowing growth and a potential recession.
A top Federal Reserve official fired a rare public warning.
Banks and shadow lenders are falling over each other to provide junk-rated debt used in corporate takeovers.
Original idea of offering a $35,000 version was "kind of laughable," one analyst said.
A court freed collateralized loan obligation managers of post-crisis financial regulations.
The threat underscores the bind the Fed is in as it tries to scale down its extraordinary economic stimulus.
Signs of froth in the credit markets are everywhere.
Exuberance in the high-yield markets has veterans sounding the alarm.
The payday for CVC and Leonard Green would come at the cost of heaping additional debt onto BJ’s balance sheet.