Illustration: David Mannion
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First published March 11, updated March 20
March 6 was the worst day in the US credit market for more than 10 years. For those who were there when Lehman Brothers failed, the scale of the panic had a sickeningly familiar feel to it, only this time it was being led by airlines and cruise operators rather than banks and other mortgage providers.
Recent events also bear comparison with 2015, when oil-price volatility hit the high-yield credit market, and the disruption in the fourth quarter of 2018.
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