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LBO Slump Ahead?

December 2007 | Private Equity News Alert
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Quite apart from issues surrounding the new Financial Accounting Standards Board regulations, (see "New Accounting Rules”) Wall Street appears to be in agreement that 2008 will be a much weaker year for M&A in the U.S. as a slowing economy and higher credit prices hurt M&A and particularly LBOs.