CUSIP Issuance Trends - August 2020

North American corporate requests totaled 4,101 in August 2020, up 0.37% from July. On a year-over-year basis, corporate CUSIP requests are up 4.7%. August volumes were driven by a 2.8% monthly increase in requests for corporate debt identifiers and a 7.6% monthly increase in requests for identifiers for certificates of deposit with maturities longer than one year.