In early June, CreditWeek editors sat down with some of Standard&Poor's Ratings Services business leaders for a roundtable discussion focused on credit conditions in the first half of 2011 and where the participants believed the credit markets were headed for the remainder of the year. Even as a slow recovery continued--and despite record corporate issuance in the U.S.--the Great Recession still cast a shadow over many sectors. And economic and regulatory uncertainty weighed on future performance. Key issues included: Significant debt problems for several developed nations, including the U.S., and the continued growth of emerging economies. The specter of inflation, which might help some sectors, but hurt others. Some surprisingly good results for some U.S. public finance issuers
