The Wall Street Journal reported companies are increasingly turning to the capital markets to fund acquisitions, with $206.3 billion the amount companies have raised in the capital markets to fund acquisitions this year.

The Journal said further buyers have so far this year raised $159 billion in debt and $47.3 billion in equity to fund purchases, according to Dealogic, both of which are highs for the first four-and-a-half months of the year and exceed previous records $112 billion of debt in 2009 and $35 billion of equity in 2007.

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