# Professor Edward Altman shares his views on the state of the credit market

1 Faculty News March 17, 2016 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-03-17/is-the-current-credit-cycle-in-its-final-innings) -- "It's been lasting for over 6 years now. And I've been predicting for the last 7-8 months that we were probably in the 7th inning of a 9-inning game. Now I think we're in the 9th inning, maybe over. Except the Fed is still kind of anxious about things, and as you know this week, they didn't raise interest rates. So they may try to keep that cycle going a little bit longer, but it's just about over."

[Watch the video](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-03-17/is-the-current-credit-cycle-in-its-final-innings)