Our deal reports have been busy, as they always are around book fairs, but the information flow is big enough and the annual hype from other quarters intense enough that we always like to look to the data. An analysis of PM deal reports clearly shows that, as indicated at the end of September before the longer-than-usual pre-Frankfurt push, overall US dealmaking has lagged last year’s strong numbers. Pre-Frankfurt US Deal Volume, 2009–2015 Total domestic deals are down 11.5 percent over the five weeks or so ahead of the Fair (adjusted for this year’s late […]