M&A Activity, Private Equity Deals Fell In April

Mergers and acquisitions and private equity are two forms of business activity that tends to tell the overall business environment and business’s confidence in the economy.  When M&A activity or private equity deals heat up, it means that corporate America generally has a positive economic outlook and is great for economic growth.  However, when these types of deals and financing start to show a trend change to the downside, some fret that it could possibly mean that economic activity could be turbulent in the coming months.  Unfortunately, we saw M&A and private equity activity fall significantly last month during April.  Mergers & acquisitions activity in the US fell 6.2% in April, while private equity skid 17% during April.