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Amazons $16 billion bond issuance attracted orders equivalent to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country Belarus.

The money from the bond issue on Tuesday will be used to help the e-commerce giant fund its acquisition of Whole Foods.

Demand was very high with the issuance attracting orders of $49 billion, the Financial Times reported, citing two investors following the sale.

In a note published Thursday, Deutsche Bank made an interesting observation about the demand.

Amazons $16 billion bond deal attracted orders equivalent to the GDP of Belarus ($47 billion) it seems that markets are still some way from taking a full holiday just yet, Deutsche Bank said.

The investment bank said that it had been suggesting there was a quiet spell in the market, but Amazons bond issuance shows that this may not be the case.

If the orders attracted by Amazons bond issuance, were a countrys GDP, it would be the seventy-ninth largest, according to the World Banks ranking of countries at the end of 2016.

It would have exceeded the GDP of countries such as Lebanon and Lithuania.

Amazons issuance was the fourth-largest high-grade debt offering this year, according to Informa Global Markets.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Why do you think that Amazon would choose to issue a bond? Compare it to their other options of using cash they already had, issuing new shares of stock, or taking out a loan.
2. Do you agree with the decision to issue a bond?

NOTE: I am not asking you to discuss if amazon should have bought Whole foods. Instead, you should discuss why you think they may have chosen to issue a bond.