Boeing may tap debt market to help pay 737 MAX costs: WSJ

Boeing could raise as much as $5 billion in debt to help cover expenditures that could top $15 billion in the first half, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Finances at the plane maker have been strained by the grounding of the 737 MAX after deadly airline accidents, though the report stresses Boeing isn't running out of money -- it still had about $20 billion in available funds at the end of the September quarter. Boeing faces compensation claims from airlines and families of the 346 victims of two MAX crashes over the past 15 months, the report notes.

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