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the CRT programs have been successful in reducing the exposure of the federal government to mortgage credit risk without … disrupting the liquidity or stability of mortgage secondary markets. In the process, the programs have created a new financial … market for pricing and trading mortgage credit risk, which has grown in size and liquidity over time. The CRT programs …
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covered bond market bears a number of similarities to U.S. agency securitization. In this paper we describe the key features … of the Danish mortgage finance system and compare and contrast it to the U.S. system. We also note characteristics of the … Danish model that may be of interest as the United States considers further mortgage finance reform. In particular, the …
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We study how intermediaries-mortgage servicers-shaped the implementation of mortgage forbearance during the COVID-19 … increased mortgage nonpayment but also reduced delinquencies outside of forbearance. Part of the liquidity from forbearance was …
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this model are consistent with preserving the 'to-be-announced,' or TBA, market - particularly if the fixed-rate mortgage …
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We construct a new systemic risk measure that quantifies vulnerability to fire-sale spillovers using detailed regulatory balance sheet data for U.S. commercial banks and repo market data for broker-dealers. Even for moderate shocks in normal times, fire-sale externalities can be substantial. For...
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We use the 2020 Small Business Credit Survey to study the sources of racial disparities in use of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Black-owned firms are 8.9 percentage points less likely than observably similar white-owned firms to receive PPP loans. About 55 percent of this take-up...
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We argue that post-crisis bank regulation can explain large, persistent deviations from parity on basis trades requiring leverage. Documenting the financing cost and balance sheet impact on a broad array of basis trades for regulated institutions, we show that the implied return on equity on...
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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the asset-backed securities (ABS) market, resulting in higher spreads on ABS and briefly halting the issuance of some ABS. On March 23, 2020, the Federal Reserve established the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) to support the flow of credit to...
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In this paper, we provide an overview of the subprime mortgage securitization process and the seven key informational … predatory borrowing and predatory lending. We present the key structural features of a typical subprime securitization, document … how rating agencies assign credit ratings to mortgage-backed securities, and outline how these agencies monitor the …
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While the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) broadens the regulatory reach to reduce systemic risks to the U.S. financial system, it does not address some important risks that could migrate to or emanate from entities outside the federal safety net. At the same time, it limits the types of interventions by...
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