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The risk that inflation could remain stuck above their 2% target is guiding Fed officials' preference to keep interest rates where they are for now, even as investors have clamored for cuts.

Treasuries sold off, with two-year yields hitting the highest since before the December central bank "pivot." Swap traders ratcheted down their expectations for a Fed cut before July.

Consumer obligors represent a slight majority of the pool, 54%, while loans to commercial obligors represent the remaining 46%.

Shared services organizations PSCU and Co-op Solutions are offering post-purchase buy now/pay later loans, with the goal of reaching consumers who are concerned about managing their credit.

In the current pool, some 77.4% for all three pools are composed of tier A loans. This is slightly higher than the concentrations of tier A loans seen in several previous deals.

January volume increased 36% compared to the month before and the annual decline in activity was the lowest in almost two years, Optimal Blue said.

American Honda Finance Corp., the financing division of carmaker Honda, says that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent it a "civil investigative demand" connected to the "furnishing of credit reporting information on consumer accounts."

The plurality of the pool, 47%, having no credit score. After that, loans with scores that fall within 651-700 make up 16% of the pool.

Just one previous transaction had experienced a loss, the rating agency said. That was the ARI 2021-A, and that transaction experienced a loss of just 0.02%.

Only a few dozen mortgage firms could likely afford the $7 million ad for this year's big game, a marketing veteran said.