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The newest deal from the program could be upsized to $1.6 billion from $1.1 billion, with the structure and pool characteristics remaining the same.

A deal to avoid a government shutdown resolves one immediate risk. But a major auto strike, the resumption of student-loan repayments, and a shutdown that may yet come back after the stop-gap spending deal lapses, could easily shave a percentage point off GDP growth in Q4.

Investments poised to do well include partially paid down collateralized loan obligations, which are backed by loans taken out by highly indebted corporations, called leveraged loans.

Just one class of variable funding notes (VFN), which have an anticipated repayment date of July 2026, will be issued to investors.

On average the receivables have a balance of $971, a WA average percentage rate of 32.88%, and a WA age of 24 months. Also, cardholders might pay an annual membership of up to $75.

The deal will be secured by payments on subprime auto loans and comes shortly after officer Jill Rockwood joined as chief financial officer.

Equify ABS 2023-1 is expected to close on October 11 and will issue three classes of notes secured by revenue from mid- to large-ticket equipment contracts and related assets.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's gauge of the 10-year term premium became positive on Monday, after having been negative for most of the past seven years, reflecting steep increases in longer-maturity Treasury yields.

The deal is the eleventh this year for Pagaya AI Debt Selection Trust, and is slated to close by September 29.

Classes A, B, C and D have hard credit enhancement levels of 5.30%, 3.80%, 2.30% and 0.85%, respectively, higher than that of the CHAOT 2022-A.

The sponsor's assets favor software companies, and the deal brings its total CLO assets under management to $2.2 billion.

The JPMorgan Chase CEO's comments contrast with the consensus view after 5.25 percentage points of hikes that lifted the benchmark rate to 5.5% — the highest level in 22 years. Money markets are pricing in cuts from next year.

Purchases of new single-family homes fell 8.7% to a 675,000 annualized pace following an upward revision to July's figures, government data showed Tuesday, marking the largest drop in nearly a year.

Credit ratings were cut on the highest number of commercial mortgage-backed securities in "recent memory" last week, according to strategists at Bank of America Corp.

The deal will issue two series of notes, which benefit from a reserve account with approximately $1.4 million, representing about 2.0% of the initial bond balance.

Slated to close by September 29, the deal has total initial hard credit enhancement that amounts to 87.7% on the most senior class of notes.

Total hard credit enhancement of 37.45% shore up the class A notes, according to Moody's. In the rest of the deal the classes B, C and D notes benefit from total hard credit enhancement of 33.1%, 23.7% and 13.7%, respectively.

Revenue from agricultural and construction equipment will secure the notes, which get a boost from a spread account and overcollateralization.

Credit enhancement to the class A notes includes a non-declining overcollateralization of 4.75% of the initial adjusted pool balance, and a non-declining reserve fund of 0.25% of the initial adjusted pool balance.

Canada's largest bank last month said it plans to cut as much as 2% of its full-time equivalent staff in the coming quarter after a surge in expenses weighed on third-quarter results.