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After the salvo of central bank decisions last week, traders are increasingly concerned that rising oil prices risk fanning inflation, which will make it difficult for policymakers to reduce rates anytime soon.

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.

Bond traders are bracing for Treasury yields to keep pushing higher after the Fed signaled it's likely to hold interest rates at lofty levels well into next year.

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.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said today's high mortgage rates are dissuading some would-be sellers from putting their homes on the market, further limiting lending opportunities in an environment already constrained by low inventory

The OCCU 2023-1 transaction will come to market as a 144a transaction, with higher levels of credit enhancement from yield supplement overcollateralization, initial hard credit enhancement and excess spread.

Backed by revenue from point-of-sale unsecured consumer loans, the upsized deal also features expandable notes.

The transaction's credit enhancement levels are lower than what was seen on the 2023-A pool, but is still strong, and is still high compared with peer transactions.

With uncertain outlooks surrounding the economy and interests, investment managers looking for safer fixed-income investments are finding underpriced assets.

Tractors make up the vast majority of the vehicles in the pool, 92.5%, while trailers, trucks and buses account for 4.1%, 2.3% and 1.1%, respectively.

Yields on longer-dated debt are so high that even if the Fed continues hiking for longer investors still feel they'll be compensated.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

The moves will result in a number of job cuts, though the company doesn't yet have firm targets for how many employees will be affected.

Notes will repay principal to investors sequentially. All junior notes will be shut out from receiving any principal payments until the immediate senior notes are paid.

The pool has a 25% concentration limit for electric vehicles, up from 15% from Series 2023-5. This increases risks to the transaction, because residual values on those types of cars are still unknown.

Treasuries are also likely to be supported as inflation can keep slowing even if growth does remain relatively healthy. The investment bank is advising its clients buy Treasury five-year notes and 30-year inflation-linked debt.

Virtually all of the attributes in VZMT 2023-5 and 2023-6 are identical, such as the statistical cutoff date (August 7), aggregate principal balance ($23 billion) and weighted average (WA) remaining installments, 26 months.

Lenders will be adjusting to new mandates regarding mortgage applicants that don't have payments for education debt on their credit reports.