ABS

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits last week rose to the highest since December, suggesting some softening in what's still a tight labor market.

Subordination levels for classes A, B and C are 38.12%, 20.84%, and 0%, respectively, down from previous levels of 47.63%, 33.68% and 18.18%.

The bond market is doubling down on the prospect of a U.S. recession after Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned of a return to bigger interest-rate hikes to cool inflation.

Shorter-maturity notes led the jump in yields, deepening the inversion of the yield curve and pushing the two-year Treasury rate above 5% for the first time since 2007.

When the deal closes the notes will have an overcollateralization level of 5.75%, which will increase to a target of 14.75%.

PFS Financing Corp., 2023-A's collateral pool is fairly diversified along the lines of property and casualty insurance carriers that contribute loans to the pool.

The deal has an exposure to fixed-to-floating interest rate risk. While 75%-88% of the total notes are fixed rate, while just 57% of the underlying assets are.

Lenders navigate commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) as a lower-cost source of commercial real estate finance, priming the pipeline for ABS.

Stack will finance turnkey and powered shell data centers that have relatively long contract terms, with a weighted average (WA) 6.6 years remaining.

NextGear reduced the recreational vehicle and daily rentals maximum, while increasing the maximum concentration of heavy-duty trucks and salvage vehicles.

CCG has total initial hard credit enhancement of 17.0%, 12.5% and 7.0% on the classes A, B and C notes, respectively, and annual excess spread is about 4.68%.

The U.S. 30-year yield rose to the highest level since November, joining the rest of the Treasury market in offering a return of at least 4% after labor-market data.

SEMT 2023-2 shifted some of its underwriting from traditional full documentation to agency underwriting, with the latter accounting for 14.1% of the pool balance.

As of December 2022, improvements contributed about $15.4 million in incremental rental income, plus more than $310 million of additional sales volume.

Some 69.1% of the underlying mortgages are closed-end second (CES), fixed-rate residential mortgage loans, while 30.9% are HELOC, adjustable-rate loans.

Chris Martin knew he needed a bigger car as the birth of his fourth child approached, but he and his wife were already $14,000 underwater on their two vehicles.

The notes will be issued from a multi-tier debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and a payment-in-kind (PIK) feature for class E-1, class E-2 and class F notes.

Chief Justice John Roberts told a Biden administration lawyer the program will have enormous financial implications for millions of Americans.

American Car Center told employees the business was closing its doors, a day after it pulled a $222 million bond sale from the market, according to people familiar with the matter.

The unguaranteed loans are secured by one or more first-lien commercial real estate loans. The notes have a break-even default rate cushion of 2.39%.