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Please report any dead link if you see Interesting Money Resource it's a pretty good to get to know this. The performance of auto loan asset-backed securities is expects to be pressured by rising delinquencies this year. So be prepared! Acording to Fitch forecast, delinquency and annualized net loss levels on auto loans will increase by more than 40 percent in 2009 as the unemployment rate balloons. |
"Declining asset performance will make certain transactions more vulnerable to downgrades throughout this year, with subordinate bonds likely to absorb most of the negative rating actions," said Hylton Heard, Fitch senior director, in a statement.
However, Fitch said triple-A rated prime auto ABS should remain fairly stable this year.
In 2008, upgrades outnumbered downgrades in prime auto ABS by 8 to 1, the ratings service said. Most transactions were able to absorb losses without material credit deterioration, Fitch said.
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