Search: Sub-prime mortgage
RBA Glossary definition for Sub-prime mortgage
Sub-prime mortgage – While there is no precise definition of sub-prime mortgages, in the United States, they are typically loans made to borrowers with impaired credit histories, which might include one or more payment defaults, a previous loan foreclosure, or bankruptcy.
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Box A: Financial Guaranty Insurers (Monolines)
10 Mar 2008
FSR
– March 2008
Over the past decade, however, structured credit products, including securities backed by US sub-prime mortgages, have been an increasingly important source of business for the FGIs. ... Of this, around 1 per cent is accounted for by sub-prime mortgages
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2008/mar/box-a.html
Box A: The Australian Asset-backed Commercial Paper Market
10 Sep 2007
FSR
– September 2007
Only a small share of these loans was non-conforming (2 per cent) and, according to Standard & Poor's, Australian ABCP has little, if any, exposure to US sub-prime mortgages ... or collateralised debt obligations backed by US sub-prime RMBS.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2007/sep/box-a.html
Financial Stability Review – September 2008
13 Oct 2008
FSR
– September 2008
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2008/sep/pdf/0908.pdf
Box B: The ABX.HE Credit Default Swap Indices
25 Mar 2008
FSR
– March 2008
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2008/mar/pdf/box-b.pdf
Discussion of The Sub-prime Crisis: Causal Distortions and Regulatory Reform
22 Oct 2008
Conferences
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RBA Conference Volume 2008
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/pdf/blundell-wignall-atkinson-disc.pdf
Financial Stability Review – September 2007
16 Nov 2007
FSR
– September 2007
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575KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2007/sep/pdf/0907.pdf
Overview
10 Sep 2007
FSR
– September 2007
The catalyst for the adjustment was the difficulties in the sub-prime mortgage market in the United States. ... Investors have been unsure about both the size of the losses arising from the sub-prime problems, and who will ultimately bear these losses.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2007/sep/overview.html
Financial Stability Review – March 2008
9 Apr 2008
FSR
– March 2008
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542KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2008/mar/pdf/0308.pdf
The Rise in US Household Indebtedness: Causes and Consequences
20 Nov 2007
Conferences
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193KB
RBA Conference Volume 2007
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/pdf/dynan-kohn.pdf
The Unfolding Turmoil of 2007–2008: Lessons and Responses | Conference – 2008
20 Aug 2007
Conferences
What led these spreads to behave in this way? Although US sub-prime mortgage default rates, and the spreads on associated securities, had been rising since late 2006, the first significant ... Once the first sub-prime mortgage defaults materialised,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/cohen-remolona.html