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  • Janet Yellen, former chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, told attendees at the annual meeting of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington DC on Monday that she was expecting US economic growth to slow by 2020 as the central bank raises rates to counter inflation.
  • According to weekly data released by Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate jumped 19 basis points over the past week to 4.90 percent, its largest weekly increase since 2016 and the highest level seen in seven years.
  • Wells Fargo filed a 15-G form with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, confirming that the bank is set to launch its first private-label residential mortgage-backed security since the financial crisis.
  • The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Rialto Capital, a financial subsidiary of US home builder Lennar Corporation, may be sold off to Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm with a substantial footprint in the US real estate market.
  • The US securitization market is enjoying the usual post-Miami conference pick-up in activity, with as many as 17 deals lined up to be priced this week.
  • Market volatility has cut into global bond volumes this year, with trade tensions weighing on S&P Global’s issuance outlook for the remainder of the year, but strong CLO activity and a growing esoteric ABS sector have helped the securitization market buck that trend.
  • Following on from its debut £242.3m deal last year, second lien mortgage specialist Optimum Credit has mandated Natwest Markets as arranger and lead manager for a slightly larger second offering.
  • Atom, a UK challenger bank, priced its first RMBS deal on Wednesday, retaining some of the triple-A bonds while placing the rest with UK investors.
  • THE VIBRANCY of the sterling covered bond market this year is beyond doubt, after 21 deals from 17 issuers. UK issuers have accounted for just over half of 2018’s supply, with the remainder made up from a dozen overseas borrowers, a large proportion of which include Canadian and German names.