Auto sector transformation, economic turbulence weakening ABS performance

As borrowing costs continue to rise and consumers’ purchasing power wanes, borrowers’ ability to make debt payments is weakening. What makes auto ABS among the securitization sectors most vulnerable to this deterioration in consumers’ finances? And what does the sector’s ongoing transition to electric power mean for transactions we rate?

Guests: Maxwell Price, Analyst – Structured Finance Group, Moody’s Investors Service; and Robin Liu, Vice President – Structured Finance Group, Moody’s Investors Service

Host: Aaron Johnson, Vice President – Research, Moody’s Investors Service

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