Three classes of Structured Asset Securities Corp. series 2003-AL1 mortgage pass-through certificates have been downgraded by Fitch Ratings.The downgrades were as follows: class B3, from BBB to BBB-minus; class B4, from BB to B (and placed on Rating Watch Negative); and class B5, from B to B-minus/DR1 (and removed from Rating Watch Negative). Fitch said the negative rating actions were based on deterioration in the relationship between credit enhancement and expected losses.
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According to the Federal Reserve Board's latest financial stability report, persistent inflation and policy uncertainty are the primary worries for banks. Survey respondents expressed heightened anxiety over murky policy outlooks due to geopolitical turmoil and rapidly approaching domestic elections.
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McCargo stabilized the agency at a crucial time as she helped navigate it through both a pandemic and subsequent dramatic interest-rate cycle change.
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The quasi-public entity's plan to buy certain closed-end seconds would constitute "unnecessary government encroachment," the Structured Finance Association said.
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