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Home » MBS Trading Volume Declines to Lowest Level Of 2017; Rates Continue on a Downward Path
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MBS Trading Volume Declines to Lowest Level Of 2017; Rates Continue on a Downward Path

May 19, 2017
The average daily trading volume in agency MBS totaled $195.7 billion in April, the lowest reading of the year and third worst over the past 12 months, according to figures compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The low trading volume is an indication that liquidity is drying up, but it also reflects a decline in new agency MBS being created. According to figures recently compiled by Inside MBS & ABS, lenders issued...
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