MBS spreads to Treasuries continue to be fat at roughly 140 bps. But what if there’s a government debt default? Might the equation turn or will it be so ugly it won’t matter? Analysts are trying to make sense of it all.

AGNC CEO is comfortable with FDIC’s plans for sales of MBS held by failed banks; Morgan Stanley revives jumbo MBS; UBS prepares for legacy residential MBS action by DOJ; Chase offers RPLs in non-agency MBS.

Sure, big banks have sizeable unrealized losses from MBS classified as held-to-maturity. But as long as the banks don’t sell the MBS, the losses remain unrealized.

The hedge advisor’s automation of the assignment-of-trade process allows lenders to save on bid-ask spreads and increases efficiencies for correspondent investors.

Ginnie officials meet with government and private finance entities in Taiwan and South Korea; Chase hopes to use securitization to reduce capital requirements; Fitch downgrades PacWest’s credit-risk transfer deal; KBRA gives all clear on bank exposure in non-agency MBS.

FRBNY plans to consolidate SOMA’s agency MBS holdings. However, the dollar value and composition of those holdings will not change.

Despite privacy issues, industry stakeholders said Fannie’s and Freddie’s social bond disclosures should provide more granular data.

Silicon Valley Bank failed after complications involving funding provided to the bank by the Federal Home Loan Bank system and the Federal Reserve. MBS holdings also played a role in the bank’s failure.

The MBS held by two failed banks will soon hit the market; specified pool trades hit record level in March; Fannie increases disclosures on multifamily MBS; LIBOR to live on in synthetic form.

The Fed won’t alter its plans for runoff in its MBS holdings amid recent bank failures; fate of Select Portfolio Servicing remains unclear.