Australian ABS, RMBS delinquencies rise

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From Moody’s today comes an update on securitisation delinquencies. Auto asset-backed securities (ABS) are deteriorating in a rising trend:

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That trend looks likely to trouble GFC highs pretty soon. Auto loans are fixed interest so a falling cash rate does not help directly. They are therefore a more pure read on credit stress. Here are the details:

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And vintages:

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Looks like a little mining boom exuberance washing through 2013.

Turning to RMBS we find a seasonal rise within a declining trend which I expect to turn around later in the year:

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And the detail:

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Plus vintages:

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2014 does not look well.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.