S&P: U.S. Consumer Defaults Fall In March. Existing Home Sales Rise

U.S. Consumer Defaults Fall In March. Existing Home Sales Rise (00:18:36 min)

The Standard & Poor's/Experian consumer default composite index fell to 2.43% in March from 2.54% in February. All the major sectors, such as bank cards, auto loans, and first and second mortgages, reported declines. As for U.S. housing, sales of existing homes increased 3.7% in March following a significant decline of 8.9% February. In this podcast, Standard & Poor's Senior Director Erkan Erturk discusses the significance of these statistics and how they could affect the structured finance and housing sectors.

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