Absolute Prepayment Rate
Definition
Absolute Prepayment Rate (ABS) measures the monthly rate of loan prepayments as a percentage of the original pool balance.
Formula
ABS is defined by the following formula where SMM refers to Single Month Mortality, which measures the percentage of dollars prepaid in a given month expressed as a percentage of the scheduled loan balance.
Usage
The absolute prepayment rate is the standard measure of Prepayment rates in the auto-loan sector.
Issues and Challenges
The ABS measurement differs from Conditional Prepayment Rate (CPR) used in the mortgage industry, which measures prepayment as an annualized percentage of the current pool balance.
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