{"id":3224,"date":"2023-05-02T10:50:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/banking\/the-federal-reserves-interest-rate-rise-will-increase-default-rates-significantly-for-most-sectors\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:50:09","slug":"the-federal-reserves-interest-rate-rise-will-increase-default-rates-significantly-for-most-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=3224","title":{"rendered":"The Federal Reserve\u2019s Interest Rate Rise Will Increase Default Rates Significantly For Most Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Market participants have their eyes on the Federal Open Markets Committee this week to see if FOMC members vote to raise the federal funds rates again. The FOMC has raised rates nine times since March 17, 2022. Because inflation is nowhere near the Federal Reserve\u2019s 2% target rate and due to JPMorgan\u2019s recent acquisition of First Republic Bank
\n FRC
\n <\/fbs-ticker> on Monday, I believe that the Federal Reserve will raise rates on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The FOMC is likely to raise rates twenty-five basis points to a range of 5.0%-5.25%; this would put rates at about a 16-year high. This level of rate rises has been an unpleasant surprise for many consumers and unfortunately, even bank risk managers, who have never experienced the fact that interest rates do go up to curb inflationary pressures. The fact that three U.S. regional banks have failed in less than two months, primarily due to risk managers\u2019 and executives\u2019 inability to measure how interest rate risk can make banks illiquid, puts into question how much longer the Federal Reserve can keep raising rates after this week\u2019s FOMC meeting.<\/p>\n

Increasing Default Rates<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My fear is that these rate rises are pushing both corporate as well as personal default rates up. The more that interest rates rise, the more cost of borrowing goes up for anyone holding variable rate debt or for those who need to refinance existing debt.<\/p>\n

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The expectation that default rates will go up significantly was very much on the mind of presenters at the S & P Global Market\u2019s Credit and Risk Symposium that I attended last Thursday. Numerous presenters and guests said that they are expecting default rates to rise to over 4% by the end of the year. This is not as high as the recent high of slightly over 7% default rate in 2010; yet it is more than double of where default rates are presently. I am not surprised that loan default rates started to rise toward the end of 2022 a couple of quarters after the Federal Reserve started raising rates.<\/p>\n

Leveraged Companies\u2019 Default Rates<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The list of leveraged companies experiencing the pressures of rising interest rates is growing. Retail and telecommunications companies have higher default rates than the average. Broadcast and media, as well as companies in leisure and entertainment, are experiencing default rates that are significantly more than double the average sector.<\/p>\n

Real Estate Sector<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There certainly has been significant concern about commercial mortgages. Given the significant decrease in office occupancy rates, commercial mortgages for offices are particularly vulnerable. Fitch Ratings analysts expect office loan delinquency rates for U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS
\n CMBS
\n <\/fbs-ticker>) to increase to 3.5%\u20134.0% by year-end 2023; this would be over double the current 1.45% default rate presently. Defaults on commercial mortgages would impact both bank and non-bank lenders adversely.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, for the American economy, the residential mortgage default rate has been very low. \u201cIncreased borrowing costs will definitely have an impact on those homeowners who have adjustable-rate mortgages,\u201d Gregg Menell CEO, Managing Broker of the Pendulum Property Group told me in an interview yesterday. He explained that \u201cthese borrowers will see a substantial increase in their monthly payments and may be forced to sell. The problem is, where are they going to go? Their next mortgage will be just as expensive, and the rental market is frothy as well.\u201d Most American mortgage holders have fixed-rate mortgages. This makes the residential mortgage sector less vulnerable to interest rate hikes, at least in the near-term.<\/p>\n

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