The consumer asset backed securities market is a source of liquidity to financial institutions that provide federally guaranteed small business loans and consumer lending such as auto loans, student loans and credit cards.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Financial firms, especially those that have balance sheets larded with toxic assets, may get a boost tomorrow after a government official said late Wednesday that a Treasury program will add liquidity to the market for distressed securities.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The lack of liquidity, widening credit spreads and enormous disparities in market prices of securities have created some terrific bargains.

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The market prices of many mortgage securities today reflect not just the likelihood of default, but a steep liquidity premium, because the paper no longer trades.

ECONOMIST: The financial crisis

In these days of collateralised-debt obligations and residential mortgage-backed securities, there is no textbook to tell central bankers exactly what to do when liquidity in the interbank market dries up.

ECONOMIST: Central banks have played a starring role