A similar search for the most recent six-month period turned up about 2,000 articles mentioning the word "liquidity" – but now in the context of its lack of abundance.
The expanded use and acceptance of asset-backed securities have also enabled regional and community banks to take advantage of what we, only a few years ago, considered, to be “large bank” opportunities to originate and sell large volumes of mortgages and other consumer loans, either directly to purchasing intermediaries or indirectly through a securitization vehicle.