Bloomberg says "Asset-Backed Paper Grows for First Time Since August". While the overall commercial paper outstanding jump -- CP overall grew by $13.2 billion to $1.799 trillion -- was somewhat seasonally adjusted (see Fed numbers), the rebound in asset-backed CP was indisputable. ABCP grew by $26.3 billion to $774 billion, the first signs of a reversal in a 5-month slide. The Bloomberg article cites a UBS report, "Banks have taken $278 billion of SIV assets onto their books.... SIVs will likely be forced to retire another $125 billion of medium-term notes with maturities up to 18 months and $50 billion of asset-backed commercial paper."