CPR: Conditional Prepayment Rate
SMM: single-monthly mortality rate = 1 - (1 - CPR)^(1/12)
PSA: The Public Securities Association
The base PSA curve, or 100% PSA, assumes the prepayment rate starts at 0% CPR at age 0 and increases by 0.2% CPR per month until month 30, after which the speed is a constant 6% CPR. A rate of 50% PSA means that the CPR in any month is half that implied by 100% PSA. A rate of 200% PSA means that the CPR in any month is twice that implied by 100% PSA, and so on.