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Leaving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac As Is Risks Another Housing Bubble

By Anthony B. Sanders |
May 15, 2012
This excerpt was originally published in US News and World Report. Read the full text here.…
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The Real Cost of the 2008 Bailouts

By Hester Peirce |
Mar 14, 2012
This excerpt was originally published in US News. Read the full text here.…
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Geithner’s Own Forgetfulness

By Hester Peirce |
Mar 02, 2012
Secretary Geithner writes in today’s Wall Street Journal to remind us of the panic of 2008, because he fears that those of us who have the audacity to criticize Dodd-Frank might have forgotten how bad it was.  This is the latest attempt by the Treasury Department to silence its critics during the implementation of Dodd-Frank.  …
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The Unacceptably Reserved Federal Reserve

By Hester Peirce |
Feb 21, 2012
The front page of today’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting article about the Federal Reserve’s tendency to make major rulemaking decisions behind closed doors.  According to the article, Federal Reserve officials don’t believe that public meetings about rules are very useful and they are very hard to fit into the governors’ busy schedules.  Other regulators run…
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Refi Plans Barely Appear in the Budget

By Anthony B. Sanders |
Feb 13, 2012
My biggest concern about the president’s proposed budget is the lack of discussion over the myriad of government mortgage refinance programs like HAMP, HARP, the attorneys general settlement, and the proposed FHA refi plan outlined in the president’s State of the Union address.…
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Congress Increasing FHA’s Footprint in Housing Market

By Anthony B. Sanders |
Nov 16, 2011
On the heels of HUD’s Federal Housing Administration’s Annual Report and the Senate Banking Committee …
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Is the Congressional Exemption Really Insider Trading?

By Anthony B. Sanders |
Nov 14, 2011
News reports about federal lawmakers' exemption to insider-trading laws have caused outrage over whether members of Congress should be allowed to profit financially from information they come acros…
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Have House Prices Finally ‘Bottomed Out?’

By Anthony B. Sanders |
Nov 09, 2011
Just a couple of years ago, recent statements from Anthony Sanders, senior scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, would have seemed hopelessly pessimistic. With the condition of today’s housing market, however, it does not take much to sound like an optimist.…
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5 Reasons Consumer Spending Isn’t Growing

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