Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Treasury Housing Summit Exposes Mounting Insolvency Risk

Paving the way for the next legislative emergency? (a la "TARP")

All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;

Ecclesiastes

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Now You See It...

"The bigger unspoken agenda of the meeting is the immediate need to bail out another massive pile of toxic assets held by the too-big-to-fail banks, including mortgage-backed securities and other housing instruments."
Housing Summit At Treasury Is Just One More Weimar Hyperinflationary Swindle


And Now You Don't...


Fixing Housing Finance
Alex J. Pollock, American Enterprise Institute Resident Fellow
comments on Obama administration meeting with major players
in the housing finance industry to discuss potential reforms.






Saving Fannie & Freddie
Finding a solution for housing, with CNBC's Hampton Pearson and
Susan Wachter, Wharton School professor.






Reforming the Money Pit
How to reform Fannie & Freddie, with James Lockhart,
WL Ross & Co. vice chairman and former FHFA director.






Fannie & Freddie's Future
Insight on GSE reform, with Rep. Paul Kanjorski, (D-Penn.)





Rebuilding The Future
Insight on the White House's conference on the future of housing finance,
with Shaun Donovan, HUD Secretary.






Geithner on Fannie & Freddie
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner addresses a summit:
"The Future of Housing Finance," and discusses the role of
Fannie & Freddie in the housing market.






Privatize Fannie & Freddie?
Insight on the housing fix, with David Min, Center for American Progress
and Milton Ezrati, Lord Abbett.





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—Tom Chechatka

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