President Trump’s nominee to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve wants to overhaul the central bank, including its more than $6 trillion balance sheet.
Category: Subprime Mortgage Crisis
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How Kevin Warsh Could Shrink the Fed’s Footprint in Financial Markets
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Trump Seeks to Sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Shares to Public Investors
More than a decade after the government bailed out the mortgage giants, the Trump administration is looking for a partial stock-market exit.
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Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life
Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.
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36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, student loans and other areas affecting Americans’ financial lives.
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What Privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Means
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government during the housing crisis nearly 17 years ago. The Trump administration is considering letting them go private again.
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Consumer Protection Agency Cracks Down on Seller-Backed Home Sales
Risky contract-to-deed home sales are subject to the same protections as mortgaged-financed homes, the consumer protection agency said.
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Banks Could Weather Even Extreme Economic Tumult, Fed Finds
The Federal Reserve for the first time tested major banks’ ability to withstand crisis scenarios — and the largest U.S. lenders stood tall.
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The Perils of the Fed’s Vast Bond Holdings
The Federal Reserve is shedding assets at a glacial pace, exposing the financial system to continuing risks, our columnist says.
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How 33-Year-Olds, the Peak Millennials, Are Shaping the U.S. Economy
Meet the 1990 and 1991 babies, a massive microgeneration in lifelong competition for America’s economic resources, reshaping the world around them.
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Dick Bove, Famed Banking Analyst Now Retired, Says Dollar is ‘Finished’
Dick Bove, the ubiquitous banking expert, is going out swinging after more than half a century in the business.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘We’d Lost the American Dream’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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UBS to Pay $1.44 Billion to Settle Financial-Crisis Fraud Case
The settlement closes the chapter on the last investigation by a Justice Department task force on the role financial firms played in the collapse of the housing market in 2008.