DFA Federal Deposit Insurance Reform - PaperStephanie Bohn
Dr. Scott Hein, Professor of Finance and faculty director of the Texas Tech School of Banking, presented his research at the fourth annual Federal Reserve System/ Conference of State Bank Supervisors Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
This document provides an overview of the mortgage market in the United States. It describes the primary mortgage market where loans are originated by lenders like banks and then sold to investors. It also details the secondary mortgage market where government agencies and private institutions facilitate the buying and selling of existing mortgages through securities like mortgage-backed bonds and pass-throughs. The document outlines the origination process and underwriting criteria lenders use like payment-to-income ratios when providing mortgages to borrowers.
The document discusses amendments being considered for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) in the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009. It summarizes amendments that would undermine the CFPA by eliminating it or weakening its powers, as well as amendments and provisions that would strengthen the CFPA and consumer protections. It argues that a strong CFPA is needed to restore balanced regulation and prevent another financial crisis by addressing predatory financial products and practices.
U.S. Lending Industry Meets Mortgage Process as a ServiceCognizant
In a challenging and changing market, mortgage process as a service, orMPaaS, can provide banks with the talent and systems to handle essen¬tial lending services, enabling them to focus on rebuilding their business through product innovation to capture market share.
This document provides information on upcoming webinar topics from TriNovus regarding various banking compliance regulations. The webinars will cover new appraisal and evaluation guidelines, Regulation DD governing consumer deposit accounts, effects of the Dodd-Frank Act on community banks, rules regarding advertising bank products, Regulation E changes, using and controlling social media, requirements under the SAFE Act, and maintaining compliance with Regulation O governing bank insider loans.
The document proposes establishing a Government Investment Enterprise (GIE) to create a national foreclosure mitigation program. The GIE would hold equity investments in single-family residences to help restore the mortgage market. It would use existing TARP and GSE funds, without requiring new funding. The current foreclosure crisis is prolonged due to inefficiencies in programs like HAMP that often do not find an optimal solution for all parties. The proposed GIE aims to better match borrower ability with holder criteria to find a balanced solution and stabilize the housing market.
An International Insolvency Law for Sovereign Debt? Learnings from the Euro ...Luca Amorello
Presentation of my new paper:
'An International Insolvency Law for Sovereign Debt?'
Seminar on “Sovereign Debt Restructuring and the Rights of Private Creditors”.
July 14, 2014,
House of Finance - Frankfurt.
DFA Federal Deposit Insurance Reform - PaperStephanie Bohn
Dr. Scott Hein, Professor of Finance and faculty director of the Texas Tech School of Banking, presented his research at the fourth annual Federal Reserve System/ Conference of State Bank Supervisors Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
This document provides an overview of the mortgage market in the United States. It describes the primary mortgage market where loans are originated by lenders like banks and then sold to investors. It also details the secondary mortgage market where government agencies and private institutions facilitate the buying and selling of existing mortgages through securities like mortgage-backed bonds and pass-throughs. The document outlines the origination process and underwriting criteria lenders use like payment-to-income ratios when providing mortgages to borrowers.
The document discusses amendments being considered for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) in the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009. It summarizes amendments that would undermine the CFPA by eliminating it or weakening its powers, as well as amendments and provisions that would strengthen the CFPA and consumer protections. It argues that a strong CFPA is needed to restore balanced regulation and prevent another financial crisis by addressing predatory financial products and practices.
U.S. Lending Industry Meets Mortgage Process as a ServiceCognizant
In a challenging and changing market, mortgage process as a service, orMPaaS, can provide banks with the talent and systems to handle essen¬tial lending services, enabling them to focus on rebuilding their business through product innovation to capture market share.
This document provides information on upcoming webinar topics from TriNovus regarding various banking compliance regulations. The webinars will cover new appraisal and evaluation guidelines, Regulation DD governing consumer deposit accounts, effects of the Dodd-Frank Act on community banks, rules regarding advertising bank products, Regulation E changes, using and controlling social media, requirements under the SAFE Act, and maintaining compliance with Regulation O governing bank insider loans.
The document proposes establishing a Government Investment Enterprise (GIE) to create a national foreclosure mitigation program. The GIE would hold equity investments in single-family residences to help restore the mortgage market. It would use existing TARP and GSE funds, without requiring new funding. The current foreclosure crisis is prolonged due to inefficiencies in programs like HAMP that often do not find an optimal solution for all parties. The proposed GIE aims to better match borrower ability with holder criteria to find a balanced solution and stabilize the housing market.
An International Insolvency Law for Sovereign Debt? Learnings from the Euro ...Luca Amorello
Presentation of my new paper:
'An International Insolvency Law for Sovereign Debt?'
Seminar on “Sovereign Debt Restructuring and the Rights of Private Creditors”.
July 14, 2014,
House of Finance - Frankfurt.
This proposal suggests offering homeowners a principal reduction if they make a substantial prepayment of at least $50,000 on their mortgage. Under the proposal, for every $1 a homeowner prepays, their principal would be reduced by $2. This targets responsible homeowners and gives them an incentive to stay current on their payments rather than strategically default. It aims to increase demand for housing and reduce the supply of foreclosures coming onto the market, helping the housing market reach equilibrium and recover more quickly.
The document summarizes a seminar on understanding mortgage regulation at three levels: global, European, and UK. At the global level, increased capital requirements and lack of liquidity have constrained mortgage availability. The Financial Stability Board is developing high-level principles for underwriting that emphasize income verification but allow flexibility. At the European level, a draft directive aims to harmonize rules but may not fit all local markets. Key concerns about the directive include overly broad scope, standardized pre-contractual information overwhelming customers, restrictive advertising rules, and an obligation to deny credit that could exclude some qualified borrowers.
Regulations that Affect Microfinance Institutions in Central America
El Salvador introduced a dollarization law that made the US dollar the official national currency, replacing the colón. This created challenges for microfinance institutions (MFIs) as they had to convert loan balances and accounting to dollars. It also risked fueling inflation through price speculation and creating fiscal problems for the government. The law's implementation generated costs for MFIs to adjust financial systems and educate clients on the currency changeover.
The settlement will provide $25 billion in relief to homeowners and penalties for banks. It represents the largest financial recovery by state attorneys general. Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will receive assistance to stay in their homes or funds if they were improperly foreclosed on. The settlement also mandates extensive reforms to mortgage servicing standards and practices.
The settlement will provide $25 billion in monetary sanctions and relief to address foreclosure misconduct by five major banks. This includes $17 billion to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners stay in their homes through loan modifications and other assistance programs. It also establishes comprehensive mortgage servicing reforms and oversight to prevent improper foreclosure practices like robo-signing going forward.
This document summarizes a presentation given at the Annual Conference of the CT Housing Coalition on October 7, 2009 in Hartford, CT. The presentation focused on fair housing and fair credit, and how the issues are interconnected. It discussed how the evolution of global finance has occurred against and impacts racially and economically segregated neighborhoods. Fair housing and fair credit were presented as issues that affect all communities but require targeted attention to marginalized groups.
Fed's 2020 Quantitative Easing Debunked along with the controversial US$ 2.2 trillion relief bill, viewed as pork-barrel funding
CARES Act allows the Fed to:
1. meet in secrets with Wall Street incumbents,
2. provide liquidity of $484b (slush fund) thru SPVs making loans & loans guarantees,
3. never be audited (zero oversight),
4. not compliant to US Code requirements, Section 552b of Title 5
How are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s risk-sharing transactions working? This presentation highlights three measures—fair value, risk exposure, and net premiums—used to analyze those transactions.
Presentation by Mitchell Remy, an analyst in CBO’s Financial Analysis Division, at the Credit Risk Transfer Symposium.
The document discusses the mortgage and secondary mortgage markets. It defines a mortgage as a transfer of interest in property to secure a loan. The primary mortgage market involves borrowers obtaining loans from originators. The secondary market involves originators selling loans to aggregators who pool them into mortgage-backed securities sold to dealers and then investors. This process allows originators to replenish funding and make more loans. The major players in the secondary market are Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae.
Overview of Dodd Frank Recovery and Resolution PlanningLewis Adams
This document provides an overview of Dodd-Frank recovery and resolution planning requirements. It discusses that Dodd-Frank requires systemically important financial institutions to create recovery plans to recover from distress and resolution plans for an orderly liquidation if needed. The document outlines key elements of recovery plans like quantitative triggers, stress scenarios, and governance. It also discusses the two approaches to resolution plans - single point of entry and multiple point of entry - and components of operational resolution plans.
This document discusses interest-only mortgages in the UK, specifically those without a known repayment vehicle. It finds that about a quarter of new mortgages are interest-only, and around 17% of first-time buyers choose this option. However, analysis shows that interest-only borrowers typically have similar or higher incomes than capital repayment borrowers, suggesting affordability is not the main driver. While some interest-only borrowers may be using lump-sum repayments or home price appreciation to repay the principal, overall motivations remain unclear without further research. The Financial Services Authority has expressed concern about the volumes of interest-only lending without plans for repayment.
This presentation discusses the importance of front-end regulations when issuing debt, and the importance of conducting an adequate due diligence before investing in sovereign debt. Ignoring the details of applicable law to a bond issuance are not “back-end changes” when an issuer implements measures authorized by applicable law.
1-10-Mortgage-Banking-regulatory-reform-here-and-nowJohn I. Vong
The document discusses the increasing complexity of consumer protection regulations in the mortgage industry and how technology has helped both regulators and industry keep pace with changes. It outlines numerous regulatory reforms and new rules that have been introduced in recent years at the federal and state levels. Technology solutions like the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) and automated compliance systems have helped regulators collaborate and examine loan originators and helped lenders ensure compliance with evolving rules. The future is expected to bring even more regulatory changes and reliance on technology to navigate the changing landscape of consumer protection in mortgages.
The document discusses the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law aimed at regulating the financial industry following the 2008 recession. It established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers from predatory lending. Dodd-Frank also addressed "too big to fail" institutions by allowing close oversight of large banks and requiring "living will" plans in case of failure. However, critics argue Dodd-Frank creates moral hazard by protecting large banks and places undue burdens on small lenders, restricting credit availability. The full impacts of Dodd-Frank remain uncertain as many rules have yet to be finalized.
The document provides comments to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Property Assisted Clean Energy (PACE) lending programs. It argues that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not purchase loans on properties subject to PACE super-liens, which have priority over mortgage liens. PACE programs threaten the stability and liquidity of the secondary mortgage market and are inconsistent with the GSEs' mission due to the increased risk of default. While energy efficiency is worthwhile, PACE financing is not an appropriate method and lacks basic consumer protections. The document responds to questions posed by the FHFA on whether restrictions on GSE dealings with PACE programs are necessary.
Consumers' financial rights are protected by federal and state laws and regulations covering many services offered by financial institutions.
*All product and company names mentioned herein are for identification and educational purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
Puerto Rico- Distressed Debt Strategy. Duke GS Trade Pitch CompetitionJulio Cesar
The document recommends selling 21-year Puerto Rico general obligation (GO) bonds based on several distressed debt triggers that indicate increased credit risk for Puerto Rico. Specifically, it cites the high coupon rate demanded for recent short-term debt issuance, an underpricing of default risk for Puerto Rico's Highway and Transportation Authority bonds, and a municipal credit risk model that assessed a higher spread than the bonds are currently trading at. The recommendation is to sell the bonds with a target price of $82.75, down from the current price of $88.75.
Learn how to increase the effectiveness of your security operations as you move to the cloud. We will discuss how your current incident response, forensic investigations, monitoring, and audit response tactics have to change in the cloud. Pulling from experiences helping clients move to the cloud, industry research, and the school of hard knocks, this talk will help provide practical advice you can apply today.
This proposal suggests offering homeowners a principal reduction if they make a substantial prepayment of at least $50,000 on their mortgage. Under the proposal, for every $1 a homeowner prepays, their principal would be reduced by $2. This targets responsible homeowners and gives them an incentive to stay current on their payments rather than strategically default. It aims to increase demand for housing and reduce the supply of foreclosures coming onto the market, helping the housing market reach equilibrium and recover more quickly.
The document summarizes a seminar on understanding mortgage regulation at three levels: global, European, and UK. At the global level, increased capital requirements and lack of liquidity have constrained mortgage availability. The Financial Stability Board is developing high-level principles for underwriting that emphasize income verification but allow flexibility. At the European level, a draft directive aims to harmonize rules but may not fit all local markets. Key concerns about the directive include overly broad scope, standardized pre-contractual information overwhelming customers, restrictive advertising rules, and an obligation to deny credit that could exclude some qualified borrowers.
Regulations that Affect Microfinance Institutions in Central America
El Salvador introduced a dollarization law that made the US dollar the official national currency, replacing the colón. This created challenges for microfinance institutions (MFIs) as they had to convert loan balances and accounting to dollars. It also risked fueling inflation through price speculation and creating fiscal problems for the government. The law's implementation generated costs for MFIs to adjust financial systems and educate clients on the currency changeover.
The settlement will provide $25 billion in relief to homeowners and penalties for banks. It represents the largest financial recovery by state attorneys general. Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will receive assistance to stay in their homes or funds if they were improperly foreclosed on. The settlement also mandates extensive reforms to mortgage servicing standards and practices.
The settlement will provide $25 billion in monetary sanctions and relief to address foreclosure misconduct by five major banks. This includes $17 billion to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners stay in their homes through loan modifications and other assistance programs. It also establishes comprehensive mortgage servicing reforms and oversight to prevent improper foreclosure practices like robo-signing going forward.
This document summarizes a presentation given at the Annual Conference of the CT Housing Coalition on October 7, 2009 in Hartford, CT. The presentation focused on fair housing and fair credit, and how the issues are interconnected. It discussed how the evolution of global finance has occurred against and impacts racially and economically segregated neighborhoods. Fair housing and fair credit were presented as issues that affect all communities but require targeted attention to marginalized groups.
Fed's 2020 Quantitative Easing Debunked along with the controversial US$ 2.2 trillion relief bill, viewed as pork-barrel funding
CARES Act allows the Fed to:
1. meet in secrets with Wall Street incumbents,
2. provide liquidity of $484b (slush fund) thru SPVs making loans & loans guarantees,
3. never be audited (zero oversight),
4. not compliant to US Code requirements, Section 552b of Title 5
How are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s risk-sharing transactions working? This presentation highlights three measures—fair value, risk exposure, and net premiums—used to analyze those transactions.
Presentation by Mitchell Remy, an analyst in CBO’s Financial Analysis Division, at the Credit Risk Transfer Symposium.
The document discusses the mortgage and secondary mortgage markets. It defines a mortgage as a transfer of interest in property to secure a loan. The primary mortgage market involves borrowers obtaining loans from originators. The secondary market involves originators selling loans to aggregators who pool them into mortgage-backed securities sold to dealers and then investors. This process allows originators to replenish funding and make more loans. The major players in the secondary market are Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae.
Overview of Dodd Frank Recovery and Resolution PlanningLewis Adams
This document provides an overview of Dodd-Frank recovery and resolution planning requirements. It discusses that Dodd-Frank requires systemically important financial institutions to create recovery plans to recover from distress and resolution plans for an orderly liquidation if needed. The document outlines key elements of recovery plans like quantitative triggers, stress scenarios, and governance. It also discusses the two approaches to resolution plans - single point of entry and multiple point of entry - and components of operational resolution plans.
This document discusses interest-only mortgages in the UK, specifically those without a known repayment vehicle. It finds that about a quarter of new mortgages are interest-only, and around 17% of first-time buyers choose this option. However, analysis shows that interest-only borrowers typically have similar or higher incomes than capital repayment borrowers, suggesting affordability is not the main driver. While some interest-only borrowers may be using lump-sum repayments or home price appreciation to repay the principal, overall motivations remain unclear without further research. The Financial Services Authority has expressed concern about the volumes of interest-only lending without plans for repayment.
This presentation discusses the importance of front-end regulations when issuing debt, and the importance of conducting an adequate due diligence before investing in sovereign debt. Ignoring the details of applicable law to a bond issuance are not “back-end changes” when an issuer implements measures authorized by applicable law.
1-10-Mortgage-Banking-regulatory-reform-here-and-nowJohn I. Vong
The document discusses the increasing complexity of consumer protection regulations in the mortgage industry and how technology has helped both regulators and industry keep pace with changes. It outlines numerous regulatory reforms and new rules that have been introduced in recent years at the federal and state levels. Technology solutions like the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) and automated compliance systems have helped regulators collaborate and examine loan originators and helped lenders ensure compliance with evolving rules. The future is expected to bring even more regulatory changes and reliance on technology to navigate the changing landscape of consumer protection in mortgages.
The document discusses the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law aimed at regulating the financial industry following the 2008 recession. It established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers from predatory lending. Dodd-Frank also addressed "too big to fail" institutions by allowing close oversight of large banks and requiring "living will" plans in case of failure. However, critics argue Dodd-Frank creates moral hazard by protecting large banks and places undue burdens on small lenders, restricting credit availability. The full impacts of Dodd-Frank remain uncertain as many rules have yet to be finalized.
The document provides comments to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Property Assisted Clean Energy (PACE) lending programs. It argues that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not purchase loans on properties subject to PACE super-liens, which have priority over mortgage liens. PACE programs threaten the stability and liquidity of the secondary mortgage market and are inconsistent with the GSEs' mission due to the increased risk of default. While energy efficiency is worthwhile, PACE financing is not an appropriate method and lacks basic consumer protections. The document responds to questions posed by the FHFA on whether restrictions on GSE dealings with PACE programs are necessary.
Consumers' financial rights are protected by federal and state laws and regulations covering many services offered by financial institutions.
*All product and company names mentioned herein are for identification and educational purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
Puerto Rico- Distressed Debt Strategy. Duke GS Trade Pitch CompetitionJulio Cesar
The document recommends selling 21-year Puerto Rico general obligation (GO) bonds based on several distressed debt triggers that indicate increased credit risk for Puerto Rico. Specifically, it cites the high coupon rate demanded for recent short-term debt issuance, an underpricing of default risk for Puerto Rico's Highway and Transportation Authority bonds, and a municipal credit risk model that assessed a higher spread than the bonds are currently trading at. The recommendation is to sell the bonds with a target price of $82.75, down from the current price of $88.75.
Learn how to increase the effectiveness of your security operations as you move to the cloud. We will discuss how your current incident response, forensic investigations, monitoring, and audit response tactics have to change in the cloud. Pulling from experiences helping clients move to the cloud, industry research, and the school of hard knocks, this talk will help provide practical advice you can apply today.
Este documento resume el origen y desarrollo de las autodefensas en Michoacán, México. Comenzó con el control del estado por el Cártel de los Zetas en 2004 y la emergencia de grupos rivales como La Familia Michoacana y los Caballeros Templarios. Las autodefensas surgieron en 2013 para combatir a los Templarios, expandiéndose rápidamente y asumiendo funciones de seguridad. Su aparición coincidió con protestas estudiantiles y amenazas de grupos criminales, generando confusión
Sandhya Tripathi is seeking a position that fosters learning and development where she can contribute her analytical skills to an organization's consistent growth. She has a M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Devi Ahilya University and a B.Sc. in Biotechnology. Her technical skills include electrophoresis, chromatography, and experience with various instruments and techniques. She has also completed a diploma in computer applications and attended an international conference on biotechnology and human health.
This document is a resume for Brandi C. G. Celmer summarizing her qualifications and experience in high risk maternity case management. Over her 12.5 years of experience, she has worked as a labor and delivery nurse, prenatal clinic nurse, and RN case manager. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has experience with CMS guidelines, case management certification, and software programs relevant to her work.
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Este documento presenta el portafolio de diagnóstico de Evelyn Gabriela Cruz Revelo. Incluye información personal, formación académica, objetivos profesionales, conocimientos previos y evidencia de habilidades tecnológicas. La evidencia incluye enlaces a una presentación en Prezi y un blog personal creados por Evelyn para demostrar su capacidad de usar herramientas digitales.
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The document discusses the role of institutional investors in propagating the financial crisis of 2007-2008. It states that institutional investors like mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds, and insurance companies contributed to the crisis through their large and professional investments. While institutional investors enjoy benefits due to the scale of their investments, their actions also amplified the crisis. The document cites the example of hedge fund Magnetar Capital and insurance company AIG as institutional investors that played a role in the crisis.
odd-Frank and Basel III Post-Financial Crisis Developments and New Expectations in Regulatory Capital. Following the recent global financial crisis of 2009, financial regulators have responded with arrays of proposals to revise existing risk frameworks for financial institutions with the objective to further strengthen and improve upon bank models. In this meeting, Dr. Michael Jacobs will discuss new developments and expectations in regulatory capital with particular reference to the definition of the capital base, counterparty credit risk, procyclicality of capital, liquidity risk management, and sound compensation practices. He will also explain the implications of the Frank-Dodd rule for financial institutions and will conclude by presenting the implementation schedule for Basel III.
The document discusses new mortgage disclosure requirements under TILA-RESPA that will take effect on August 1st. The new requirements consolidate four previous disclosures into two new forms: the Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure. While the new disclosures are intended to be easier for consumers to understand, they present difficulties for lenders who must now use two separate systems to comply with the new rules or the previous rules depending on the type of mortgage. The new requirements will also require lenders and settlement companies to cooperate earlier in the process when providing the Closing Disclosure.
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This is the testimony of Chris Whalen to the Senate Banking Committee on March 24, 2009 about bank and financial institution regulation and supervision.
The bankruptcy of Vallejo, California redefined the concept of municipal solvency under Chapter 9. While Vallejo had $136 million in cash reserves, the court determined this was restricted funding with legal obligations and could not be used to address immediate needs, establishing that a municipality can be insolvent prospectively. This precedent gives municipalities leverage in negotiations with unions by establishing bankruptcy as a real option to restructure agreements. Many cities have since implemented two-tier wage systems, outsourced services, or taken other steps to restructure costs in response to the new landscape created by the Vallejo decision.
The document analyzes the key causes of the 2007-2008 housing bubble and financial crisis. It discusses several factors:
1) Government policies in the 1970s-2000s that deregulated lending standards in an effort to promote homeownership, making riskier loans more widely available.
2) Government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac came under pressure to purchase riskier loans to meet quotas, further spreading risky lending.
3) The Federal Reserve kept interest rates low in the early 2000s, fueling the bubble, then raised rates in 2004-2006, increasing foreclosures on adjustable rate mortgages.
4) Mortgage lenders aggressively targeted riskier borrowers with
This document provides an overview of the US mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market in 2013. It discusses the mechanics of how MBS are created through the securitization of pools of mortgages. It outlines the major types of MBS and describes the key roles of MBS in providing liquidity to the US housing market and economy. The document also profiles the major players in the MBS market including government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, private issuers, and investors. It provides context on the growth of the MBS market and regulatory frameworks that govern MBS.
This document summarizes the key events that led to the subprime mortgage crisis and current financial crisis. It describes how subprime mortgages were originated and then securitized into mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). These securities became highly complex and opaque. When the housing market declined, many subprime borrowers defaulted, causing the value of MBS and CDOs to plummet. This impaired the balance sheets of financial institutions and froze credit markets. The document outlines various experts' proposals to remedy the crisis, including government purchases of toxic assets, capital injections into banks, and establishing funds to remove bad assets from banks and resolve insolvent institutions.
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This document discusses the debate around whether states should be allowed to file for bankruptcy. It outlines arguments on both sides of the issue. The cons of allowing state bankruptcy include challenges to states' sovereignty, interfering with state lawmaking processes, and potentially destabilizing municipal bond markets. However, the pros include establishing a framework to bring all constituencies together to address fiscal issues, avoiding defaults through an orderly process, increasing transparency, and avoiding federal bailouts. The document concludes by suggesting a bipartisan task force be formed to further study the complex issue and make recommendations.
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The document discusses the mortgage market, including what a mortgage is, the primary and secondary markets, the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, impacts of the mortgage crisis, and the future of the mortgage market. It notes that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase about 80% of new home mortgages and held $1.5 trillion in mortgages and MBS by 2008. The government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as conservator in 2008 and introduced programs like HAMP to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. The future of the GSEs and mortgage-backed securities is uncertain and dependent on economic conditions.
In a speech following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and in the midst of the accompanying U.S. recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made a declaration that turned the world of the investment bankers upside down. Greenspan declared that the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) stood prepared to maintain a highly accommodative policy stance for as long as needed to promote satisfactory economic performance. Translated from central banker speak, what Greenspan meant is that he is willing to inflate the money supply and hence lower interest rates for as long as necessary to “revive” the economy and repair it from the shock it received on that fateful day. What this meant for investors in the U.S. Treasury bond market is that they were not going to make any money on U.S. treasury securities for a very long time. Smart investors, diverted from the bond market, scanned Wall Street for a similar low-risk, high-return investment that could take the place of U.S. Treasury securities, and they fell in love with residential mortgages. On September 18, 2008, after months of economic anxiety and several massive bailouts of distressed firms by the government, the stock market had its largest single-day drop since September 11, 2001. Officials and commentators declared an economic emergency and moved on two fronts. The Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board ("Fed") dusted off a 1932 statute and invoked the Fed's authority to stabilize failing firms by lending them money, although some were allowed to fail.
The document discusses the causes of the Great Depression and the 2008 Financial Crisis. Both crises were caused by under-regulated financial sectors that engaged in risky practices and excessive debt. Conditions like high private and public debt, a bubble economy based on new technologies, and cheap credit contributed to the Depression. The response to the crises differed but the regulations established after the Depression like Glass-Steagall informed later laws such as Dodd-Frank. The document also examines the causes of the European sovereign debt crisis, including weaknesses in the Maastricht Treaty and Growth and Stability Pact, tax evasion, and unequal economic conditions within the Eurozone.
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1. Johnson–Crapo Housing Finance Reform Misguided
Senators Tim Johnson (D?SD) and Mike Crapo (R?ID) have released a new housing finance reform
bill, and as expected, it is very similar to the bill that Senators Bob Corker (R?TN) and Mark Warner
(D?VA) released last June.
Both Senate proposals would wind down the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac, but both would also replace the GSEs with a new government agency. Both bills
magnify the problems that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, but the Johnson?Crapo bill goes
even further than the Corker?Warner approach.
The Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation (FMIC)
The centerpiece of the Johnson?Crapo legislation is the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation
(FMIC), a new government entity that serves several purposes. First, the FMIC acts as a new federal
regulator of the mortgage industry, designed to monitor the safety and soundness of various
financial institutions. The current regulator of the GSEs, the Federal Housing Finance Agency,
would become an independent agency within the FMIC.
Another key FMIC function is to administer a special fund to cover losses on mortgage-backed
securities (MBS). Essentially, the FMIC is designed to take over the insurance function that the
current GSEs provide on MBS. The FMIC would provide an explicit taxpayer guarantee of 90 percent
of losses on these securities, whereas Fannie and Freddie provided an implicit federal backing of
losses. Proponents of this new approach argue that it improves the old system because the FMIC
requires private capital to share in the losses.
2. In particular, Johnson?Crapo requires a 10 percent first-loss provision. The idea is that the FMIC
picks up the tab only after losses exceed the amount put up by private investors, thus providing a
?risk-sharing mechanism.?
There are at least two problems with this logic. First, this mechanism allows private investors to
price their own risk knowing that their losses are capped, thus leading to more risk taking. Second,
Section 305 of Johnson?Crapo allows the FMIC to waive the risk-sharing provision in the event of a
financial crisis (up to three times in any three-year period).
In other words, 90 percent of private investors? losses will be covered unless there is a national
crisis, in which case they would lose nothing.[1] As the 2008 crisis made clear, these are the kinds of
government guarantees that lead to more leverage in the economy, thus magnifying underlying
economic risks.
Advocates of this approach claim that such risk sharing does not amount to a taxpayer-funded
bailout because the FMIC provides loss coverage through a federal mortgage insurance fund, which
in turn is funded by user fees that MBS investors would pay. The reality, though, is that these types
of government funds merely amount to obligations that, in the event of a crisis, would simply be paid
from tax revenue. In fact, Section 303(d)(9) states:
The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all amounts from the
Mortgage Insurance Fund which may be required to be paid under any insurance provided under
3. this title.
This provision is more than a minor footnote to the first-loss provision and the supposed taxpayer
protections in the Johnson?Crapo bill. The bill makes it clear to all investors that taxpayers will be on
the hook for losses in a crisis, just as they were under the old GSE system. But now there is an
explicit statement and a known maximum loss.
The FMIC and Affordable Housing Goals
The Johnson?Crapo bill claims to end the affordable housing goals of the old GSE system, and
technically it does.[2] However, it replaces these goals with a more nebulous mandate. Section 210
gives the FMIC the explicit purpose of ensuring ?equitable access to lenders and borrowers.? This
section of the bill even requires the FMIC to define segments of the ?primary mortgage market in
which lenders and eligible borrowers have been determined to lack equitable access to the housing
finance system.?[3] The bill then provides an example of the ?traditionally? underserved markets
that the FMIC may define, a list that closely follows the groups included in the GSEs? housing goals.
In addition to this general expansion of the idea behind the affordable housing goals, the
Johnson?Crapo bill makes several specific changes ostensibly related to low-income housing. The bill
expands both the base and the rate for the national Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet
Fund.[4] While current law would apply a 4.2 basis point fee to the GSEs? new purchases of
mortgages, the Senate bills increase the fee to 10 basis points and apply that rate to the outstanding
principal of mortgages eligible for FMIC purchase.
4. In other words, money would be supplied to both of these housing funds at a higher rate than under
current law, and the annual amount would be sure to grow because each year?s purchases raise the
outstanding principal. Aside from these specific increases, Title V of Johnson?Crapo also gives the
FMIC the flexibility to adjust the fees it charges individual participants in the secondary market
based (partly) on their record in underserved markets.
Section 504 also creates the new Market Access Fund with the explicit purpose of providing grants
?to address the homeownership and rental housing needs of extremely low-, very low-, low-, and
moderate-income and underserved or hard-to-serve populations.? Collectively, these funds would
result in even more money being doled out as block grants to so-called affordable housing groups for
programs that are difficult to monitor and nearly impossible to evaluate. Compounding this problem
is the fact that the FMIC would serve both as the overseer of this affordable housing mission and as
the industry?s safety and soundness regulator?a feature of the old system that failed miserably.
What Congress Should Do
Congress should:
Reject the approaches being offered in the Senate bills. Both of these policies provide explicit
taxpayer guarantees that are not necessary.
Adopt a policy that gets the federal government out of the U.S. housing finance market. One good
example of such a plan is in House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling?s (R?TX)
Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act.
Prevent a Government Takeover
The Johnson?Crapo bill, like the Corker?Warner proposal, contains policy that is misguided for
numerous reasons. Johnson?Crapo creates a new government entity with an ill-defined affordable
housing mandate and the explicit authority to protect MBS investors in the event of a financial crisis.
If the Senate?s approach is adopted, banks will be the only segment of the market left without an
explicit guarantee against mortgage losses.
The Senate bills would not help people buy homes; they would only protect investors and special
interests at taxpayers? expense.
?Norbert J. Michel, PhD, is a Research Fellow in Financial Regulations in the Thomas A. Roe
Institute for Economic Policy Studies and John L. Ligon is Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for
Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
[1] It could be argued that certain companies in the system envisioned under Johnson?Crapo would
not receive full protection, but exactly how such a scenario would work is unclear.
[2] Press release, ?Johnson, Crapo Announce Agreement on Housing Finance Reform,? Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, March 11, 2014,
5. http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressReleases&ContentRec
ord_id=ef6c85f2-9ba5-ccf0-6a01-1d83fcf2f502 (accessed March 23, 2014.)
[3] The FMIC can define up to eight such segments in the primary market (i.e., the market where
individuals borrow money to purchase a home as opposed to the secondary market, where those
mortgages are sold as part of MBS).
[4] Corker?Warner also proposes to expand these funds. See Norbert Michel and John Ligon, ?GSE
Reform: Trust Funds or Slush Funds?? Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 4080, November 7,
2013,
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