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Fannie Mae will need a bailout (prophesy)

By Divorced one like Bush ”From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,” said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the…

What went wrong ?

…the fees of regulated firms. So they competed in laxness. The obscure office of thrift supervision sure isn’t obscure any more. 27. Most people had no clue what was happening….

1204 and forever…more unitary executive?

…Sheila Bair, John C. Dugan (Comptroller of the Currency), Daniel K. Tarullo (Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), John E. Bowman (Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision),…

Drum Debates Drum

…the bill was not that it allowed AIG to set up AIG-Financial products, but that it allowed AIG-FP to find a way to be regulated by the office of thrift

James Galbraith remarks

…mortgage originations, of underwriting, and of securitization. This abandonment was not subtle: The first head of the Office of Thrift Supervision in the George W. Bush administration came to a…

ANGRY BEAR’S ECONOMIC ROUNDUP

…Treasury – Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) Approves Final Rule Barring Unfair Credit Card Practices – Takes Effect July 1, 2010; Fact Sheet; and Final Rule full text 12/18 Fed…