The Author of the Administration's Housing Finance Report, Arnold …
February 11, 2011 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
So, basically, the Administration outsourced its policy on the entire future of housing finance to a professor and a grad student, neither of whom appears to have spent a single day working the mortgage industry. …
The Author of the Administration's Housing Finance Report, Arnold …
February 11, 2011 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
So, basically, the Administration outsourced its policy on the entire future of housing finance to a professor and a grad student, neither of whom appears to have spent a single day working the mortgage industry. …
Housing Finance Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of …
December 1, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
Portfolio lending savings and loan associations, the traditional backbone of the US housing finance system, were forced to subsidize interest rate risk. Federally chartered S&Ls in particular were required to finance fixed rate …
Housing Finance Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of …
December 1, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
Portfolio lending savings and loan associations, the traditional backbone of the US housing finance system, were forced to subsidize interest rate risk. Federally chartered S&Ls in particular were required to finance fixed rate …
Finance, TARP, and the Great Recession, Arnold Kling | EconLog …
October 1, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
Finance , TARP, and the Great Recession. Arnold Kling. October 1, 2010
Finance, TARP, and the Great Recession, Arnold Kling | EconLog …
October 1, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
Finance , TARP, and the Great Recession.
The Future of Finance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of …
September 8, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
Several chapters, particularly the first two, ask whether the growth of finance is good or bad for the economy as a whole. Boone and Johnson answer this in the negative. So would I.
Modern Finance vs. Portfolio Balance Theory, Arnold Kling …
July 13, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Business
To me, it seems that finance theory wants to pull in the direction of Fed impotence.
30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Debate, Arnold Kling | EconLog …
June 22, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Business
However, I think that a mortgage that amortizes over 30 years, with an interest-rate adjustment every five years, and no teaser rate would be better than any of the common mortgages here. The five-year fixed term would suit many people, …
Remarks on U.S. Mortgage Finance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library …
May 27, 2010 by Arnold Kling
Filed under Finance
At a conference yesterday on mortgage finance, I managed to turn a discussion of the future of securitization into a discussion of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage . I think that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is an artifact of …
