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Witnesses testified on the the role of bank regulators in the 2008 financial crisis, using as a case history oversight efforts by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Depos…

Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari talked about the housing market and the administration of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). In his remarks he spoke …

Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the luncheon address at the National Housing Forum. In his remarks he said the federal government sho…

Witnesses testified about the state of U.S. credit and mortgage markets and efforts by the banking industry to address the current credit crisis. Among the topics they addressed were managem…

A hearing was held with the regulators of the banking industry to question them on their role in the economic downturn the United States was experiencing in March 2008. The hearing emphasize…

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talked about the subprime mortgage crisis. He talked about the governmental interests in the development of a market-based solution. He said that mortgage in…

Financial advisers discussed the ways in which the housing industry has affected capital markets, including the lessons to be learned from the market slump. After their presentations they re…

Witnesses from the financial industry and consumer advocates testified about the Mortgage Lending Act, H.R. 3915, which sets a minimum standard for borrowers' ability to repay mortgage loans…

Witnesses testified about home ownership and current subprime mortgage practices and products affecting foreclosures. They also talked about proposed guidelines for non-traditional mortgages…

The Treasury Department Office of Thrift Supervision held a forum on the national housing market and consumer issues. In opening remarks, Mr. Reich spoke about the state of the housing marke…

Witnesses testified about banking regulatory relief reform proposals, agency comments on legislation, FDIC-supported industry consensus items, multi-state bank branches, regulatory relief fo…