Housing market experts talked about the financial health of U.S. consumers and its impact on the housing market. Topics included the root causes of difficulty in obtaining mortgages for low-…
199 viewsConsumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) advisory board members talked about a range of consumer finance market issues. CFPB Director Richard Cordray made opening remarks.
484 viewsHousing industry and policy experts talked about the future of homeownership. They focused on the benefits and costs of homeownership and the role of lenders, investors and government polici…
189 viewsThe Departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development co-sponsored a conference on the future of housing finance in anticipation of a comprehensive proposal for new regulations t…
1,093 viewsPeter Gosselin, national economics correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, spoke about his book High Wire (Basic Books). In his book, Mr. Gosselin contends that twenty-five years of free ma…
114 viewsSarah Rosen Wartell made welcoming remarks and spoke about housing finance and the future of federal regulation of mortgage policies in light of recent turmoil in credit markets. Susan Wacht…
305 viewsThe Consumer Federation of America hosted this event where participants talked about the use of debit and gift cards by retailers, restrictions placed on redeeming the cards, and consumer sp…
117 viewsGovernment officials, consumer advocates, and banking officials testified about proposed regulatory and legislative changes to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act enacted in 1994 th…
4,814 viewsEllen Seidman and Kenneth Ryder talked about the report issued on the financial health of savings and loan institutions during the second quarter of 1999. They stated that although the quart…
35 viewsHouse Banking & Financial Services committee held an hearing where regulatory officials and banking leaders testified about the banking industry’s ability to cope with the year 2000 computer…
295 viewsHouse Banking and Financial Services Committee members heard testimony about planned financial services mergers between Citicorp and Travelers Group, as well as Nations Bank and Bank America…
234 viewsNewly appointed Director Seidman spoke about the future of the savings and loan industry in the U.S. She spoke about financial services modernization, chartering new thrifts, the role of thr…
48 viewsSeveral administration officials briefed reporters on the state of private pension funds in the U.S. Afterwards, Michael McCurry, White House Press Secretary, took questions on other issues,…
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