Issue: Financial Markets

Recent volatility in financial markets poses serious challenges for the nation’s economy. Millions of families have already lost their homes or are struggling to keep them. Many more families will feel the impact of a weak economy and credit constraints in struggling to pay bills or trying to purchase a home. Policymakers can reduce volatility in financial markets by reforming regulatory policy and encouraging sounder mortgage options.

Events

• The Future of Housing and Credit Markets. A Hamilton Project paper release and discussion, September 23, 2008.

Housing Discussion Papers

All Hamilton Research and Commentary

• An Opt-Out Home Mortgage System
  by Michael S. Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Eldar Shafir
  
  
• Facilitating Shared Appreciation Mortgages to Prevent Housing Crashes and Affordability Crises
  by Andrew Caplin, Noël B. Cunningham, Mitchell Engler, and Frederick Pollock
  
  

All Hamilton Research and Commentary

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