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Save to My PortfolioTackling the Mortgage Crisis: 10 Action Steps for State Government

Alan Mallach, May 29, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Tackling the Mortgage Crisis: 10 Action Steps for State GovernmentThe mortgage foreclosure crisis has become an issue of growing concern over the past two years, particularly in many older industrial communities. This paper proposes a set of 10 action steps that state leaders can take to help mitigate its impact on families and neighborhoods—and prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future. Read More

Mortgage Market, Housing, Financial Services, Banking, Cities

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Save to My PortfolioThe Great Credit Squeeze

Sheila Bair, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Martin Neil Baily and Robert E. Litan, May 16, 2008

The Great Credit SqueezeHow could America's sophisticated financial system go so wrong and cause so much damage? Martin Baily, Douglas Elmendorf and Robert Litan answered that question at a public forum and suggested policy actions to reduce the chance that history repeats itself. FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair offered her own proposal to ease the crisis.

Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Housing, Mortgage Market, U.S. Economy

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Save to My PortfolioHow the Great Credit Squeeze Happened and How to Prevent Another

Friday, May 16, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Reuters/Rebecca CookHow could America's sophisticated financial system go so wrong and cause so much damage? Martin Baily, Douglas Elmendorf and Robert Litan answered that question in a new paper released at this public forum. The authors, following opening remarks by FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, put forward a specific agenda of policy actions to reduce the chance that history repeats itself. Read More

Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Housing, Mortgage Market, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPay-Day Lenders, Check Cashing Outlets and Other Alternative Financial Services

Rebecca M. Blank, April 16, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Stability of Global Financial Markets

Lex Rieffel, April 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCapital Account Liberalization, Real Wages, and Productivity

Peter Blair Henry and Diego Sasson, March 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWestern Banks Must Take Their Own Medicine

Erik Berglöf, February 28, 2008, Financial Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFinancial Access without Expertise: Consumer Implications of the Credit Crisis

Matt Fellowes, February 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBanking on Wealth: America’s New Retail Banking Infrastructure and Its Wealth-Building Potential

Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, January 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Economic Power of Uncertainty: The Role of Consumer Credit Bureaus

Matt Fellowes, December 14, 2007, Federal Reserve Board, Forum on Credit Scores

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Subprime Mortage Crisis and Central Banks: a Rock and a Hard Place

Urjit R. Patel, November 11, 2007, Business Standard

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBeyond Tax Preparation: Measuring the Market Impact of Wealth Building Initiatives

Matt Fellowes, October 02, 2007, 2007 National Community Tax Coalition Annual Conference / Denver, CO

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNotes on Policy Responses to the Subprime Mortgage Unraveling

Douglas W. Elmendorf, September 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIs the "Surge" Working? Some New Facts

Michael Greenstone, September 2007, Working Paper

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe High Price of Easy Credit

Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, June 04, 2007, McClatchy Newspapers

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMaking Markets an Asset for Lower Income, Working Families

Matt Fellowes, April 09, 2007, California Assembly Banking and Finance Committee

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBeyond Microfinance: Getting Capital to Small and Medium Enterprises to Fuel Faster Development

Anthony J. Ody and David de Ferranti, March 2007, Brookings Institution

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Robert E. Litan

Robert E. Litan

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An economist and lawyer who has served in a variety of federal agencies and White House posts, Bob Litan is an expert on antitrust; banking; Internet policy; and other financial and regulatory issues.
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Peter Blair Henry

Peter Blair Henry

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Peter Henry focuses on international finance, including debt relief, capital account liberalization, emerging economies and economic reform. He also is a professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
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