Despite some controversy over how the Dodd-Frank provisions will impact recovery of the housing market, the provisions of the act are moving forward. The FDIC and Federal Reserve have approved provisions that require all lenders with $50 billion in assets or more to prepare detailed bankruptcy blueprints so that these bigger lenders can be liquidated [...]
The Federal Reserve economic summary from the field offices mid-July through August 2011 shows only modest economic recovery, and in the area of housing, most markets are considered weak. The basis of the report is anecdotal evidence from sources outside each regional Federal Reserve branch. The only branches reporting moderate economic gains were St. Louis, [...]
Each month Fannie Mae takes the pulse of the economy in its Survey and it found in August growing pessimism on the part of the American public on a range of economic problems from the housing crisis to household finances, to the economy in general. A total of 78% of the Americans surveyed said that [...]
Thursday President Obama revealed the outline of a jobs bill he plans to have introduced in Congress called the American Jobs Bill. There appears not to be a completed final document, but a factsheet is available at the White House site. Tax cuts represent the lion’s share of the bill at $240 billion. The payroll [...]
The Commerce Department’s estimate of the growth that occurred in the U.S. economy in the 2nd quarter of 2011 was revised downwards in its Aug. 26 2nd quarter report. The economy grew at an almost flat 1% during the 2nd quarter of 2011, adding to the downgraded GDP of .4% in the first quarter to make the actual growth for the first half of 2011 only 1.4%.
Yale’s Jackson Institute senior fellow and nonexecutive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, Stephen Roach, has proposed that relieving over-leveraged Americans of their consumer debt is one “simple” way to quickly get through the current debt pain experienced in the economy. Debt forgiveness was last tried in the 1930s at the height of the Great Depression. [...]
The bureau given birth by Elizabeth Warren in the wake of the Dodd-Frank Act to set rules and coordinate regulations of the housing finance industry, the Federal Consumer Protection Bureau (FCPB) officially opened its doors for business last week. The President, however, did not appoint Warren as its new chair. The new nominee, Richard Cordray, [...]
The John Burns Real Estate Consulting company puts out a report card regularly on the state of real estate. The current report reveals that on the 63 year old “misery index” representing the sum of unemployment and inflation, the current measure of pain is at 12.7 compared to the misery index average of 9.5%. No [...]
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