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Book Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Download or read book Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac written by United States Congressional Budget Offi and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Classic Reprint written by United States Dept of Housin Research and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-550, Section 1355) requires that the Comptroller General of the United States, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall each conduct and submit to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (now the Committee on Banking and Financial Services) of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a study regarding the desirability and feasibility of repealing the federal charters of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), eliminating any federal sponsorship of the enterprises, and allowing the enterprises to continue to operate as fully private entities. The text of the congressional requirement is reproduced in full at the end of this introduction. This volume contains five analytical studies that were prepared to inform the four agencies as to the best current thinking on issues surrounding the concept of full privatization, preparatory to drafting their Reports to Congress on privatization. This volume supplements the separate reports of the Comptroller General, the two Secretaries, and the Director, as published independently by each agency. In addition to the five studies, the volume includes commentaries on the studies by academic experts and by Fannie Mae, and in several cases responses to the commentaries by the study authors. The commentaries were initially presented in seminars on drafts of the papers. Seminar participants included the authors, invited discussants, staff members from the four agencies and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, and representatives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The plan for the studies and seminar series was formulated by an interagency working group. This group designed the materials used in recruitment of authors, directed the author selection process, monitored preparation of the studies, and organized the seminars. It consisted of William Kruvant, William Shear, Mitchell Rachlis, Fred Evans, and Paul Thompson from the U. S. General Accounting Office; Harold Bunce, John Gardner, and Stephanie Smith from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Joan Affleck-Smith, Edward DeMarco, and Mario Ugoletti from the U. S. Department of the Treasury; and Robin Seiler and later Marvin Phaup from the Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office funded the Stanton paper, and HUD funded the other four papers. John Gardner of HUD served as general editor for this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Download or read book Studies on Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Tools of Government

Download or read book The Tools of Government written by Odus V. Elliott and published by OUP Us. This book was released on 2002-02-22 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new tools of public action have come to rely heavily on third parties - private businesses, nonprofit organisations, and other levels of government - for their operation. The Tools of Government is a comprehensive guide to the operation of these tools and to the management, accountability, policy, and theoretical issues they pose.

Book The Mounting Case for Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Download or read book The Mounting Case for Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac written by Vern McKinley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of the largest government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), receive government subsidies estimated to be worth $6 billion. Of that total, an estimated $2 billion goes directly as income to shareholders and employees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By design, the remainder of the subsidy largely diverts investment into the middle- and upper-income housing sector and away from capital sectors of the economy.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preserve their privileged status through a multi-million-dollar lobbying effort that includes massive "soft money" campaign contributions and the payment of exorbitant salaries to politically connected executives and lobbyists. The GSEs also protect their government-sponsored empire through millions of dollars of charitable donations to Washington advocacy groups.Because of their quasi-governmental status, there is a market perception that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities and debt carry an implicit federal guarantee against default. Hence, the GSEs expose the federal taxpayer to an ever-increasing potential contingent liability that could ultimately cost tens of billions of dollars to rectify.To remedy the situation, those GSEs should be stripped of the privileges of government sponsorship and be converted to fully private enterprises. The only remaining questions for analysis are when and how privatization should occur.

Book Guaranteed to Fail

Download or read book Guaranteed to Fail written by Viral V. Acharya and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why America's public-private mortgage giants threaten the world economy—and what to do about it The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to $150 billion, and substantially more will be needed. The U.S. economy--and by extension, the global financial system--has a lot riding on Fannie and Freddie. They cannot fail, yet that is precisely what these mortgage giants are guaranteed to do. How can we limit the damage to our economy, and avoid making the same mistakes in the future? Guaranteed to Fail explains how poorly designed government guarantees for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac led to the debacle of mortgage finance in the United States, weighs different reform proposals, and provides sensible, practical recommendations. Despite repeated calls for tougher action, Washington has expanded the scope of its guarantees to Fannie and Freddie, fueling more and more housing and mortgages all across the economy--and putting all of us at risk. This book unravels the dizzyingly immense, highly interconnected businesses of Fannie and Freddie. It proposes a unique model of reform that emphasizes public-private partnership, one that can serve as a blueprint for better organizing and managing government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In doing so, Guaranteed to Fail strikes a cautionary note about excessive government intervention in markets.

Book Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Download or read book Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac written by Susan M. Wachter and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On Truly Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Download or read book On Truly Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac written by Lawrence J. White and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The special status, large sizes, and recent rapid growth of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have created and/or contributed to a set of difficult policy problems that include: misguided and excessive subsidization of housing in the U.S.; the safety and soundness of the two companies; systemic risk; residential mortgage terms and structure; and the inherent efficiencies of the two companies. The two companies are embedded in a much larger web of policies that broadly and inefficiently encourage housing construction and consumption. The true privatization of the two companies is the best solution to the problems that specifically involve them and would constitute a good start toward correcting the excesses of American housing policy. This true privatization can be accomplished in a relatively clean and straightforward fashion.

Book Privatizing Fannie Mae  Freddie Mac  and the Federal Home Loan Banks

Download or read book Privatizing Fannie Mae Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks written by Peter J. Wallison and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that privatization of the government-sponsored enterprises is the only viable way to protect the taxpayers and the economy.

Book Fannie Mae s and Freddie Mac s Financial Problems

Download or read book Fannie Mae s and Freddie Mac s Financial Problems written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Government Reports Announcements   Index

Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Housing and the Financial Crisis

Download or read book Housing and the Financial Crisis written by Edward L. Glaeser and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom held that housing prices couldn’t fall. But the spectacular boom and bust of the housing market during the first decade of the twenty-first century and millions of foreclosed homeowners have made it clear that housing is no different from any other asset in its ability to climb and crash. Housing and the Financial Crisis looks at what happened to prices and construction both during and after the housing boom in different parts of the American housing market, accounting for why certain areas experienced less volatility than others. It then examines the causes of the boom and bust, including the availability of credit, the perceived risk reduction due to the securitization of mortgages, and the increase in lending from foreign sources. Finally, it examines a range of policies that might address some of the sources of recent instability.

Book Economic Security  Neglected Dimension of National Security

Download or read book Economic Security Neglected Dimension of National Security written by National Defense University (U S ) and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 24-25, 2010, the National Defense University held a conference titled “Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?” to explore the economic element of national power. This special collection of selected papers from the conference represents the view of several keynote speakers and participants in six panel discussions. It explores the complexity surrounding this subject and examines the major elements that, interacting as a system, define the economic component of national security.

Book Forthcoming Books

Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Downsizing the Federal Government

Download or read book Downsizing the Federal Government written by Chris Edwards and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2005-11-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government is running huge budget deficits, spending too much, and heading toward a financial crisis. Federal spending soared under President George W. Bush, and the costs of programs for the elderly are set to balloon in coming years. Hurricane Katrina has made the federal budget situation even more desperate. In Downsizing the Federal Government Cato Institute budget expert Chris Edwards provides policymakers with solutions to the growing federal budget mess. Edwards identifies more than 100 federal programs that should be terminated, transferred to the states, or privatized in order to balance the budget and save hundreds of billions of dollars. Edwards proposes a balanced reform package of cuts to entitlements, domestic programs, and excess defense spending. He argues that these cuts would not only eliminate the deficit, but also strengthen the economy, enlarge personal freedom, and leave a positive fiscal legacy for the next generation. Downsizing the Federal Government discusses the systematic causes of wasteful spending, and it overflows with examples of federal programs that are obsolete and mismanaged. The book examines the budget process and shows how policymakers act contrary to the interests of average Americans by favoring special interests.

Book Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies

Download or read book Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies written by Jennifer L Selin, David E. Lewis and published by . This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: