President Bush, at a news conference Wednesday afternoon, ruled out any type of taxpayer bailout for lenders threatened by the subprime crisis.According to news reports on the president's remarks, he also dismissed proposals to grant Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac greater leeway in increasing their balance sheets. Fannie has asked its regulator for permission to increase the cap on its on-balance-sheet portfolio, a move that could increase liquidity in the secondary market.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis' personal consumption expenditures inflation report for May showed that inflation had risen 4.1%, meeting elevated expectations and casting further doubt on the prospects of near-term interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
Critics of the OCC's broad preemption stance say the OCC is resurrecting an approach Congress curtailed after the financial crisis, setting up another Supreme Court test over the balance between federal banking powers and state consumer protections.
There's broad support for the effort to reduce costs and processes, but the Appraisal Institute warns about reducing property valuation quality control checks.
Foundation had introduced Version 3 of its credit risk model, using the most recent delinquency data, to improve loan performance predictions.
Fannie Mae's conservator is supporting the government-sponsored enterprise's test within certain boundaries, according to a recent social media post.
The Senate Banking Committee is slated to consider Christopher Phelen to be the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers on Thursday. Phelen has said in past academic papers that fractional reserve banking is "highly problematic."
