September 4, 2010

Weekend Notes: The Loan Modification Edition

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Loan Modification Plans The US government and JP Morgan Chase race to massive loan modification plans. Naked Capitalism reviews the JP Morgan plan with skepticism: So despite the use of mortgage counsellors, borrowers are NOT being assessed on an individual basis. I hate to sound like a perennial skeptic, but I doubt that these programs will be terribly successful (although pushing foreclosures off even two or three quarters will probably make the bank's financials look better, and they presumably … [Read more...]

Ben Bernanke Talks to New York Economic Club

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It is mostly about FINANCIAL MARKETS: Bernanke Themes: Talk about unique nature of the financial market crisis Recent history recapped, as only an economic historian could More about TARP Federal Reserve's role in all this, relative to Treasury and FDIC Stabilization confidence talk Oops, a little talk about inflation again... Global coordination is still important Full Text of Bernanke's address to New York Economic Club. (word analysis: wordle.net) … [Read more...]