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My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 4

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:44:02 +0000

So, who did I recommend for the next meeting at the Treasury? (I think there will be one.) Economists View http://economistsview.typepad.com/ Cafe Americain http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/ Market-Ticker http://market-ticker.denninger.net/ Econbrowser http://www.econbrowser.com/ ...

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Curious Meeting at Treasury Department

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:19:23 +0000

The Treasury invited a small group of bloggers for a “discussion” with senior officials on Monday. Initially, the meeting was to be background, which is a sort of journalistic “FYI but you can’t use it” but we were told at the meeting that we could discuss the ...

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My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 3

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:54:41 +0000

Going back to bank stress-testing for a moment, one interesting thing that a Treasury official said at the meeting was that unemployment did not have a big effect on foreclosures. Unemployment has a big effect on credit card defaults, but not foreclosures. I disagree. As a multi-purpose ...

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My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 2

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:19:36 +0000

Before I start this evening, to all my fellow bloggers out there, if you were invited to the gathering at the US Treasury and did not come, I have a request and a question: If you were invited, send me an e-mail . Tell me why you decided not to come, if you would. If present trends ...

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Key Parts of Financial Stability Improvement Act

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:04 +0000

Here are some key parts of the draft legislation hashed out between House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.) and the Treasury Department. 1) It would create a financial services oversight council, chaired by the Treasury Secretary, which would consist of Federal ...

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My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 1

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:48:53 +0000

This will have to be brief, because I am tired. I have had to deal with family and work issues today, and only now have time to blog. You might have seen my fanciful post, Fallowhaven, Part 1 . I wrote that because I thought I could reveal almost nothing of my visit to the US Treasury ...

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Fannie + Goldman + US Treasury + Tax Credits = Complex Mess

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:18:50 +0000

In a prior job, I spent a decent amount of time on Affordable Housing tax credits . The idea was to reduce my life insurance company client’s taxable income to the point where they would be close to but not subject to the corporate alternative minimum tax. Occasionally my work would ...

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U.S. Unlikely to Recoup Auto Bailouts, G.A.O. Says

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:59:00 +0000

A government report released Monday concludes that taxpayers will probably never recoup all - or even close to all - of the $67 billion that the Treasury Department lent to General Motors and Chrysler in the last year to prevent their collapse.

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Some Praise and Questions for the US Treasury

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:04 +0000

1) Perhaps the US Treasury is getting a few things right. Let’s start with lengthening the average maturity of Treasury debt. I have backed this idea in the past . It is worthy to note that zero coupon yields peak out around 20 years out, and then start declining. It is quite possible ...

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