Analysis of challenges facing the administration's mortgage modification proram and recomendations for improving the performance of the program from ACORN.
Report
[7.29.09]
[7.28.09]
A Short History of Financial Deregulation in the US
Outline and timeline of the major regulatory changes over the last three decades that created the context in which the financial crisis occurred.
[7.8.09]
[6.24.09]
Bailout Report Card: What Did Obama's Team Learn
U.S. PIRG’s latest edition of its Bailout Report Card, a report focused on accountability and transparency in planning and executing the bailout programs.
[5.27.09]
The Global Financial Crisis: A Plan for Regulatory Reform
Report by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent panel of academics, on a new model of financial regulation
[5.26.09]
Reducing Foreclosures: No Easy Answers
Paper using econometrics to look at a leading argument about what is causing the foreclosure crisis and what should be done to stop it.
[5.26.09]
Press Conference, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation- The Global Financial Crisis: A Plan for Regulatory Reform
10:00 AM
National Press Club, Lisagor Room
[5.21.09]
Principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: Paper sets out a comprehensive set of principles for the sound governance, design and implementation of stress testing programs at banks. The principles address the weaknesses in banks’ stress tests that were highlighted by the financial crisis.
[5.6.09]
Who's Behind the Financial Meltdown?
Center for Public Integrity’s analysis of government data on nearly 7.2 million “high-interest” or subprime loans made from 2005 through 2007; findings include the top subprime lenders are recipients of bailout funds
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