Norbert Michel studies and writes about housing finance, including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as The Heritage Foundation’s research fellow in financial regulations. Read his research.
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The Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), a leading lobbyist for the financial services industry, has released a statement titled “Heritage Dismissal of Importance of the 30… Read More
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Despite massive fiscal and monetary stimulus since the financial crisis, the economy continues to disappoint. The big news this past week was that the BEA… Read More
When reports of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Operation Choke Point surfaced in 2013, the Obama Administration insisted that the program was meant to stop… Read More
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The House Financial Services Committee is set to mark up more than a dozen bills Tuesday, all aimed at reforming financial market regulations. Most of… Read More
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Mel Watt, President Obama’s new Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director, has broken his silence and has left no doubt that he will break with… Read More
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Janet Yellen’s latest testimony before the Senate Budget Committee confirmed my long-held belief about the Federal Reserve: People give the institution way too much credit…. Read More
The Senate is expected to vote next week on the Energy Savings and Industrial and Competitiveness Act, sponsored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Rob Portman,… Read More
In an effort to reform the nation’s housing finance system, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) will hold a… Read More
The Economist and George Selgin have provided us with two complementary pieces of financial history that provide background on the founding of the Federal Reserve…. Read More
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan lamented statistics from a Pew report showing Hispanics lost 66 percent of their net worth between… Read More
