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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

18 It is worth noting that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), from time to time, estimates the value of the subsidies to the FHLB system. It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 billion of losses by just four of the FHLBs in 2009 and 2010. billion for fiscal 2024.

2008 59
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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business.

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It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. This let the system get sloppy in terms of finance, budgeting, and understanding why "WMATA is so successful at funding operations from farebox revenue." They charge two.

2006 52