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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)

Like F&F, FHLB leadership teams are motivated to maximize profits. 11] This effort may or may not have been particularly successful – there is little evidence one way or the other, but it is, at minimum, revealing of the mindset of FHLB leadership. [12] 20] This is the center of a range of a plausible amount of $5.3

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Conservatives were very vociferous in opposing the changes, most notably in two prominent Wall Street Journal editorials: “Upside Down Mortgage Policy” (April 22, 2023) and “Spinning Federal Mortgage Fees” (April 28, 2023). those with a principal amount over $726,200 in 2023 33 ).