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The U.S. Foreclosure Crisis: A Two-Pronged Assault on the Economy

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The foreclosure problem affects real economic activity and financial markets. The timing of developments in the housing market will limit how fast markets restore stability and growth. The Federal Reserve has complicated the problem by creating new lending programs that redirected its credit supply to private financial institutions and in the process violated the first rule of central banking to lend liberally in a liquidity crisis. This failure, compounded by providing a backstop to questionable securities, has slowed market adjustment and risks lengthening and deepening the crisis. This chapter reviews and evaluates the foreclosure crisis, its real impacts in the economy, the financial market effects of the surge in mortgage foreclosures, and the monetary policy response to the problem.

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  • John A. Tatom, 2009. "The U.S. Foreclosure Crisis: A Two-Pronged Assault on the Economy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Robert R. Bliss & George G. Kaufman (ed.), Financial Institutions and Markets, chapter 6, pages 131-154, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-10324-5_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230103245_6
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    Keywords

    Monetary Policy; Hedge Fund; Federal Fund Rate; Federal Housing Administration; Housing Start;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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