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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The GSEs were authorized by congressional legislation to perform a very specific set of activities, primarily focused on providing loans to consumers or businesses for a designated purpose, and mostly related to real estate and housing. the legislation establishing them). A few of the recommendations require legislation by Congress. [4]

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away. Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees?

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The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? Question #4: Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? When might we learn what Trump II has actually decided about its position on GSE conservatorship exit? See [link] ). [3]