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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I mean, it's not like the arguing that is typical between the Executive and Legislative branches, this is an intra-government tiff. The Washington Post reports (" D.C. This is very interesting because it's one department of the city arguing with another department, both within the executive branch.

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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)

2 In November of last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of the two companies, issued its annual report on their G-fees (the G-fee Report), covering calendar year 2021. 3 In that report, the FHFA disclosed that the average G-fee across all products was 0.46

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How to Evaluate the Likelihood of GSE Reform in the Next Presidential Administration: Six Questions to Ask

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

I have also written on the inherent design flaw in F&F and the other GSEs embedded in their congressional legislation: see [link] and [link]. ]] For many years, this was considered the responsibility of Congress, which had established the GSEs by legislation – but Congress has never come close to agreeing on what changes would be needed.