Today on TAP: What did we learn from the financial collapse of September 2008? Not enough.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Return of ‘Whites Only’ Signs?
A ruling in Illinois from a Democratic-approved judge would invalidate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in actions taken before the application stage.
Posted inTAP
Memo to Jay Powell: Quit While You Are Ahead
Today on TAP: The May inflation report was sublime. Time to start cutting interest rates.
Posted inHousing
Economists Hate Rent Control. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
Half of Americans, namely homeowners, already have rent control. It’s time to expand it to everyone.
Posted inTAP
Will the Fed Wreck an Improving Economy?
Today on TAP: Both the inflation and the employment outlook continue to improve.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Model-Dependent Policymaking Ignores Race
Despite decades of policies aimed at creating new generations of homeowners, many African Americans grapple with a hostile housing sector. Where did the assumptions go wrong?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rumored Fed Nominee Thinks Tim Geithner Did Right by Homeowners
President Biden may nominate Janice Eberly, former deputy to the mastermind of America’s foreclosure crisis.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Mortgage Bankers Scrambling Over Conservative Court Ruling
Faced with the potential invalidation of CFPB’s funding structure, the top lobbyist for mortgage companies asks Congress to write the agency’s rules into law.
Posted inEconomic Policy
KeyBank Promised to Increase Low-Income Lending, Then Did the Opposite
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition charges that the bank failed to follow through on written commitments that helped get a merger approved.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Already in a Hole, the Federal Reserve Keeps Digging
Unfounded Fed tightening myths are backfiring on the economy.