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Panel members talked about the future of subprime mortgages using Edward Gramlich’s book “Subprime Mortgages: America’s Latest Boom and Bust” as the point of conversation. They debated the p…

Ms. Calmes moderated a discussion among former directors of the Congressional Budget Office about the federal budget process and its prospects for change in the 110th Congress. Among the iss…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered the keynote address at the 2006 conference of the Opportunity Finance Network. The conference addressed the challenges and opportunities of br…

Federal Reserve Board Governor Edward Gramlich, who was introduced by Mr. Harney, spoke to the National Association of Real Estate Editors about housing and mortgage finance from the perspec…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the legal and regulatory practices for credit card issuers. They focused on disclosure and marketing efforts aimed a…

Federal Reserve Board Governor Edward Gramlich spoke about the future of Social Security and responded to audience questions.

Government officials, consumer advocates, and banking officials testified about proposed regulatory and legislative changes to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act enacted in 1994 th…

Witnesses testified about the future funding of Social Security. Mr. Walker talked about what the president’s proposal does and does not do for Social Security. Mr. Koitz described the opera…

Members of the President’s Advisory Council on Social Security talked about the divisions over the future of Social Security, saying that three different plans to preserve the system were en…

The National Economists Club hosted a panel to discuss the federal budget process.

Congressional Budget Office Acting Director Edward Gramlich answered viewer questions about the ongoing budget negotiations between Congress and the Reagan Administration. The negotiators ha…

The House Education and Labor committee held an oversight hearing on the impact of the sequestrations put in place by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings anti-deficit law on federal education programs…