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 MONETARY POLICY
America is back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRUMPONOMICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GDP GROWTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RISING OIL SUPERPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Trump administration’s Opportunity Zones may attract $6 trillion of investments in economically distressed communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Opportunity Zone program is structured to encourage investment
in “hollowed out America” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Opportunities abound with OZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Federal Reserve officials debate pushing rates into “restrictive territory” .
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 FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC
CENTRAL BANKS HIKE OF INTEREST RATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . The “very tricky operation” of unwinding the Fed’s huge balance sheet
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Was synchronized global growth a “fake narrative”? ..... The Eurozone’s current state and future outlook . . . . . . . . China’s dire financial straits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . China’s hidden $6 trillion debt “iceberg” poses “titanic risk” The growing risks of the leveraged loan market . . . . . . . . .
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 How to reform the housing finance system through administrative action Good news on Fannie Mae for Fairholme preferred shareholders?. . . . . . FINDING COMMON GROUND IN HOUSING FINANCE REFORM . Accounting for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the federal budget . . . . .
COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE BUDGETARY MEASURES FOR FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS IMPACT ON FEDERAL SUBSIDY COSTS FOR NEW MORTGAGE GUARANTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“There’s something amiss at FHFA” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senate Banking Committee schedules hearing on GSEs’ pilot programs .........
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