The Fed Thinks YOU Should take on MORE Debt...

[chefdennis]

LOL, whats a few billion dollars more debt on an ongoing basis!?!?

Sure they will ask the banks to pay for it, but the Fed gov will guarantee it...that means the taxpayers, since the gov doesn't have any money without the taxpayers...guess they figure you can afford it...LOL...besides, they can always just print more.....

Fed economist calls for US government MBS guarantees

Fed economist calls for US government MBS guarantees | Reuters


* Fed economist wants asset-backed securities guaranteed

* Would avert Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac collapse, he argues

* Suggests guarantees similar to FDIC's structure

* Comments come as fate of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac debated

By Joe Rauch

ATLANTA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. Federal Reserve economist called on Sunday for the creation of a new federal institution to backstop losses on asset-backed securities to prevent any future collapse of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae (FNM.N) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N).

The government had to take over the mortgage finance companies in 2008 as a devastating financial crisis worsened. The two had been shareholder owned, but their congressional charters and Treasury lines of credit lent their debt securities a status just short of U.S. Treasuries in the eyes of investors.

"There ought to be government-backed ABS," said Fed economist Wayne Passmore in a presentation to the American Economic Association.

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart participated in the session but did not make comments.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even under government control, play a major role in U.S. mortgage finance, and President Barack Obama has promised to propose early in 2010 how the companies should be structured in the future.

Passmore and Fed economist Diana Han**** argued for the creation of an agency that would guarantee all forms of asset-backed securities. It would be capitalized by insurance premiums charged to financial institutions, much like the current Federal Deposit Insurance Corp system, Passmore said.

"It resolves the problems associated with systemic risk," Passmore said.

Fannie and Freddie, he argued, should also expand to securitize a host of new assets, like credit cards portfolios, that the private sector already handles.

 

[RLENT]

Yeah, I think I read something on that one or something similar (shares in the "US") the other day ..... you just couldn't even make up what these retards come up with.

I can see a future, perhaps not all that distant, where bankers may become an endangered species, perhaps along with politicians ....

 

[layoutshooter]

Yeah, I think I read something on that one or something similar (shares in the "US") the other day ..... you just couldn't even make up what these retards come up with.

I can see a future, perhaps not all that distant, where bankers may become an endangered species, perhaps along with politicians ....

Next week? Oh please let that happen no later than next week.

 

[RLENT]

Next week? Oh please let that happen no later than next week.

Lemme check my calendar ......