Date: September 8th, 2008

GSE conservatorship: what it means, and how we got here

8 September, 2008 (09:14) | Capital markets, Ecosystems, GSEs, Global news, HERA, Subprime, US News | No comments

Hindsight always makes things clear.
 

Why didn’t I see that before?
 
With the GSEs having been placed in conservatorship – a state akin to a bank seizure to protect the depositors – a few things are clear:
 
 
Given that Treasury decided it had to do this, it’s almost certainly the right thing for the broader housing economy [...]