The Fed's Latest Housing Bubble

The Fed’s Latest Housing Bubble

Tags: Economic Policy, The Fed, U.S. Economy

05/31/2022 Mark Thornton

After the 2008 housing bust, the government supposedly set up a fail-safe mortgage program aimed at preventing future bubbles. It failed.

Original Article: “The Fed’s Latest Housing Bubble”

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