Americans have $1 trillion problem
While large numbers defy comprehension, Americans should try to wrap their minds around the huge sums of money owed on the fastest growing segment of the federal budget. The interest […]
While large numbers defy comprehension, Americans should try to wrap their minds around the huge sums of money owed on the fastest growing segment of the federal budget. The interest […]
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A heated debate is raging in Congress over whether to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. The Ex-Im Bank, as it is commonly known, is an independent federal agency charged with providing credit assistance for U.S. exporters. Beneficiaries include large corporations (in 2012, over 80% of the guarante...
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Ask most finance experts about the “world’s largest financial institutions,” and you’ll hear names like Citigroup, ICBC (China’s largest bank) and HSBC. However, governments top the list of large financial institutions, with investment and insurance operations that dwarf those of any private enterpr...
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The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy is proud to be highlighted by “From Ideas to Inventions: 103 Ways MIT is Making a Better World.” MIT is home to some of the most innovative problem-solvers in the world, across 30 departments as well as in dozens of centers, labs, and programs. We are hono...
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In a recent Boston Globe article about rising interest rates, Eric Rosengren, a visiting professor with the Center and former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, offers his perspective.
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The Golub Center congratulates the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022 winner, Ben S. Bernanke.
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by Luis Enrique Vivas Martinez / We are pleased to announce the launch of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy’s educational tool on housing finance reform.
By Douglas Criscitello / With taxpayers at risk for $20 trillion in loans and insured obligations, worth more than the five largest American bank companies combined, the United States government...
by Deborah Lucas / It has been 10 years since the federal government took emergency actions in response to the financial crisis of 2008. Were those expensive interventions good investments?
The United States government today is one of the largest consumer lending institutions in the world. Its expansive loan portfolio has been growing for years with little attention given to […]