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GCFP Director and Executive Director in American Banker
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Deborah Lucas and Ed Golding in the American Banker on preventing another SVB fiasco.
GCFP appoints Jan Eberly as Distinguished Senior Fellow
GCFP appoints Jan Eberly as Distinguished Senior Fellow
Economic Fitness As a Tool for Sovereign Development Funds
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Sovereign Development Funds’ (SDFs) dual mandate of pursuing financial or commercial objectives alongside long-term strategic and developments goals presents several challenges. First, SDFs must identify why [...]
What is the Social Discount Rate? MIT Economists Weigh In
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In a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget on Circular A-4 that guides federal agencies in conducting benefit-cost analyses, a dozen MIT professors, many affiliated with the Golub Center for Finance and Policy, offered suggestions [...]
Comments on Draft Revisions to OMB Circulars A-4 and A-94
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued draft Circulars A-4 and A-94 for public comment earlier this year. Circular A-4 is the set of guidelines governing [...]
Edward Golding op-ed on FHFA and mortgage risk pricing
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MAY 4 – 2023 “BankThink: No, FHFA is not encouraging a race to the bottom.” Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acting in its capacity as conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, made some modest changes in the pricing of mortgage risk. These modest changes [...]
Robert Pozen: Local Banks Need Government Support
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Robert Pozen, MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer and member of the GCFP Advisory Board, writes in Market Watch that it is imperative for the government to take steps to preserve mid-sized banks. He offers [...]