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GOVERNMENT LOOKED ON AS SUBPRIME MARKET IMPLODED

Topic: Federal Reserve Board, Once in a Lifetime, Federal Agencies
19. December 2007
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The Federal Reserve Board’s proposal to introduce new restrictions and requirements for mortgage lending masks the organization’s inaction in the years the subprime problem began to simmer.  Some inside the Federal Reserve tried to sound the alarm, but neither then-chief Alan Greenspan or policymakers listened.  Read Edmund Andrews of the New York Times

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