COVID-19: Where We Are Now and How We Can Safely Climb Out of the Economic Hole We’re In, Part I

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COVID-19: Where We Are Now and How We Can Safely Climb Out of the Economic Hole We’re In, Part I

May 17, 2020

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Rising interest rates will be tough on small businesses by William C. Dunkelberg and William M. Isaac published by American Banker May 2, 2022 For the past few years, the availability of qualified workers has been the top business problem for small firms, trumping taxes and government regulations, historically popular choices. Today, the No. 1 issue is inflation. The Federal Reserve says it has the tools to bring inflation back down to 2%, which, by the way, is not ...
Are Large Regional Banks Systemically Risky? by William M. Isaac April 19, 2022 Mergers among large regional banks have become a hot button topic of late, resulting in a recent feud among the board members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael Hsu, raised the issue again recently at a Wharton Financial Regulation Conference. I applaud the Acting Comptroller for highlighting and pursuing ...
From economic sleight of hand to stark reality by Thomas P. Vartanian and William M. Isaac published by The Hill on March 21, 2022 March 21, 2022 Politicians must think voters live in an alternate reality. Why else would they push fantastic fictions about the boogeymen they claim are responsible for inflation, when every morning they see the culprit staring back at them in the mirror? The bill for years of unbounded spending and pandering for votes is coming due, and, as is ...
It’s time to cut the FDIC Board down to size by William M. Isaac published by American Banker on March 18, 2022 March 18, 2022 Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair expressed her concerns this week about the recent turmoil at the FDIC which led to Chairman Jelena McWilliams resigning prior to the end of her statutory term. The FDIC board, by law, is to be composed of five members, no more than three of which can be ...
Inflation: Where do we go from here? By William M. Isaac and Richard M. Kovacevich published by The Hill on February 5, 2022. February 7, 2022 In just the past two decades, Congress and several administrations, with full support from the Federal Reserve, have grown our budget deficit to over 130 percent of GDP with no end in sight. This increase has put the U.S. among the top 10 worst deficits in the world, alongside Greece and Italy. According to the ...
It’s time to rethink the mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank system by Cornelius Hurley and William M. Isaac published by American Banker January 31, 2022 Below is an open letter to Sandra L. Thompson, President Biden’s nominee for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Dear Ms. Thompson: Please add our voices to the chorus of those cheering President Biden’s nomination of you as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Your extensive record of achievement at the FHFA and the Federal ...

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