For decades, William Isaac’s insights on the U.S. financial system have been featured in leading news publications. Now, you can browse them all in one location.
in leading business publications
By David Malpass
The following is an article by David Malpass of Encima Global urging the Fed to stop buying government bonds. It is compelling so I asked David for permission to post it on my website. Malpass is a Former Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary and writes regularly for Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.
By Wayne Lusvardi for Crown City News
In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer got on his high horse to state “California isn’t broken,” won’t default on its debt payments, and isn’t anti-business.
Interview of William Isaac by John R. Engen for Bank Director Magazine
Former FDIC chairman Bill Isaac has taken the reins as the new chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp., the first banking agency head to assume the chairman’s role back on the other side of the fence. Bank Director spoke to him about his career, growing the bank, and why, in his view, Dodd-Frank is an unmitigated disaster.
Jim Baker (former chief of staff to President Reagan, former Secretary of the Treasury and former Secretary of State) gave the following speech at Princeton University on November 19, 2010 on the political challenges facing America. I recommend it to you highly. – William Isaac
By Cheyenne Hopkins for American Banker
Though House Republicans are almost certain to be frustrated in trying to repeal provisions of the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform statute, they are likely to find more success in using oversight powers to curb the law’s implementation.
By David Malpass
The following is an article by David Malpass of Encima Global on the Fed’s decision to purchase some $600 billion of long-term government bonds. It’s cogent, concise and well worth reading so I asked David for permission to put it on my website. Malpass is a Former Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary and writes regularly for Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.
The following is an article by Alex Pollock of the American Enterprise Institute on what we need to do to clean up the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mess. It is so cogent I had to put it on my website with Alex’s blessing.
Ten recommendations for rebuilding a sturdier, more rational housing finance system
By Alex J. Pollock for Mortgage Banking Magazine
American housing finance is living in the wake of the great housing bubble of 2000-2006 and its collapse into the panic of 2007-2009. With house prices having fallen more than 30 percent from peak to trough-something previously considered impossible- they have now arrived back at their long-term trend line.
By Fiona Harris for Investor Daily
The US government’s failure to address a loss of confidence fuelled panic during the GFC, a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman says.
By Dr. Pitchfork for The Daily Bail
The little-known story behind the House’s initial rejection of TARP from Bill Isaac’s new book Senseless Panic.