Friday, September 23, 2011



Bubblicious
(or This Time It's Different)

NY Fed's Duddley: Financial Stability and Economic Growth by Calculated Risk
"[W]hen [bubbles] are underway, [they] are typically enjoyable. As a result, regulatory interventions that temper booms normally are going to be unpopular."

From NY Fed President William Dudley: Financial Stability and Economic Growth. Dudley makes several interesting comments. I've long argued that the primary causes of the housing bubble were rapid innovation in the mortgage market combined with a lack of regulatory oversight.

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