Franklin Raines Quotes

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• If there's a severe recession, the automatic stabilizers will come into effect, and we will still try to reduce the structural deficit, but we will…
• We think if the economy remains weak that we could see mortgage rates trail down and we think that we could see rates below seven…
• Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight…
• And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession…
• And so the danger for the housing industry is if we see interest rates rise.
• And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then offset…
• I think if you go beyond a year - if this continues into the system in the out years, I think there is a risk…
• Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the…
• So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine.
• The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid.
• They flooded liquidity in the marketplace but the mortgage rate is based much more on expectations of inflation. So if the average investor believes that…
• Well, I think as long as people are talking about stimulus, I think the Fed will be thinking about cutting rates because monetary policy is…
• Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.
• Well, now, and there's - for every dollar the federal government spends, there's real people on the other side, and so when we talk about…
• Right now we think that rates will stay low, that you'll be able to get a mortgage below seven percent and that's kicked off a…
• That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our…
• We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent…
• Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're…
• Well, you know, we've got a lot of stimulus in the economy already from the tax cut, from the lowered interest rates, and also from…

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