Able Quote by Franklin Raines

We think if the economy remains weak that we could see mortgage rates trail down and we think that we could see rates below…

— Franklin Raines

They flooded liquidity in the marketplace but the mortgage rate is based much more on expectations of inflation. So if the average investor believes…

— Franklin Raines

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.

— David Axelrod

Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.

— Marek Belka

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…

— Franklin Raines

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…

— Franklin Raines

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…

— Franklin Raines

I think the concern over rising interest rates is ahead of itself because I think inflationary fears themselves might be premature,

— Sung Won Sohn

Since loans are getting more expensive and there's less money available, we're seeing a commensurate decline in growth. Higher costs and lower growth, in…

— Paul Achleitner

The Fed is pushing a variety of workarounds that would inject trillions in new money into the economy while bypassing the banking system altogether.…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

And so the danger for the housing industry is if we see interest rates rise.

— Franklin Raines

Until we stem the housing correction, until the biggest part of that is behind us and we have more stability in housing prices, we're…

— Henry Paulson