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Risky Lending

Risky Lenders Did More Aggressive Lobbying: IMF Report

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lobbying, Lending, International Monetary Fund, Risky Lending, Financial Crisis, Imf, Systemic Risk, Barry Ritholtz, Video, Business News

Over the last few few decades, financial lobbying yielded an incredible return on investment for Wall Street -- albeit, in the form of taxpayer bailou...

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Ginnie Mae Using Taxpayer Funds To Fuel Risky Lending

washingtonpost.com | Brian Grow and Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mortgages, Lend America, Freddie Mac, Hud, Subprime Lending, Ginnie Mae, Risky Lending, Fannie Mae, Center for Public Integrity, Federal Housing Authority, Government National Mortgage Association, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Lend America is hardly the only lender with a troubled record that Ginnie Mae has endorsed. The agency has provided taxpayer backing to at least 36 ot...

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