April 11, 2008
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs asked Dean Baker to testify at a hearing yesterday, “Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets: Examining Proposals to Mitigate Foreclosures and Restore Liquidity to the Mortgage Markets”. Also testifying were Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, and representatives from the Center on Responsible Lending, the Brookings Institution and Lenders One, a national alliance of mortgage bankers.
Dean Baker argued that the situation in the housing market represents the largest economic crisis the country has faced since World War II. He went on to say that current legislation, while appropriate for some parts of the nation, will not address the needs of homeowners in bubble-inflated markets. You can read Dean’s testimony here.
