Will Governor Schwarzenegger Trigger 55,000 California Foreclosures?
California’s long running budget crisis has now degraded to the point where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered a pay reduction to the minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour for 200,000 state employees.
The California banking industry, perhaps [...]
US Treasury Calls TARP Repayments A “Milestone” While Ignoring The Elephants In The Room
Treasury’s Victory Call On Financial Bailout Premature
The Treasury Department’s latest public relations effort to highlight the success of the financial system bailout focuses on the amount of TARP repayments versus total debt outstanding. In addition, the Treasury, [...]
The Correlation Between Incomes And Default Rates
The Marginalization Of Risk
The massive number of loan defaults that has put the entire banking industry on the brink on insolvency did not happen by accident. Banks recklessly extended credit, even to low income borrowers who obviously [...]
Feds Finally Move To Restrict Excessive Bank Compensation And Risk
Bailout Funds Go To Bank Bonuses
Banks that lost billions of dollars on speculative investments and poor loans have routinely been awarding thousands of employees massive bonus payments. Ironically, the only reason many of these banks are still [...]
Long Overdue Mortgage Regulations To Curb Lending Abuses
Feds React To Mortgage Lending Fiasco
In a move that can only be described as better late than never, various new Federal laws that restrict certain lending practices become effective on or after October 1, 2009. Other regulations [...]




