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Housing bubble déjà vu
By Mark Roe - Apr 27,2017
The 2008-2009 financial crisis exposed a serious weakness in the global financial system’s architecture: an overnight market for mortgage-backed securities that could not handle the implosion of a housing bubble.Some nine years later, that weakness has not been addressed adequate
Surviving the next housing market hurricane
By Mark Roe - Mar 13,2017
Biking along the beach here for a good sunrise view, my bicycle’s headlight illuminates signs for the hurricane evacuation route to Miami.The signs are not surprising, given the intensity of the storms that can smash into the Florida Keys.
Why pick on BNP Paribas?
By Mark Roe - Jul 27,2014
To Europeans with whom I speak, the $8.9 billion fine imposed on the French financial  services company BNP Paribas for violating American sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan seems excessive. Yes, BNP did something seriously wrong. But $8.9 billion?
Regulatory confidence cycle
By Mark Roe - Mar 31,2014
Late last month, the Federal Reserve released the transcripts of the Federal Open Markets Committee (the Fed’s monetary-policy-setting body) meetings from the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis.  Unfortunately, too many reports on the transcripts miss the big picture


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