It is my pleasure to comment on two very interesting papers. While very different in orientation—with the Boeing, Harten and Sanchez-Moyano (2022) paper addressing the search…
UCC08-11: Increasingly, individuals are in charge of their own financial security and are confronted with ever more complex financial instruments. However, there is…
BABC 04-10: Spending financed by home equity extraction helps smooth household consumption and bolster the economy in economic downturns, but may reduce wealth…
This paper examines trends in prime-market mortgage lending to low- and moderate-income families and to families living in underserved areas, hereafter affordable lending,…