Fed’s Bernanke Urges Reform on Mortgage Securitization Process
October 31, 2008 – 9:45 amFederal Chairman Ben Bernanke said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue
to remain under pressure and that the government must look at new methods
to provide guarantees on mortgages.
Speaking via satellite at a conference on the mortgage breakdown at
the University of California at Berkeley, Bernanke urged the government
to act as a backstop for the mortgage bond market.
Bernanke also spoke about the need to reform the mortgage
securitization process…