Wall Street Urges New Asset Guarantee Program Cover MBS Loans, Lenders Want Focus on Loans
October 31, 2008
The MBS and ABS markets want the Treasury Department to use a new troubled asset guarantee program to improve liquidity for existing mortgage securities, but some banking groups say the program should emphasize whole loans stuck on lenders’ balance sheets. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 gave Treasury authority to launch a new guarantee program for...