Ownership & Assets

Modifying Troubled Mortgages Is Necessary to End Crisis | MarketWatch

December 17, 2008
... borrowers' monthly payments to an affordable and sustainable level," Bair said at a responsible homeownership event at the New America Foundation. ...

UNC Professor to Debate Response to Housing Crisis | WRAL.com

December 16, 2008
... along with Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and others will speak at a forum hosted by the New America Foundation. ...

Obama Signals Change for HUD | The Washington Independent

December 16, 2008
Ellen Seidman of the New America Foundation, who studies the financial services industry, said friends she knew worked for Cisneros sometimes thought “blow ...

The Effectiveness of Youth Financial Education

  • By
  • Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini,
  • Karen Murrell,
  • New America Foundation
December 15, 2008

As a result of the current financial crisis, consumers are more concerned about their personal finances than ever before.  Household confidence in job security and future employment prospects, income stability, and the ability to preserve and build assets is plummeting; meanwhile, high fuel and food prices and tightening credit conditions are placing more pressure on households to maximize their financial decisions.

Responsible Homeownership | Washington Post

December 14, 2008
The New America Foundation holds a discussion on how to protect homeowners and guide policymakers. ...

Coaches for a Game of Money | New York Times

December 12, 2008
You can read books,” said Karen Murrell, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, a nonprofit policy research organization in Washington. ...

New America Foundation Commends Governor Schwarzenegger and California Mayors for the Launch of "Bank on California"

December 12, 2008
Sacramento, CA -- The New America Foundation today commended California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and California mayors for the launch of "Bank on California," an initiative to help working Californians without bank accounts to open starter accounts and take their first step into the financial mainstream.

No. 1 in Arms Peddling | Newsday

December 12, 2008
The United States peddled $32 billion in weapons in 2007 according to The New America Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy institute. ...

New America Foundation Advances Community Bank | Credit Union Times

December 11, 2008
The New America Foundation, a Washington think tank that describes itself as “nonpartisan and post-partisan,” has proposed a plan to capitalize community banks and credit unions as part of the national reaction to the current financial crises. ... Outside Article

New America Video: Community Banks to the Financial Rescue

December 10, 2008

Today, with the world's system of anonymous high finance in crisis, small-scale community banks, thrifts, and credit unions -- all regarded until recently as vestigial players in a new world of global consumer finance -- are setting an important example. If federal policies were in place to provide proper support to small-scale financial institutions, Washington could do a lot to alleviate the country's most serious economic problems.

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