Read our letter to FHFA Acting Director DeMarco addressing servicing models of GSEs here.

Speculation Adds 83 Cents A Gallon to Gas Prices at the Pump
Jonathan Fox (CALPIRG)
June 28, 2011
―CALPIRG, a statewide consumer advocacy organization I work for, just released a new report entitled “How Speculation is Driving Up …

Kansas City Fed’s Hoenig Wants Aid For Manufacturers Over Banks
Maya Jackson Randall (Automated Trader)
June 28, 2011
―Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig, along with other panel members at a conference Tuesday, argued that …

Read a report here from the Political Economy Research Institute about speculation and rising gas prices.
How Wall Street Speculation is Driving Up Gasoline Prices Today
Robert Pollin and James Heintz
Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massachusetts, …

Restoring the Balance: Financial Regulation and the Real Economy
Sponsored by: Americans for Financial Reform, AFL-CIO, Alliance for a Just Society, Demos, Main Street Alliance, Public Citizen, US P.I.R.G.
Tuesday, June 28th from 9:30 AM – 12:30
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Not Yet Open and Already Under Attack
Marlys Harris (MarketWatch)
June 25, 2011
―The other day, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that the Center for Responsible Lending had spent$96.000 on lobbying in the first quarter …