A progressive, pro-market approach to discussing policy agenda items (in a fairly straightforward, common sense way). The blog will primarily address economic and financial markets policy, with a particular focus on public-private initiatives that generate sustainable economic growth and expand the ownership society to include the broader market - those under-served by the mainstream market.Tumblr (3.0; @thebroadermarket)http://thebroadermarket.com/<iframe width="400" height="310" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" id="nyt_video_player" title="New York Times Video - Embed Player" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000001537911&playerType=embed"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I have been away from the blog for over a month (new job and lots happening these days). What better way to reintroduce myself to the blog than through the medium of video.</p>http://thebroadermarket.com/post/23142354036http://thebroadermarket.com/post/23142354036Tue, 15 May 2012 22:05:21 -0400Sharing the pain and gain in the housing market: By John Griffith and Jordan Eizenga More than five...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/20518250301http://thebroadermarket.com/post/20518250301Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:29:11 -0400Housing financeHousing marketCommunity developmentMortgage marketSharing the pain and gain in the housing market: By John Griffith and Jordan Eizenga More than five...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/20518237434http://thebroadermarket.com/post/20518237434Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:28:24 -0400Housing financeHousing marketCommunity developmentThink Tank Calls for Direct-Pay 'House America Bonds': Partially excerpted from Bond Buyer: by...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/19290081360http://thebroadermarket.com/post/19290081360Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:57 -0400housing financeHousing marketBond marketcommunity developmentcommunity financefinancial marketsA House America Bond for State Housing Finance Agencies: by Jordan Eizenga State housing finance...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/18550919831http://thebroadermarket.com/post/18550919831Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:24:34 -0500housing financehousing marketsBond marketcommunity developmentcommunity financefinancial marketsMortgage marketsMunicipal Finance<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ESFVnZZegXs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>My colleague Michael Linden discusses whether the stimulus worked. (Spoiler alert: it did.)</p>http://thebroadermarket.com/post/17770562901http://thebroadermarket.com/post/17770562901Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:53:38 -0500economyjobsfiscal policyThe Importance of a Homeowner Bill of Rights: by Peter Swire and Jordan Eizenga The recent housing...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/17765656026http://thebroadermarket.com/post/17765656026Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0500housing financehousing marketMortgage marketsRegulatory policyRegulatory reformManufacturing Bonds Presenting a Bond Guarantee Program that Could Help Our Small Manufacturing...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/17710814621http://thebroadermarket.com/post/17710814621Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:16:31 -0500ManufacturingBusinessjobsBond marketeconomyThe Ramp Begins for “Rehab-to-Rent”: Turning Foreclosed Homes into Rental Properties Begins this...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16942352069http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16942352069Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:16:00 -0500Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Crisis: by Janneke Ratcliffe, Alon Cohen and Jordan...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16828249628http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16828249628Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:14:00 -0500housing financehousing marketsMortgage marketsRehab-to-Rent Can Help Hard-Hit Communities and Our Economy: by Alon Cohen, Jordan Eizenga, Bracken...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16406339394http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16406339394Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:49:50 -0500housing financehousing marketscommunity developmentcommunity financeeconomyjobsMunicipal Finance<object id="cspan-video-player" classid="clsid:d27cdb6eae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" align="middle" height="500" width="410"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=303662-1" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="system=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/common/services/flashXml.php?programid=268564&style=full" /><embed name="cspan-video-player" src="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=303662-1" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="system=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/common/services/flashXml.php?programid=268564&style=full" align="middle" height="500" width="410"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Council of Economic Advisor’s Chairman Alan Krueger gives a lengthy presentation on income inequality in the US. </p> <p>Enjoy.</p>http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16181135032http://thebroadermarket.com/post/16181135032Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:24:18 -0500income inequalityeconomyjobsfiscal policytaxesA Small Change to the Saver’s Credit Can Go a Long Way: by Camille Busette and Jordan...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/15618496399http://thebroadermarket.com/post/15618496399Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:09:38 -0500housing financehousing marketssavingstaxes<embed src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" scale="noscale" salign="lt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" background="#333333" width="400" height="262" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="si=254&&contentValue=50116747&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7392090n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel"></embed><br/><br/><p>Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes investigates the issue of foreclosed and vacant homes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>In good times, the housing industry comprises about 5-6 percent of our nation’s GDP and is historically what leads the economy out of recession. The Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, mortgages become cheaper, and housing starts increase. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Yet, we have long since emerged from recession and the housing market remains distressed. Home prices are down by more than a third since their peak four years ago and they have yet to stabilize.</span></p> <p><span>The main reason we have not had a housing market recovery is that the bursting of the housing bubble has left us with a large overhang of vacant, foreclosed homes in the for-sale market. This serves to drag home prices down and blight neighborhoods throughout the country.</span></p> <p><span>Just to put the problem in perspective – there are approximately 400,000 foreclosed homes today and 2.8 million more expected to become foreclosures.</span><!--EndFragment--> </p> <p>Thus, to ensure a strong economy going forward, policymakers must respond to this foreclosure problem and my colleagues and I have written on several occasions (<a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/rent_rehab.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/scattered_site_rental.html">here</a>) about one way to tackle this problem.</p>http://thebroadermarket.com/post/14622147509http://thebroadermarket.com/post/14622147509Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:18:55 -0500housing marketshousing financecommunity financecommunity developmentMortgage marketspovertyBig Ideas for Small Business: The CDFI Bond Guarantee Program: by Jordan Eizenga The federal...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/14621729000http://thebroadermarket.com/post/14621729000Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:07:53 -0500small businessBankingBond marketcommunity developmentcommunity financejobsConsumers Matter in Mortgage-Servicing Compensation Decision: by Peter Swire and Jordan...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/14533328685http://thebroadermarket.com/post/14533328685Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:46:00 -0500housing financehousing marketsmortgage marketsfinancial marketsby Jordan Eizenga In the summer of 2010, I wrote repeatedly (see here and here, for example ) about...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/13785878847http://thebroadermarket.com/post/13785878847Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:37:39 -0500jobseconomytaxesBudget<object id="wsj_fp" width="400" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoMicroPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="videoGUID={9C24F5BC-DECE-4F94-B4C1-8733B5E28425}&playerid=1000&plyMediaEnabled=1&configURL=http://wsj.vo.llnwd.net/o28/players/&autoStart=false" base="http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/" /><embed src="http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoMicroPlayer.swf" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoGUID={9C24F5BC-DECE-4F94-B4C1-8733B5E28425}&playerid=1000&plyMediaEnabled=1&configURL=http://wsj.vo.llnwd.net/o28/players/&autoStart=false" base="http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/" name="anonymous_element_1" width="400" height="225" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Wall Street Journal outlines why it is that our most recent economic downturn has produced such a severe level of unemployment.</p> <p>Enjoy.</p>http://thebroadermarket.com/post/13472057262http://thebroadermarket.com/post/13472057262Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:17:00 -0500jobsUnemployment Insuranceseconomyfinancial crisisHousing Refinancing Reforms Still Needed: by Sarah Rosen Wartell and Jordan Eizenga The changes to...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/13163761672http://thebroadermarket.com/post/13163761672Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:12:58 -0500housing financehousing marketsWhy Treasury Should Extend the New Issue Bond Program: by Jordan Eizenga Our still-ailing housing...http://thebroadermarket.com/post/12512029354http://thebroadermarket.com/post/12512029354Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:16:00 -0500Municipal Financehousing financehousing marketsfinancial markets