Missing the Mark On Ratings-Agency Reform

via Steven Pearlstein: Missing the Mark on Ratings-Agency Reform – washingtonpost.com.

“August shows that, year-on-year, lending fell by 3.8% after declining by 2.6% in July. (In early September, the rate of growth stood at minus 4.9%).”

via Is the Fed’s Money Pumping Inflationary? :: The Market Oracle

Investigations of mortgage fraud soar 63%, FBI reports.