Greenspan…Endorsement of Subprime?

Alan Greenspan - Fed Reserve Chairman, Federal Reserve System’s Fourth Annual Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C. April 8, 2005
Peter Schiff, Pres. Euro Pacific Capital:
“The losses are going to be phenomenal…my guesstimate in the subprime world is that the majority of loans are going to go into default. Not just 5 or 10 percent, but the majority.”
Angelo Mozilo, Charmain & CEO Countrywide Home Loans:
“Company is seeing home price depreciation at levels not seen since the Great Depression”
Joel Naroff, Economist:
“While some may say the stability in prices is an indication that the bottom may be near, I say it is the major problem facing the market. With inventories so high and sales so weak, unless people start pulling homes off the market, the overhang will remain.”
Listen to this message from Steve Tripoli, MarketPlace: Subprime Message.
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