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NY Fed President on PPIP

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From Bloomberg: Dudley?s TALF Comments Add Signs of a PPIP Stall (ht Brian, Bob_in_MA)

The Federal Reserve may not start lending against residential mortgage-backed securities under its Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley indicated.

?We?re still in the process of assessing whether a legacy RMBS program is feasible, and if it were feasible, whether it would be significant enough to make a major impact,? Dudley said at a conference today ... His comments add to signs that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner?s Public-Private Investment Program to boost debt prices and rid banks of devalued assets to expand lending is stalling

From the Financial Times: Fed damps hopes on mortgage-backed securities

The US Federal Reserve on Thursday damped expectations that it was preparing to prop up the market for distressed bubble-era securities backed by mortgages.

Hopes that the Fed would in the coming months start providing financing to investors seeking to buy residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) ? many of which have lost their triple A credit ratings ? have pushed prices on these assets higher in recent months.

William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said on Thursday that a decision had not been made. ?We have not made a final decision on whether it is doable and, if it is doable, whether it is worth the cost,? he said.

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).