Financial Crisis Inquiry Report cover art

All Episodes

Financial Crisis Inquiry Report — 109 episodes

#
Title
1

109 - Ch 17 It will increase confidence

2

108 - Ch 17 The idea strikes me as perverse

3

107 - Ch 17 It's a time gamebe cool

4

106 - Ch 17 The only game in town

5

105 - Ch 17 A good time to buy

6

104 - Chapter 17 September 2008 The takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Intro

7

103 - Commission Conclusions on Chapter 16

8

102 - Ch 16 Banks The markets were really really dicey

9

101 - Ch 16 Derivatives Early stages of assessing the potential systemic risk

10

100 - Ch 16 The Fed and the SEC Weak liquidity position

11

099 - Ch 16 JP Morgan Refusing to unwindwould be unforgiveable

12

098 - Ch 16 The Federal Reserve When people got scared

13

097 - Chapter 16 March to August 2008 Systemic Risk Concerns Intro

14

096 - Commission Conclusions on Chapter 15

15

095 - Ch 15 It was heading to a black hole

16

094 - Ch 15 The Government would not permit a higher number

17

093 - Ch 15 Duty to protect their investors

18

092 - Ch 15 Turn into a death spiral

19

091 - Ch 15 We were suitably skeptical

20

090 - Ch 15 I requested some forbearance

21

089 - Chapter 15 March 2008 The fall of Bear Stearns Intro

22

088 - Commission Conclusions on Chapter 14

23

087 - Ch 14 Monoline Insurers We never expected losses

24

086 - Ch 14 Federal Reserve The discount window wasn't working

25

085 - Ch 14 AIG's dispute with Goldman There could never be losses

26

084 - Ch 14 Citigroup That would not in any way have excited my attention

27

083 - Ch 14 Merrill Lynch Dawining awareness over the course of the summer

28

082 - Chapter 14 Late 2007 to early 2008 Billions in subprime losses Intro

29

081 - Commission conclusions on Chapter 13

30

080 - Ch 13 Money funds and other investors Drinking from a fire hose

31

079 - Ch 13 SIVs An Oasis of Calm

32

078 - Ch 13 BNP Paribas The ringing of the bells

33

077 - Ch 13 Countrywide That's our 911

34

076 - Ch 13 IKB of Germany Real Money Investors

35

075 - Chapter 13 Summer 2007 Disruptions in Funding Intro

36

074 - Commission Conclusions on Ch 12

37

073 - AIG Well Bigger

38

072 - Rating Agencies

39

071 - Bear Stearns's Hedge Funds

40

070 - Ch 12 Goldman Let's be Aggressive

41

069 - Early 2007 Spreading Subprime Worries

42

068 - Commission Conclusions on Ch 11

43

067 - Ch 11 Losses Who Owns Residential Credit Risk

44

066 - Ch 11 Legal Remedies On the Basis of the Information

45

065 - Ch 11 CDOs Climbing the Wall of Subprime Lending

46

064 - Ch 11 Rating Downgrades Never Before

47

063 - Ch 11 The Bust Delinquencies The Turn of the Housing Market

48

062 - Commission Conclusions on Chapter 10

49

061 - Moody's It Was All About Revenue

50

060 - Regulators Are Undue Concentrations of Risk Developing

51

059 - Merrill Lynch Whatever It Takes

52

058 - AIG I'm Not Getting Paid Enough to Stand on These Tracks

53

057 - Citigroup I Do Not Believe We Were Powerless

54

056 - Ch 10 Credit Default Swaps Dumb Question

55

055 - Ch 10 CDO Managers We Are Not A Rent-A-Manager

56

054 - Commission Conclusions on Chapter 9

57

053 - Affordable housing goals GSEs cried bloody murder forever The impact of the goals

58

052 - Increase Our Penetration into Subprime 2007 Moving deeper into the credit pool

59

051 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Two Stark Choices

60

050 - Lehman From Moving to Storage

61

049 - Leveraged Loans and Commercial Real Estate You've Got to Get Up and Dance

62

048 - Regulators markets will always self-correct

63

047 - Disclosure and due diligence A Quality Control Issue in the Factory

64

046 - Mortgage Fraud Crime-facilitative environments

65

045 - Chapter 9 The Bubble A Credit-induced Boom

66

044 - Commission Conclusions on Chapter 8

67

043 - Ch 8 SEC It's Going to be an Awfully Big Mess

68

042 - Ch 8 Moody's Achieved Through Some Alchemy

69

041 - Ch 8 Goldman Sachs Multiplied the Effects of the Collapse in Subprime

70

040 - Ch 8 AIGGolden Goose for the Entire Street

71

039 - Ch 8 Citigroup's Liquidity puts A Potential Conflict of Interest

72

038 - Ch 8 Bear Stearns' Hedge Funds It Functioned Fine Up Until One Day It Just Didn't Function

73

037 - Ch 8 We Created the Investor

74

036 - Ch 8 The CDO Machine

75

035 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine Commission Conclusions on Chapter 7

76

034 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Less Competition in the Marketplace

77

033 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine Moody's Given A Blank Check

78

032 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine Wall Street Was Very Hungry For Our Product

79

031 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine Federal Regulators Immunity from Many State Laws is a Significant Benefit

80

030 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine Mortgages A Good Loan

81

029 - Ch 7 The Mortgage Machine An Irresistible Profit Opportunity

82

028 - Ch 6 Commission Conclusions on Chapter 6

83

027 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion Bank Capital Standards Arbitrage

84

026 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion Community-Lending Pledges What We Do Is Reaffirm Our Intention

85

025 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion States Long-Standing Position

86

024 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion Federal Rules Intended to Curb Unfair or Abusive Lending

87

023 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion Citigroup Invited Regulatory Scrutiny

88

022 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion Subprime Loans Buyers Will Pay A Premium

89

021 - Ch 6 Credit Expansion Housing A Powerful Stabilizing Force

90

020 - Ch 5 Subprime Lending The Regulators

91

019 - Ch 5 Subprime Lending Subprime Lenders in Turmoil

92

018 - Ch 5 Subprime Lending Greater Access to Lending

93

017 - Ch 5 Subprime Lending Mortgage Securitization

94

016 - Ch 4 Deregulation Redux Financial Sector Growth

95

015 - Ch 4 Deregulation Redux The Wages of Finance

96

014 - Ch 4 Deregulation Redux Dot-Com Crash

97

013 - Ch 4 Deregulation Redux Long-Term Capital Management

98

012 - Ch 4 Deregulation Redux Expansion of Banking Activities

99

011 - Ch 3 Securitization and Derivatives The Growth of Derivatives

100

010 - Ch 3 Securitization and Derivatives Structured Finance

101

009 - Ch 3 Securitization and Derivatives Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

102

008 - Ch 2 Shadow Banking The Savings and Loan Crisis

103

007 - Ch 2 Shadow Banking Commercial Paper and Repos

104

006 - Ch 1 Before Our Very Eyes part 3

105

005 - Ch 1 Before Our Very Eyes part 2

106

004 - Ch 1 Before Our Very Eyes part 1

107

003 - Conclusions of the Commission concluded

108

002 - Conclusions of the Commission

109

001 - Preface