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No. 08‐2
Subprime Facts:
What (We Think) We Know about the Subprime Crisis and What We Don’t
Christopher L. Foote, Kristopher Gerardi, Lorenz Goette, and Paul S. Willen
Abstract:
Using a variety of datasets, we document some basic facts about the current subprime crisis. Many of these facts are applicable to the crisis at a national level, while some illustrate problems relevant only to Massachusetts and New England. We conclude by discussing some outstanding questions about which the data, we believe, are not yet conclusive.
JEL Classifications: D11, D12, G21, R20
Christopher Foote and Paul Willen are senior economists and policy advisors, Lorenz Goette is a senior economist, and Kristopher Gerardi is a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Gerardi will join the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in September as a research economist. Their email addresses are chris.foote@bos.frb.org, paul.willen@bos.frb.org, lorenz.goette@bos.frb.org, and kristopher.gerardi@bos.frb.org respectively. We thank participants at various forums, summits, breakfasts, brownbags, seminars, and other gatherings for helpful comments and suggestions. We also thank Tim Warren and Alan Pasnik of The Warren Group, and Dick Howe Jr., the Register of Deeds of North Middlesex County, Massachusetts, for providing us with data, advice, and insight. Finally, we thank Elizabeth Murry for providing helpful comments and edits. This paper, which may be revised, is available on the web site of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston at http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/ppdp/2008/ppdp0802.htm. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston or the Federal Reserve System.
This version: May 30, 2008
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