There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the currently record low fixed mortgage rates and significantly reduce their monthly mortgage payments.
Mark ZandiThe Bush tax cuts should be extended permanently for families with annual incomes of less than $250,000 and should be phased out slowly for those making more than that. Raising taxes on anyone now, when the economic recovery is so fragile, would be a mistake.
Mark ZandiOur biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say.
Mark ZandiIf Mr. Trump gets precisely the policies he says he wants, then the economy will suffer a recession.
Mark Zandi