A decade ago this week, the government agreed to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help stabilize the housing market. We’ll take a look back at how it all happened and interview Freddie’s CEO. But first: Wage growth is sluggish by most measures, but a new report from the White House says those figures don’t tell the whole story. Plus: What have we learned a year after the Equifax data breach?
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Corner Office
Chegg's CEO says higher ed isn't set up for today's students
by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 6, 2018
Dan Rosensweig saw a market in supporting modern college students.
There's a new generic drugmaker in town, and it doesn't need to turn a profit
by Marielle Segarra
Sep 6, 2018
Across the country, hospitals and clinics are dealing with a really difficult problem: Sometimes they can’t get their hands on certain life-saving generic drugs. So one group of large hospital systems, including the Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Healthcare, has come up with a workaround. It’s created a nonprofit company called Civica RX that will make […]
Divided Decade
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 years after the bailout
by Amy Scott
Sep 6, 2018
Why are the mortgage giants still under government control?
White House pushes rosier wage-growth measure
by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 6, 2018
A Council of Economic Advisers report argues Americans’ inflation-adjusted compensation is rising more than wage data in the monthly jobs report show.
Divided Decade
Freddie Mac CEO: "The mortgage system is very safe and sound"
by Amy Scott
Sep 6, 2018
Donald Layton on the U.S. housing market 10 years after the financial crisis.