Mark Calabria on *Shelter From the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted*

Published: April 24, 2023, 4:30 a.m.

Mark Calabria was the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and prior to that, he was formerly a chief economist for Vice President Mike Pence. Mark is also a previous guest of Macro Musings, and he rejoins the podcast to talk about his new book titled, Shelter From the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted. Specifically, David and Mark discuss Mark\u2019s time as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the relief programs his agency ushered through during the peak of the COVID crisis, the history and handling of Fannie and Freddie, and a lot more.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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*Shelter From the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted* by Mark Calabria