Articles by Bill Hampel

The extent of consumers' deleveraging has surprised economists.

There's a good chance the ultimate remaining cost will be closer to $5 billion than $8 billion, although this won’t be known until late in the remaining 11-year life of the stabilization program.

Future deposit insurance premiums are uncertain, both for institutions insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund and by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The premium, assessed later this year, likely will be 6 bp to 10 bp.