Alanna McCargo

President

Alanna McCargo is president of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Previously, McCargo served as senior advisor for housing finance to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge.

Consumer banking

Let lessons of the past shape a more equitable housing finance system

Financial downturns hit lower-wealth communities first and cause them to suffer the longest.

By Alanna McCargo

September 9

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Commercial lending

NYCB lays out revised strategy while warning of more near-term pain

The embattled Long Island bank unveiled a turnaround plan that involves selling noncore assets and diversifying its commercial loan book. But first, it will need to sort through credit-related challenges in its large commercial real estate portfolio.

By Polo Rocha

May 1
Monetary policy

Fed to start slowing balance sheet wind down in June

During this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, officials voted to lower the cap on the amount of Treasury securities that can roll off the central bank's books each month from $60 billion to $25 billion.

By Kyle Campbell

May 1
M&A

Republicans zero in on bank merger policy in new push

House Republicans held a subcommittee hearing on reforming bank merger M&A, laying the groundwork to counter Biden administration efforts to make it more difficult for mergers to be approved.

By Claire Williams

May 1