4 Quotes & Sayings By Mark Zandi

Mark Zandi is a senior economist and a Director of Moody's Analytics, a global economic research firm. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Zandi has been ranked one of the top economists in the world for over a decade by "Economist", "Foreign Policy", "The Wall Street Journal" and others Read more

In recent years he has been frequently interviewed on national television by members of all political parties, including Fox News, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and NPR. He is a frequent guest speaker at various academic institutions and professional groups, including Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Chicago Booth School of Business, Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Econsult Solutions.

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In the fourth grade, my history teacher gave us a project: Why was the auto industry located in Detroit, Michigan? I didn't know I was going to be an economist, but I knew I was going to do something that was involved in answering questions like that one because I thought that was a fascinating question. Mark Zandi
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The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it. Mark Zandi
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Potential home buyers have a two-step decision process. First, they determine whether they can afford to make a purchase - does their income safely cover their mortgage payment? Then they determine whether owning is a better financial choice than renting - are the costs of owning a home lower than the cost of renting it? Mark Zandi