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It is a year since the federal government poured money into the collapsing financial entities – the big names on Wall Street. But credit taps continue to remain dry as the debt market hardens. However it is not just the tight stringed banks but the confusion in the debt and securitized markets from which flowed 60% of all the loans in the country that is causing this freeze in availability of credit. Many of these are operating not because of any inherent strength but solely due to it being propped up by Washington.

However, recently the Federal Reserve has notified them of withdrawing support. The government s hoping that by this move the private investors will once more make an entry into the market. The exit will have to be delicately executed said officials from the government. Lee Sachs of the Treasury said, “You do it incrementally, where and when you think you can, and not sooner.”

These debt-securitization markets provide loans for corporate firms, students and for residential mortgages. During sunny days they helped the banks to parcel their loans into securities prior to selling them to innumerable investors. This system generally referred to as securitization made banks to grant loans more freely.

The recent financial crisis has made quite a few investors lose their confidence in securitization after having forfeited massive amounts on the packages including sub-prime mortgages. Since then the government has been trying hard to spend over $1 trillion to bring back confidence in the market. The success of the efforts has been mixed.

Until the securitization markets become more robust or if some other new type of financing makes a debut, the huge number of various types of loan required sustaining a recovery in the economy will not be possible according to pundits.

Professor Joseph R. Mason of Louisiana State University opined, “Given the imperative for securitization markets to fuel bank lending, we won’t have meaningful economic growth until securitization markets are re-established.” Sachs echoed his views and said, “It’s very important these markets come back to get credit to businesses and families who need it, and also as a sign of confidence.”

Untold numbers included in this shadow-banking system continues to remain paralyzed. Certain of these securitization markets have dropped by 40% and sometimes by as much as 100%. The private securities markets supported by residential mortgages have fallen to $8 billion during the first 6 months of 2009 from its height of $744 billion during 2005.

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