Fed's Powell says current US housing finance system 'unsustainable

The U.S. housing finance system continues to put taxpayers at risk in a market dominated by government-backed agencies, Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell said on Thursday, calling for further reform of an "unsustainable" situation.

A decade after doubts about the creditworthiness of mortgage-backed securities helped trigger the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, systemic risk remains given the concentration of mortgages in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he said.

"We're almost at a now-or-never moment," Powell told a conference in Washington, arguing that the window for political action on an overhaul of housing finance may not stay open for long.

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