This paper finds strong evidence that many individuals choose to pay credit card bills even at the cost of mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. While the popular press and some recent literature have suggested that this choice may emerge from steep declines in housing prices, we find...

Presented by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at The University of Wisconsin – Madison, October 9, 2008

Presentation by Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, for a Panel Discussion at the Conference on Financial Markets and Monetary Policy, Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Washington, D.C.,...