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my Crews Cutts is SVP and
Chief Economist at Equifax.
A recognized industry expert,
Amy brings more than 17 years of
economic analysis and policy development
experience. She is responsible for analytics and
research relating to the consumer wallet–assets,
income, credit, and spending, along with
macroeconomic factors affecting the consumer.
She previously worked at Freddie Mac for 14
years, the last eight of which were spent as
Deputy Chief Economist from 2003 to 2011.
Amy recently spoke with DS News about
the impact of the upcoming election on the
industry and the recent spike in first mortgages
as reported by Equifax.
How will the upcoming election effect the
housing market? What do you think housing
will look like post-Obama Administration?
I can speak only looking at past
elections. On that basis, thinking back to
what's happened in the past, the one thing
that characterizes the United States, and
obviously many of our friends in the Western
industrialized world, is an easy transfer of
power. One president goes out and the next
president goes in, the democratic process
works, the lights on one account go off, they
pull a switch, and now all the accounts are
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Amy Crews Cutts,
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