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64 | Th e M Rep o RT Final ThoughTs Final Thoughts From criticizing the inner workings of government agencies to taking a hard look at the state of the economy, these commentators did not mince their words when making public statements in the last month. "The process . . . was haphazard, at best." An excerpt from an FHFA report released in March criticizing the hiring process surrounding the appointment of John Forlines as Fannie Mae's Chief Audit Executive. "The share of consumers who think the economy is on the right track . . . for the first time exceeded the share who believe it's on the wrong track." Fannie Mae's SVP and Chief Economist Doug Duncan commenting on this auspicious event, the first since the agency began releasing its National Housing Survey five years ago. "I am certainly very uncomfortable with it." In March, Federal transcripts were released that show in 2009 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake told colleagues he was "uncomfortable" providing extra aid to Bank of America. "The cold, hard truth is that federal dollars are scarce and won't be able to fully address these issues any time soon." HUD Secretary JuliÁn castro commenting that America is in the midst of an "affordable housing crisis" during a speech at the City Club of Chicago last month. ". . . it limits the return of private capital to support U.S. housing finance." President and CEO of Genworth Mortgage Insurance and Chair of U.S. Mortgage Insurers rohit gupta commenting on the FHA's recent decision to lower annual mortgage insurance premiums during his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee Housing and Insurance Subcommittee.