First, a proposed exemption for designated non-profit creditors and homeownership stabilization programs, as well as certain Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal agency refinancing programs.

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Dr. Brainard maintains that reform efforts over the past decade in countries like Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia have floundered because conventional economic stabilization programs have failed to tackle bank reform.

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