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- Day 2 for GSE Plan: Skeptics Have Their Say. Sloan, Steven; Kaper, Stacy // American Banker;7/16/2008, Vol. 173 Issue 136, p1
The article reports on the second day of deliberation in the U.S. Congress over the proposed plan for takeover of the debt of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who asked for unlimited authority to buy their financial...
- House Takes Up GSE Aid. Collins, Brian // National Mortgage News;7/21/2008, Vol. 32 Issue 41, p1
The article reports on the move of the U.S. Congress to grant Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the financial ties with the U.S. Treasury to support their mission of providing liquidity for the mortgage market. The selling-off of stocks at Fannie and Freddie had shaken confidence in the government...
- Fannie, Freddie keep $1.4B of U.S. subsidies, Treasury says. Prakash, Snigdha // American Banker;7/10/96, Vol. 161 Issue 130, p1
Reports that a draft of the Treasury Department's report on the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and the Federal National Mortgage Association concludes that government subsidies enriched shareholders of the two mortgage agencies by $1.4 billion in 1995. Total amount of in-kind subsidies;...
- Payments burden Fannie, Freddie. Swanson, Ian // Hill;5/5/2010, Vol. 17 Issue 49, p6
The article discusses the implication of the dividend payments made by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on the profitability of the two government-sponsored mortgage enterprises.
- Treasury Etches Latest Thinking On GSE Debt. Sloan, Steven // American Banker;11/20/2006, Vol. 171 Issue 223, p4
The article focuses on the role of the U.S. Treasury Department in the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's debt. The author discusses the proposed congressional legislation that would reform the regulation of government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The article discusses how the U.S....
- Paulson: GSE Action Critical. Hume, Lynn; Temple-West, Patrick // Bond Buyer;7/16/2008, Vol. 365 Issue 32919, p1
The article reports on the move of Department of the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to urge the U.S. Congress to pass a legislation that would create a regulator and enable the Treasury to be a financial backstop for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the U.S. on July 15, 2008. It states that...
- House OKs Loan Limit Extension. Collins, Brian // National Mortgage News;8/3/2009, Vol. 33 Issue 43, p15
The article reports that the House Appropriations Committee has approved an extension of the loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the U.S. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the appropriations bill to maximize loan...
- Does Treasury Have a Concrete GSE Plan? Borak, Donna // National Mortgage News;1/24/2011, Vol. 35 Issue 17, p1
The article discusses the pending plan of the U.S. Treasury Department for the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner at Federal Financial Analytics Inc., says another delay would give Republican critics more ammunition against the...
- Treasury Bails Out Fannie, Freddie. Emrich, Anne Bond // Grand Rapids Business Journal;9/15/2008, Vol. 26 Issue 38, p3
The article reports on the bail out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the U.S. Treasury. A day after the bail out, mortgage rates went down by fifty basis points, a result that was the aim of the government. It is noted that the bail out will protect the two mortgage financiers from foreclosure...
