A $4 Trillion Risk Tied to Freeing Fannie & Freddie Could Hurt U.S. Homebuyers

"Conservatorship is safe. An explicit guarantee is safe. Keeping Fannie and Freddie as they are and privatizing them is a dangerous experiment."

By Austin Weinstein | June 14, 2019 at 09:15 AM

The Trump Administration's urgency to free Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from federal control has some on Wall Street worried that it might happen without the U.S. government providing an explicit backstop of the companies' $4.7 trillion of mortgage securities.

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Allow patients to access medical loans at the lowest cost possible while strengthening the communities your CU serves.

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