Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Financial Problems

Weiss, N. Eric

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Finance;    Loans;    Mortgage banks;   

RP-ID  :  RL34661
RP-ID  :  RL34661_2012Apr02

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the continuing conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at a time of uncertainty in the housing, mortgage, and financial markets has raised doubts about the future of these enterprises, which are chartered by Congress as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and whose debts are widely believed to be implicitly guaranteed by the federal government.