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Fannie and Freddie on the way out?

Started by DGuller, June 04, 2013, 02:40:06 AM

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DGuller

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-03/senators-near-plan-to-abolish-fannie-mae-shrink-government-role.html

This sounds like a very good thing.  Those GSEs had to be one of the biggest distorting abominations that blighted our economy.  What's the catch?

CountDeMoney

Quoteand replace them with a government reinsurer of mortgage securities behind private capital.

What could happen.