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Q&A: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7502310.stm

Description:
Brief answers to questions from July 2008 about "[t]roubled US mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae [who] are at the heart of the US housing market." Covers who are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("shareholder-owned companies mandated by the US Congress to provide funding to the housing market"), what they do, why they are in trouble, and what would happen if they failed. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

LII Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Home Buying & Financing, Loans

Publisher:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

LII Database Information:
Record 26502 created by Maria Brandt on 07/14/2008
Last modification on 07/14/2008
Published: 07/17/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26502

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