Topic: Secondary Market Financing
Fed's Bernanke sees U.S. backing Fannie, Freddie debt
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Current Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities are likely to retain U.S. government backing should Congress create a new system for financing U.S. homes, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. The comments follow speculation earlier this month bondholders in the mortgage funding ...
Mortgage rates remain below 5 percent
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Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fall to 4.95 percent, weeks before Fed exitMortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire. The average rate on a ...
Shares of bailed out companies surge
AP News
Bailed out companies see shares rise on hopes that government rescues could be winding downShares of four companies that have received huge infusions of taxpayer cash soared Tuesday after a report that the government would sell its stake in Citigroup Inc. raised hopes that other bailed-out companies would follow. Shares ...
Bailed-out U.S. financial stocks surge
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The shares of companies bailed out by the U.S. government during the financial crisis surged on Tuesday, fueled by speculation about money-making asset sales, cheap valuations and a recovery. Citigroup Inc <C.N> stock rose as much as 8.4 percent after a prominent ...
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