Staff / TruthdigDec 25, 2009
Who knew the Treasury Department had such deep pockets? Well, besides all of Wall Street, we can put the beleaguered duo that is Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the list. The Treasury has obligingly removed the $400 billion cap previously assigned to the funding designated to save the two mortgage firms. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 26, 2008
The mortgage market got a lift following Tuesday's announcement that the Federal Reserve was throwing in with a $600 billion resuscitation bid, but as Fortune's Colin Barr points out, history offers at least two examples that the road ahead could be rocky. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 21, 2008
Starting on Nov. 26, mortgage finance mega-firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will take a time out from foreclosures and evictions until Jan. 9 -- a welcome holiday break for struggling homeowners that hopefully will catch on among other corporate players in the mortgage market. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Titus Levi / TruthdigOct 16, 2008
Wall Street has yet to recover after the economic shocks of recent weeks. Why? Two problems. One we already know: The “plan,” even with revisions, is deeply flawed. The second problem has not been mentioned all that much because it’s pretty scary: Put simply, we have no idea what we’re doing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 20, 2008
And now, this latest dispatch from the U.S. Department of Unintentional Irony: Sen. John McCain spoke out against the Federal Reserve's recent bids to give life support (read: gigantic amounts of money) to failing financial institutions. Isn't he the same guy who has looked to Phil Gramm for economic advice? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigSep 19, 2008
Has the war on terrorism become the modern equivalent of the Roman Circus, drawing the people’s attention away from the failures of those who rule them? Corporate America is a shambles because deregulation, the mantra of our president and his party, has proved to be a license to steal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 14, 2008
On Friday's episode of "Left, Right & Center," show regulars Matt Miller, Robert Scheer and Tony Blankley weigh in about the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis, the fate of Lehman Brothers and Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin's one-on-one with ABC's Charlie Gibson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigSep 10, 2008
Ignorance is bliss, which perhaps explains Gov. Sarah Palin being so confidently wrong about the root cause of the federalization of most of the nation's mortgage market. But what is Sen. John McCain's excuse? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigSep 9, 2008
With a stunningly vicious pair of blows, the faltering world economy -- the Godzilla of this year's presidential race -- has made the candidates look small. Why hasn't this looming crisis been part of the presidential debate? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2008
Investors have been throwing money at stock markets the world over following the news that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been placed under federal conservatorship. Some analysts are confident that the move will stabilize the mortgage giants and, in turn, a tanking housing market. With hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on the line, let's hope they're right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 29, 2008
Congress to the rescue! Mortgage lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being propped up in their time of dire need, thanks to a bill passed Saturday that will lift the world's two largest financial institutions out of immediate danger and help some homeowners handle mortgage crises. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 23, 2008
The independent Congressional Budget Office has announced the expected federal taxpayer bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will appear as a $25 billion budget expense, but that the real bill could be anywhere from zero to $100 billion. This, even though the once-governmental agencies were formally privatized in 1968. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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