As Fannie Mae headquarters become a media backdrop yesterday, stock prices of the mortgage giants wobbled but credit markets traded as if the institutions remained on solid footing.
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Steven Syre | Boston Capital
Washington throws long lifeline
Rescue aims at Fannie, Freddie, and US economy
As Fannie Mae headquarters become a media backdrop yesterday, stock prices of the mortgage giants wobbled but credit markets traded as if the institutions remained on solid footing.
(Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
The federal government's rescue plan for mortgage-market linchpins Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac got off to a promising start yesterday. An open checkbook can still buy a lot of goodwill. (Full article: 783 words)
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