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Week InReview: May 26, 2017

"These plans would dramatically restructure Fannie and Freddie, and put in place a federal guarantee on certain mortgage securities. This protection would kick in after private investors have taken initial losses through the new "credit risk transfer" market. Under most of these plans Fannie and Freddie would still exist, but with a more limited role, perhaps as utility-like mortgage guarantors."

Fannie and Freddie Endgame Takes Shape
Aaron Back in the Wall Street Journal

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