Federal Tax & Bailout 2008

Fannie, Freddie to Buy $40 Billion a Month of Troubled Assets By Dawn Kopecki Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) — Federal regulators directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to start purchasing $40 billion a month of underperforming mortgage bonds as the Bush administration expands its options to buy troubled financial assets and resuscitate the U.S. economy, according to three people briefed about the plan. Fannie and Freddie began notifying bond traders last week that each company needs to bu