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'''Fannie Mae'''  is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). <ref>[http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/ Blaming Fannie and Freddie], Ben Zimmer, ''Visual Thesaurus'', September 16, 2008</ref> Fannie Mae is a company that deals with the secondary [[mortgage]] market. It is a [[New Deal]] agency founded by the U.S. government to provide increased liquidity for mortgages. The company was bailed out by the US Government (along with [[Freddie Mac]]) after making billions in loans available to borrowers with demonstratively poor credit histories. It was placed in the [[conservator]]ship of another government sponsored enterprise, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in September 2008. It currently guarantees against default about $5 trillion in mortgages of American homeowners -- nearly half of all mortgages in the [[United States]].

'''Fannie Mae'''  is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). <ref>[http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/ Blaming Fannie and Freddie], Ben Zimmer, ''Visual Thesaurus'', September 16, 2008</ref> Fannie Mae is a company that deals with the secondary [[mortgage]] market. It is a [[New Deal]] agency founded by the U.S. government to provide increased liquidity for mortgages. The company was bailed out by the US Government (along with [[Freddie Mac]]) after making billions in loans available to borrowers with demonstratively poor credit histories. It was placed in the [[conservator]]ship of another government sponsored enterprise, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for mismanaging its affairs in September 2008. It currently guarantees against default about $5 trillion in mortgages of American homeowners -- nearly half of all mortgages in the [[United States]].

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