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US Federal Housing Finance Agency hiked liquidity by fusing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac MBS trading to one market, study says

By Neil Roland
  • 03 May 2021 16:06
  • 03 May 2021 16:06
The US Federal Housing Finance Agency’s consolidation of agency mortgage-backed securities trading by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has resulted in higher liquidity for Freddie’s trading without affecting the market for Fannie’s, a US Federal Reserve Bank of New York study said.
The 2019 rule, known as the Single Security

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Neil Roland

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Neil has covered U.S. financial regulation for over two decades, mostly for Bloomberg and Crain Communications. He received a Loeb award for coverage of regulators' response to the collapse of Enron. He also garnered a SABEW award and some Jesse H. Neal awards for stories on the Federal Reserve's response to the 2008 financial crisis. Roland has appeared as a commentator on Fox TV, NPR, C-Span and Bloomberg TV. He received a Master's degree in public policy from Harvard and a Bachelors degree in economics from Cornell.

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