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Will FASB Get Fair Value Accounting Right?

March 8, 2006
Some GSE watchers are enthusiastic about a pending “fair value” accounting standard that could make GSE financial reports more accurate. The lingering question is whether Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other companies will have better luck implementing the new standard than they have with earlier accounting reforms. At issue is an exposure draft on a proposed Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which was issued in…
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