Top officials at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extolled the major improvements made at the two GSEs over their decade in conservatorship, and a key Trump administration official reiterated his view that the gains should be preserved.
Although legislative reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is dead for now, Ginnie Mae supporters continue to worry about what might happen to agency MBS spreads if the government-sponsored enterprises get an explicit guarantee on their MBS.
During a discussion with Inside The GSEs, Freddie Mac CEO Donald Layton said the credit-risk transfer program is one of the company’s greatest accomplishments.
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