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Government Sponsored Enterprises

The Congress has established a number of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)—privately owned financial institutions that are federally chartered to fulfill a public mission of facilitating the flow of funds to housing and other sectors of the economy. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the two largest GSEs, backing or holding about half of the $11 trillion of outstanding residential mortgage debt; those institutions have been under federal conservatorship since September 2008. The other GSEs are the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the Farm Credit System, and Farmer Mac. CBO analyzes the effects of the GSEs on the federal budget and on the sectors they are chartered to support.
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Estimating the Value of Subsidies for Federal Loans and Loan Guarantees

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August 19, 2004

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Updated Estimates of the Subsidies to the Housing GSEs

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April 8, 2004

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Testimony on Regulation of the Housing Government-Sponsored Enterprises

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October 23, 2003

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Effects of Repealing Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's SEC Exemptions

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May 1, 2003

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The Budgetary Treatment of Leases and Public/Private Ventures

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February 1, 2003

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Letter to the Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes regarding the new-business assumption in the risk-based capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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January 3, 2003

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Letter to the Honorable Richard H. Baker regarding CBO's May 2001 report on the housing GSEs

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July 11, 2001

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Letter to Franklin D. Raines, Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, regarding CBO's draft study on the housing GSEs

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June 21, 2001

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Testimony on Federal Subsidies for the Housing GSEs

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May 23, 2001

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Interest Rate Differentials Between Jumbo and Conforming Mortgages, 1995-2000

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May 1, 2001

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