Government-Sponsored Enterprises The Issue of Expansion Into Mission-Related Business

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition.

Financial institutions.

Investments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1999

Summary:

Examines Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), which are privately-owned, federally-chartered financial institutions operating in housing and agricultural credit markets to assist consumers and advance certain U.S. policy objectives. Reviews investments and ventures by GSEs outside narrowly defined mission boundaries, changes in the charter for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), concerns about Federal liability for extension of an implied guarantee, and potential anticompetitive effects

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Government-Sponsored Enterprises

Publisher Number:

CRS-1999-ECN-0028

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