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To: dajeeps

I did not know this. By GSEs, do you mean Fannie and Freddie?


31 posted on 03/05/2011 6:32:39 PM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion (Darwinism is to Genesis as Global Warming is to Revelations.)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion

“I did not know this. By GSEs, do you mean Fannie and Freddie?”

Yep. They used caplital reserve ratio “control” to pump both the government debt and housing bubbles. It was one of the easter eggs the Clinton admin left for Bush. The rule went into effect Jan 20, 2001.


34 posted on 03/06/2011 6:23:15 AM PST by dajeeps
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