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    To the Point

    Treasury Secretary Seeks to Assuage New Mortgage Fears

    Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae dropped again today amid speculation that the federal government will have no choice but to bail them out. James Politi is US Economics and Trade correspondent for the Financial Times .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae dropped again today amid speculation that the federal government will have no choice but to bail them out. James Politi is US Economics and Trade correspondent for the Financial Times.

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      James Politi

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    1 of 3
    Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson and Political Expectations
    1. 1:44Treasury Secretary Seeks to Assuage New Mortgage FearsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:47Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson and Political Expectations
    3. 43:55Darfur, War Crimes and a Truth Commission
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