Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[FOFreddie]

The National Economic Council and Hank's right hand guy at UST were planning to nationalize the GSEs in 2008

From Page 12 of from the March 8 2008 Memo:

"As shareholder capital gets wiped, the government will have no choice but to seize the company and place it in conservatorship or receivership. Importantly, mortgage-backed security holders guaranteed by Fannie Mae will see no losses. The government will likely allow debt holders to fare okay, with either no or token losses, perhaps 1%. Shareholders, both common and preferred, are likely to be left with nothing. As shareholder capital gets wiped, the government will have no choice but to seize the company and place it in conservatorship or receivership. Importantly, mortgage-backed security holders guaranteed by Fannie Mae will see no losses. The government will likely allow debt holders to fare okay, with either no or token losses, perhaps 1%. Shareholders, both common and preferred, are likely to be left with nothing"

https://fcic-static.law.stanford.edu/cdn_media/fcic-docs/2008-03-08_Treasury_Email_from_Hason_Thomas_to_Robert_Steel_Re_Source_document_for_Barrons_article_on_FNM.pdf