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Friday, September 19, 2008 3:00:20 PM
09/19 02:57 PM
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury intends to double its planned purchases of mortgage-backed securities to $10 billion this month as part of its broad plan to stabilize markets and deal with problem bank assets.
Treasury spokeswoman Jennifer Zuccarelli said the increase would accompany unspecified increases in MBS purchases by Fannie Mae (FNM:$0.764,0$0.2740,55.92%) and Freddie Mac (FRE:$0.6063,$0.2763,83.73%) .
The Treasury has not yet begun purchases in the open market, and may make more MBS purchases in future months, subject to the national debt limit, she said.
The two government-controlled housing finance firms would be allowed to increase MBS purchases up to their new portfolio limits of $850 billion each, Zuccarelli said. (Reporting by David Lawder, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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