Currently, Fannie and Freddie are allowed to maintain a maximum capital cushion of $3 billion each. Anything above that amount is swept into the U.S. Treasury. …
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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