Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Only government agencies listed on the NY Stock Exchange are directed to delist themselves

According to the Bloomberg news feed (link forthcoming later in the day):

MCLEAN, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) today announced that the company has notified the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) of its intent to delist its common stock and the 20 listed classes of its preferred stock.  This notice was made pursuant to a directive by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Freddie Mac's conservator, requiring Freddie Mac to delist its common and preferred securities from the NYSE.  According to a press release by FHFA, the Acting Director of FHFA issued similar directives to both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

UPDATE: Here is one.

UPDATE: Nice quote from Steve Landsburg:
Today, I will introduce the Free Housing Market Enhancement Act, which removes government subsidies from the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the National Home Loan Bank Board. . . . Congress should act to remove taxpayer support from the housing GSEs before the bubble bursts and taxpayers are once again forced to bail out investors who were misled by foolish government interference in the market.-—Ron Paul, 2003


UPDATE: The FHFA statement here.

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