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It has finally happened: the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which together own or guarantee almost half of the $12 trillion home mortgage debt. The takeover came after inspectors poring over the books of the two companies concluded that the accounting methods used by Freddie Mac had overstated the capital cushion of [...]

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