Saturday, September 20, 2008
Awaiting congressional approval:
Creation of a program to buy troubled mortgage securities from Wall Street.
Announced yesterday:
Insurance for money-market mutual funds.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will buy more securities that back mortgages.
Treasury will expand its program to buy the same type of securities.
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