Ben Bernanke actually said...

I think many people are convinced that the way Fannie and Freddie were set up before was not entirely satisfactory, and we need to have some rethinking about what role the government should play in the housing market.

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Bernanke calls for rethinking government involvement in the housing market.

06/02/2009

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