Sep 8: Martin Wolf on the Fannie and Freddie deal

Name: Sep 8: Martin Wolf on the Fannie and Freddie deal
Uploaded: 2008-09-08T10:49:22.000Z
Duration: PTNaNMNaNS
Channel: Financial Times
Description: The implications of the US government's bail-out

Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, looks at the implications of the US government's rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the context of a slowing world economy

September 8, 2008

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