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Freddie Mac, n. U.S. Finance.
Brit. |ˌfrɛdi ˈmak|, U.S. |ˌfrɛdi ˈmæk|
Forms: 19– Freddie Mac, 19– Freddy Mac
[‹ the male forenames Freddie (also Freddy) and Mac (compare Mac n.1), after Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (see below), on the model of Fannie Mae n. Compare slightly earlier Ginnie Mae n., Sallie Mae n.]
A proprietary name for: the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, chartered by the U.S. government in 1970 to provide a secondary market for home loan mortgages by buying home loans from lending agencies and selling them as securities on the capital market. Also: a security guaranteed by this company.
1971Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 19/4 The latest arrival, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., is without a distinguishing nickname. ‘It has been called everything from Freddie-Mac to Flummach.’ 1991Banker Sept. 7/4 The index does not..track the price of the most liquid and heavily traded asset-backed issues in the US: mortgage-backed securities, Ginny Maes, Fanny Maes and Freddie Macs. 2004Wall St. Jrnl. (Central ed.) 2 Jan. a6/3 Regulators refused to renew a bonus-point system that awarded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extra credit for financing smaller apartment buildings. |