Fannie Mae to buy back bullets, long end seen as first target

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Fannie Mae to buy back bullets, long end seen as first target

March 23, 2001 12:00 am

Analysts are speculating that Fannie Mae will buy back its longer dated Benchmark Notes, following the agency’s announcement that it may buy back some of its bullet debt.

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