Bernanke: covered bonds attractive, but viable?
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that covered bonds had attractions for mortgage finance in the US in a speech on Friday on possible alternatives to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. However, he warned that competition from the Federal Home Loan Banks could stymie their development.
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