Regulators let Home Loan Banks lift MBS holdings
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080324/2008_03_24t083928_450x311_us_usa_housing_securities.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=7aYo02DI80VzvACNUJwLoQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="The headquarters of mortgage lender Fannie Mae is shown in northwest Washington October 3, 2006. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080324/bs_nm/usa_housing_securities_dc)Reuters - Regional banks will be allowed to
temporarily boost holdings of mortgage-backed securities by up
to about $150 billion, regulators said on Monday, announcing
another bid to bring stability to troubled mortgage markets.</p><br clear="all"/>
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