Worldwide Investment Manager `Cornerstone` [GSE Bailout Becomes Law]

Released on: August 26, 2008, 5:56 am

Press Release Author: Richard Drake

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: World Finance ('Cornerstone Worldwide') New law gives US
treasury wide powers to prop up Freddie & Fannie

Press Release Body: Cornerstone Worldwide hailed the new legislation signed into law
today by President George W. Bush as a desperate measure that may have far-reaching
repercussions for the US dollar.

The legislation which helps 400,000 homeowners facing foreclosure and extends a
lifeline to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the beleaguered US mortgage companies will
place extreme pressure on the world's reserve currency said a source close to
Cornerstone Worldwide.

President Bush signed the measure at the White House shortly after 7 a.m. White
House spokesman, Tony Fratto said, ``We look forward to putting in place new
authorities to improve confidence and stability in markets, and to provide better
oversight for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."

Although the law is aimed at reducing foreclosures and halting the seemingly
perpetual free-fall in housing prices by providing federal insurance for refinanced
30-year mortgages for struggling homeowners, it also meant exacerbating the negative
perception of the US dollar by US Treasury Bond holders including OPEC countries and
China said the Cornerstone Worldwide source.

The recession in the housing market, the worst since the Depression, along with
higher fuel prices and a shrinking job market, is weighing on consumers and the
economy.


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