a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages

it may be called a 「conservatorship」, but the seizure of fannie mae and freddie mac is, in effect, a government takeover.

这次国有化可能被叫做”委托管理”，但是实际上控制房利美和房地美是政府的收购接管。

about half its assets are in securities that lack ginnie mae, freddie mac or fannie mae backing.

大约一半的资产投资在那些缺乏吉地美，房地美或房利美公司担保支持的证券。

they continued to be avid buyers this year, but their appetite waned in the first half of august (see chart), and was lower than normal in this week’s freddie mac auction.

今年,他们继续做着热心的买家，但他们的胃口在八月的上半月却小了许多。在这周房地美的拍卖上,他们购买的债券低于正常水平。

some argue that freddie mac and fannie mae, america’s housing-finance giants, should likewise guarantee mortgages but not buy them.

有些人认为，美国的住房金融巨头房地美和房利美应该担保抵押，而不是购买抵押。

overblown claims that fannie mae and freddie mac single-handedly caused the subprime crisis are just plain wrong.

过分渲染的说法：范尼梅和弗雷德马克单独导致了次贷危机，这是错误的。

the federal agency in charge of fannie mae and freddie mac declared that the mortgage pair would no longer trade on the new york stock exchange.

改：负责房利美和房地美的联邦机构宣布，这两家抵押贷款公司将不能继续在纽约证券交易所交易。

fannie mae and freddie mac are government-sponsored enterprises, which are among several financial service corporations created by the united states congress.

房利美和房地美是受到政府支持的企业，是由美国国会创立的几个金融服务公司之中的两个。

fannie mae and freddie mac would start worrying about too much easy credit, raise standards for loans and disqualify buyers unlikely to be able to afford houses.

房地美和房利美应当为过分容易拿到的贷款感到担心，应当提高贷款标準并且淘汰那些有可能交不起按揭的买家。

if you thought they did a bad job running the post office, amtrak, fannie mae, freddie mac and the military, just wait till you see what they'll do with wall street.

如果你觉得它们在管理邮局、全国铁路公司、房利美、房地美和军队时工作做得很糟糕，只需等着瞧它们会对华尔街做什么。