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FHFA Announces Results of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests

for immediate release
08/08/2016

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a report providing the results of annual stress tests Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are required to conduct under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).  The Dodd-Frank Act requires certain financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets to conduct annual stress tests to determine whether they can absorb losses as a result of adverse economic conditions.  The report, Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests – Severely Adverse Scenario, provides updated information on possible ranges of future financial results of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under severely adverse economic conditions. 

Link to Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests – Severely Adverse Scenario

Link to 2016 Summary Instructions and Guidance

 

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