Example sentences for: fannie

How can you use “fannie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Most important, Fannie Mae's securities come with an implicit guarantee that they are backed by the federal government.

  • Thursday's fair and balanced assessment of Fannie Mae's James Johnson mentioned that the Fannie Mae Foundation and the Washington Post cosponsor a series of free concerts at the Kennedy Center (which Johnson also heads).

  • Economist Barry Bosworth said that while Fannie Mae was a "good, hard-charging" corporation, it should be "fully-taxed," and an "equalization tax" should be levied on its borrowing to offset the effect of the implicit federal guarantee.

  • The foundation sprinkles contributions on everything: homeless shelters as well as hospitals, the Kennedy Center, and powerful think tanks like the Heritage Foundation (which, to its credit, has issued reports decrying Fannie Mae's privileged status).

  • By cosponsoring free Kennedy Center concerts with the Washington Post, Fannie Mae purchases the goodwill of an insecure city and simultaneously cozies up to a journalistic institution that could do it a lot of damage.


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