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Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae)
A congressionally charteredcorporation which buys mortgages on the secondary market, pools them and sells them as mortgage-backed securities to investors on the open market. Monthly principal and interest payments are guaranteed by FNMA but not by the U.S. Government. also called Fannie Mae.