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[–] PopularUsername@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I always thought this for the financial market: Standard & Poor

Moody

The Fed (as in, the past tense of feed)

[–] intelati@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

fannie mae and freddie mac have this distinct dystopyian taste to me

[–] FlowVoid@midwest.social 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring.

"Fannie Mae" is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). "Freddie Mac" is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

TIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names.