Treasury's spent $124 billion on...

Courtesy Marketplace  Wed, 04/15/2009 - 11:14

The Federal Reserve's been buying mortgage-backed securities, driving mortgage rates to historic lows. But the U.S.

Treasury Department's been doing the same thing, and nobody's seemed to notice. Steve Henn reports.


 

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