Below we show Fannie and Freddie’s quarterly earnings since the crisis began and requests for tax payer money to keep them alive. The idea is to gradually make these mortgage-holding organizations profitable so they can begin paying back the taxpayers who bailed them out. It is unlikely that they will ever be able to pay back the aid they’ve received.
| On date | Gain or loss announced | by | for quarter | resulting in request for tax payer money of this amount |
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| May 9, 2012 | $2.7 billion gain | Fannie | 1st q. 2012 | No cash needed | ||
| February 29, 2012 | $2.4 billion loss | Fannie | 4th q. 2011 | $4.2 billion | ||
| November 8, 2011 | $7.6 billion loss | Fannie | 3rd q. 2011 | $7.8 billion | ||
| November 3, 2011 | $6 billion loss | Freddie | 3rd q. 2011 | $6 billion | ||
| August 8, 2011 | $2.1 billion loss | Freddie | 2nd q. 2011 | $1.5 billion | ||
| August 5, 2011 | $5.2 billion loss | Fannie | 2nd q. 2011 | $5.1 billion | ||
| May 6, 2011 | $8.7 billion loss | Fannie | 1st q. 2011 | $8.2 billion | ||
| May 4, 2011 | $676 million profit | Freddie | 1st q. 2011 | No cash needed | ||
| February 24, 2011 | $113 million loss | Freddie | 4th q. 2010 | $500 million | ||
| February 24, 2011 | $73 million profit | Fannie | 4th q. 2010 | $2.6 billion | ||
| November 5, 2010 | $3.46 billion loss | Fannie | 3rd q. 2010 | $2.5 billion | ||
| November 3, 2010 | $4.1 billion loss | Freddie | 3rd q. 2010 | $100 million | ||
| August 9, 2010 | $6.0 billion loss | Freddie | 2nd q. 2010 | $1.8 billion | ||
| August 5, 2010 | $3.1 billion loss | Fannie | 2nd q. 2010 | $1.5 billion | ||
| May 10, 2010 | $13 billion loss | Fannie | 1st q. 2010 | $8.4 billion | ||
| May 6, 2010 | $6.7 billion loss | Freddie | 1st q. 2010 | $10.6 billion | ||
| February 24, 2010 | $7.8 billion loss | Freddie | 4th q. 2009 | No cash needed | ||
| February 10, 2010 | $16.3 billion loss | Fannie | 4th q. 2009 | $15.3 billion | ||
| November 6, 2009 | $5.0 billion loss | Freddie | 3rd q. 2009 | No cash needed | ||
| November 6, 2009 | $18.9 billion loss | Fannie | 3rd q. 2009 | $15.0 billion | ||
| August 7, 2009 | $745 million profit | Freddie | 2nd q. 2009 | No cash needed | ||
| August 7, 2009 | $14.8 billion loss | Fannie | 2nd q. 2009 | $10.7 billion | ||
| May 13, 2009 | $10 billion loss | Freddie | 1st q. 2009 | $6.0 billion | ||
| May 8, 2009 | $23.8 billion loss | Fannie | 1st q. 2009 | $19.0 billion | ||
| March 12, 2009 | $23.9 billion loss | Freddie | 4th q. 2008 | $30.8 billion | ||
| February 27, 2009 | $25.2 billion loss | Fannie | 4th q. 2008 | $15.2 billion | ||
| November 14, 2008 | $25.3 billion loss | Freddie | 3rd q. 2008 | $13.8 billion | ||
| November 11, 2008 | $29 billion loss | Fannie | 3rd q. 2008 | No cash needed |