LONDON: The US government plan to rescue mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was welcomed by one of the world’s biggest holders of dollar assets yesterday but fears remained about the state of the global financial system.
Japan said it hoped that a plan unveiled on Sunday by the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve would support the troubled government-sponsored mortgage financiers, but a senior minister said that world markets were on the brink of crisis.
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