US GSE rescue provides no pointers for the UK

The US government’s initially well-received intervention to support the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has prompted debate over the case for similar sort of action to support the housing market in the UK. But there are a number of reasons why such action is both undesirable and unlikely.

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