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The Week Ahead: Reflecting on Q2 and the Market

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panelists discuss gses at AEIAt 9 a.m. ET, Tuesday, July 31, Freddie Mac will release its Q2 2018 earnings via conference call and webcast, led by CEO Don Layton. The call will be accessible on Freddie Mac's website, as well as a press release and other materials.

For Q1 2018, Freddie Mac delivered $2.2 billion of comprehensive income, despite a major change in interest rates, according to their press release. It goes on to state that in a period with no significant items and little impact from legacy asset dispositions, this income demonstrated the increased stability of Freddie Mac's earnings.

The enterprise also continued a line of innovation in the previous quarter, through a steady stream of real improvements by all three business lines, the quarter results providing a particularly clear view of earnings capacity and the progress made in fulfilling its mission by creating a better housing finance system for lenders, investors, families, and taxpayers, the statement said.

Here's what else is happening in The Week Ahead:

  • AEI National Mortgage Risk Index, Monday, 11 a.m. EST
  • Pending Home Sales Index, Monday, 10 a.m. EST
  • S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller HPI, Tuesday, 9 a.m., EST
  • Construction Spending Report, Wednesday, 10 a.m. EST
  • Census Bureau Jobs Report, Friday, 8.30 a.m. EST

About Author: Kristina Brewer

Kristina Brewer is the Editorial Assistant of Publications for the Five Star Institute, including DS News and MReport magazine. She is a graduate of the University of North Texas (UNT), where she received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in rhetoric and writing and a minor in global marketing. During this time, she served as Director of Philanthropy in the national women’s fraternity Zeta Tau Alpha, of which she is an alumna. Her passion for philanthropy continued after university when she was an intern at Keep Denton Beautiful, a local partner of Keep America Beautiful, where she drove membership, organized events, and led social media campaigns. Brewer honed her writing at the North Texas Daily, UNT’s student-run newspaper where she wrote about faculty, mentorship, and student life. Brewer also previously worked at Optimus Business Plans where she helped start-ups create funding proposals, risk assessments, and management plans.
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