index ABCP. See asset-backed commer- cial paper market ABN Amro, 150 ABS. See asset-backed securities Acharya, Viral V., 191n.3, 192n.4­5, 193n.3, 193­94n.5, 195n.7, 195­96n.1, 198n.1, 198n.4, 199n.4, 200n.10 Adair, Red, 178 adjustable-rate mortgages bailout of the government- sponsored enterprises: con- servatorships, placement into, 89­91, 101, 140­41; Federal Reserve purchases of GSE mortgage-backed securities and agency debt, 91­92, 100­104; nationalization of Fannie and Freddie, 5­6; reasons for heavy involvement of the Federal 211