Fannie Mae Releases August 2010 Monthly Summary

WASHINGTON, September 29, 2010 - Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) August 2010 Monthly Summary is
now available at www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly. The monthly summary
report contains information about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date
activities for our gross mortgage portfolio, mortgage-backed securities and
other guarantees, interest rate risk measures, and serious delinquency rates.

Fannie Mae exists to expand affordable housing and bring global capital
to local communities in order to serve the U.S. housing market. Fannie Mae
has a federal charter and operates in America's secondary mortgage market to
enhance the liquidity of the mortgage market by providing funds to mortgage
bankers and other lenders so that they may lend to home buyers. Our job is to
help those who house America.

Katherine Constantinou of Fannie Mae, +1-202-752-5403