Freddie Mac Will Not Issue a Reference REMIC(R) Security in June

MCLEAN, Va., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) today
announced it will not issue a Reference REMIC(R) security during the week of
June 8, 2009. The company's 2009 Reference Notes(R) and Reference REMIC
calendar designates monthly issuance weeks that it may use to issue new
Reference REMIC securities.

This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers
for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and
related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 11, 2009, and all documents that Freddie
Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, excluding any information "furnished" to the
SEC on Form 8-K.

Freddie Mac's press releases sometimes contain forward-looking statements. A
description of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the expectations expressed in these and other forward-looking statements
can be found in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, filed with the
SEC and available on the Investor Relations page of the company's Web site at
www.FreddieMac.com/investors and the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov.

Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity,
stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets.
Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage
capital to lenders. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible for one
in six homebuyers and more than five million renters.

SOURCE Freddie Mac

MEDIA, Michael Cosgrove, +1-703-903-2123, or INVESTORS, Bruce Bracco,
+1-571-382-4121, both of Freddie Mac