UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended February 28, 20182019
OR 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from             to             

Commission File Number: 1-7102
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NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES
COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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District of Columbia 52-0891669
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
20701 Cooperative Way, Dulles, Virginia, 20166
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 467-1800
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes x  No ¨

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INDEX OF MD&A TABLES
 
Table   Description Page   Description Page
  MD&A Tables:  
1 Summary of Selected Financial Data 2
 Summary of Selected Financial Data 3
2 Average Balances, Interest Income/Interest Expense and Average Yield/Cost 8
 Average Balances, Interest Income/Interest Expense and Average Yield/Cost 10
3 Rate/Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income/Interest Expense 11
 Rate/Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income/Interest Expense 13
4 Non-Interest Income 13
 Non-Interest Income 15
5 Derivative Average Notional Amounts and Average Interest Rates 13
 Derivative Average Notional Amounts and Average Interest Rates 16
6 Derivative Gains (Losses) 15
 Derivative Gains (Losses) 17
7 Non-Interest Expense 16
 Non-Interest Expense 18
8 Loans Outstanding by Type and Member Class 17
 Loans Outstanding by Type and Member Class 19
9 Historical Retention Rate and Repricing Selection 18
 Historical Retention Rate and Repricing Selection 20
10 Total Debt Outstanding 19
 Total Debt Outstanding 21
11 Member Investments 20
 Member Investments 23
12 Collateral Pledged 21
 Collateral Pledged 24
13 Unencumbered Loans 22
 Unencumbered Loans 24
14 Guarantees Outstanding 23
 Equity 25
15 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations 24
 Guarantees Outstanding 26
16 Unadvanced Loan Commitments 24
 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations 27
17 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 25
 Unadvanced Loan Commitments 27
18 Maturities of Notional Amount of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 26
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 28
19 Loan Portfolio Security Profile 27
 Maturities of Notional Amount of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 29
20 Credit Exposure to 20 Largest Borrowers 29
 Loan Portfolio Security Profile 30
21 TDR Loans 30
 Credit Exposure to 20 Largest Borrowers 32
22 Net Charge-Offs (Recoveries) 30
 Troubled Debt Restructured Loans 33
23 Allowance for Loan Losses 31
 Allowance for Loan Losses 34
24 Rating Triggers for Derivatives 32
 Rating Triggers for Derivatives 36
25 Liquidity Reserve 33
 Available Liquidity 37
26 Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements 34
 Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements 38
27 Short-Term Borrowings 36
 Short-Term Borrowings—Funding Sources 39
28 Issuances and Maturities of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 37
 Short-Term Borrowings 40
29 Principal Maturity of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 37
 Issuances and Maturities of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 40
30 Projected Sources and Uses of Liquidity 38
 Principal Maturity of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 41
31 Credit Ratings 39
 Projected Sources and Uses of Liquidity 42
32 Interest Rate Gap Analysis 41
 Credit Ratings 42
33 Adjusted Financial Measures — Income Statement 42
 Interest Rate Gap Analysis 44
34 TIER and Adjusted TIER 42
 Adjusted Financial Measures—Income Statement 45
35 Adjusted Financial Measures — Balance Sheet 43
 TIER and Adjusted TIER 46
36 Debt-to-Equity Ratio 43
 Adjusted Financial Measures—Balance Sheet 46
37 Debt-to-Equity Ratio 47
38 Members’ Equity 47

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A)
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain statements that are considered “forward-looking statements” within the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identified by our use of words such as “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “continue,” “potential,” “opportunity” and similar expressions, whether in the negative or affirmative. All statements about future expectations or projections, including statements about loan volume, the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses, operating income and expenses, leverage and debt-to-equity ratio,ratios, borrower financial performance, impaired loans, and sources and uses of liquidity, are forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results and performance may differ materially from our forward-looking statements due to several factors. Factors that could cause future results to vary from our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, legislative changes including those that could affect our tax status, governmental monetary and fiscal policies, demand for our loan products, lending competition, changes in the quality or composition of our loan portfolio, changes in our ability to access external financing, changes in the credit ratings on our debt, valuation of collateral supporting impaired loans, charges associated with our operation or disposition of foreclosed assets, technological changes within the rural electric utility industry, regulatory and economic conditions in the rural electric industry, nonperformance of counterparties to our derivative agreements, the costs and effects of legal or governmental proceedings involving us or our members and the factors listed and described under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” ofin our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 20172018 (“20172018 Form 10-K”). Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date on which the statement is made.
INTRODUCTION

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”) is a member-owned cooperative association incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in April 1969. CFC’s principal purpose is to provide its members with financing to supplement the loan programs of the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). CFC makes loans to its rural electric members so they can acquire, construct and operate electric distribution, generation and transmission (“power supply”) systems and related facilities. CFC also provides its members with credit enhancements in the form of letters of credit and guarantees of debt obligations. As a cooperative, CFC is owned by and exclusively serves its membership, which consists of not-for-profit entities or subsidiaries or affiliates of not-for-profit entities. CFC is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. As a member-owned cooperative, CFC’s objective is not to maximize profit, but rather to offer its members cost-based financial products and services. CFC funds its activities primarily through a combination of public and private issuances of debt securities, member investments and retained equity. As a Section 501(c)(4) tax-exempt, member-owned cooperative, we cannot issue equity securities.

Our financial statements include the consolidated accounts of CFC, National Cooperative Services Corporation (“NCSC”), Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (“RTFC”) and subsidiaries created and controlled by CFC to hold foreclosed assets resulting from defaulted loans or bankruptcy. NCSC is a taxable member-owned cooperative that may provide financing to members of CFC, government or quasi-government entities which own electric utility systems that meet the Rural Electrification Act definition of “rural” and for-profit and nonprofit entities that are owned, operated or controlled by, or provide significant benefits to certain members of CFC. RTFC is a taxable Subchapter T cooperative association that provides financing for its rural telecommunications members and their affiliates. CFC did not hold, and did not have any subsidiaries or other entities that held, foreclosed assets as of February 28, 20182019 or May 31, 2017.2018. See “Item 1. Business—Overview” ofin our 20172018 Form 10-K for additional information on the business activities of each of these entities. Unless stated otherwise, references to “we,” “our” or “us” relate to CFC and its consolidated entities. All references to members within this document include members, associates and affiliates of CFC and its consolidated entities.


Our principal operations are currently organized for management reporting purposes into three business segments: CFC, NCSC and RTFC. Loans to members totaled $26,018 million as of February 28, 2019, of which 96% was attributable to CFC. Total revenue, which consists of net interest income and fee and other income, was $235 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019, of which 99% was attributable to CFC, compared with $231 million for the same prior-year period. We provide information on the financial performance of each of our business segments in “Note 13—Business Segments.”

Management monitors a variety of key indicators to evaluate our business performance. The following MD&A is intended to provide the reader with an understanding of our consolidated results of operations, financial condition and liquidity by discussing the drivers offactors influencing changes from period to period and the key measures used by management to evaluate performance, such as net interest income, net interest yield, loan growth, debt-to-equity ratio, growth and credit quality metrics. The MD&A section is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in this Report, our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes in our 20172018 Form 10-K and additional information contained in our 20172018 Form 10-K, including the risk factors discussed under “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors,” as well as any risk factors identified under “Part II—Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Report.
SUMMARY OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Table 1 provides a summary of consolidated selected financial data for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017,2018, and as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. In addition to financial measures determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), management also evaluates performance based on certain non-GAAP measures and metrics, which we refer to as “adjusted” measures. Certain financial covenant provisions in our credit agreements are also based on non-GAAP financial measures. Our key non-GAAP financial measures are adjusted net income, adjusted net interest income, adjusted interest expense, adjusted net interest yield, adjusted times interest earned ratio (“adjusted TIER”) and adjusted debt-to-equity ratio. The most comparable GAAP measures are net income, net interest income, interest expense, net interest yield, TIER and debt-to-equity ratio, respectively. The primary adjustments we make to calculate these non-GAAP measures consist of (i) adjusting interest expense and net interest income to include the impact of net periodic derivative cash settlements; (ii) adjusting net income, senior debt and total equity to exclude the non-cash impact of the accounting for derivative financial instruments; (iii) adjusting senior debt to exclude the amount that funds CFC member loans guaranteed by RUS, subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates; and (iv) adjusting total equity to include subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates and exclude cumulative derivative forward value gains and losses and accumulated other comprehensive income.income (“AOCI”). We believe our non-GAAP adjusted measures, which are not a substitute for GAAP and may not be consistent with similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide meaningful information and are useful to investors because management evaluates performance based on these metrics, and certain financial covenants in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and debt indentures are based on adjusted measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a detailed reconciliation of these adjusted measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.



Table 1: Summary of Selected Financial Data
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,  Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, 
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 Change 2018 2017 Change 2019 2018 Change 2019 2018 Change
Statement of operations          
Statement of operations:          
Interest income $271,468
 $259,920
    4% $803,206
 $773,911
    4% $285,566
 $271,468
    5% $845,310
 $803,206
    5%
Interest expense (198,071) (186,740) 6 (585,972) (551,474) 6 (207,335) (198,071) 5 (621,732) (585,972) 6
Net interest income 73,397
 73,180
  217,234
 222,437
 (2) 78,231
 73,397
 7 223,578
 217,234
 3
Fee and other income 3,935
 5,810
 (32) 13,422
 15,437
 (13) 3,714
 3,935
 (6) 11,220
 13,422
 (16)
Total net revenue 77,332
 78,990
 (2) 230,656
 237,874
 (3)
Provision for loan losses (1,105) (2,065) (46) (503) (4,731) (89)
Derivative gains(1)
 168,048
 42,455
 296 247,443
 194,822
 27
Total revenue 81,945
 77,332
 6 234,798
 230,656
 2
Benefit (provision) for loan losses (182) (1,105) (84) 1,715
 (503) **
Derivative gains (losses)(1)
 (132,174) 168,048
 ** (61,648) 247,443
 **
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 (29) ** (34) (1,690) (98) 
 
 ** 
 (34) **
Operating expenses(2)
 (22,212) (20,710) 7 (65,762) (62,201) 6 (22,998) (22,212) 4 (70,073) (65,762) 7
Other non-interest expense (402) (294) 37 (1,542) (1,254) 23 1,789
 (402) ** (8,405) (1,542) 445
Income before income taxes 221,661
 98,347
 125 410,258
 362,820
 13
Income tax expense (632) (385) 64 (1,491) (1,815) (18)
Net income $221,029
 $97,962
 126 $408,767
 $361,005
 13
Income (loss) before income taxes (71,620) 221,661
 ** 96,387
 410,258
 (77)
Income tax benefit (expense) 149
 (632) ** (154) (1,491) (90)
Net income (loss) $(71,471) $221,029
 ** $96,233
 $408,767
 (76)
         
Adjusted operational financial measures         
Adjusted interest expense(3)
 $(217,134) $(216,995)  $(656,165) $(644,753) 2
Adjusted net interest income(3)
 68,432
 54,473
 26 189,145
 158,453
 19
Adjusted net income(3)
 50,904
 34,057
 49 123,448
 102,543
 20
         
Selected ratios         
Fixed-charge coverage ratio/TIER(4)
 0.66
 2.12
 (146) bps 1.15
 1.70
 (55) bps
Adjusted TIER(3)
 1.23
 1.16
 7 1.19
 1.16
 3
Net interest yield(5)
 1.19% 1.16% 3 1.14% 1.15% (1)
Adjusted net interest yield(3)(6)
 1.04
 0.86
 18 0.96
 0.84
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  Three Months Ended February 28,   Nine Months Ended February 28,  
  2018 2017 Change 2018
2017 Change
Adjusted operational financial measures            
Adjusted interest expense(3)
 $(216,995) $(206,094)    5% $(644,753) $(615,805)    5%
Adjusted net interest income(3)
 54,473
 53,826
 1 158,453
 158,106
 
Adjusted net income(3)
 34,057
 36,153
 (6) 102,543
 101,852
 1
             
Selected ratios            
Fixed-charge coverage ratio/TIER (4)
 2.12
 1.52
 60 bps 1.70
 1.65
 5 bps
Adjusted TIER(3)
 1.16
 1.18
 (2) 1.16
 1.17
 (1)
Net interest yield(5)
 1.16% 1.19 % (3) 1.15% 1.22% (7)
Adjusted net interest yield(3)(6)
 0.86
 0.87
 (1) 0.84
 0.86
 (2)
Net charge-off rate(7)
 
 
  
 0.01
 (1)
             
        February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 Change
Balance sheet            
Cash and cash equivalents       $250,697
 $166,615
      50%
Investment securities       337,900
 92,554
 265
Loans to members(8)
       25,342,922
 24,367,044
   4
Allowance for loan losses       (37,879) (37,376)   1
Loans to members, net       25,305,043
 24,329,668
   4
Total assets       26,476,407
 25,205,692
   5
Short-term borrowings       3,493,736
 3,342,900
   5
Long-term debt       18,813,136
 17,955,594
   5
Subordinated deferrable debt       742,375
 742,274
 
Members’ subordinated certificates       1,379,693
 1,419,025
   (3)
Total debt outstanding       24,428,940
 23,459,793
   4
Total liabilities       25,017,303
 24,106,887
   4
Total equity       1,459,104
 1,098,805
   33
Guarantees(9)
       679,968
 889,617
   (24)
             
Selected ratios period end           
Allowance coverage ratio(10)
       0.15% 0.15% 
Debt-to-equity ratio(11)
       17.15
 21.94
 (479)
Adjusted debt-to-equity ratio(3)
       6.21
 5.95
   26
        February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Balance sheet            
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash       $230,628
 $238,824
      (3)%
Investment securities       650,532
 609,851
 7
Loans to members(7)
       26,017,679
 25,178,608
   3
Allowance for loan losses       (17,086) (18,801)   (9)
Loans to members, net       26,000,593
 25,159,807
   3
Total assets       27,410,061
 26,690,204
   3
Short-term borrowings       3,651,941
 3,795,910
   (4)
Long-term debt       19,564,933
 18,714,960
   5
Subordinated deferrable debt       742,516
 742,410
 
Members’ subordinated certificates       1,357,419
 1,379,982
   (2)
Total debt outstanding       25,316,809
 24,633,262
   3
Total liabilities       25,857,449
 25,184,351
   3
Total equity       1,552,612
 1,505,853
   3
Guarantees(8)
       786,031
 805,161
   (2)
             
Selected ratios period end           
Allowance coverage ratio(9)
       0.07% 0.07% 
Debt-to-equity ratio(10)
       16.65
 16.72
 (7)
Adjusted debt-to-equity ratio(3)
       6.29
 6.18
 11
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** ChangeCalculation of percentage change is not meaningful.
(1)Consists of derivativeinterest rate swap cash settlements and derivative forward value gains (losses). Derivative cash settlement amounts represent net periodic contractual interest accruals related to derivatives not designated for hedge accounting. Derivative forward value gains (losses) represent changes in fair value during the period, excluding net periodic contractual interest accruals, related to derivatives not designated for hedge accounting and expense amounts reclassified into income related to the cumulative transition loss recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 1, 2001, as a result of the adoption of the derivative accounting guidance that required derivatives to be reported at fair value on the balance sheet.
(2)Consists of salaries and employee benefits and the other general and administrative expenses components of non-interest expense, each of which are presented separately on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
(3)See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for details on the calculation of these non-GAAP adjusted measures and the reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measures.
(4)Calculated based on net income (loss) plus interest expense for the period divided by interest expense for the period. The fixed-charge coverage ratios and TIER were the same during each period presented because we did not have any capitalized interest during these periods.
(5)Calculated based on annualized net interest income for the period divided by average interest-earning assets for the period.
(6)Calculated based on annualized adjusted net interest income for the period divided by average interest-earning assets for the period.


(7)Calculated based on annualized net charge-offs (recoveries) for the period divided by average total outstanding loans for the period.
(8)Consists of the outstanding principal balance of member loans plus unamortized deferred loan origination costs, which totaled $11 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
(9)(8)Reflects the total amount of member obligations for which CFC has guaranteed payment to a third party as of the end of each period. This amount represents our maximum exposure to loss, which significantly exceeds the guarantee liability recorded on our consolidated balance sheets. See “Note 10—11—Guarantees” for additional information.  
(10)(9)Calculated based on the allowance for loan losses at period end divided by total outstanding loans at period end.
(11)(10)Calculated based on total liabilities at period end divided by total equity at period end.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our primary objective as a member-owned cooperative lender is to provide cost-based financial products to our rural electric members while maintaining a sound financial position required for investment-grade credit ratings on our debt instruments. Our objective is not to maximize net income; therefore, the rates we charge our member-borrowers reflect our adjusted interest expensefunding costs plus a spread to cover our operating expenses, a provision for loan losses and earnings sufficient to achieve interest coverage to meet our financial objectives. Our goal is to earn an annual minimum adjusted TIER of 1.10 and to maintain an adjusted debt-to-equity ratio at approximately or below 6.00-to-1.

We are subject to period-to-period volatility in our reported GAAP results due to changes in market conditions and differences in the way our financial assets and liabilities are accounted for under GAAP. Our financial assets and liabilities expose us to interest-rate risk. We use derivatives, primarily interest rate swaps, as part of our strategy in managing this risk. Our derivatives are intended to economically hedge and manage the interest-rate sensitivity mismatch between our financial assets and liabilities. We are required under GAAP to carry derivatives at fair value on our consolidated balance sheet; however, the financial assets and liabilities for which we use derivatives to economically hedge are carried at amortized cost. Changes in interest rates and spreadsthe shape of the yield curve result in periodic fluctuations in the fair value of our derivatives, which may cause volatility in our earnings because we do not apply hedge accounting.accounting for our interest rate swaps. As a result, the mark-to-market changes in our derivativesinterest rate swaps are recorded in earnings. Based on the compositionBecause our derivative portfolio consists of our derivatives,a higher proportion of pay-fixed swaps than receive-fixed swaps, we generally record derivative losses in earnings when interest rates decline and derivative gains when interest rates rise. This earnings volatility generally is not indicative of the underlying economics of our business, as the derivative forward fair value gains or losses recorded each period may or may not be realized over time, depending on the terms of our derivative instruments and future changes in market conditions that impact actual derivativethe periodic cash settlement amounts.amounts of our interest rate swaps. As such, management uses our adjusted non- GAAPnon-GAAP results whichto evaluate our operating performance. Our adjusted results include realized net periodic derivative settlementsinterest rate swap settlement amounts but exclude the impact of unrealized derivative forward fair value gains and losses, to evaluate our operating performance. Because derivative forward fair value gains and losses do not impact our cash flows, liquidity or ability to service our debt costs, ourlosses. Our financial debt covenants are also based on our non-GAAP adjusted results.results, as the forward fair value gains and losses related to our interest rate swaps do not affect our cash flows, liquidity or ability to service our debt.

Financial Performance

Reported Results

We reported a net loss of $71 million and a TIER of 0.66 for the quarter ended February 28, 2019 (“current quarter”), compared with net income of $221 million and a TIER of 2.12 for the quarter ended February 28, 2018 (“current quarter”), compared withsame prior-year quarter. We reported net income of $98$96 million and a TIER of 1.521.15 for the same prior-year quarter. We reportednine months ended February 28, 2019, compared with net income of $409 million and a TIER of 1.70 for the nine months ended February 28, 2018, compared with net income of $361 millionsame prior-year period. The significant variance between our reported results for the current year periods and a TIER of 1.65 for the same prior-year period.periods was primarily attributable to mark-to-market changes in the fair value of our derivatives. Our debt-to-equity ratio decreased to 17.15-to-116.65 as of February 28, 2018,2019, from 21.94-to-116.72 as of May 31, 2017,2018, primarily due to an increase in equity resulting from our reported net income of $409$96 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, which was partially offset by patronage capital retirement of $45$48 million in September 2017.August 2018.

The variance of $123$293 million between our reported net incomeloss of $221$71 million infor the current quarter and our reported net income of $98$221 million for the same prior-year quarter was driven primarily by mark-to-market changesa shift in thederivative fair value changes of our derivatives.$300 million. We recognizedrecorded derivative gainslosses of $168$132 million induring the current quarter compared with derivative gains of $42 milliondue to decreases in the same prior-year quarter, both of which were attributable to a net increase in the fair value of our pay-fixed swaps, as interest rates increaseddecreased across the swap yield curvecurve. In comparison, we reported derivative gains of $168 million during each period. The increasethe same prior-year quarter due to a rise in interest rates however, was more pronounced duringacross the swap yield curve. Net interest income, which represented 95% of total revenue for both the current quarter which resultedand same prior-year quarter, increased $5 million, or 7%, attributable to the combined impact of an increase in the significantly higher derivative gains relative to the same prior-year quarter. Although net interest income of $73 million for the current quarter was relatively unchanged from the same


prior-year quarter, net interest yield decreasedof 3 basis points, or 3%, to 1.16%1.19%, largelyand an increase in our average interest-earning assets of $963 million, or 4%. On July 12, 2018, we early redeemed $300 million of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds, due to an overallNovember 1, 2018, and repaid the remaining $700 million principal amount of these bonds at maturity. We replaced this high-cost debt with lower-cost funding. While we experienced a slight increase in our average cost of funds attributable toduring the increasecurrent quarter, the cost savings from the 10.375% collateral trust bonds in short-term interest rates, which resulted in a higher average cost for our short-term and variable-rate borrowings.the current quarter mitigated the increase.



The variance of $48$313 million between our reported net income of $409$96 million for the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and our reported net income of $361$409 million for the same prior-year period was also driven primarily by mark-to-market changesa shift in thederivative fair value changes of our derivatives.$309 million. We recognizedrecorded derivative gainslosses of $247$62 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018, compared with2019, due to a decline in medium and longer-term interest rates as of the end of the period. We recorded derivative gains of $195$247 million forduring the samecomparable prior-year period both due to an increase in interest rates across the swap yield curve. Net interest income, which represented 95% and 94% of total revenue for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018, respectively, increased $6 million, or 3%. The increase was attributable to an increase in interest rates, however,average interest-earning assets of $933 million, or 4%, which was more pronounced during the current nine-month period, with the 10-year and 30-year swap rates increasingpartially offset by 74 basis pointsand 53 basis points, respectively, compared with increases of 64 basis points and 44 basis points, respectively, in the same prior year period. We experienced a decrease in net interest income of $5 million due to compressiondecline in the net interest yield andof 1 basis point, or 1%, to 1.14%. In addition, we experienced an increase in operating expenses of $4 million which were partially offset byand recorded a decrease inloss on the provision for loan lossesearly extinguishment of $4 million. Our net interest yield was 1.15% fordebt of $7 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2018, a decrease of 7 basis points from the same prior-year period. The decrease was primarily due to an overall increase in our average cost of funds resulting from the higher average cost of our short-term and variable-rate borrowings.2019.

Adjusted Non-GAAP Results

Our adjusted net income totaled $34$51 million and our adjusted TIER was 1.161.23 for the current quarter, compared with adjusted net income of $36$34 million and adjusted TIER of 1.181.16 for the same prior-year quarter. Our adjusted net income totaled $103$123 million and our adjusted TIER was 1.161.19 for the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, compared with adjusted net income of $102$103 million and adjusted TIER of 1.171.16 for the same prior-year period. Our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio increased to 6.21-to-16.29 as of February 28, 2018,2019, from 5.95-to-16.18 as of May 31, 2017, largely due2018, primarily attributable to an increase in debt outstanding to fund loan growth.

OurThe increase in adjusted net income of $17 million in the current quarter from the same prior-year quarter was primarily driven by an increase in adjusted net interest income for the current quarter and nine months ended February 28, 2018 remained relatively unchanged from the same prior-year periods, as the compressionof $14 million, or 26%, attributable to an increase in the adjusted net interest yield resulting from an increase in our overall average cost of funds was offset by18 basis points, or 21%, to 1.04%, coupled with the increase in average interest-earning assets. In addition, the decrease in fee income and theassets of 4%. The increase in operating expenses were offset by the decrease in the provision for loan losses. Our adjusted net interest yield was 0.86%largely attributable to a reduction in our adjusted average cost of funds of 13 basis points to 3.49%. This reduction was primarily due to the interest expense savings resulting from the early redemption and 0.84%maturity of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, which we replaced with lower-cost funding, and a decrease in net periodic derivative cash settlement amounts due to higher short-term interest rates relative to the same prior-year quarter.

The increase in adjusted net income of $21 million for the current quarter and the nine months ended February 28, 2018, respectively, reflecting2019, from the comparable prior-year period was attributable to an increase in adjusted net interest income of $31 million, or 19%, which was partially offset by a decreaseloss on the early extinguishment of 1 basis pointdebt of $7 million and 2an increase in operating expenses of $4 million. The increase in adjusted net interest income was driven by an increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 12 basis points, respectively, fromor 14%, to 0.96% and the same prior-year periodsincrease in average interest-earning assets of 4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield was primarily due to the overall increasea reduction in our adjusted average cost of funds driven byof 7 basis points to 3.54%. This reduction was also largely attributable to the higher average cost of our short-term and variable-rate borrowings resultinginterest savings from the increaseearly redemption and maturity of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of the 10.375% collateral trust bonds that we replaced with lower-cost funding and a decrease in net periodic derivative settlement amounts due to higher short-term interest rates.rates during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, relative to the same prior-year period.

See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information on our adjusted measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.

Lending Activity

Loans to members totaled $25,343$26,018 million as of February 28, 2018,2019, an increase of $976$839 million, or 4%3%, from May 31, 2017. The increase was primarily due to an increase in2018. CFC distribution loans of $862and power supply loans increased by $724 million an increaseand $123 million, respectively, which was partially offset by decreases in NCSC loans of $187 million and an increase in RTFC loans of $9$15 million which were partially offset by a decrease in CFC power supply loans of $82 million.and $10 million, respectively.

Long-term loan advances totaled $1,441 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, with approximately 85% of those advances for capital expenditures by members and 13% for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders. In comparison, long-term loan advances totaled $1,864 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2018, with approximately 64% of those advances for capital expenditures by members and 25% for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders. The decrease in long-term loan advances from the same prior-year period reflects weaker demand from borrowers, due to more limited refinancings by our members of loans made by other lenders.


CFC had long-term fixed-rate loans totaling $783$676 million that were scheduled to reprice during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.2019. Of this total, $646$490 million repriced to a new long-term fixed rate, $135rate; $119 million repriced to a long-term variable raterate; and $2$67 million werewas repaid in full.

Credit Quality

The overall credit quality of our loan portfolio remained high as of February 28, 2019, as evidenced by our strong credit performance metrics. We had no delinquent or nonperforming loans as of February 28, 2019, and no loan defaults or charge-offs during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of total outstanding loan portfolio as of February 28, 2019, unchanged from May 31, 2018. We historically have had limited defaults and losses on loans in our electric utility loan portfolio. We generally lend to members on a senior secured basis, which reduces the risk of loss in the event of a borrower default. Of our total loans outstanding, 91% were secured and 9% were unsecured as of February 28, 2019, compared to 93% secured and 7% unsecured as of May 31, 2018.

Financing Activity

OurWe issue debt primarily to fund growth in our loan portfolio. As such, our outstanding debt volume generally increases and decreases in response to member loan demand. As total outstanding loans increased during the nine months ended February 28, 2018, our debt volume also increased. Total debt outstanding was $24,429increased by $684 million, or 3%, to $25,317 million as of February 28, 2018, an increase of $969 million, or 4%,2019, from May 31, 2017.2018, due to an increase in borrowings to fund the increase in loans to members. The increase was primarily attributable to a net increase in dealer medium-term notes of $694 million, a net increase in the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) notes payable of $292 million, a net increase in member commercial


paper, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes of $49 million and a net increase in dealer commercial paper outstanding of $55 million. These increases were partially offset by a net decrease in notes payable to the Federal Financing Bankborrowings under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program of the USDA (“Guaranteed Underwriter Program”) of $114$578 million, a net increase in Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) notes payable of $281 million and a net increase in dealer medium-term notes of $278 million. These increases were partially offset by net decreases in collateral trust bonds outstanding of $259 million and in member commercial paper, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes of $142 million. Outstanding dealer commercial paper of $1,069 million as of February 28, 2019 was below our targeted limit of $1,250 million.

We provide additional information on our financing activities below under “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt” and “Liquidity Risk.”

Outlook for the Next 12 Months

We currently expect that our net interest income, net interest yield, adjusted net interest income, tier, adjusted tier, net interest yield and adjusted net interest yield will increase over the next 12 months, as a resultlargely due to the cost savings from the early redemption and maturity of a projected decrease in our average costthe $1 billion aggregate principal amount of funds and an increase in average outstanding loans. We have scheduled maturities of higher-cost debt over the next 12 months, including $1,830 million in10.375% collateral trust bonds with a weighted average coupon rate of 6.98%. We expect thatdue November 1, 2018, which we will be able to replace this higher-cost debtreplaced with lower-cost funding, which will reduce our aggregate weighted average cost of funds. We expect the amount of long-term loan advances to exceed anticipated loan repayments over the next 12 months, resulting in an increase in average outstanding loans.funding.

Long-term debt scheduled to mature over the next 12 months totaled $2,862$2,216 million as of February 28, 2018.2019. We believe we have sufficient liquidity from the combination of existing cash and cash equivalents, member loan repayments, committed bank revolving lines of credit, committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac and our ability to issue debt in the capital markets, to our members and in private placements, to meet the demand for member loan advances and to satisfy our obligations to repay long-term debt maturing over the next 12 months. As of February 28, 2018, we had2019, sources of liquidity readily available for access to liquidity reserves totaling $7,254totaled $6,873 million, which consistedconsisting of (i) $251$223 million in cash and cash equivalents,equivalents; (ii) up to $1,225$1,350 million available under committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program,Program; (iii) up to $3,083$2,972 million available for access under committed bank revolving line of credit agreements,agreements; (iv) up to $300$200 million available under a committed revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac,Mac; and (v) up to $2,395$2,128 million available under a revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, subject to market conditions.

We believe we can continue to roll over outstanding member short-term debt of $2,439$2,483 million as of February 28, 2018,2019, based on our expectation that our members will continue to reinvest their excess cash in our commercial paper, daily liquidity fund notes, select notes and medium-term notes. Although weWe expect to continue accessing the dealer commercial paper market to help meet our liquidity needs,needs. Although the intra-period amount of outstanding dealer commercial paper may fluctuate based on our liquidity requirements, we intend to manage our short-term wholesale funding risk by maintaining outstanding dealer commercial paper at an amount near or below $1,250 million for the foreseeable future. We expect to


continue to be in compliance with the covenants under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, which will allow us to mitigate our roll-over risk, as we can draw on these facilities to repay dealer or member commercial paper that cannot be
rolled over. refinanced with similar debt.

While we are not subject to bank regulatory capital rules, we generally aim to maintain an adjusted debt-to-equity ratio at approximately or below 6.00-to-1. Our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio was 6.216.29 as of February 28, 2018,2019, above our targeted threshold due tothreshold. Based on our forecast of loan advances and adjusted equity over the increase in debt outstanding to fund loan growth. Due to anticipated asset growth,next 12 months, we expectanticipate that our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio will decrease to be above 6.00-to-1 over the next 12 months.closer to or below our target ratio of 6.00-to-1.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amount of assets, liabilities, income and expenses in the consolidated financial statements. Understanding our accounting policies and the extent to which we use management’s judgment and estimates in applying these policies is integral to understanding our financial statements. We provide a discussion of our significant accounting policies under “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 20172018 Form 10-K.

We have identified certain accounting policies as critical because they involve significant judgments and assumptions about highly complex and inherently uncertain matters, and the use of reasonably different estimates and assumptions could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition. Our most critical accounting policies and estimates involve the determination of the allowance for loan losses and fair value. We evaluate our critical accounting estimates and judgments required by our policies on an ongoing basis and update them as necessary based on changing conditions. There


were no material changes in the key inputs and assumptions used in our critical accounting policies during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.2019. Management has discussed significant judgments and assumptions in applying our critical accounting policies with the Audit Committee of our board of directors. We provide additional information on our critical accounting policies and estimates under “MD&A—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our 20172018 Form 10-K. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 20172018 Form 10-K for a discussion of the risks associated with management’s judgments and estimates in applying our accounting policies and methods.
RECENT ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

See “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for information on accounting standards adopted during the current quarter, as well as recently issued accounting standards not yet required to be adopted and the expected impact of the adoption of these accounting standards. We also discuss the expected impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“The Act”), which the President of the United States signed and enacted into law on December 22, 2017. To the extent we believe the adoption of new accounting standards has had or will have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition or liquidity, we also discuss the impact in the applicable section(s) of this MD&A.


CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The section below provides a comparative discussion of our condensed consolidated results of operations between the three months ended February 28, 20182019 and 20172018 and the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018. Following this section, we provide a comparative analysis of our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. You should read these sections together with our “Executive Summary—Outlook for the Next 12 Months” where we discuss trends and other factors that we expect will affect our future results of operations.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income represents the difference between the interest income earned on our interest-earning assets, which includeincludes loans and investment securities, and the interest expense on our interest-bearing liabilities. Our net interest yield represents the difference between the yield on our interest-earning assets and the cost of our interest-bearing liabilities plus the impact from non-interest bearing funding. We expect net interest income and our net interest yield to fluctuate based on changes in interest rates and changes in the amount and composition of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. We do not fund each individual loan with specific debt. Rather, we attempt to minimize costs and maximize efficiency by proportionately funding large aggregated amounts of loans.

Table 2 presents our average balance sheetsbalances for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017,2018, and for each major category of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the interest income earned or interest expense incurred, and the average yield or cost. Table 2 also presents non-GAAP adjusted interest expense, adjusted net interest income and adjusted net interest yield, which reflect the inclusion of net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements in interest expense. We provide reconciliations of our non-GAAP adjusted measures to the most comparable GAAP measures under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”



Table 2: Average Balances, Interest Income/Interest Expense and Average Yield/Cost
 Three Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018
Assets: Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost
Long-term fixed-rate loans(1)
 $22,706,134
 $250,201
 4.47% $22,106,076
 $245,480
 4.50% $22,821,326
 $251,149
 4.46% $22,706,134
 $250,201
 4.47%
Long-term variable-rate loans 972,399
 7,020
 2.93
 811,080
 5,047
 2.52
 1,107,669
 10,711
 3.92
 972,399
 7,020
 2.93
Line of credit loans 1,512,664
 10,367
 2.78
 1,162,268
 6,538
 2.28
 1,861,104
 17,178
 3.74
 1,512,664
 10,367
 2.78
TDR loans(2)
 12,808
 221
 7.00
 13,381
 228
 6.91
 12,060
 209
 7.03
 12,808
 221
 7.00
Other income, net(3)
 
 (314) 
 
 (230) 
 
 (291) 
 
 (314) 
Total loans 25,204,005
 267,495
 4.30
 24,092,805
 257,063
 4.33
 25,802,159
 278,956
 4.38
 25,204,005
 267,495
 4.30
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 539,728
 3,973
 2.99
 875,438
 2,857
 1.32
 904,775
 6,610
 2.96
 539,728
 3,973
 2.99
Total interest-earning assets $25,743,733
 $271,468
 4.28% $24,968,243
 $259,920
 4.22% $26,706,934
 $285,566
 4.34% $25,743,733
 $271,468
 4.28%
Other assets, less allowance for loan losses 853,563
     617,010
     1,141,344
     853,563
    
Total assets $26,597,296
     $25,585,253
     $27,848,278
     $26,597,296
    
                        
Liabilities:                        
Short-term borrowings $3,777,158
 $14,593
 1.57% $3,673,501
 $7,907
 0.87% $4,105,330
 $27,070
 2.67% $3,777,158
 $14,593
 1.57%
Medium-term notes 3,392,554
 28,051
 3.35
 3,377,615
 25,166
 3.02
 3,888,915
 34,329
 3.58
 3,392,554
 28,051
 3.35
Collateral trust bonds 7,590,459
 83,730
 4.47
 7,256,227
 85,582
 4.78
 7,215,271
 61,405
 3.45
 7,590,459
 83,730
 4.47
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,899,496
 34,233
 2.83
 4,864,585
 35,086
 2.93
 5,074,697
 36,911
 2.95
 4,899,496
 34,233
 2.83
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,507,350
 13,316
 2.15
 2,305,681
 8,406
 1.48
 2,808,774
 23,691
 3.42
 2,507,350
 13,316
 2.15
Other notes payable 32,970
 369
 4.54
 38,445
 437
 4.61
 27,592
 302
 4.44
 32,970
 369
 4.54
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,351

9,414
 5.14
 742,217

9,410
 5.14
 742,491

9,416
 5.14
 742,351

9,414
 5.14
Subordinated certificates 1,372,508
 14,365
 4.24
 1,430,089
 14,746
 4.18
 1,363,731
 14,211
 4.23
 1,372,508
 14,365
 4.24
Total interest-bearing liabilities $24,314,846
 $198,071
 3.30% $23,688,360
 $186,740
 3.20% $25,226,801
 $207,335
 3.33% $24,314,846
 $198,071
 3.30%
Other liabilities 954,482
     798,848
     1,002,547
     954,482
    
Total liabilities 25,269,328
     24,487,208
     26,229,348
     25,269,328
    
Total equity 1,327,968
     1,098,045
     1,618,930
     1,327,968
    
Total liabilities and equity $26,597,296
     $25,585,253
     $27,848,278
     $26,597,296
    
                        
Net interest spread(4)
     0.98%     1.02%     1.01%     0.98%
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.18
     0.17
     0.18
     0.18
Net interest income/net interest yield(6)
   $73,397
 1.16%   $73,180
 1.19%   $78,231
 1.19%   $73,397
 1.16%
                        
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield:                        
Interest income   $271,468
 4.28%   $259,920
 4.22%   $285,566
 4.34%   $271,468
 4.28%
Interest expense   198,071
 3.30
   186,740
 3.20
   207,335
 3.33
   198,071
 3.30
Add: Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements(7)
   18,924
 0.71
   19,354
 0.74
   9,799
 0.36
   18,924
 0.71
Adjusted interest expense/adjusted average cost(8)
   $216,995
 3.62%   $206,094
 3.53%   $217,134
 3.49%   $216,995
 3.62%
                        
Adjusted net interest spread(4)
     0.66%     0.69%     0.85%     0.66%
Impact of non-interest bearing funding     0.20
     0.18
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.20
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield(9)
   $54,473
 0.86%   $53,826
 0.87%   $68,432
 1.04%   $54,473
 0.86%
            


 Nine Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018
Assets: Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost
Long-term fixed-rate loans(1)
 $22,510,725
 $748,491
 4.45% $21,832,967
 $733,425
 4.49% $22,734,570
 $756,290
 4.45% $22,510,725
 $748,491
 4.45%
Long-term variable-rate loans 900,067
 18,980
 2.82
 763,831
 14,561
 2.55
 1,091,929
 30,158
 3.69
 900,067
 18,980
 2.82
Line of credit loans 1,398,346
 27,662
 2.64
 1,083,863
 18,057
 2.23
 1,543,686
 40,563
 3.51
 1,398,346
 27,662
 2.64
TDR loans(2)
 12,954
 669
 6.90
 14,717
 677
 6.15
 12,267
 638
 6.95
 12,954
 669
 6.90
Other income, net(3)
 
 (852) 
 
 (795) 
 
 (867) 
 
 (852) 
Total loans 24,822,092
 794,950
 4.28
 23,695,378
 765,925
 4.32
 25,382,452
 826,782
 4.35
 24,822,092
 794,950
 4.28
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 476,532
 8,256
 2.32
 749,508
 7,986
 1.42
 848,767
 18,528
 2.92
 476,532
 8,256
 2.32
Total interest-earning assets $25,298,624
 $803,206
 4.24% $24,444,886
 $773,911
 4.23% $26,231,219
 $845,310
 4.31% $25,298,624
 $803,206
 4.24%
Other assets, less allowance for loan losses 645,712
     634,590
     984,554
     645,712
    
Total assets $25,944,336
 

   $25,079,476
 

 

 $27,215,773
 

   $25,944,336
 

 

                        
Liabilities:   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings $3,330,949
 $35,248
 1.41% $3,209,128
 $18,198
 0.76% $3,811,774
 $69,108
 2.42% $3,330,949
 $35,248
 1.41%
Medium-term notes 3,258,159
 80,711
 3.31
 3,353,107
 73,456
 2.93
 3,851,758
 100,555
 3.49
 3,258,159
 80,711
 3.31
Collateral trust bonds 7,621,435
 254,328
 4.46
 7,255,745
 255,582
 4.71
 7,319,359
 208,044
 3.80
 7,621,435
 254,328
 4.46
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,987,617
 105,523
 2.83
 4,833,701
 107,074
 2.96
 4,918,616
 107,259
 2.92
 4,987,617
 105,523
 2.83
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,503,828
 36,753
 1.96
 2,297,045
 22,892
 1.33
 2,718,697
 64,499
 3.17
 2,503,828
 36,753
 1.96
Other notes payable 34,511
 1,150
 4.46
 40,155
 1,353
 4.50
 29,139
 946
 4.34
 34,511
 1,150
 4.46
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,318
 28,247
 5.09
 742,186
 28,247
 5.09
 742,456
 28,250
 5.09
 742,318
 28,247
 5.09
Subordinated certificates 1,402,077
 44,012
 4.20
 1,438,578
 44,672
 4.15
 1,372,977
 43,071
 4.19
 1,402,077
 44,012
 4.20
Total interest-bearing liabilities $23,880,894
 $585,972
 3.28% $23,169,645
 $551,474
 3.18% $24,764,776
 $621,732
 3.36% $23,880,894
 $585,972
 3.28%
Other liabilities 882,937
   
 1,019,306
 
   891,089
   
 882,937
 
  
Total liabilities 24,763,831
   
 24,188,951
 
   25,655,865
   
 24,763,831
 
  
Total equity 1,180,505
     890,525
 
   1,559,908
     1,180,505
 
  
Total liabilities and equity $25,944,336
 

   $25,079,476
 

   $27,215,773
 

   $25,944,336
 

  
                        
Net interest spread(4)
   

 0.96% 

 

 1.05%   

 0.95% 

 

 0.96%
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.17
     0.19
     0.19
Net interest income/net interest yield(6)
   $217,234
 1.15%   $222,437
 1.22%   $223,578
 1.14%   $217,234
 1.15%
                        
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield:     

           

      
Interest income   $803,206
 4.24%   $773,911
 4.23%   $845,310
 4.31%   $803,206
 4.24%
Interest expense   585,972
 3.28
   551,474
 3.18
   621,732
 3.36
   585,972
 3.28
Add: Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements(7)
   58,781
 0.73
   64,331
 0.82
   34,433
 0.42
   58,781
 0.73
Adjusted interest expense/adjusted average cost(8)
   $644,753
 3.61% 

 $615,805
 3.55%   $656,165
 3.54% 

 $644,753
 3.61%
                        
Adjusted net interest spread(4)
     0.63% 
   0.68%     0.77% 
   0.63%
Impact of non-interest bearing funding     0.21
     0.18
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.21
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield(9)
   $158,453
 0.84% 
 $158,106

0.86%   $189,145
 0.96% 
 $158,453

0.84%
____________________________ 
(1)Interest income on long-term, fixed-rate loans includes loan conversion fees, which are generally deferred and recognized as interest income using the effective interest method.
(2)Troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) loans.
(3)Consists of late payment fees and net amortization of deferred loan fees and loan origination costs.


(4)Net interest spread represents the difference between the average yield on total average interest-earning assets and the average cost of total average interest-bearing liabilities. Adjusted net interest spread represents the difference between the average yield on total average interest-earning assets and the adjusted average cost of total average interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)Includes other liabilities and equity.
(6)Net interest yield is calculated based on annualized net interest income for the period divided by total average interest-earning assets for the period.
(7)Represents the impact of net accrued periodic derivative cashinterest rate swap settlements during the period, whichperiod. This amount is added to interest expense to derive non-GAAP adjusted interest expense. The average (benefit)/cost associated with derivatives is calculated based on annualized net accrued periodic derivative cashinterest rate swap settlements during the period divided by the average outstanding notional amount of derivatives during the period. The average outstanding notional amount of derivativesinterest rate swaps was $10,841$10,980 million and $10,610$10,841 million for the three months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. The average outstanding notional amount of derivativesinterest rate swaps was $10,808$11,019 million and $10,532$10,808 million for the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively.
(8)Adjusted interest expense represents interest expense plus net accrued periodic derivativeinterest rate swap cash settlements during the period. Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements are reported on our condensed consolidated statements of operations as a component of derivative gains (losses). Adjusted average cost is calculated based on annualized adjusted interest expense for the period divided by total average interest-bearing liabilities during the period.
(9)Adjusted net interest yield is calculated based on annualized adjusted net interest income for the period divided by total average interest-earning assets for the period.


Table 3 displays the change in net interest income between periods and the extent to which the variance is attributable to: (i) changes in the volume of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities or (ii) changes in the interest rates of these assets and liabilities. The table also presents the change in adjusted net interest income between periods. Changes that are not solely due to either volume or rate are allocated to these categories on a pro-rata basis based on the absolute value of the change due to average volume and average rate.


Table 3: Rate/Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income/Interest Expense
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
 2018 versus 2017 2018 versus 2017 2019 versus 2018 2019 versus 2018
   
Variance due to:(1)
   
Variance due to:(1)
 Total 
Variance due to:(1)
 Total 
Variance due to:(1)
(Dollars in thousands) 
Total
Variance
 Volume Rate 
Total
Variance
 Volume Rate Variance Volume Rate Variance Volume Rate
Interest income:                        
Long-term fixed-rate loans $4,721
 $6,663
 $(1,942) $15,066
 $22,768
 $(7,702) $948
 $1,269
 $(321) $7,799
 $7,443
 $356
Long-term variable-rate loans 1,973
 1,004
 969
 4,419
 2,597
 1,822
 3,691
 977
 2,714
 11,178
 4,046
 7,132
Line of credit loans 3,829
 1,971
 1,858
 9,605
 5,239
 4,366
 6,811
 2,388
 4,423
 12,901
 2,875
 10,026
Restructured loans (7) (10) 3
 (8) (81) 73
 (12) (13) 1
 (31) (35) 4
Other income, net (84) 
 (84) (57) 
 (57) 23
 
 23
 (15) 
 (15)
Total loans 10,432
 9,628
 804
 29,025
 30,523
 (1,498) 11,461
 4,621
 6,840
 31,832
 14,329
 17,503
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 1,116
 (1,096) 2,212
 270
 (2,909) 3,179
 2,637
 2,687
 (50) 10,272
 6,449
 3,823
Interest income 11,548
 8,532
 3,016
 29,295
 27,614
 1,681
 14,098
 7,308
 6,790
 42,104
 20,778
 21,326
                        
Interest expense:                        
Short-term borrowings 6,686
 223
 6,463
 17,050
 691
 16,359
 12,477
 1,268
 11,209
 33,860
 5,088
 28,772
Medium-term notes 2,885
 111
 2,774
 7,255
 (2,080) 9,335
 6,278
 4,104
 2,174
 19,844
 14,705
 5,139
Collateral trust bonds (1,852) 3,942
 (5,794) (1,254) 12,881
 (14,135) (22,325) (4,139) (18,186) (46,284) (10,080) (36,204)
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable (853) 252
 (1,105) (1,551) 3,409
 (4,960) 2,678
 1,224
 1,454
 1,736
 (1,460) 3,196
Farmer Mac notes payable 4,910
 735
 4,175
 13,861
 2,061
 11,800
 10,375
 1,601
 8,774
 27,746
 3,154
 24,592
Other notes payable (68) (62) (6) (203) (190) (13) (67) (60) (7) (204) (179) (25)
Subordinated deferrable debt 4
 2
 2
 
 5
 (5) 2
 2
 
 3
 5
 (2)
Subordinated certificates (381) (594) 213
 (660) (1,133) 473
 (154) (92) (62) (941) (913) (28)
Interest expense 11,331
 4,609
 6,722
 34,498
 15,644
 18,854
 9,264
 3,908
 5,356
 35,760
 10,320
 25,440
Net interest income $217
 $3,923
 $(3,706) $(5,203) $11,970
 $(17,173) $4,834
 $3,400
 $1,434
 $6,344
 $10,458
 $(4,114)
                        
Adjusted net interest income:                        
Interest income $11,548
 $8,532
 $3,016
 $29,295
 $27,614
 $1,681
 $14,098
 $7,308
 $6,790
 $42,104
 $20,778
 $21,326
Interest expense 11,331
 4,609
 6,722
 34,498
 15,644
 18,854
 9,264
 3,908
 5,356
 35,760
 10,320
 25,440
Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements(2)
 (430) 422
 (852) (5,550) 1,684
 (7,234) (9,125) 242
 (9,367) (24,348) 1,149
 (25,497)
Adjusted interest expense(3)
 10,901
 5,031
 5,870
 28,948
 17,328
 11,620
 139
 4,150
 (4,011) 11,412
 11,469
 (57)
Adjusted net interest income $647
 $3,501
 $(2,854) $347
 $10,286
 $(9,939) $13,959
 $3,158
 $10,801
 $30,692
 $9,309
 $21,383
____________________________ 
(1)The changes for each category of interest income and interest expense are divided between the portion of change attributable to the variance in volume and the portion of change attributable to the variance in rate for that category. The amount attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each category based on the proportionate absolute dollar amount of change for that category.
(2)For net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements, the variance due to average volume represents the change in derivative cash settlements resulting from the change in the average notional amount of derivative contracts outstanding. The variance due to average rate represents the change in derivative cash settlements resulting from the net difference between the average rate paid and the average rate received for interest rate swaps during the period.
(3)See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information on our adjusted non-GAAP measures.

Reported Net Interest Income
Reported net interest income of $73$78 million for the current quarter was relatively unchangedup $5 million, or 7%, from the samecomparable prior-year quarter, as the decreasedriven by an increase in the net interest yield of 3% (3 basis points) to 1.16% was offset by1.19% and an increase in average interest-earning assets of 3%4%.



Net interest incomeInterest Yield: The increase of $217 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018 decreased by $5 million, or 2%, from the same prior-year period, driven by a decrease3 basis points in the net interest yield for the current quarter reflected the combined impact of 6% (7an increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets of 6 basis points)points to 1.15%4.34%, which was partially offset by an increase in the average cost of funds of 3 basis points to 3.33%. The increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets was attributable to higher rates for our line of 3%.credit and variable-rate loans due to a rise in short-term interest rates. On July 12, 2018, we early redeemed $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, and repaid the remaining $700 million principal amounts of these bonds at maturity. We replaced this high-cost debt with lower-cost funding. Although we experienced a slight increase in our average cost of funds for the current quarter due to higher interest rates on our shorter and medium-term borrowings, the cost savings associated with the redemption and maturity of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds mitigated the increase in interest expense and our average cost of funds resulting from the overall increase in our average borrowings and the increased cost of our short- and medium-term borrowings.

Average Interest-Earning Assets: The increase in average interest-earning assets of 4% for the current quarter and nine months ended February 28, 2018 was primarily attributable to growth in average total loans of $1,111$598 million, or 5%2%, and $1,127an increase in our investment securities portfolio.
Reported net interest income of $224 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 was up $6 million, or 5%3%, respectively, overfrom the samecomparable prior-year periods, as members obtained advancesperiod, driven by an increase in average interest-earning assets of 4%, which was partially offset by a decrease in net interest yield of 1% (1 basis point) to fund capital investments and refinanced with us loans made by other lenders.
1.14%.

Net Interest Yield: The decrease of 1 basis point in the net interest yield forreflected the current quarterimpact of an 8 basis point increase in the average cost of funds to 3.36%, which was largely offset by a 7 basis point increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets to 4.31%. The increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets and nine months ended February 28, 2018 was primarilythe increase in the average cost of funds were both largely due to an increase in our average cost of funds. Our average cost of funds increased by 10 basis points during both the current quarter and nine months ended February 28, 2018 to 3.30% and 3.28%, respectively, largely due to increases in the cost of ourrates on short-term and variable-rate debt resulting from an increaseloans and borrowings as a result of a rise in short-term interest rates. The 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) was 2.02%2.62% as of February 28, 2018,2019, an increase of 9660 basis points from February 28, 2017,2018, while the federal funds target rate ranged from 1.00% to 1.50%was 2.50% as of February 28, 2018,2019, up 75100 basis points from February 28, 2017.2018.

Average Interest-Earning Assets: The increase in average interest-earning assets of 4% for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 was attributable to growth in average total loans of $560 million, or 2%, and an expansion of our investment securities portfolio.

Adjusted Net Interest Income

Adjusted net interest income of $54$68 million for the current quarter increased by $1was up $14 million, or 1%26%, from the samecomparable prior-year quarter, driven by an increase in average interest-earning assets of 3%, which was partially offset by a decrease in the adjusted net interest yield of 1% (118 basis point)points, or 21%, to 0.86%.

Adjusted net interest income of $158 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018 was relatively unchanged from the same prior-year period, as1.04% and the increase in average interest-earning assets of 3% was largely offset by a decrease4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 2% (2 basis points) to 0.84%. The decreasereflected the benefit from a reduction in the adjusted net interest yield was primarily attributable to an overall increase in theour adjusted average cost of funds of 613 basis points to 3.61%, driven by3.49%. This reduction was primarily due to the higher average cost savings from the early redemption and maturity of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, which we replaced with lower-cost funding. The cost savings from the collateral trust bonds largely offset the increase in interest expense on our short-term, and variable-rate borrowings resulting from the increase in short-term interest rates. The increase in short-term interest rates resulted in a decrease in our periodic derivative cash settlement expense amounts, which also had a favorable impact on the adjusted average cost of funds and adjusted net interest yield.
Adjusted net interest income of $189 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 was up $31 million, or 19%, from the comparable prior-year period, driven by an increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 12 basis points, or 14%, to 0.96% and the increase in average interest-earning assets of 4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield was primarily due to a reduction in our adjusted average cost of funds of 7 basis points to 3.54%, attributable to the early redemption and maturity of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of the 10.375% collateral trust bonds, which offset the increase in the average cost associated with our short-term, variable rate borrowing due to higher short-term interest rates. In addition, the net periodic derivative settlement expense declined as a result of higher short-term interest rates during the period.

OurNet periodic derivative cash settlement expense of $10 million for the current quarter decreased by $9 million, or 48%, from $19 million for the same prior-year quarter. Net periodic derivative cash settlement expense of $34 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 decreased by $24 million, or 41%, from $59 million for the same prior-year period. The reduction in net periodic derivative cash settlements was attributable to the rise in short-term interest rates, which resulted in


an increase in the periodic floating interest rate amounts due to us on our pay-fixed swaps. The floating rate payments on our interest rate swaps are typically determined based on the 3-month LIBOR.

We include net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements during the period in the calculation of our adjusted average cost of funds, which, as a result, also impacts the calculation of adjusted net interest income and adjusted net interest yield include the impact of net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements during the period. We recorded net periodic derivative cash settlement expense of $19 million for both the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, and $59 million and $64 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.yield. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information on our adjusted measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.

Provision for Loan Losses

Our provision for loan losses in each period is primarily driven by the level of allowance that we determine is necessary for probable incurred loan losses inherent in our loan portfolio as of each balance sheet date.

We recorded a provision for loan losses of less than $1 million for both the three months ended February 28, 2019 and a benefit for loan losses of $2 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018, compared with2019. In comparison, we recorded a provision for loan losses of $2$1 million and $5 million, respectively, for the same prior-year periods. The credit quality and performance statistics of our loan portfolio continued to remain strong. We experienced no charge-offs during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018, and we had no loans classified as nonperforming as of the end of the period. In comparison, we recorded a net charge-off of $2 millionpayment defaults or charge-offs during the nine months ended February 28, 2017.2019, and no delinquent loans or nonperforming loans in our loan portfolio as of February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

We provide additional information on our allowance for loan losses under “Credit Risk—Allowance for Loan Losses” and “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”5—Allowance for Loan Losses” of this Report.report. For additional information on our allowance methodology, see “MD&A—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” and “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 20172018 Form 10-K.

Non-Interest Income

Non-interest income consists of fee and other income, gains and losses on derivatives not accounted for in hedge accounting relationships and results of operations of foreclosed assets.
 
Table 4 presents the components of non-interest income recorded in our condensed consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.

2018.

Table 4: Non-Interest Income
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018
2017 2019 2018 2019
2018
Non-interest income:                
Fee and other income $3,935
 $5,810
 $13,422
 $15,437
 $3,714
 $3,935
 $11,220
 $13,422
Derivative gains 168,048
 42,455
 247,443
 194,822
Derivative gains (losses) (132,174) 168,048
 (61,648) 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 (29) (34) (1,690) 
 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income $171,983
 $48,236
 $260,831
 $208,569
 $(128,460) $171,983
 $(50,428) $260,831

Non-interest income of $172 million for the current quarter increased by $124 million from the same prior-year quarter. Non-interest income of $261 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018 increased by $52 million from the same prior-year period. The significant variances in non-interest income for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018 between the same prior-year periods were primarily attributable to changes in net derivative gains (losses) recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Derivative Gains (Losses)

Our derivative instruments are an integral part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Our principal purpose in using derivatives is to manage our aggregate interest rate risk profile within prescribed risk parameters. The derivative instruments we use primarily include interest rate swaps, which we typically hold to maturity. In addition, we may on occasion use treasury locks to manage the interest rate risk associated with debt that is scheduled to reprice in the future. The primary factors affecting the fair value of our derivatives and derivative gains (losses) recorded in our results of operations include changes in interest rates, the shape of the yieldswap curve and the composition of our derivative portfolio. We generally do not designate our interest rate swaps, which currently account for allthe substantial majority of our derivatives, for hedge


accounting. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps are reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations under derivative gains (losses). However, we typically designate treasury locks as cash flow hedges. We did not have any derivatives designated as accounting hedges as of February 28, 2018 or May 31, 2017.2019.

We currently use two types of interest rate swap agreements: (i) we pay a fixed rate of interest and receive a variable rate of interest (“pay-fixed swaps”); and (ii) we pay a variable rate of interest and receive a fixed rate of interest (“receive-fixed swaps”). The interest amounts are based on a specified notional balance, which is used for calculation purposes only.
The benchmark variable rate for the substantial majority of the floating rate payments under our swap agreements is 3-month LIBOR.

Table 5 displays the average notional amount outstanding, by swap agreement type, and the weighted-average interest rate paid and received for derivative cashinterest rate swap settlements during the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017. As indicated in Table 5, our derivative portfolio currently consists of a higher proportion of pay-fixed swaps than receive-fixed swaps. The profile of our derivative portfolio, however, may change as a result of changes in market conditions and actions taken to manage our interest rate risk.2018.

Table 5: Derivative Average Notional Amounts and Average Interest Rates
  Three Months Ended February 28,
  2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,373,993
 2.76% 2.66% $7,004,710
 2.84% 1.65%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,605,666
 3.22
 2.49
 3,836,499
 2.18
 2.61
Total $10,979,659
 2.91% 2.60% $10,841,209
 2.60% 2.00%
             
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
 2018 2017 2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,004,710
 2.84% 1.65% $6,389,187
 2.89% 0.97% $7,330,332
 2.72% 2.42% $7,004,166
 2.84% 1.42%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,836,499
 2.18
 2.61
 4,220,667
 1.40
 2.68
 3,688,835
 3.08
 2.51
 3,803,670
 1.98
 2.63
Total $10,841,209
 2.60% 2.00% $10,609,854
 2.29% 1.65% $11,019,167
 2.84% 2.45% $10,807,836
 2.53% 1.85%


  Nine Months Ended February 28,
  2018 2017
(Dollars in thousands) 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,004,166
 2.84% 1.42% $6,673,175
 2.91% 0.82%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,803,670
 1.98
 2.63
 3,858,890
 1.24
 2.75
Total $10,807,836
 2.53% 1.85% $10,532,065
 2.29% 1.53%

The average remaining maturity of our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps was 19 years and four years, respectively, as of February 28, 2019. In comparison, the average remaining maturity of our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps was 19 years and five years, respectively, as of February 28, 2018. In comparison,

As indicated in Table 5, our derivative portfolio consists of a higher proportion of pay-fixed swaps than receive-fixed swaps, with pay-fixed swaps representing approximately 69% and 65% of the average remaining maturityoutstanding notional amount of our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps was 19 years and four years, respectively,derivative portfolio as of February 28, 2017.

Pay-fixed2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. As interest rates decline, pay-fixed swaps generally decrease in value and result in the recognition of derivative losses, as the amount of interest we pay remains fixed, while the amount of interest we receive declines. In contrast, as interest rates decline and increase in value as interest rates rise. In contrast, receive-fixedrise, pay-fixed swaps generally increase in value and result in the recognition of derivative gains, as the amount of interest we pay remains fixed, but the amount we receive decreases. With a receive-fixed swap, the opposite results occur as interest rates decline and decrease in value as interest ratesor rise. Because our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps are referenced to different maturity terms along the swap yield curve, different changes in the swap yield curve—parallel, flattening or steepening—will result in differences inalso impact the fair value of our derivatives. The chart below provides comparative swap yield curves as of the end of February 28, 2018,2019, November 30, 2017,2018, May 31, 2017,2018, February 28, 20172018 and May 31, 2016.2017.

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Benchmark rates obtained from Bloomberg.

Table 6 presents the components of net derivative gains (losses) recorded in our condensed consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018. Derivative cash settlements represent the net periodic contractual interest amount for our interest-rate swaps for the reporting period. Derivative forward value gains


(losses) represent the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps during the reporting period due to changes in expected future interest rates over the remaining life of our derivative contracts.

Table 6: Derivative Gains (Losses)
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Derivative gains (losses) attributable to:                
Derivative cash settlements $(18,924) $(19,354) $(58,781) $(64,331) $(9,799) $(18,924) $(34,433) $(58,781)
Derivative forward value gains 186,972
 61,809
 306,224
 259,153
Derivative gains $168,048
 $42,455
 $247,443
 $194,822
Derivative forward value gains (losses) (122,375) 186,972
 (27,215) 306,224
Derivative gains (losses) $(132,174) $168,048
 $(61,648) $247,443

The net derivative losses of $132 million and $62 million for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019, were attributable to a decrease in the fair value of our pay-fixed swaps resulting from a decrease in medium- and longer-term


interest rates, as depicted by the February 28, 2019 swap curve presented in the above chart. As discussed above, pay-fixed swaps, which represent a higher proportion of our derivative portfolio, typically decrease in fair value and result in derivative losses when interest rates decline.

The net derivative gains of $168 million and $247 million for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018, respectively, were largely attributable to aan net increase in the fair value of our pay-fixed swaps, as interest rates increased across the yield curve.curve during each period.

The reduction in net periodic derivative gains of $42 million and $195 million for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2017, respectively, were primarilycash settlements was attributable to a net increase in the fair value of our swaps due to an overall increase inhigher short-term interest rates during the periods.

As depicted above in the chart of comparative yield curves, the general level of market interest rates as of the end of the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018 was higher relative to the general level of market rates as of the end of the comparativecomparable prior-year periods, which resulted in an increase in the recognition of significantly higher net derivative gain amounts.periodic floating interest rate amounts due to us on our pay-fixed swaps, as the floating interest rate payment amounts are typically determined based on the 3-month LIBOR.

See “Note 8—9—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” for additional information on our derivative instruments.

Results of Operations of Foreclosed Assets

Results of operations of foreclosed assets consists of the operating results of entities controlled by CFC that hold foreclosed assets, impairment charges related to those entities, gains or losses related to the disposition of the entities and potential subsequent charges related to those assets. On July 1, 2016, we completed the sale of Caribbean Asset Holdings, LLC (“CAH”). As a result, we did not carry any foreclosed assets on our consolidated balance sheet as of February 28, 2018 or May 31, 2017.

We recorded charges related to CAH of less than $1 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018. These charges were attributable to legal fees. We recorded charges related to CAH of less than $1 million for the three months ended February 28, 2017 and $2 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2017, attributable to the combined impact of adjustments recorded at the closing date of the sale of CAH, post-closing purchase price adjustments and certain legal costs incurred pertaining to CAH.

In connection with the sale of CAH, $16 million of the sale proceeds was deposited into escrow to fund potential indemnification claims for a period of 15 months following the closing. Of this amount, $14.5 million was designated to cover general indemnification claims and $1.5 million was designated to cover indemnification of certain tax liens. On September 27, 2017, we received a claim notice from the purchaser of CAH asserting potential indemnification claims against the general escrow amount of $14.5 million. The claims were not substantiated sufficiently to be funded; therefore, the $14.5 million has been released back to us. The $1.5 million designated for tax liens remains in escrow. We continue to be liable for certain indemnifications regardless of whether amounts are held in escrow.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense consists of salaries and employee benefit expense, general and administrative expenses, losses on early extinguishment of debt and other miscellaneous expenses.



Table 7 presents the components of non-interest expense recorded in our condensed consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.

Table 7: Non-Interest Expense
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Non-interest expense:                
Salaries and employee benefits $(13,011) $(11,537) $(36,843) $(34,412) $(13,020) $(13,011) $(38,094) $(36,843)
Other general and administrative expenses (9,201) (9,173) (28,919) (27,789) (9,978) (9,201) (31,979) (28,919)
Gains on early extinguishment of debt 
 192
 
 192
Losses on early extinguishment of debt 
 
 (7,100) 
Other non-interest expense (402) (486) (1,542) (1,446) 1,789
 (402) (1,305) (1,542)
Total non-interest expense $(22,614) $(21,004) $(67,304) $(63,455) $(21,209) $(22,614) $(78,478) $(67,304)

Non-interest expense of $23$21 million for the current quarter increaseddecreased by $2$1 million, or 8%6%, from the samecomparable prior-year quarter. quarter, primarily due to decreases in other non-interest expense.

Non-interest expense of $67$78 million for the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 increased by $4$11 million, or 6%17%, from the comparable prior-year period. These increases were primarilyquarter. The increase was largely due to the loss on early extinguishment of debt of $7 million, attributable to higher expenses related to salaries and employee benefits and other general and administrative operating expenses.the premium paid for the early redemption of $300 million of the $1 billion collateral trust bonds, with a coupon rate of 10.375%, that matured on November 1, 2018.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests represents 100% of the results of operations of NCSC and RTFC, as the members of NCSC and RTFC own or control 100% of the interest in their respective companies. The fluctuations in net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests are primarily due to changes in the fair value of NCSC’s derivative instruments recognized in NCSC's earnings.

We recorded a net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of $1 million and less than $1 million for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019, respectively. We recorded net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $2 million and $3 million duringfor the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018, respectively. In comparison, we recorded net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of less than $1 million and $2 million for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2017, respectively.


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS

Total assets of $26,476$27,410 million as of February 28, 20182019 increased by $1,271$720 million, or 5%3%, from May 31, 2017,2018, primarily due to growth in our loan portfolio. Total liabilities of $25,017$25,857 million as of February 28, 20182019 increased by $910$673 million, or 4%3%, from May 31, 2017,2018, largely due to debt issuances to fund loan growth. Total equity increased by $360$47 million to $1,459$1,553 million as of February 28, 2018,2019, attributable to our reported net income of $409$96 million forduring the nine months ended
February 28, 2018,2019, which was partially offset by patronage capital retirement of $45 million.$48 million in August 2018.

Following is a discussion of changes in the major components of our assets and liabilities during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.2019. Period-end balance sheet amounts may vary from average balance sheet amounts due to liquidity and balance sheet management activities that are intended to manage liquidity requirements for the company and our customers and our market risk exposure in accordance with our risk appetite.

Loan Portfolio

We offer long-term fixed- and variable-rate loans and line of credit variable-rate loans. The substantial majority of loans in our portfolio represent advances under secured long-term facilities with terms up to 35 years. Borrowers have the option of selecting a fixed or variable interest rate for each advance for periods ranging from one year to the final maturity of the facility. Line of credit loans are typically revolving facilities and are generally unsecured.






Loans Outstanding

Table 8 summarizes loans to members, by loan type and by member class, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. As indicated in Table 8, long-term fixed-rate loans accounted for 90%88% and 91%90% of loans to members as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively.

Table 8: Loans Outstanding by Type and Member Class
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 Increase/ February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total (Decrease) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Change
Loans by type:                    
Long-term loans:                    
Fixed-rate $22,737,089
 90% $22,136,690
 91% $600,399
 $22,960,860
 88% $22,696,185
 90% $264,675
Variable-rate 985,714
 4
 847,419
 3
 138,295
 1,125,471
 5
 1,039,491
 4
 85,980
Total long-term loans 23,722,803
 94
 22,984,109
 94
 738,694
 24,086,331
 93
 23,735,676
 94
 350,655
Lines of credit 1,609,032
 6
 1,372,221
 6
 236,811
 1,920,104
 7
 1,431,818
 6
 488,286
Total loans outstanding 25,331,835
 100
 24,356,330
 100
 975,505
 26,006,435
 100
 25,167,494
 100
 838,941
Deferred loan origination costs
11,087



10,714



373

11,244



11,114



130
Loans to members
$25,342,922

100%
$24,367,044

100%
$975,878

$26,017,679

100%
$25,178,608

100%
$839,071
                    
Loans by member class:                    
CFC:                    
Distribution $19,687,812
 78% $18,825,366
 77% $862,446
 $20,275,130
 79% $19,551,511
 78% $723,619
Power supply 4,422,600
 18
 4,504,791
 19
 (82,191) 4,520,699
 17
 4,397,353
 18
 123,346
Statewide and associate 57,144
 
 57,830
 
 (686) 85,305
 
 69,055
 
 16,250
CFC total 24,167,556
 96
 23,387,987
 96
 779,569
 24,881,134
 96
 24,017,919
 96
 863,215
NCSC 800,814
 3
 613,924
 3
 186,890
 771,930
 3
 786,457
 3
 (14,527)
RTFC 363,465
 1
 354,419
 1
 9,046
 353,371
 1
 363,118
 1
 (9,747)
Total loans outstanding 25,331,835
 100
 24,356,330
 100
 975,505
 26,006,435
 100
 25,167,494
 100
 838,941
Deferred loan origination costs 11,087
 
 10,714
 
 373
 11,244
 
 11,114
 
 130
Loans to members $25,342,922
 100% $24,367,044
 100% $975,878
 $26,017,679
 100% $25,178,608
 100% $839,071



Loans to members totaled $25,343$26,018 million as of February 28, 2018,2019, an increase of $976$839 million, or 4%3%, from May 31, 2017.2018. The increase was primarily due to an increase in CFC distribution loans of $862 million, an increase in NCSC loans of $187$724 million and an increase in RTFCCFC power supply loans of $9$123 million, which was partially offset by a decreasedecreases in CFC power supplyNCSC and RTFC loans of $82 million. $15 million and $10 million, respectively.

Long-term loan advances totaled $1,864$1,441 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, with approximately 85% of those advances for capital expenditures by members and 13% for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders. In comparison, long-term loan advances totaled $1,864 million during the prior year nine months ended February 28, 2018, with approximately 64% of those advances for capital expenditures by members and 25% for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders. The decrease in long-term loan advances from the same prior-year period reflects weaker demand from borrowers, due to more limited refinancings by our members of loans made by other lenders.

We provide additional information on our loan product types in “Item 1. Business—Loan Programs” and “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”Loans” in our 20172018 Form 10-K. See “Debt—Secured Borrowings”Collateral Pledged below for information on encumbered and unencumbered loans and “Credit Risk Management” for information on the credit risk profile of our loan portfolio.

Loan Retention Rate

Table 9 presents a comparison between the historical retention rate of CFC’s long-term fixed-rate loans that repriced, in accordance with our standard loan provisions, during the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and loans that repriced during fiscal year 2017,2018, and provides information on the percentage of loans that repriced to either another fixed-rate term or a variable rate. The retention rate is calculated based on the election made by the borrower at the repricing date. The average annual retention rate of CFC’s repriced loans has been 97%98% over the last three fiscal years.



Table 9: Historical Retention Rate and Repricing Selection(1) 
 Nine Months Ended Fiscal Year Ended Nine Months Ended Fiscal Year Ended
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Amount % of Total
Loans retained:                
Long-term fixed rate selected $646,448
 83% $824,415
 84% $489,457
 72% $741,792
 82%
Long-term variable rate selected 134,761
 17
 137,835
 14
 119,357
 18
 157,539
 17
Total loans retained by CFC 781,209
 100
 962,250
 98
 608,814
 90
 899,331
 99
Loans repriced and sold by CFC 
 
 1,401
 
Loans repaid 2,067
 
 23,675
 2
Loans repaid(2)
 66,693
 10
 4,637
 1
Total $783,276
 100% $987,326
 100% $675,507
 100% $903,968
 100%
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(1)Does not include NCSC and RTFC loans.
(2)Includes loans totaling $1 million as of May 31, 2018 that were converted to new loans at the repricing date and transferred to a third party as part of our direct loan sale program. See “Note 4—Loans” for information on our sale of loans.

Debt

We utilize both short-term borrowings and long-term borrowingsdebt as part of our funding strategy and asset/liability interest rate risk management. We seek to maintain diversified funding sources across products, programs and markets to manage funding concentrations and reduce our liquidity or debt roll-overrollover risk. Our funding sources include a variety of secured and unsecured debt securities in a wide range of maturities to our members and affiliates and in the capital markets.

Debt Outstanding

Table 10 displays the composition, by product type, of our outstanding debt as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. Table 10 also displays the composition of our debt based on several additional selected attributes.


Table 10: Total Debt Outstanding
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 Increase/
(Decrease)
 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Debt product type:            
Commercial paper:            
Members, at par $1,021,016
 $928,158
 $92,858
 $1,105,060
 $1,202,105
 $(97,045)
Dealer, net of discounts 1,055,147
 999,691
 55,456
 1,069,295
 1,064,266
 5,029
Total commercial paper 2,076,163
 1,927,849
 148,314
 2,174,355
 2,266,371
 (92,016)
Select notes to members 674,319
 696,889
 (22,570) 836,688
 780,472
 56,216
Daily liquidity fund notes to members 506,921
 527,990
 (21,069) 299,505
 400,635
 (101,130)
Medium-term notes:     

     

Members, at par 647,706
 612,951
 34,755
 613,002
 643,821
 (30,819)
Dealer, net of discounts 3,058,178
 2,364,671
 693,507
 3,280,826
 3,002,979
 277,847
Total medium-term notes 3,705,884
 2,977,622
 728,262
 3,893,828
 3,646,800
 247,028
Collateral trust bonds 7,634,863
 7,634,048
 815
 7,379,953
 7,639,093
 (259,140)
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,871,532
 4,985,484
 (113,952) 5,433,855
 4,856,143
 577,712
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,805,376
 2,513,389
 291,987
 3,172,262
 2,891,496
 280,766
Other notes payable 31,814
 35,223
 (3,409) 26,428
 29,860
 (3,432)
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,375
 742,274
 101
 742,516
 742,410
 106
Members’ subordinated certificates:            
Membership subordinated certificates 630,391
 630,098
 293
 630,467
 630,448
 19
Loan and guarantee subordinated certificates 528,154
 567,830
 (39,676) 505,782
 528,386
 (22,604)
Member capital securities 221,148
 221,097
 51
 221,170
 221,148
 22
Total members’ subordinated certificates 1,379,693
 1,419,025
 (39,332) 1,357,419
 1,379,982
 (22,563)
Total debt outstanding $24,428,940
 $23,459,793

$969,147
 $25,316,809
 $24,633,262

$683,547
            
Security type:            
Unsecured debt 37% 35%   37% 37%  
Secured debt 63
 65
   63
 63
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
            
Funding source:            
Members 17% 18%   17% 18%  
Private placement:            
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 20
 21
   21
 20
  
Farmer Mac notes payable 12
 11
   13
 12
  
Total private placement 32
 32
   34
 32
  
Capital markets 51
 50
   49
 50
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
            
Interest rate type:            
Fixed-rate debt 74% 74%   75% 74%  
Variable-rate debt 26
 26
   25
 26
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
Interest rate type, including the impact of swaps:            
Fixed-rate debt(1)
 87% 87%   91% 87%  
Variable-rate debt(2)
 13
 13
   9
 13
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
            
Maturity classification:(3)
            
Short-term borrowings 14% 14%   14% 15%  
Long-term and subordinated debt(4)
 86
 86
   86
 85
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  



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(1) Includes variable-rate debt that has been swapped to a fixed rate, net of any fixed-rate debt that has been swapped to a variable rate.
(2) Includes fixed-rate debt that has been swapped to a variable rate, net of any variable-rate debt that has been swapped to a fixed rate. Also includes commercial paper notes, which generally have maturities of less than 90 days. The interest rate on commercial paper notes does not change once the note has been issued; however, the interest rate for new commercial paper issuances changes daily.
(3) Borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less are classified as short-term borrowings. Borrowings with an original contractual maturity of greater than one year are classified as long-term debt.
(4) Consists of long-term debt, subordinated deferrable debt and total members’ subordinated debt reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Maturity classification is based on the original contractual maturity as of the date of issuance of the debt.

Our outstanding debt volume generally increases and decreases in response to member loan demand. As outstandingour loan balances increased during the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, our debt volume also increased. Total debt outstanding was $24,429increased $684 million, or 3%, to $25,317 million as of February 28, 2018, an increase of $969 million, or 4%,2019, from May 31, 2017.2018, due to an increase in borrowings to fund the increase in loans to members. The increase was primarily attributable to a net increase in dealer medium-term notesborrowings under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program of $694$578 million, a net increase in Farmer Mac notes payable of $292$281 million and a net increase in dealer medium-term notes of $278 million. These increases were partially offset by net decreases in collateral trust bonds of $259 million and in member commercial paper, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes of $49 million and a net increase in dealer commercial paper outstanding of $55 million. These increases were partially offset by a net decrease in Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable of $114$142 million.

Below is a summary of significant financing activities during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.2019.

On July 12, 2018, we redeemed $300 million of the $1 billion 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, at a premium of $7 million. We repaid the remaining $700 million of these bonds on the maturity date.

On July 26, 2018, we issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of dealer medium-term notes at a variable rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 37.5 basis points due 2021.

On October 31, 2018, we issued $325 million aggregate principal amount of 3.90% collateral trust bonds due 2028 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.40% collateral trust bonds due 2048.

On November 9, 2017,15, 2018, we closed on a $750 million committed loan facility (“Series M”N”) from the Federal Financing Bank under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program.

On November 20, 2017,28, 2018, we amended and restated the three-year and five-year committed bank revolving line of credit agreements to extend the maturity dates to November 20, 202028, 2021 and November 20, 2022,28, 2023, respectively, and to terminate certain third-party bank commitments.

On January 16, 2018, we redeemed $325 million of notes payable outstanding, with an effective interest rate of 2.10% and an original maturity of April 15, 2026, under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program.
On February 7, 2018,31, 2019, we issued $700$450 million aggregate principal amount of 3.40%3.70% collateral trust bonds due 2028.

On February 26, 2018, we amended the revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated March 24, 2011. Under the amended agreement, we currently can borrow, subject to market conditions, up to $5,2002029 and $500 million at any time through January 11, 2022.aggregate principal amount of 4.30% collateral trust bonds due 2049.

Member Investments

Debt securities issued to our members represent an important, stable source of funding. Table 11 displays outstanding member debt, by debt product type, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.



Table 11: Member Investments
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
(Dollars in thousands) Amount 
% of Total (1)
 Amount 
% of Total (1)
  Amount 
% of Total (1)
 Amount 
% of Total (1)
 
Commercial paper $1,021,016
 49% $928,158
 48% $92,858
 $1,105,060
 51% $1,202,105
 53% $(97,045)
Select notes 674,319
 100
 696,889
 100
 (22,570) 836,688
 100
 780,472
 100
 56,216
Daily liquidity fund notes 506,921
 100
 527,990
 100
 (21,069) 299,505
 100
 400,635
 100
 (101,130)
Medium-term notes 647,706
 17
 612,951
 20
 34,755
 613,002
 16
 643,821
 18
 (30,819)
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,379,693
 100
 1,419,025
 100
 (39,332) 1,357,419
 100
 1,379,982
 100
 (22,563)
Total outstanding member debt $4,229,655
   $4,185,013
   $44,642
 $4,211,674
   $4,407,015
   $(195,341)
                    
Percentage of total debt outstanding 17%   18%    
 17%   18%    
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(1) Represents outstanding debt attributable to members for each debt product type as a percentage of the total outstanding debt for each debt product type.



Member investments accounted for 17% and 18% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. Over the last three fiscal years, outstanding member investments have averaged $4,297$4,406 million on a quarterly basis.

Short-Term Borrowings

Short-term borrowings consist of borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less and do not include the current portion of long-term debt. Short-term borrowings totaled $3,494$3,652 million and accounted for 14% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2018,2019, compared with $3,343$3,796 million, or 14%15%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2017.2018. See Table 27: Short-Term Borrowings below under “Liquidity Risk” below and for detail“Note 6—Short-Term Borrowings” for information on the composition of our short-term borrowings.

Long-Term and Subordinated Debt

Long-term debt, defined as debt with an original contractual maturity term of greater than one year, primarily consists of medium-term notes, collateral trust bonds, notes payable under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program and notes payable under our note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac. Subordinated debt consists of subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates. Our subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates have original contractual maturity terms of greater than one year.

Long-term and subordinated debt totaled $20,935$21,665 million and accounted for 86% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2018,2019, compared with $20,117$20,837 million, or 86%85%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2017. As discussed above, the increase in total2018. We provide additional information on our long-term debt outstanding, including long-term and subordinated debt, was primarily due to the issuance of debt to fund the growth in our loan and investments portfolios. See Table 28: Issuances and Repayments of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt below under “Liquidity Risk” for a summary of long-term subordinated debt issuances and repayments during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.in “Note 7—Long-Term Debt” and “Note 8—Subordinated Deferrable Debt.”

Collateral Pledged

We are required to pledge loans or other collateral in borrowing transactions under our collateral trust bond indentures, note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac and bond agreements under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. We are required to maintain pledged collateral equal to at least 100% of the face amount of outstanding borrowings. However, we typically maintain pledged collateral in excess of the required percentage to ensure that required collateral levels are maintained and to facilitate the timely execution of debt issuances by reducing or eliminating the lead time to pledge additional collateral. Under the provisions of our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, the excess collateral that we are allowed to pledge cannot exceed 150% of the outstanding borrowings under our collateral trust bond indentures, Farmer Mac note purchase agreements or the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. In certain cases, provided that all conditions of eligibility under the different programs are satisfied, we may withdraw excess pledged collateral or transfer collateral from one borrowing program to another to facilitate a new debt issuance.



Table 12 displays the collateral coverage ratios as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 20172018 for the debt agreements noted above that require us to pledge collateral.

Table 12: Collateral Pledged
 Requirement/Limit   Requirement/Limit  
 
Debt Indenture
Minimum
 
Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements
Maximum
 
Actual(1)
 
Debt Indenture
Minimum
 
Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements
Maximum
 
Actual(1)
Debt Agreement February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Collateral trust bonds 1994 indenture 100% 150% 113% 117% 100% 150% 120% 111%
Collateral trust bonds 2007 indenture 100
 150
 112
 115
 100
 150
 120
 114
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 100
 150
 120
 117
 100
 150
 115
 119
Farmer Mac notes payable 100
 150
 120
 117
 100
 150
 119
 115
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Series 2009A 100
 150
 115
 113
 100
 150
 132
 109
____________________________ 
(1) Calculated based on the amount of collateral pledged divided by the face amount of outstanding secured debt.

Of our total debt outstanding of $24,429$25,317 million as of February 28, 2018, $15,3232019, $15,996 million, or 63%, was secured by pledged loans totaling $18,061$19,215 million. In comparison, of our total debt outstanding of $23,460$24,633 million as of May 31, 2017, $15,1462018, $15,398 million, or 65%63%, was secured by pledged loans totaling $17,941$18,145 million. Total debt outstanding on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is presented net of unamortized discounts and issuance costs. However, our collateral pledging requirements are based on the face amount of secured outstanding debt, which does not take into consideration the impact of net unamortized discounts and issuance costs.

Table 13 displays the unpaid principal balance of loans pledged for secured debt, the excess collateral pledged and unencumbered loans as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

Table 13: Unencumbered Loans
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $25,331,835
 $24,356,330
 $26,006,435
 $25,167,494
Less: Loans required to be pledged for secured debt (2)
 (15,606,414) (15,435,062) (16,278,726) (15,677,138)
Loans pledged in excess of requirement (2)(3)
 (2,454,694) (2,505,804) (2,936,516) (2,467,444)
Total pledged loans (18,061,108) (17,940,866) (19,215,242) (18,144,582)
Unencumbered loans $7,270,727
 $6,415,464
 $6,791,193
 $7,022,912
Unencumbered loans as a percentage of total loans 29% 26% 26% 28%
____________________________ 
(1) ReflectsRepresents the unpaid principal balance.Excludesamount of loans as of the end of each period presented and excludes unamortized deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
(2) Reflects unpaid principal balance of pledged loans.
(3) Excludes cash collateral pledged to secure debt. If there is an event of default under most of our indentures, we can only withdraw the excess collateral if we substitute cash or permitted investments of equal value.

As displayed above in Table 13, we had excess loans pledged as collateral totaling $2,455$2,937 million and $2,506$2,467 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. We typically pledge loans in excess of the required amount for the following reasons: (i) our distribution and power supply loans are typically amortizing loans that require scheduled principal payments over the life of the loan, whereas the debt securities issued under secured indentures and agreements typically have bullet maturities; (ii) distribution and power supply borrowers have the option to prepay their loans; and (iii) individual loans may become ineligible for various reasons, some of which may be temporary.

We provide additional information on our borrowings, including the maturity profile, below in “Liquidity Risk.” Refer to “Note 4—Loans and Commitments—Loans—Pledging of Loans” for additional information related to pledged collateral. Also refer to “Note 6—Short-Term5—Short-


Term Borrowings,” “Note 7—6—Long-Term Debt,” “Note 8—7—Subordinated Deferrable Debt” and “Note 9—8—Members’ Subordinated Certificates” in our 20172018 Form 10-K for a more detailed description of each of our debt product types.

Equity

Table 14 presents the components of total CFC equity and total equity as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. We provide the detail of our total members’ equity, which is a non-GAAP measure, in Table 38 under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Table 14: Equity
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Membership fees and educational fund:      
Membership fees $969
 $969
 $
Educational fund 1,303
 1,976
 (673)
Total membership fees and educational fund 2,272
 2,945
 (673)
Patronage capital allocated 763,986
 811,493
 (47,507)
Members’ capital reserve 687,785
 687,785
 
Total allocated equity 1,454,043
 1,502,223
 (48,180)
Unallocated net income (loss):     

Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses(1)
 (30,831) (332,525) 301,694
Current year derivative forward value gains (losses)(1)
 (27,312) 301,694
 (329,006)
Current period-end cumulative derivative forward value gains (losses)(1)
 (58,143) (30,831) (27,312)
Other unallocated net income (loss) 126,796
 (5,603) 132,399
Unallocated net income (loss) 68,653
 (36,434) 105,087
CFC retained equity 1,522,696
 1,465,789
 56,907
Accumulated other comprehensive income 847
 8,544
 (7,697)
Total CFC equity 1,523,543
 1,474,333
 49,210
Noncontrolling interests 29,069
 31,520
 (2,451)
Total equity $1,552,612
 $1,505,853
 $46,759
____________________________
(1)Represents derivative forward value gains (losses) for CFC only, as total CFC equity does not include the noncontrolling interests of the variable interest entities NCSC and RTFC, which we are required to consolidate. See “Note 13—Business Segments” for the statements of operations for CFC.

Total equity increased by $360$47 million to $1,459$1,553 million as of February 28, 2018.2019. The increase was primarily attributable to our net income of $409$96 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, which was partially offset by patronage capital retirement of $45$48 million in September 2017.August 2018.

In July 2017,2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of fiscal year 20172018 adjusted net income as follows: $90$95 million to members in the form of patronage capital; $43$57 million to the members’ capital reserve; and $1 million to the Cooperative Educational Fund.cooperative educational fund. The amount of patronage capital allocated each year by CFC’s Board of Directors is based on adjusted non-GAAP net income, which excludes the impact of derivative forward value gains (losses). See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information on adjusted net income.

In July 2017,2018, the CFC Board of Directors also authorized the retirement of patronage capital totaling $45$48 million, which represented 50% of the patronage capital allocation for fiscal year 2017 allocation of patronage capital of $90 million. We2018. This amount was returned the $45 million to


members in cash in September 2017.August 2018. The remaining portion of the allocated amount will be retained by CFC for 25 years under guidelines adopted by the CFC Board of Directors in June 2009.



The CFC Board of Directors is required to make annual allocations of adjusted net income, if any. CFC has made annual retirements of allocated net earnings in 3839 of the last 3940 fiscal years; however, future retirements of allocated amounts are determined based on CFC’s financial condition. The CFC Board of Directors has the authority to change the current practice for allocating and retiring net earnings at any time, subject to applicable laws. See “Item 1. Business—Allocation and Retirement of Patronage Capital” of our 20172018 Form 10-K for additional information.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

In the ordinary course of business, we engage in financial transactions that are not presented on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, or may be recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets in amounts that are different from the full contract or notional amount of the transaction. Our off-balance sheet arrangements consist primarily of guarantees of member obligations and unadvanced loan commitments intended to meet the financial needs of our members.

Guarantees

We provide guarantees for certain contractual obligations of our members to assist them in obtaining various forms of financing. We use the same credit policies and monitoring procedures in providing guarantees as we do for loans and commitments. If a member defaults on its obligation, we are obligated to pay required amounts pursuant to our guarantees. Meeting our guarantee obligations satisfies the underlying obligation of our member systems and prevents the exercise of remedies by the guarantee beneficiary based upon a payment default by a member. In general, the member is required to repay any amount advanced by us with accrued interest, pursuant to the documents evidencing the member’s reimbursement obligation. Table 1415 displays the notional amount of our outstanding guarantee obligations, by guarantee type and by company, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

Table 14:15: Guarantees Outstanding
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 Increase/
(Decrease)
 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Guarantee type:            
Long-term tax-exempt bonds $317,960
 $468,145
 $(150,185) $313,205
 $316,985
 $(3,780)
Letters of credit 248,124
 307,321
 (59,197) 327,314
 343,970
 (16,656)
Other guarantees 113,884
 114,151
 (267) 145,512
 144,206
 1,306
Total $679,968
 $889,617
 $(209,649) $786,031
 $805,161
 $(19,130)
            
Company:  
      
    
CFC $663,235
 $874,920
 $(211,685) $769,472
 $793,156
 $(23,684)
NCSC 15,159
 13,123
 2,036
 14,493
 10,431
 4,062
RTFC 1,574
 1,574
 
 2,066
 1,574
 492
Total $679,968
 $889,617
 $(209,649) $786,031
 $805,161
 $(19,130)

Of the total notional amount of our outstanding guarantee obligations of $680$786 million and $890$805 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, 53%59% and 67%57%, respectively, were secured by a mortgage lien on substantially all of the assets and future revenue of the borrowers. We recordedour member cooperatives for which we provide guarantees.

In addition to providing a guarantee liability of $8 million and $15on long-term tax-exempt bonds issued by member cooperatives totaling $313 million as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017, respectively, related to the contingent and noncontingent exposures for guarantee and liquidity obligations associated with our members’ debt.

We2019, we also were the liquidity provider as well as guarantor for long-term variable-rate,on $248 million of those tax-exempt bonds issued for our member cooperatives totaling $251 million as of February 28, 2018. This amount is included above in Table 14 as a component of the long-term tax-exempt bonds totaling $318 million as of February 28, 2018.bonds. As liquidity provider, on these tax-exempt bonds, we may be required to purchase bonds that are tendered or put by investors. Investors provide notice to the remarketing agent that they will tender or put a certain amount of bonds at the next interest rate reset date. If the remarketing agent is unable to sell such bonds to other investors by the next interest rate reset date, we have unconditionally agreed to purchase such bonds. We were not required to perform as liquidity provider pursuant to these obligations during the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 or the prior fiscal year.



We had outstanding letters of credit for the benefit of our members totaling $248$327 million as of February 28, 2018, which are related2019. These letters of credit relate to obligations for which we may be required to advance funds based on various trigger events specified in the lettersletter of credit agreements. If we are required to advance funds, the member is obligated to repay the advance amount and accrued interest to us.

In addition to thethese letters of credit, presented in Table 14, we had master letter of credit facilities in place as of February 28, 2018,2019, under which we may be required to issue up to an additional $66 million in letters of credit to third parties for the benefit of our members.members up to an additional $59 million as of February 28, 2019. All of our master letter of credit facilities as of February 28, 20182019 were subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of issuance. Prior to issuing a letter of credit under these facilities, we confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the business or condition, financial or otherwise, of the borrower since the time the loan was approved and that the borrower is currently in compliance with the letter of credit terms and conditions.

Table 1516 presents the maturities for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter of the notional amount of our outstanding guarantee obligations as of February 28, 2018.2019.

Table 15:16: Maturities of Guarantee Obligations
  Outstanding
Amount
 Maturities of Guaranteed Obligations  Outstanding
Amount
 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Guarantees $679,968
 $128,126
 $153,908
 $52,090
 $122,136
 $27,854
 $195,854
 $786,031
 $114,730
 $191,819
 $121,850
 $31,017
 $159,041
 $167,574

We recorded a guarantee liability of $9 million and $11 million as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, for our guarantee and liquidity obligations associated with our members’ debt. We provide additional information about our guarantee obligations in “Note 10—11—Guarantees.”

Unadvanced Loan Commitments

Unadvanced loan commitments represent approved and executed loan contracts for which funds have not been advanced to borrowers. Our line of credit commitments include both contracts that are subject to material adverse change clauses and contracts that are not subject to material adverse change clauses, while our long-term loan commitments are typically subject to material adverse change clauses.

Table 1617 displays the amount of unadvanced loan commitments, which consist of line of credit and long-term loan commitments, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

Table 16:17: Unadvanced Loan Commitments
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 Increase/ February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018  
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total (Decrease) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Change
Line of credit commitments:                    
Conditional(1)
 $4,658,370
 38% $5,170,393
 41% $(512,023) $4,618,323
 36% $4,835,434
 38% $(217,111)
Unconditional(2)
 2,776,918
 23
 2,602,262
 21
 174,656
 2,905,836
 22
 2,857,350
 23
 48,486
Total line of credit unadvanced commitments 7,435,288

61
 7,772,655
 62
 (337,367) 7,524,159

58
 7,692,784
 61
 (168,625)
Total long-term loan unadvanced commitments(1)
 4,715,976

39
 4,802,319
 38
 (86,343) 5,387,440

42
 4,952,834
 39
 434,606
Total unadvanced loan commitments $12,151,264

100% $12,574,974
 100% $(423,710) $12,911,599

100% $12,645,618
 100% $265,981
____________________________ 
(1)Represents amount related to facilities that are subject to material adverse change clauses.
(2)Represents amount related to facilities that are not subject to material adverse change clauses.

Table 1718 presents the amount of unadvanced loan commitments, by loan type, as of February 28, 20182019 and the maturities of the commitment amounts for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter.



Table 17:18: Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Line of credit loans $7,435,288
 $226,587
 $4,057,079
 $782,079
 $995,502
 $707,497
 $666,544
 $7,524,159
 $65,818
 $3,835,418
 $889,301
 $695,602
 $1,254,289
 $783,731
Long-term loans 4,715,976
 71,913
 924,921
 585,953
 637,024
 1,742,934
 753,231
 5,387,440
 190,742
 450,208
 737,648
 1,506,127
 1,159,886
 1,342,829
Total $12,151,264
 $298,500
 $4,982,000
 $1,368,032
 $1,632,526
 $2,450,431
 $1,419,775
 $12,911,599
 $256,560
 $4,285,626
 $1,626,949
 $2,201,729
 $2,414,175
 $2,126,560

Unadvanced line of credit commitments accounted for 61%58% of total unadvanced loan commitments as of February 28, 2018,2019, while unadvanced long-term loan commitments accounted for 39%42% of total unadvanced loan commitments. Unadvanced line of credit commitments are typically revolving facilities for periods not to exceed five years. Unadvanced line of credit commitmentsyears and generally serve as supplemental back-up liquidity to our borrowers. Historically, borrowers have not drawn the full commitment amount for line of credit facilities, and we have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities regardless of whether or not we are obligated to fund the facility where a material adverse change exists. Our unadvanced long-term loan commitments have a five-year draw period under which a borrower may advance funds prior to the expiration of the commitment. We expect that the majority of the long-term unadvanced loan commitments of $4,716$5,387 million will be advanced prior to the expiration of the commitment.

Because we historically have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities, which account for the majority of our total unadvanced loan commitments, we believe the unadvanced loan commitment total of $12,151$12,912 million as of February 28, 20182019 is not necessarily representative of our future funding cash requirements.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Conditional

The substantial majority of our line of credit commitments and all our unadvanced long-term loan commitments include material adverse change clauses. Unadvanced loan commitments subject to material adverse change clauses totaled $9,374$10,006 million and $9,973$9,789 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, and accounted for 77% and 79% of the combined total of unadvanced line of credit and long-term loan commitments as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017, respectively.2018. Prior to making advances on these facilities, we confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the borrower’s business or condition, financial or otherwise, since the time the loan was approved and confirm that the borrower is currently in compliance with loan terms and conditions. In some cases, the borrower’s access to the full amount of the facility is further constrained by use of proceeds restrictions, imposition of borrower-specific restrictions, or by additional conditions that must be met prior to advancing funds. Since we generally do not charge a fee for the borrower to have an unadvanced amount on a loan facility that is subject to a material adverse change clause, our borrowers tend to request amounts in excess of their immediate estimated loan requirements.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Unconditional

Unadvanced loan commitments not subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of each advance consisted of unadvanced committed lines of credit totaling $2,777$2,906 million and $2,602$2,857 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. For contracts not subject to a material adverse change clause, we are generally required to advance amounts on the committed facilities as long as the borrower is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the facility.

Syndicated loan facilities, where the pricing is set at a spread over LIBORa market index rate as agreed upon by all of the participating banksfinancial institutions based on market conditions at the time of syndication, accounted for 85%90% of unconditional line of credit commitments as of February 28, 2018.2019. The remaining 15%10% represented unconditional committed line of credit loans, which under any new advance would be made at rates determined by us based on our cost, and we have the option to pass on to the borrower any cost increase related to the advance.us.

Table 1819 presents the maturities for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter of the notional amount of unconditional committed lines of credit not subject to a material adverse change clause as of February 28, 2018.2019.



Table 18:19: Maturities of Notional Amount of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit
 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Committed lines of credit $2,776,918
 $130,000
 $306,122
 $515,691
 $645,083
 $487,908
 $692,114
 $2,905,836
 $
 $323,082
 $466,030
 $403,716
 $1,028,019
 $684,989

See “MD&A—Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements” in our 20172018 Form 10-K for additional information on our off-balance sheet arrangements.
RISK MANAGEMENT

Overview

We face a variety of risks that can significantly affect our financial performance, liquidity, reputation and ability to meet the expectations of our members, investors and other stakeholders. As a financial services company, the major categories of risk exposures inherent in our business activities include credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk and operational risk. These risk categories are summarized below.

Credit risk is the risk that a borrower or other counterparty will be unable to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed-upon terms.

Liquidity risk is the risk that we will be unable to fund our operations and meet our contractual obligations or that we will be unable to fund new loans to borrowers at a reasonable cost and tenor in a timely manner.

Market risk is the risk that changes in market variables, such as movements in interest rates, may adversely affect the match between the timing of the contractual maturities, re-pricing and prepayments of our financial assets and the related financial liabilities funding those assets.

Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal controls, processes, systems, human error or external events. Operational risk also includes compliance risk, fiduciary risk, reputational risk and litigation risk.

Effective risk management is critical to our overall operations and into achieving our primary objective of providing cost-based financial products to our rural electric members while maintaining the sound financial results required for investment-grade credit ratings on our rated debt instruments. Accordingly, we have a risk managementrisk-management framework that is intended to govern the principal risks we face in conducting our business and the aggregate amount of risk we are willing to accept, referred to as risk appetite, in the context of CFC’s mission and strategic objectives and initiatives. We provide information on our risk management framework in our 20172018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Risk Management—Risk Management Framework.”
CREDIT RISK

Our loan portfolio, which represents the largest component of assets on our balance sheet, and guarantees account for the substantial majority of our credit risk exposure. We also engage in certain non-lending activities that may give rise to credit and counterparty settlement risk, including the purchase of investment securities and entering into derivative transactions to manage our interest rate risk. Our primary credit exposure is to rural electric cooperatives that provide essential electric services to end-users, the majority of which are residential customers. We also have a limited portfolio of loans to not-for-profit and for-profit telecommunication companies.

We provide a discussion of our credit risk management processes and activities in our 2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Credit Risk—Credit Risk Management

We manage portfolio and borrower credit risk consistent with credit policies established by the CFC Board of Directors and through credit underwriting, approval and monitoring processes and practices adopted by management. Our board- established credit policies include guidelines regarding the types of credit products we offer, limits on credit we extend toManagement.”


individual borrowers, approval authorities delegated to management, and use of syndications and loan sales. We maintain an internal risk rating system in which we assign a rating to each borrower and credit facility. We review and update the risk ratings at least annually. Assigned risk ratings inform our credit approval, borrower monitoring and portfolio review processes. Our Corporate Credit Committee approves individual credit actions within its own authority and together with our Credit Risk Management group, establishes standards for credit underwriting, oversees credits deemed to be higher risk, reviews assigned risk ratings for accuracy, and monitors the overall credit quality and performance statistics of our loan portfolio and guarantees.




Loan and Guarantee Portfolio Credit Risk

Below we provide information on the credit risk profile of our loan portfolio and guarantees, including security provisions, loan concentration, credit performance and our allowance for loan losses.

Security Provisions

Except when providing line of credit loans, we generally lend to our members on a senior secured basis. Long-term loans are generally secured on parity with other secured lenders (primarily RUS), if any, by all assets and revenue of the borrower with exceptions typical in utility mortgages. Line of credit loans are generally unsecured. In addition to the collateral pledged to secure our loans, distribution and power supply borrowers also are required to set rates charged to customers to achieve certain specified financial ratios.

Table 1920 presents, by loan type and by company, the amount and percentage of secured and unsecured loans in our loan portfolio as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. Of our total loans outstanding, 91% were secured and 9% were unsecured as of February 28, 2018. Of2019. In comparison, of our total loans outstanding, 92%93% were secured and 8%7% were unsecured as of
May 31, 2017.2018.

Table 19:20: Loan Portfolio Security Profile(1)
 February 28, 2018 February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total
Loan type:                    
Long-term loans:                    
Long-term fixed-rate loans $22,162,866
 97% $574,223
 3% $22,737,089
 $22,505,861
 98% $454,999
 2% $22,960,860
Long-term variable-rate loans 941,772
 96
 43,942
 4
 985,714
 1,116,406
 99
 9,065
 1
 1,125,471
Total long-term loans 23,104,638
 97
 618,165
 3
 23,722,803
 23,622,267
 98
 464,064
 2
 24,086,331
Line of credit loans 68,267
 4
 1,540,765
 96
 1,609,032
 113,561
 6
 1,806,543
 94
 1,920,104
Total loans outstanding $23,172,905
 91
 $2,158,930
 9
 $25,331,835
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,735,828
 91
 $2,270,607
 9
 $26,006,435
                    
Company:                    
CFC $22,183,116
 92% $1,984,440
 8% $24,167,556
 $22,712,959
 91% $2,168,175
 9% $24,881,134
NCSC 641,526
 80
 159,288
 20
 800,814
 688,466
 89
 83,464
 11
 771,930
RTFC 348,263
 96
 15,202
 4
 363,465
 334,403
 95
 18,968
 5
 353,371
Total loans outstanding $23,172,905
 91
 $2,158,930
 9
 $25,331,835
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,735,828
 91
 $2,270,607
 9
 $26,006,435



 May 31, 2017 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total
Loan type:                    
Long-term loans:                    
Long-term fixed-rate loans $21,503,871
 97% $632,819
 3% $22,136,690
 $22,220,087
 98% $476,098
 2% $22,696,185
Long-term variable-rate loans 795,326
 94
 52,093
 6
 847,419
 996,970
 96
 42,521
 4
 1,039,491
Total long-term loans 22,299,197
 97
 684,912
 3
 22,984,109
 23,217,057
 98
 518,619
 2
 23,735,676
Line of credit loans 54,258
 4
 1,317,963
 96
 1,372,221
 69,097
 5
 1,362,721
 95
 1,431,818
Total loans outstanding $22,353,455
 92
 $2,002,875
 8
 $24,356,330
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,286,154
 93
 $1,881,340
 7
 $25,167,494
                    
Company:                    
CFC $21,591,723
 92% $1,796,264
 8% $23,387,987
 $22,233,592
 93% $1,784,327
 7% $24,017,919
NCSC 424,636
 69
 189,288
 31
 613,924
 703,396
 89
 83,061
 11
 786,457
RTFC 337,096
 95
 17,323
 5
 354,419
 349,166
 96
 13,952
 4
 363,118
Total loans outstanding $22,353,455
 92
 $2,002,875
 8
 $24,356,330
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,286,154
 93
 $1,881,340
 7
 $25,167,494
____________________________ 
(1) ExcludesRepresents the unpaid principal amount of loans as of the end of each period presented and excludes deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

As part of our strategy in managing our credit risk exposure, we entered into a long-term standby purchase commitment agreement with Farmer Mac on August 31, 2015, as amended on May 31,in fiscal year 2016. Under this agreement, we may designate certain loans to be covered under the commitment, as approved by Farmer Mac, and in the event any such loan later goes into payment default for at least 90 days, upon request by us, Farmer Mac must purchase such loan at par value. The outstanding principal balance of loans covered under this agreement totaled $777$628 million as of February 28, 2018,2019, compared with $843$660 million as of May 31, 2017.2018. No loans have been put to Farmer Mac for purchase pursuant to this agreement. In addition, RUS guaranteedOur credit exposure is also mitigated by long-term loans totaling $163guaranteed by RUS. Guaranteed RUS loans totaled $156 million and $167$161 million as of February 28, 20182019 and
May 31, 2017,2018, respectively.

Credit Concentration

Concentrations may exist when there are amounts loaned to borrowers engaged in similar activities or in geographic areas that would cause them to be similarly impacted by economic or other conditions or when there are large exposures to single borrowers. As a tax-exempt, member-owned finance cooperative, CFC’s principal focus is to provide funding to its rural electric utility cooperative members to assist them in acquiring, constructing and operating electric distribution, transmissionpower supply systems and related facilities. WeBecause we lend primarily to our rural electric utility cooperative members, we have a loan portfolio subject to single-industry and single-obligor concentrations. Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of February 28, 2019, unchanged from May 31, 2018. Although our organizational structure and mission results in single-industry concentration, we serve a geographically diverse group of electric and telecommunications members throughout the United States and its territories, including 49all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Guam. Our consolidated membership totaled 1,4471,449 members and 217215 associates as of February 28, 2018.2019. Texas hadhas the largest number of member cooperatives and the largest concentration of outstanding loans to borrowers in any one state, with approximately 15% of total loans outstanding as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017. Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of the total outstanding loan portfolio as of February 28, 2018, unchanged from May 31, 2017. As a result of lending primarily to our members, we have a loan portfolio with single-industry and single-obligor concentration risk. Despite our credit concentration risks, we historically have experienced limited defaults and very low credit losses in our electric loan portfolio.2018.

Single-Obligor Concentration

Table 2021 displays the outstandingcombined exposure of loans and guarantees of the 20 largest borrowers, by exposure type and by company, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. The 20 borrowers with the largest borrowersexposure consisted of 10 distribution systems, 9nine power supply systems and 1one NCSC associate member as of both February 28, 20182019. The 20 borrowers with the largest exposure consisted of nine distribution systems, 10 power supply systems and one NCSC associate as of May 31, 2017.2018. The largest total outstanding exposure to a single borrower or controlled group represented approximately 2% of total loans and guarantees outstanding as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.

2018.


Table 20:21: Credit Exposure to 20 Largest Borrowers
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 Change February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total  Amount % of Total Amount % of Total 
By exposure type:                    
Loans $5,906,771
 23 % $5,749,885
 23 % $156,886
 $5,712,256
 21 % $5,613,991
 22 % $98,265
Guarantees 145,770
 
 354,619
 1
 (208,849) 139,405
 1
 347,138
 1
 (207,733)
Total exposure to 20 largest borrowers 6,052,541
 23
 6,104,504
 24
 (51,963) 5,851,661
 22
 5,961,129
 23
 (109,468)
Less: Loans covered under Farmer Mac standby purchase commitment (386,185) (1) (351,699) (1) (34,486) (363,963) (1) (354,694) (1) (9,269)
Net exposure to 20 largest borrowers $5,666,356
 22 % $5,752,805
 23 % $(86,449) $5,487,698
 21 % $5,606,435
 22 % $(118,737)
                    
By company:                    
CFC $5,793,218
 22 % $5,899,709
 23 % $(106,491) $5,599,657
 21 % $5,703,723
 22 % $(104,066)
NCSC 259,323
 1
 204,795
 1
 54,528
 252,004
 1
 257,406
 1
 (5,402)
Total exposure to 20 largest borrowers 6,052,541
 23
 6,104,504
 24
 (51,963) 5,851,661
 22
 5,961,129
 23
 (109,468)
Less: Loans covered under Farmer Mac standby purchase commitment (386,185) (1) (351,699) (1) (34,486) (363,963) (1) (354,694) (1) (9,269)
Net exposure to 20 largest borrowers $5,666,356
 22 % $5,752,805
 23 % $(86,449) $5,487,698
 21 % $5,606,435
 22 % $(118,737)

Although CFC has been exposed to single-industry and single-obligor concentrations since inception in 1969, we historically have experienced limited defaults and very low credit losses in our electric loan portfolio. The likelihood of default and loss for our electric cooperative borrowers, which account for 99% of our outstanding loans as of February 28, 2019, has been low due to several factors. First, as discussed above, we generally lend to our members on a senior secured basis. Second, electric cooperatives typically are consumer-owned, not-for-profit entities that provide an essential service to end-users, the majority of which are residential customers. Third, electric cooperatives face limited competition, as they tend to operate in exclusive territories not serviced by public investor-owned utilities. Fourth, the majority operate in states where electric cooperatives are not subject to rate regulation. Thus, they are able to make rate adjustments to pass along increased costs to the end customer without first obtaining state regulatory approval, allowing them to cover operating costs and generate sufficient earnings and cash flows to service their debt obligations. Finally, they tend to adhere to a conservative business strategy model that has historically resulted in a relatively stable, resilient operating environment and overall strong financial performance and credit strength for the electric cooperative network.

Credit PerformanceQuality

As partAssessing the overall credit quality of our loan portfolio and measuring our credit risk managementis an ongoing process wethat involves tracking payment status, the internal risk ratings of our borrowers, troubled debt restructurings, nonperforming and impaired loans, charge-offs and other indicators of credit risk. We monitor and evaluatesubject each borrower and loan facility in our loan portfolio and assign numeric internalto an individual risk ratingsassessment based on quantitative and qualitative assessments. Our ratings are intended to align with the federal banking regulatory credit risk rating classification definitions of pass, special mention, substandard and doubtful. The special mention, substandard, and doubtful categories are intended to comply with the definition of criticized loans by the banking regulatory authorities.factors. Internal risk ratings and payment status trends are indicators, among others, of the probability of borrower default and level of credit risk in our loan portfolio.

The overall credit riskquality of our loan portfolio remained low,high, as evidenced by our strong asset qualityperformance metrics, including senior secured positions on most of our loans and low levels of criticized exposure, nonaccrual loans and charge-offs.exposure. We generally lend to members on a senior secured basis, which reduces the risk of loss in the event of a borrower default. As displayed in Table 1920 above, 91% and 92%93% of our total outstanding loans were secured as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. As displayed in “Note 4—Loans and Commitments,” 0.4% and 0.5% of theWe had no delinquent or nonperforming loans in our portfolio were classified as criticized as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017, respectively. Below2018. In addition, we provide information on certain additionalhad no loan defaults or charge-offs during the nine months ended February 28, 2019.

Borrower Risk Ratings

Our borrower risk ratings are intended to align with banking regulatory agency credit quality indicators, including modifiedrisk rating definitions of pass and criticized classifications, with loans that are considered to be troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”)classified as criticized further classified as special mention, substandard or doubtful. Pass ratings reflect relatively low probability of default, while criticized ratings have a higher probability of default. Loans with borrowers classified as criticized totaled $185 million, or 0.71%, nonperformingof total loans and net charge-offs.outstanding as of February 28, 2019. Of


this amount, $178 million, was classified as substandard. In comparison, loans with borrowers classified as criticized totaled $178 million, or 0.71%, of total loans outstanding as of May 31, 2018. Of this amount, $171 million was classified as substandard. We did not have any loans classified as doubtful as of February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. See “Note 4—Loans” for a description of each of the risk rating classifications.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

We actively monitor problem loans and, from time to time, attempt to work with borrowers to manage such exposures through loan workouts or modifications that better align with the borrower’s current ability to pay. A loan restructuring or modification of terms is accounted for as a TDRtroubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) if, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties, a concession is granted to the borrower that we would not otherwise consider. TDR loans generally are initially placed on nonaccrual status, although in many cases such loans were already on nonaccrual status prior to modification. Interest accrued but not collected at the date a loan is placed on nonaccrual status is reversed against earnings. These loans may be returned to performing status and the accrual of interest resumed if the borrower performs under the modified terms for an extended period of time, and we expect the borrower to continue to perform in accordance with the modified terms. In certain limited circumstances in which a TDR loan is current at the modification date, the loan may remain on accrual status at the time of modification.

Table 2122 presents the carrying value of loans modified as TDRs in prior periodsand the performance status as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2018. Our last modification of a loan that met the definition of a TDR occurred in fiscal year 2017. TheseAlthough TDR loans weremay be returned to performing status if the borrower performs under the modified terms of the loan for an extended period of time, TDR loans are considered individually impaired as of the end of each period presented.


impaired.

Table 21: TDR22: Troubled Debt Restructured Loans
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding
TDR loans:                
CFC $6,507
 0.03% $6,581
 0.02% $6,261
 0.03% $6,507
 0.03%
RTFC 6,216
 0.02
 6,592
 0.03
 5,717
 0.02
 6,092
 0.02
Total TDR loans $12,723
 0.05% $13,173
 0.05% $11,978
 0.05% $12,599
 0.05%
                
Performance status of TDR loans:                
Performing TDR loans $12,723
 0.05% $13,173
 0.05% $11,978
 0.05% $12,599
 0.05%
 
As indicated in Table 21,22 above, we did not have any TDR loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 20182019 or
May 31, 2017. TDR loans as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017 were performing in accordance with the terms of their respective restructured loan agreement and on accrual status as of the respective reported dates.2018.

Nonperforming Loans

In addition to TDR loans that may be classified as nonperforming, we also may have nonperforming loans that have not been modified as a TDR loan. We classify such loans as nonperforming at the earlier of the date when we determine: (i) interest or principal payments on the loan is past due 90 days or more; (ii) as a result of court proceedings, the collection of interest or principal payments based on the original contractual terms is not expected; or (iii) the full and timely collection of interest or principal is otherwise uncertain. Once a loan is classified as nonperforming, we generally place the loan on nonaccrual status. Interest accrued but not collected at the date a loan is placed on nonaccrual status is reversed against earnings. We had no loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 20182019 or May 31, 2017. 2018.

Net Charge-Offs

Charge-offs represent the amount of a loan that has been removed from our consolidated balance sheet when the loan is deemed uncollectible. Generally the amount of a charge-off is the recorded investment in excess of the fair value of the


expected cash flows from the loan, or, if the loan is collateral dependent, the fair value of the underlying collateral securing the loan. We report charge-offs net of amounts recovered on previously charged off loans. We had no loan defaults or charge-offs during the nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.

Historical Loan Losses

In addition,its 49-year history, CFC has experienced only 16 defaults, of which 10 resulted in no loss and six resulted in the cumulative historical net charge-offs of $86 million for our electric utility loan portfolio. Of this amount, $67 million was attributable to electric utility power supply cooperatives and $19 million was attributable to electric distribution cooperatives. We discuss the reasons loans to electric utility cooperatives, our principal lending market, typically have a relatively low risk of default above under “Credit Concentration.”

In comparison, since RTFC’s inception in 1987, we did not have any past duehad 15 defaults and cumulative net charge-offs attributable to telecommunication borrowers totaling $427 million, the most significant of which was a charge-off of $354 million in fiscal year 2011. This charge-off related to outstanding loans to Innovative Communications Corporation (“ICC”), a former RTFC member, and the transfer of ICC’s assets in foreclosure to Caribbean Asset Holdings, LLC.

Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations totaled $25,653 million and accounted for 99% of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of either February 28, 2018 or May 31, 2017.2019, while outstanding RTFC telecommunications loans totaled $353 million and accounted for 1% of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of February 28, 2019.

We provide additional information on the credit quality of our loan portfolio in “Note 4—Loans and Commitments.Loans.

Net Charge-Offs

Table 22 presents charge-offs, net of recoveries, and the net charge-off rate for the three and nine months ended
February 28, 2018 and 2017.

Table 22: Net Charge-Offs (Recoveries)
  Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018
2017
Charge-offs:        
RTFC $
 $
 $
 $2,119
Recoveries:        
CFC 
 (53) 
 (159)
Net charge-offs (recoveries) $
 $(53) $
 $1,960
         
Average total loans outstanding $25,204,005
 $24,092,805
 $24,822,092
 $23,695,378
         
Net charge-off rate(1)
 %  % % 0.01%
____________________________
(1)Calculated based on annualized net charge-offs (recoveries) for the period divided by average total outstanding loans for the period.



As displayed in Table 22, we experienced no charge-offs during the nine months ended February 28, 2018. Charge-offs totaled $2 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2017, all of which were related to telecommunications loans in the RTFC portfolio. Our average annual net charge-off rate has been less than 0.01% over the last three fiscal years.

Allowance for Loan Losses
 
The allowance for loan losses represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in our loan portfolio as of each balance sheet date. We determine the allowance based on borrower risk ratings, historical loss experience, specific problem loans, economic conditions and other pertinent factors that, in management’s judgment, may affect the risk of loss in our loan portfolio.

Table 23 summarizes changes in the allowance for loan losses for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017,2018, and provides a comparison of the allowance by company as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

Table 23: Allowance for Loan Losses
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Beginning balance $36,774
 $33,911
 $37,376
 $33,258
 $16,904
 $36,774
 $18,801
 $37,376
Provision for loan losses 1,105
 2,065
 503
 4,731
Net recoveries (charge-offs) 
 53
 
 (1,960)
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 182
 1,105
 (1,715) 503
Ending balance $37,879
 $36,029
 $37,879
 $36,029
 $17,086
 $37,879
 $17,086
 $37,879
                
     February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017     February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Allowance for loan losses by company:                
CFC     $29,305
 $29,499
     $12,320
 $12,300
NCSC     3,848
 2,910
     2,085
 2,082
RTFC     4,726
 4,967
     2,681
 4,419
Total     $37,879
 $37,376
     $17,086
 $18,801
                
Allowance coverage ratios:                
Loans to members     $25,342,922
 $24,367,044
Percentage of loans to members     0.15% 0.15%
Total loans outstanding(1)
     $26,006,435
 $25,167,494
Percentage of total loans outstanding     0.07% 0.07%
____________________________

The
(1) Represents the unpaid principal amount of loans as of the end of each period presented and excludes unamortized deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Our allowance for loan losses of $38decreased by $2 million to $17 million as of February 28, 2018 increased by less than $1 million2019 from fiscal year end May 31, 2017, while the2018. The allowance coverage ratio remained unchanged at 0.15%. The credit qualitywas 0.07% as of both February 28, 2019 and performance statistics of our loan portfolio remained strong.May 31, 2018. We had no loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 20182019 or May 31, 2017.2018. We experienced no charge-offs during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018. In comparison, we recorded a net charge-off of $2 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2017. Loans designated as individually impaired totaled $12 million and $13 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, and the specific allowance related to those loans totaled $1 million as of both February 28, 2019 and $2 million, respectively.May 31, 2018.

For additional information on our methodology for determining the allowance for loan losses and the judgment and assumptions involved, seeSee “MD&A—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Allowance for Loan Losses” and “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 20172018 Form 10-K.10-K for additional information on the methodology for determining our allowance for loan losses and the key assumptions. See “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”Loans” of this Reportreport for additional information on the credit quality of our loan portfolio and the allowance for loan losses.


portfolio.

Counterparty Credit Risk

We are exposed to counterparty credit risk related to the performance of the parties with which we enteredenter into financial transactions, primarily for derivative instruments, cash and time depositsdeposit accounts and our investment securities that we have with various financial institutions.security holdings. To mitigate this risk, we only enter into these transactions with financial institutions with investment-grade ratings. Our cash and time deposits with financial institutions generally have an original maturity of less than one year.

We manage our derivative counterparty credit risk by requiringmonitoring the overall credit worthiness of each counterparty based on our internal counterparty credit risk scoring model; using counterparty-specific credit risk limits; executing master netting arrangements; and diversifying our derivative transactions among multiple counterparties. We also require that our derivative counterparties participatebe a participant in one of our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, monitoring the overall credit worthiness of each counterparty, using counterparty specific credit risk limits, executing master netting arrangements and diversifying our derivative transactions among multiple counterparties.agreements. Our derivative counterparties had credit ratings ranging from Aa3Aa2 to Baa2 by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and from AA- to A-BBB+ by S&P Global RatingsInc. (“S&P”) as of February 28, 2018.2019. Our largest counterparty exposure, based on the outstanding notional amount, represented approximately 22%23% and 23%24% of the total outstanding notional amount of derivatives as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively.

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

Our derivative contracts typically contain mutual early terminationearly-termination provisions, generally in the form of a credit rating trigger. Under the mutual credit rating trigger provisions, either counterparty may, but is not obligated to, terminate and settle the agreement if the credit rating of the other counterparty falls tobelow a level specified in the agreement. If a derivative contract is terminated, the amount to be received or paid by us would be equal to the mark-to-marketprevailing fair value, as defined in the agreement, as of the termination date.

Our senior unsecured credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P were A2 and A, respectively, as of February 28, 2018.2019. Both Moody’s and S&P had our ratings on stable outlook as of February 28, 2018.2019. Table 24 displays the notional amounts of our derivative contracts with rating triggers as of February 28, 2018,2019, and the payments that would be required if the contracts were terminated as of that date because of a downgrade of our unsecured credit ratings or the counterparty’s unsecured credit ratings below A3/A-, below Baa1/BBB+, to or below Baa2/BBB, below Baa3/BBB-, or to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively. In calculating the payment amounts that would be required upon termination of the derivative contracts, we assumed that the amounts for each counterparty would be netted in accordance with the provisions of the counterparty's master netting agreements. The net payment amounts are based on the fair value of the underlying derivative instrument, excluding the credit risk valuation adjustment, plus any unpaid accrued interest amounts.










Table 24: Rating Triggers for Derivatives
(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due From CFC Receivable Due to CFC Net (Payable)/Receivable 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due From CFC Receivable Due to CFC Net (Payable)/Receivable
Impact of rating downgrade trigger:                
Falls below A3/A-(1)
 $54,890
 $(10,007) $
 $(10,007) $50,460
 $(8,374) $
 $(8,374)
Falls below Baa1/BBB+ 7,237,155
 (61,923) 40,825
 (21,098) 7,069,507
 (60,970) 24,211
 (36,759)
Falls to or below Baa2/BBB (2)
 503,125
 
 5,191
 5,191
 561,720
 
 3,388
 3,388
Falls below Baa3/BBB- 258,923
 (12,974) 
 (12,974) 222,255
 (9,937) 
 (9,937)
Total $8,054,093
 $(84,904) $46,016
 $(38,888) $7,903,942
 $(79,281) $27,599
 $(51,682)
____________________________ 
(1) Rating trigger for CFC falls below A3/A-, while rating trigger for counterparty falls below Baa1/BBB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.  
(2) Rating trigger for CFC falls to or below Baa2/BBB, while rating trigger for counterparty falls to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.

We have outstanding notional amount of derivatives with one counterparty subject to a ratings trigger and early termination provision in the event of a downgrade of CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings below Baa3, BBB- or BBB- by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”), respectively, which is not included in the above table, totaling $165 million as of February 28, 2019. These contracts were in an unrealized loss position of $4 million as of February 28, 2019.

The aggregate fair value amount, including the credit risk valuation adjustment, of all interest rate swaps with rating triggers that were in a net liability position was $85 million as of February 28, 2018.2019. There were no counterparties that fell below the rating trigger levels in our interest swap contracts as of February 28, 2018.2019. If a counterparty has a credit rating that falls below the rating trigger level specified in the interest swap contract, we have the option to terminate all derivatives with the counterparty. However, we generally do not terminate such agreements earlyprematurely because our interest rate swaps are critical to our matched funding strategy.strategy to mitigate interest rate risk.


See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 20172018 Form 10-K for additional information about credit risk related to our business.
LIQUIDITY RISK

We considerdefine liquidity to beas the ability to access funding or convert assets to cash quickly and efficiently, ormaintain access to readily available funding and rollover or issue new debt, under both under normal operating conditions and under periods of CFC-specific and/or market stress, at a reasonable cost to ensure that we can meet borrower loan requests, pay current and other short-term cash obligations.

Liquidity Risk Management

Our liquidity risk management framework is designed to meet our liquidity objectives of providing a reliable source of funding to members, meet maturing debt and otherfuture obligations issue new debt and fund our operations on a cost-effective basisbasis. Our primary sources of liquidity include cash flows from operations, member loan repayments, committed bank revolving lines of credit, committed loan facilities under normal operating conditions as well as under CFC-specific and/or market stress conditions.the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac and our ability to issue debt in the capital markets, to our members and in private placements. We engage in variousprovide a discussion of our liquidity risk-management framework and activities undertaken to manage liquidity risk and achievein our liquidity objectives. Our Asset Liability Committee establishes guidelines that are intended to ensure that we maintain sufficient, diversified sources of liquidity to cover potential funding requirements as well as unanticipated contingencies. Our Treasury group develops strategies to manage our targeted liquidity position, projects our funding needs2018 Form 10-K under various scenarios, including adverse circumstances, and monitors our liquidity position on an ongoing basis.“Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity Risk—Liquidity Risk Management.”

Available Liquidity Reserve

As part of our strategy in managing liquidity risk and meeting our liquidity objectives, we seek to maintain access to liquidity in the forma substantial level of both on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet funding sources of liquidity that are readily accessibleavailable for immediateaccess to meet our near-term liquidity needs. Table 25 below presents the componentssources of our available liquidity reserve and a comparison of the amounts available as of February 28, 2018 and2019, compared with May 31, 2017.2018.



Table 25: Available Liquidity Reserve
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions) Total Accessed Available Total Accessed Available Total Accessed Available Total Accessed Available
Cash and cash equivalents $251
 $
 $251
 $167
 $
 $167
 $223
 $
 $223
 $231
 $
 $231
Committed bank revolving line of credit agreements—unsecured(1)
 3,085
 2
 3,083
 3,165
 1
 3,164
 2,975
 3
 2,972
 3,085
 3
 3,082
Guaranteed Underwriter Program committed facilities—secured(2)
 6,548
 5,323
 1,225
 5,798
 5,073
 725
 7,298
 5,948
 1,350
 6,548
 5,323
 1,225
Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, dated March 24, 2011—secured(3)
 5,200
 2,805
 2,395
 4,500
 2,513
 1,987
Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, dated July 31, 2015—secured 300
 
 300
 300
 
 300
Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, dated March 24, 2011, as amended—secured(3)
 5,200
 3,072
 2,128
 5,200
 2,791
 2,409
Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, dated July 31, 2015, as amended—secured 300
 100
 200
 300
 100
 200
Total $15,384
 $8,130
 $7,254
 $13,930
 $7,587
 $6,343
 $15,996
 $9,123
 $6,873
 $15,364
 $8,217
 $7,147
____________________________ 
(1) The committed bank revolving line of credit agreements consist of a three-year and a five-year line of credit agreement. The accessed amount of $2 million and $1$3 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017, respectively,2018, relates to letters of credit issued pursuant
to the five-year line of credit agreement.
(2) The committed facilities under the Guaranteed UnderwritingUnderwriter Program are not revolving.
(3) Availability subject to market conditions.

Borrowing CapacityWe believe we have sufficient liquidity from the available on- and off-balance sheet liquidity sources presented above in Table 25 and our ability to issue debt to meet demand for member loan advances and satisfy our obligations to repay long-term debt maturing over the next 12 months.

In addition to cash, our liquidity reserve includes access to funds under committed revolving line of credit agreements with banks, committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program and our revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac. Borrowing Capacity Under Current Facilities

Following is a discussion of our borrowing capacity and key terms and conditions under eachour revolving line of these facilities.


credit agreements with banks and committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program and revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac.

Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements—Unsecured

Our committed bank revolving lines of credit may be used for general corporate purposes; however, we generally rely on them as a backup source of liquidity for our member and dealer commercial paper. We had $3,085$2,975 million of commitments under committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of February 28, 2018.2019. Under our current committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, we have the ability to request up to $300 million of letters of credit, which would result in a reduction in the remaining available amount under the facilities.

On November 20, 2017,28, 2018, we amended and restated the three-year and five-year committed bank revolving line of credit agreements to extend the maturity dates to November 20, 202028, 2021 and November 20, 2022,28, 2023, respectively, and to terminate certain third-party bank commitments totaling $40$53 million under the three-year agreement and $40$57 million under the five- year agreement. As a result, the total commitment amount from third-parties under the three-year facility and the five-year facility is $1,493$1,440 million and $1,592$1,535 million, respectively, resulting in a combined total commitment amount under the two facilities of $3,085$2,975 million.

Table 26 presents the total commitment, the net amount available for use and the outstanding letters of credit under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of February 28, 2018.2019. We did not have any outstanding borrowings under our bank revolving line of credit agreements as of February 28, 2018.2019.


Table 26: Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements
 February 28, 2018     February 28, 2019    
(Dollars in millions) Total Commitment Letters of Credit Outstanding Net Available for Advance Maturity 
Annual Facility Fee (1)
 Total Commitment Letters of Credit Outstanding Net Available for Advance Maturity 
Annual Facility Fee (1)
3-year agreement $1,493
 $
 $1,493
 November 20, 2020 7.5 bps $1,440
 $
 $1,440
 November 28, 2021 7.5 bps
5-year agreement 1,592
 2
 1,590
 November 20, 2022 10 bps 1,535
 3
 1,532
 November 28, 2023 10 bps
Total $3,085
 $2
 $3,083
     $2,975
 $3
 $2,972
    
____________________________ 
(1)Facility fee based on CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings in accordance with the established pricing schedules at the inception of the related agreement.

Our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements do not contain a material adverse change clause or rating triggers that would limit the banks’ obligations to provide funding under the terms of the agreements; however, we must be in compliance with the covenants to draw on the facilities. We have been and expect to continue to be in compliance with the covenants under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements. As such, we could draw on these facilities to repay dealer or member commercial paper that cannot be rolled over. See “Debt Covenants“Financial Ratios and Financial Ratios”Debt Covenants” below for additional information, including the specific financial ratio requirements under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements.

Guaranteed Underwriter Program Committed Facilities—Secured

Under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, we can borrow from the Federal Financing Bank and use the proceeds to make new loans and refinance existing indebtedness. As part of the program, we pay fees, based on outstanding borrowings that supportsupporting the USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program. The borrowings under this program are guaranteed by RUS.

On November 9, 2017,15, 2018, we closed on a $750 million committed loan facility (“Series M”N”) from the Federal Financing Bank under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. Pursuant to this facility, we may borrow any time before July 15, 2022.2023. Each advance is subject to quarterly amortization and a final maturity not longer than 20 years from the advance date. The closing of thisDuring the nine months ended February 28, 2019, we borrowed $625 million under our committed loan facility increasedfacilities with the amountFederal Financing Bank. We had up to $1,350 million available for access under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program to $1,225 million as of February 28, 2018.2019. Of this amount, $100$600 million is available for advance through JanuaryJuly 15, 2019, $3752022 and $750 million is available for advance through October 15, 2019 and $750 million is available through July 15, 2022.2023.

We are required to pledge eligible distribution system loans or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total outstanding borrowings under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. See “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt—Collateral Pledged” and “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”Loans” for additional information on pledged collateral.


Farmer Mac Revolving Note Purchase Agreements—Secured

As indicated in Table 25, we have two revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac, which together allow us to borrow up to $5,500 million from Farmer Mac. On February 26, 2018, we amendedUnder our first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated March 24, 2011. Under the2011, as amended, agreement we can borrow, subject to market conditions, up to $5,200 million at any time through January 11, 2022, and such date shall automatically extend on each anniversary date of the closing for an additional year, unless prior to any such anniversary date, Farmer Mac provides us with a notice that the draw period will not be extended beyond the remaining term. This revolving note purchase agreement allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, as market conditions permit, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Each borrowing under the note purchase agreement is evidenced by a pricing agreement setting forth the interest rate, maturity date and other related terms as we may negotiate with Farmer Mac at the time of each such borrowing. We may select a fixed rate or variable rate at the time of each advance with a maturity as determined in the applicable pricing agreement. We had outstanding secured notes payable totaling $2,805$3,072 million and $2,513$2,791 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, under the Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement of $5,200 million. We borrowed $575 million under this note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. The available borrowing amount totaled $2,395$2,128 million as of February 28, 2018.2019.


Under the terms of theour second revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated July 31, 2015, as amended, we can borrow up to $300 million at any time through July 31, 2018December 20, 2023 at a fixed spread over LIBOR. This agreement also allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Prior to the maturity date, Farmer Mac may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice to us on periodic facility renewal dates, the first of which was January 31, 2019. Subsequent facility renewal dates are on each June 20 or December 20 thereafter until the maturity date. We may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice at any time. Under the terms of the first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac described above, the $5,200 million commitment will increase to $5,500 million in the event the second revolving note purchase agreement is terminated. We had no outstanding secured notes payable under this agreementprogram totaling $100 million as of
February 28, 20182019, and an available borrowing amount of $200 million. The secured notes payable of $100 million were repaid in full subsequent to February 28, 2019. We had outstanding borrowings of $100 million as of May 31, 2017.2018 under this revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac.

Pursuant to both Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreements, we are required to pledge eligible distribution system or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding. See “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt—Collateral Pledged” and “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”Loans” for additional information on pledged collateral.

Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term and Subordinated Debt

Additional funding is provided by short-term borrowings and issuances of long-term and subordinated debt. We rely on short-term borrowings which we refer to as our short-term funding portfolio, as a source to meet our daily, near-term funding needs. Long-term and subordinated debt represents the most significant component of our funding. The issuance of long-term debt allows us to reduce our reliance on short-term borrowings and effectively manage our refinancing and interest rate risk.

Short-Term Borrowings

Our short-term funding portfolio consistsborrowings consist of commercial paper, which we offer to members and dealers, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes offered to members, and bank-bid notes and medium-term notes offered to members and dealers.

Table 27 displays the composition, by funding source, of our short-term borrowings as of February 28, 20182019 and
May 31, 2017.2018. Member borrowings accounted for 68% of total short-term borrowings as of February 28, 2019, compared with 69% of total short-term borrowings as of May 31, 2018.

Table 27: Short-Term BorrowingsFunding Sources
  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings
Funding source:        
Members $2,482,646
 68% $2,631,644
 69%
Private placement—Farmer Mac notes payable 100,000
 3
 100,000
 3
Capital markets 1,069,295
 29
 1,064,266
 28
Total $3,651,941
 100% $3,795,910
 100%



Table 27:28 displays the composition, by product type, of our short-term borrowings as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 28: Short-Term Borrowings
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding
Short-term borrowings:                
Commercial paper:                
Commercial paper to dealers, net of discounts $1,055,147
 4% $999,691
 4% $1,069,295
 4% $1,064,266
 4%
Commercial paper to members, at par 1,021,016
 4
 928,158
 4
 1,105,060
 5
 1,202,105
 5
Total commercial paper 2,076,163
 8
 1,927,849
 8
 2,174,355
 9
 2,266,371
 9
Select notes to members 674,319
 3
 696,889
 3
 836,688
 3
 780,472
 3
Daily liquidity fund notes to members 506,921
 2
 527,990
 2
 299,505
 1
 400,635
 2
Medium-term notes to members 236,333
 1
 190,172
 1
 241,393
 1
 248,432
 1
Farmer Mac revolving facility 100,000
 
 100,000
 
Total short-term borrowings $3,493,736
 14% $3,342,900
 14% $3,651,941
 14% $3,795,910
 15%
        
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings
Funding source:        
Members $2,438,589
 70% $2,343,209
 70%
Capital markets 1,055,147
 30
 999,691
 30
Total short-term borrowings $3,493,736
 100% $3,342,900
 100%

Our short-term borrowings totaled $3,494decreased by $144 million and accounted for 14% of total debt outstandingto $3,652 million as of February 28, 2018, compared with $3,343 million, or 14%, of total debt outstanding as of2019 from May 31, 2017. Member borrowings accounted for 70% of our total short-term borrowings as of both February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017. Of the total outstanding commercial paper, $1,055 million and $1,000 million was issued to dealers as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017, respectively.2018. Our intent is to manage our short-term wholesale funding risk by maintaining outstanding dealer commercial paper at an amount below $1,250 million for the foreseeable future. Outstanding dealer commercial paper of $1,069 million and $1,064 million as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, was below our target limit of $1,250 million.

Long-Term and Subordinated Debt

Long-term and subordinated debt represents the most significant component of our funding. The issuance of long-term debt allows us to reduce our reliance on short-term borrowings and manage our refinancing and interest rate risk, due in part to the multi-year contractual maturity structure of long-term debt. In addition to access to private debt facilities, we also issue debt in the public capital markets. Pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities ActUnder the SEC rules,, we are classified as a “well-known seasoned issuer.” In November 2017, we filed a new shelf registration statement for our senior and subordinated debt securities under which we can register an unlimited amount of senior and subordinated debt securities, including medium-term notes, member capital securities and subordinated deferrable debt, until November 2020. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we have contractual limitations with respect to the amount of senior indebtedness we may incur. See “MD“Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity Risk” ofin our 20172018 Form 10-K for additional information on our shelf registration statements with the SEC.

As discussed in Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt, long-term and subordinated debt totaled $20,935$21,665 million and accounted for 86% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2018, compared with $20,1172019, from $20,837 million, or 86%85%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2017. The increase in total debt outstanding, including long-term and subordinated debt, was primarily due to the issuance of debt to fund loan portfolio growth.2018. Table 2829 summarizes long-term and subordinated debt issuances and repayments during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.2019.



Table 28:29: Issuances and Repayments of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt(1) 
 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Issuances 
Repayments(1)
 Increase/Decrease Issuances 
Repayments(2)
 Change
Long-term and subordinated debt activity:(2)
            
Collateral trust bonds $700,000
 $705,000
 $(5,000) $1,575,000
 $1,830,000
 $(255,000)
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 250,000
 363,978
 (113,978) 625,000
 47,520
 577,480
Farmer Mac notes payable 325,000
 33,013
 291,987
 575,000
 294,234
 280,766
Medium-term notes sold to members 183,169
 194,575
 (11,406) 108,243
 132,023
 (23,780)
Medium-term notes sold to dealers 706,166
 11,343
 694,823
 312,325
 36,856
 275,469
Other notes payable 
 3,565
 (3,565) 
 3,566
 (3,566)
Members’ subordinated certificates 4,802
 44,134
 (39,332) 1,781
 24,366
 (22,585)
Total $2,169,137
 $1,355,608
 $813,529
 $3,197,349
 $2,368,565
 $828,784
____________________________ 
(1)Repayments include principal maturities, scheduled amortizations payments, repurchases and redemptions,.
(2)Amounts exclude unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts.


(2)Repayments include principal maturities, scheduled amortization payments, repurchases and redemptions.

Table 2930 summarizes the scheduled amortization of the principal amount of long-term debt, subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates as of February 28, 2018.2019.

Table 29:30: Principal Maturity of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt
(Dollars in thousands) 
Amount
     Maturing (1)
 % of Total 
Amount
     Maturing (1)
 % of Total
Fiscal year ending:        
May 31, 2018 $289,956
 1%
May 31, 2019 2,717,712
 13
 $448,769
 2%
May 31, 2020 1,469,165
 7
 1,595,107
 7
May 31, 2021 1,640,398
 8
 1,840,028
 8
May 31, 2022 1,590,796
 8
 1,936,684
 9
May 31, 2023 1,193,525
 6
Thereafter 13,226,651
 63
 14,650,509
 68
Total $20,934,678
 100% $21,664,622
 100%
____________________________ 
(1)Excludes $0.5$0.2 million in subscribed and unissued member subordinated certificates for which a payment has been received. Member loan subordinated certificates totaling $274$254 million amortize annually based on the unpaid principal balance of the related loan.

We provide additional information on our financing activities above under “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt.”

Investment Portfolio

In addition to our primary sources of liquidity discussed above, we have an investment portfolio composed of time deposits, available-for-sale investmentequity securities and held-to-maturity investment securities, which totaled $339 million and $319 million as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017, respectively.debt securities. We intend for our investment portfolio, which totaled $651 million and $710 million as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, to remain adequately liquid to serve as a contingent supplemental source of liquidity for unanticipated liquidity needs.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, we commenced the purchase of additional investment securities, consisting primarily of certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate debt securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and other asset-backed securities. Pursuant to our investment policy and guidelines, all fixed-income debt securities, at the time of purchase, must be rated at least investment grade and on stable outlook based on external credit ratings from at least two of the leading global credit rating agencies, when available, or the corresponding equivalent, when not available. Securities rated investment grade, that is those rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or BBB- or higher by S&P or BBB- or higher by Fitch, are generally considered by the rating agencies to be of lower credit risk than non-investment grade securities. We have the positive intent and ability


to hold these securities to maturity. As such, we have classified them as held to maturity on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Our investment portfolio is unencumbered and structured so that securities have active secondary or resale markets under normal market conditions. The objective of the portfolio is to achieve returns commensurate with the level of risk assumed subject to CFC’s investment policy and guidelines and liquidity requirements.

We provide additional information on available-for-sale and held-to-maturityour investment securities held in our our investment portfolio in “Note 3—Investment Securities.”

Projected Near-Term Sources and Uses of Liquidity

As discussed above, our primary sources of liquidity include cash flows from operations, ourmember loan repayments, committed bank revolving lines of credit, committed loan facilities, short-term funding portfolio, our liquidity reserveborrowings and funds from the issuance of long-term and subordinated debt, as well as loan principal and interest payments.debt. Our primary uses of liquidity include loan advances to members, principal and interest payments on borrowings, periodic settlement payments related to derivative contracts, costs related to the disposition of foreclosed assets and operating expenses.

Table 3031 below displays our projected sources and uses of cash, by quarter, over the next six quarters through the quarter ending August 31, 2019.2020. Our projected liquidity position reflects our current plan to expand our investment portfolio. Our assumptions also include the following: (i) the estimated issuance of long-term debt, including collateral trust bonds and private placement of term debt, is based on maintaining a matched funding position within our loan portfolio with our bank revolving lines of credit serving as a backup liquidity facility for commercial paper and on maintaining outstanding dealer


commercial paper at an amount below $1,250 million; (ii) long-term loan scheduled amortization payments represent the scheduled long-term loan payments for loans outstanding as of February 28, 2018,2019, and our current estimate of long-term loan prepayments, which the amount and timing of are subject to change; (iii) other loan repayments and other loan advances primarily relate to line of credit repayments and advances; (iv) long-term debt maturities reflect scheduled maturities of outstanding term debt for the periods presented; and (v) long-term loan advances reflect our current estimate of member demand for loans, the amount and timing of which are subject to change.

Table 30:31: Projected Sources and Uses of Liquidity(1) 
 Projected Sources of Liquidity Projected Uses of Liquidity   Projected Sources of Liquidity Projected Uses of Liquidity  
(Dollars in millions) Long-Term Debt Issuance 
Anticipated Long-Term
Loan Repayments
(2)
 
Other Loan Repayments(3)
 Total Projected
Sources of
Liquidity
 
Long-Term Debt Maturities(4)
 Long-Term
 Loan Advances
 
Other Loan Advances(5)
 Total Projected
Uses of
Liquidity
 
Other Sources/ (Uses) of Liquidity(6)
 Long-Term Debt Issuance 
Anticipated Long-Term
Loan Repayments
(2)
 
Other Loan Repayments(3)
 Total Projected
Sources of
Liquidity
 
Long-Term Debt Maturities(4)
 Long-Term
 Loan Advances
 Total Projected
Uses of
Liquidity
 
Other Sources/ (Uses) of Liquidity(5)
                                  
4Q FY 2018 $365
 $300
 $220
 $885
 $336
 $405
 $
 $741
 $(244)
1Q FY 2019 150
 316
 52
 518
 166
 480
 
 646
 135
2Q FY 2019 1,875
 327
 
 2,202
 1,601
 528
 13
 2,142
 (66)
3Q FY 2019 1,175
 306
 
 1,481
 760
 549
 
 1,309
 (172)
4Q FY 2019 510
 282
 
 792
 407
 354
 
 761
 (32) $440
 $310
 $271
 $1,021
 $516
 $635
 $1,151
 $138
1Q FY 2020 295
 309
 
 604
 167
 405
 
 572
 (30) 515
 328
 
 843
 302
 359
 661
 (177)
2Q FY 2020 790
 301
 
 1,091
 773
 345
 1,118
 (16)
3Q FY 2020 690
 324
 
 1,014
 625
 435
 1,060
 29
4Q FY 2020 90
 305
 
 395
 83
 258
 341
 (137)
1Q FY 2021 520
 313
 
 833
 483
 405
 888
 71
Total $4,370
 $1,840
 $272
 $6,482
 $3,437
 $2,721
 $13
 $6,171
 $(409) $3,045
 $1,881
 $271
 $5,197
 $2,782
 $2,437
 $5,219
 $(92)
____________________________ 
(1) The dates presented represent the end of each quarterly period through the quarter ending August 31, 2019.2020.
(2) Anticipated long-term loan repayments include scheduled long-term loan amortizations, anticipated cash repayments at repricing date and sales.
(3) Other loan repayments include anticipated short-term loan repayments.
(4) Long-term debt maturities also includesinclude medium-term notes with an original maturity of one year or less and expected early redemptions of debt.
(5)Other loan advances include anticipated short-term loan advances.
(6) Includes net increase or decrease to dealer commercial paper, and purchases and maturity of investments.

As displayed in Table 30,31, we currently project long-term advances of $1,962$1,774 million over the next 12 months, which we anticipate will exceed anticipated loan repayments over the same period of $1,249$1,263 million by approximately $713$511 million. The estimates presented above are developed at a particular point in time based on our expected future business growth and


funding. Our actual results and future estimates may vary, perhaps significantly, from the current projections, as a result of changes in market conditions, management actions or other factors.

Credit Ratings

Our funding and liquidity, borrowing capacity, ability to access capital markets and other sources of funds and the cost of these funds are partially dependent on our credit ratings. Rating agencies base their ratings on numerous factors, including liquidity, capital adequacy, industry position, member support, management, asset quality, quality of earnings and the probability of systemic support. Significant changes in these factors could result in different ratings. Table 3132 displays our credit ratings as of February 28, 2019. Moody’s, S&P and Fitch affirmed our ratings and outlook during the current quarter. Our credit ratings as of February 28, 2019 are unchanged from May 31, 2018, which were unchangedand as of the date of the filing of this Report.

Table 31:32: Credit Ratings
  February 28, 20182019
  Moody’s S&P Fitch
Long-term issuer credit rating(1)
 A2 A A
Senior secured debt(2)
 A1 A   A+
Senior unsecured debt(3)
 A2 A A
Subordinated debt A3 BBB+ BBB+
Commercial paper P-1 A-1 F1
Outlook Stable Stable Stable
___________________________ 


(1) Based on our senior unsecured debt rating.
(2)Applies to our collateral trust bonds.
(3)Applies to our medium-term notes.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, Moody’s and S&P affirmed our ratings and outlook. In order to access the commercial paper markets at attractive rates, we believe we need to maintain our current commercial paper credit ratings of P-1 by Moody’s, A-1 by S&P and F1 by Fitch. In addition, the notes payable to the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by RUS under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program contain a provision that if during any portion of the fiscal year, our senior secured credit ratings do not have at least two of the following ratings: (i) A3 or higher from Moody’s, (ii) A- or higher from S&P, (iii) A- or higher from Fitch or (iv) an equivalent rating from a successor rating agency to any of the above rating agencies, we may not make cash patronage capital distributions in excess of 5% of total patronage capital. See “Credit Risk—Counterparty Credit Risk—Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features” above for information on credit rating provisions related to our derivative contracts.

Financial Ratios

Our debt-to-equity ratio decreased to 17.15-to-116.65-to-1 as of February 28, 2018,2019, from 21.94-to-116.72-to-1 as of May 31, 2017,2018, primarily due to an increase in equity resulting from our reported net income of $409$96 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, which was partially offset by the patronage capital retirement of $45$48 million in September 2017.August 2018.

Our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio increased to 6.21-to-16.29-to-1 as of February 28, 2018,2019, from 5.95-to-16.18-to-1 as of May 31, 2017, largely due2018, primarily attributable to an increase in debt outstanding to fund loan growth. We provide a reconciliation of our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio to the most comparable GAAP measure and an explanation of the adjustments below in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Debt Covenants

As part of our short-term and long-term borrowing arrangements, we are subject to various financial and operational covenants. If we fail to maintain specified financial ratios, such failure could constitute a default by CFC of certain debt covenants under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and senior debt indentures. We were in compliance with all covenants and conditions under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and senior debt indentures as of February 28, 2018.


2019.

As discussed above in “Summary of Selected Financial Data,” the financial covenants set forth in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and senior debt indentures are based on adjusted financial measures, including adjusted TIER. We provide a reconciliation of adjusted TIER and other non-GAAP measures disclosed in this Reportreport to the most comparable GAAP measures and an explanation of the adjustments below in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
MARKET RISK

Interest rate risk represents our primary source of market risk. Interest rate risk is the risk to current or anticipated earnings or equity arising primarily from movements in interest rates that may result inrates. This risk results from differences between the timing of contractual maturities, re-pricing characteristics and prepaymentscash flows on our assets and their related liabilities.

Interest Rate Risk Management

the liabilities funding those assets. The timing of cash flows of our assets is impacted by re-pricing characteristics, prepayments and contractual maturities. Our interest rate risk exposure is primarily related to the funding of the fixed-rate loan portfolio. Our Asset Liability Committee provides oversight over maintaining our interest rate position withinWe provide a prescribed policy range using approved strategies. The Asset Liability Committee reviews a completediscussion of how we manage interest rate risk analysis, reviews proposed modifications, if any, toin our interest rate risk management strategy and considers adopting strategy changes. Our Asset Liability Committee monitors interest rate risk and meets quarterly to review and discuss information such as national economic forecasts, federal funds and interest rate forecasts, interest rate gap analysis, our liquidity position, loan and debt maturities, short-term and long-term funding needs, anticipated loan demands, credit concentration risk, derivative counterparty exposure and financial forecasts. The Asset Liability Committee also discusses the composition of fixed-rate versus variable-rate lending, new funding opportunities, changes to the nature and mix of assets and liabilities for structural mismatches, and interest rate swap transactions.2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Market Risk—Market Risk Management.”

Matched Funding Objective

Our funding objective is to manage the matched funding of asset and liability repricing terms within a range of adjusted total assets (calculated by excluding derivative assets from total assets) deemed appropriate by the Asset Liability Committee based on the current environment and extended outlook for interest rates. We refer to the difference between fixed-rate loans scheduled for amortization or repricing and the fixed-rate liabilities and equity funding those loans as our interest rate gap. Our primary strategies for managing our interest rate risk include the use of derivatives and limiting the amount of fixed-rate assets that can be funded by variable-rate debt to a specified percentage of adjusted total assets based on market conditions.

We provide our members with many options on loans with regard to interest rates, the term for which the selected interest


rate is in effect and the ability to convert or prepay the loan. Long-term loans generally have maturities of up to 35 years. Borrowers may select fixed interest rates for periods of one year through the life of the loan. We do not match fund the majority of our fixed-rate loans with a specific debt issuance at the time the loans are advanced. We fund the amount of fixed-rate assets that exceed fixed-rate debt and members’ equity with short-term debt, primarily commercial paper.

Interest Rate Gap Analysis

To monitor and mitigate interest rate risk in the fundingAs part of fixed-rate loans,our asset-liability management, we perform a monthly interest rate gap analysis that provides a comparison between the timing of cash flows, by year, for fixed-rate assets scheduled for amortization and repricing or maturing by year and for fixed-rate liabilities and members’ equity maturing by year.

We maintain an unmatched position on ourmaturing. This gap analysis is a useful tool in measuring, monitoring and mitigating the interest rate risk inherent in the funding of fixed-rate assets within a targeted range of adjusted total assets. The limited unmatched position is intended to provide flexibility to ensure that we are able to match the current maturing portion of long-term fixed rate loans based on maturity datewith variable-rate debt and the opportunityalso helpful in the current low interest rate environment to increase the gross yield on our fixed rate assets without taking what we would consider to be excessiveassessing liquidity risk.

Table 3233 displays the scheduled amortization and repricing of fixed-rate assets and outstanding fixed-rate liabilities outstandingand equity as of February 28, 2018.2019. We exclude variable-rate loans from our interest rate gap analysis, as we do not consider the interest rate risk on these loans to be significant because they are subject to repricing at least monthly. Loans with variable interest rates accounted for 10%12% and 9%10% of our total loan portfolio as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. Fixed-rate liabilities include


debt issued at a fixed rate, as well as variable-rate debt swapped to a fixed rate using interest rate swaps. Fixed-rate debt swapped to a variable rate using interest rate swaps is excluded from the analysis sincebecause it is used to match fund theour variable-rate loan pool.loans. With the exception of members’ subordinated certificates, which are generally issued with extended maturities, and commercial paper, our liabilities have average maturities that closely match the repricing terms (but not the maturities) of our fixed-rate loans.

Table 32:33: Interest Rate Gap Analysis
(Dollars in millions) Prior to 5/31/18 Two Years 6/1/18 to 5/31/20 Two Years 6/1/20 to
5/31/22
 Five Years 6/1/22 to
5/31/27
 10 Years 6/1/27 to 5/31/37 6/1/37 and Thereafter Total Prior to 5/31/19 Two Years 6/1/19 to 5/31/21 Two Years 6/1/21 to
5/31/23
 Five Years 6/1/23 to
5/31/28
 10 Years 6/1/28 to 5/31/38 6/1/38 and Thereafter Total
Asset amortization and repricing $442
 $3,543
 $3,002
 $5,758
 $6,905
 $3,305
 $22,955
 $370
 $3,303
 $3,050
 $5,913
 $7,288
 $3,456
 $23,380
Liabilities and members’ equity:  
              
            
Long-term debt (1)(2)
 $212
 $3,830
 $2,575
 $5,401
 $5,543
 $1,622
 $19,183
 $233
 $3,475
 $3,108
 $6,160
 $5,632
 $2,405
 $21,013
Subordinated certificates 5
 53
 48
 974
 156
 579
 1,815
Subordinated deferrable debt and subordinated certificates(2)(3)
 3
 38
 405
 601
 148
 564
 1,759
Members’ equity (2)(4)
 
 23
 24
 105
 293
 906
 1,351
 
 22
 23
 102
 282
 932
 1,361
Total liabilities and members’ equity(3)
 $217
 $3,906
 $2,647
 $6,480
 $5,992
 $3,107
 $22,349
 $236
 $3,535
 $3,536
 $6,863
 $6,062
 $3,901
 $24,133
Gap (4)(5)
 $225
 $(363) $355
 $(722) $913
 $198
 $606
 $134
 $(232) $(486) $(950) $1,226
 $(445) $(753)
                            
Cumulative gap 225
 (138) 217
 (505) 408
 606
   134
 (98) (584) (1,534) (308) (753)  
Cumulative gap as a % of total assets 0.85% (0.52)% 0.82% (1.91)% 1.54% 2.29%   0.49% (0.36)% (2.13)% (5.60)% (1.12)% (2.75)%  
Cumulative gap as a % of adjusted total assets(5)(6)
 0.86
 (0.53) 0.83
 (1.93) 1.56
 2.31
   0.49
 (0.36) (2.15) (5.63) (1.13) (2.77)  
____________________________ 
(1)Includes long-term fixed-rate debt and the net fixed-rateimpact of our interest rate swaps.
(2)IncludesThe maturity presented for debt is based on the portioncall date.
(3)Represents the amount of the allowance for loan lossessubordinated deferrable debt and subordinated deferrable debtcertificates allocated to fund fixed-rate assets and excludes noncash adjustments from the accounting for derivative financial instruments.
(3)Debt is presented based on call date.assets.
(4)Represents the portion of members’ equity and loan loss allowance allocated to fund fixed-rate assets. See Table 38: Members’ Equity below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of total CFC equity to members’ equity.
(5)Calculated based on the amount of assets amortizingscheduled for amortization and repricing less total liabilities and members’ equity.equity funding those assets.
(5)(6)Adjusted total assets represents total assets reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets less derivative assets.

TheWhen the amount of the cash flows related to fixed-rate assets scheduled for amortization and repricing exceeds the amount of cash flows related to the fixed-rate debt and equity funding those assets, we refer to the difference, or gap, as “warehousing.” When the amount of the cash flows related to fixed-rate assets scheduled for amortization and repricing is less than the amount of the cash flows related to the fixed-rate debt and equity funding those assets, we refer to the gap as


“prefunding.” The amount of the gap is an indication of our interest rate and liquidity risk exposure. Our goal is to maintain an unmatched position related to the cash flows for fixed-rate financial assets within a targeted range of adjusted total assets.

Because the substantial majority of our financial assets are fixed-rate, amortizing loans and these loans are primarily funded with bullet debt and equity, our interest rate gap of $606 million betweenanalysis typically reflects a warehouse position. When we are in a warehouse position, we utilize some short-term borrowings to fund the fixed-rate loans scheduled for amortization orand repricing of $22,955 million andour financial assets. However, we limit the fixed-rate liabilities and equity funding the loans of $22,349 million presented in Table 32 reflects the amount of fixed-rate assets that are funded with short-term and variable-rate debt as of February 28, 2018. The gap of $606 million represented 2.29% of total assets and 2.31% of adjusted total assets (total assets excluding derivative assets) as of February 28, 2018. As discussed above,extent to which we manage this gap within a prescribed range because fundingfund our long-term, fixed-rate loans with short-term, and variable-rate debt may exposebecause it exposes us to higher interest rate and liquidity risk.

As indicated above in Table 33, we were in a prefunded position of $753 million as of February 28, 2019, rather than a typical warehouse position. The primary factors that resulted in this prefunded position included a reduced level of member investments and our expectation that the yield curve will remain flat or inverted in the near term, which provided an opportunity for us to issue longer-term debt at an attractive coupon rate. We do not expect to maintain a prefunded position as we expect to continue to fund long-term fixed rate loans in the future.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP, management evaluates performance based on certain non-GAAP measures, which we refer to as “adjusted” measures. We provide a discussion of each of these non-GAAP measures in our 20172018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Non-GAAP Measures.” Below we provide a reconciliation of our adjusted measures to the most comparable GAAP measures in this section. We believe our non-GAAP adjusted metrics, which are not a substitute for GAAP and may not be consistent with similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide meaningful information and are useful to investors because management uses these metrics to compare operating results across financial reporting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, for compensation decisions and for short- and long-term strategic planning decisions. In addition, certain of the financial covenants in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and debt indentures are based on our adjusted measures.



Statements of Operations Non-GAAP Adjustments

Table 3334 provides a reconciliation of adjusted interest expense, adjusted net interest income and adjusted net income to the comparable GAAP measures for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018. The adjusted amounts are used in the calculation of our adjusted net interest yield and adjusted TIER.

Table 33:34: Adjusted Financial Measures — Measures—Income Statement
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Interest expense $(198,071) $(186,740) $(585,972) $(551,474) $(207,335) $(198,071) $(621,732) $(585,972)
Include: Derivative cash settlements (18,924) (19,354) (58,781) (64,331) (9,799) (18,924) (34,433) (58,781)
Adjusted interest expense $(216,995) $(206,094) $(644,753) $(615,805) $(217,134) $(216,995) $(656,165) $(644,753)
                
Net interest income $73,397
 $73,180
 $217,234
 $222,437
 $78,231
 $73,397
 $223,578
 $217,234
Include: Derivative cash settlements (18,924) (19,354) (58,781) (64,331) (9,799) (18,924) (34,433) (58,781)
Adjusted net interest income $54,473
 $53,826
 $158,453
 $158,106
 $68,432
 $54,473
 $189,145
 $158,453
                
Net income $221,029
 $97,962
 $408,767
 $361,005
Exclude: Derivative forward value gains 186,972
 61,809
 306,224
 259,153
Net income (loss) $(71,471) $221,029
 $96,233
 $408,767
Exclude: Derivative forward value gains (losses) (122,375) 186,972
 (27,215) 306,224
Adjusted net income $34,057
 $36,153
 $102,543
 $101,852
 $50,904
 $34,057
 $123,448
 $102,543

We consider the cost of derivatives to be an inherent cost of funding and hedging our loan portfolio and, therefore, economically similar to the interest expense that we recognize on debt issued for funding. We therefore include derivative


cash settlements in our adjusted interest expense and exclude the unrealized forward value of derivatives from our adjusted net income.

TIER and Adjusted TIER

Table 3435 presents our TIER and adjusted TIER for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.


Table 34:35: TIER and Adjusted TIER
 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
TIER (1)
 2.12
 1.52
 1.70
 1.65
 0.66
 2.12
 1.15
 1.70
                
Adjusted TIER (2)
 1.16
 1.18
 1.16
 1.17
 1.23
 1.16
 1.19
 1.16
____________________________ 
(1) TIER is calculated based on net income plus interest expense for the period divided by interest expense for the period.
(2) Adjusted TIER is calculated based on adjusted net income plus adjusted interest expense for the period divided by adjusted interest expense for the period.
 
Debt-to-Equity and Adjusted Debt-to-Equity

Table 3536 provides a reconciliation between thetotal liabilities and total equity used to calculatein calculating the debt-to-equity ratio and adjusted total liabilities and adjusted equity used in calculating the adjusted debt-to-equity ratiosratio as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. As indicated in the table below, subordinated debt is treated in the same manner as equity in calculating our adjusted-debt-to-equity ratio.



Table 35:36: Adjusted Financial Measures — Measures—Balance Sheet
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018
May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
Total liabilities $25,017,303
 $24,106,887
 $25,857,449
 $25,184,351
Exclude:        
Derivative liabilities 282,892
 385,337
 243,365
 275,932
Debt used to fund loans guaranteed by RUS 162,531
 167,395
 155,743
 160,865
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,375
 742,274
 742,516
 742,410
Subordinated certificates 1,379,693
 1,419,025
 1,357,419
 1,379,982
Adjusted total liabilities $22,449,812
 $21,392,856
 $23,358,406
 $22,625,162
        
Total equity $1,459,104
 $1,098,805
 $1,552,612
 $1,505,853
Exclude:    
Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses (34,974) (340,976)
Current year derivative forward value gains (losses) (27,215) 306,002
Accumulated other comprehensive income (1)
 2,685
 1,980
Include: 
      
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,375
 742,274
 742,516
 742,410
Subordinated certificates 1,379,693
 1,419,025
 1,357,419
 1,379,982
Total subordinated debt and certificates 2,122,068
 2,161,299
Exclude:    
Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses (340,976) (520,357)
Current year derivative forward value gains 306,224
 179,381
Total cumulative derivative forward value losses (34,752) (340,976)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (1)
 3,159
 3,702
Adjusted total equity $3,612,765
 $3,597,378
 $3,712,051
 $3,661,239
____________________________ 
(1) Represents the AOCI related to derivatives. See “Note 9—10—Equity” for a breakoutthe components of our AOCI components.AOCI.



Table 3637 displays the calculations of our debt-to-equity and adjusted debt-to-equity ratios as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

Table 36:37: Debt-to-Equity Ratio
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Debt-to-equity ratio (1)
 17.15
 21.94
 16.65
 16.72
Adjusted debt-to-equity ratio (2)
 6.21
 5.95
 6.29
 6.18
____________________________ 
(1) Calculated based on total liabilities as of the end of the period divided by total equity as of the end of the period.
(2) Calculated based on adjusted total liabilities at period end divided by adjusted total equity at period end.

MembersEquity

Members’ equity represents equity attributable to CFC members. Table 38 provides a reconciliation of total CFC equity to members’ equity as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 38: Members’ Equity
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Members’ equity:    
Total CFC equity $1,523,543
 $1,474,333
Excludes:    
Accumulated other comprehensive income 847
 8,544
Current period-end cumulative derivative forward value losses (58,143) (30,831)
Subtotal (57,296) (22,287)
Members’ equity $1,580,839
 $1,496,620



Item 1.Financial Statements

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NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
        CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018
2017 2019 2018 2019
2018
Interest income $271,468
 $259,920
 $803,206
 $773,911
 $285,566
 $271,468
 $845,310
 $803,206
Interest expense (198,071) (186,740) (585,972) (551,474) (207,335) (198,071) (621,732) (585,972)
Net interest income 73,397
 73,180
 217,234
 222,437
 78,231
 73,397
 223,578
 217,234
Provision for loan losses (1,105) (2,065) (503) (4,731)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 72,292
 71,115
 216,731
 217,706
Benefit (provision) for loan losses (182) (1,105) 1,715
 (503)
Net interest income after benefit (provision) for loan losses 78,049
 72,292
 225,293
 216,731
Non-interest income:  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Fee and other income 3,935
 5,810
 13,422
 15,437
 3,714
 3,935
 11,220
 13,422
Derivative gains 168,048
 42,455
 247,443
 194,822
Derivative gains (losses) (132,174) 168,048
 (61,648) 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 (29) (34) (1,690) 
 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income 171,983
 48,236
 260,831
 208,569
 (128,460) 171,983
 (50,428) 260,831
Non-interest expense:  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Salaries and employee benefits (13,011) (11,537) (36,843) (34,412) (13,020) (13,011) (38,094) (36,843)
Other general and administrative expenses (9,201) (9,173) (28,919) (27,789) (9,978) (9,201) (31,979) (28,919)
Gains on early extinguishment of debt 
 192
 
 192
Losses on early extinguishment of debt 
 
 (7,100) 
Other non-interest expense (402) (486) (1,542) (1,446) 1,789
 (402) (1,305) (1,542)
Total non-interest expense (22,614) (21,004) (67,304) (63,455) (21,209) (22,614) (78,478) (67,304)
Income before income taxes 221,661
 98,347
 410,258
 362,820
Income tax expense (632) (385) (1,491) (1,815)
Net income 221,029
 97,962
 408,767
 361,005
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (1,614) (404) (2,646) (2,289)
Net income attributable to CFC $219,415
 $97,558
 $406,121
 $358,716
Income (loss) before income taxes (71,620) 221,661
 96,387
 410,258
Income tax benefit (expense) 149
 (632) (154) (1,491)
Net income (loss) (71,471) 221,029
 96,233
 408,767
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 539
 (1,614) 60
 (2,646)
Net income (loss) attributable to CFC $(70,932) $219,415
 $96,293
 $406,121
                
                
                
                
                
                
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
        CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Net income $221,029
 $97,962
 $408,767
 $361,005
Net income (loss) $(71,471) $221,029
 $96,233
 $408,767
Other comprehensive income (loss):  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investment securities (1,763) 3,923
 (2,906) 2,151
Reclassification of losses on foreclosed assets to net income 
 
 
 9,823
Unrealized losses on equity securities 
 (1,763) 
 (2,906)
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge 
 
 1,059
 
Reclassification of derivative gains to net income (157) (195) (543) (591) (115) (157) (354) (543)
Defined benefit plan adjustments 128
 45
 381
 133
 130
 128
 392
 381
Other comprehensive income (loss) (1,792) 3,773
 (3,068) 11,516
 15
 (1,792) 1,097
 (3,068)
Total comprehensive income 219,237
 101,735
 405,699
 372,521
Less: Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests (1,614) (404) (2,646) (2,289)
Total comprehensive income attributable to CFC $217,623
 $101,331
 $403,053
 $370,232
Total comprehensive income (loss) (71,456) 219,237
 97,330
 405,699
Less: Total comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 539
 (1,614) 60
 (2,646)
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CFC $(70,917) $217,623
 $97,390
 $403,053
                
                
                
                
                
                
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 


NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
       CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
 
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018
May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
Assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $250,697
 $166,615
 $223,358
 $230,999
Restricted cash 6,951
 21,806
 7,270
 7,825
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 230,628
 238,824
Time deposits 1,000
 226,000
 
 100,000
Investment securities:        
Available for sale, at fair value 89,648
 92,554
Held to maturity, at amortized cost 248,252
 
Equity securities 89,132
 89,332
Debt securities held to maturity, at amortized cost 561,400
 520,519
Total investment securities 337,900
 92,554
 650,532
 609,851
Loans to members 25,342,922
 24,367,044
 26,017,679
 25,178,608
Less: Allowance for loan losses (37,879) (37,376) (17,086) (18,801)
Loans to members, net 25,305,043
 24,329,668
 26,000,593
 25,159,807
Accrued interest receivable 114,994
 111,493
 130,670
 127,442
Other receivables 36,371
 45,469
 36,103
 39,220
Fixed assets, net 113,060
 122,260
 118,999
 116,031
Derivative assets 252,888
 49,481
 185,449
 244,526
Other assets 57,503
 40,346
 57,087
 54,503
Total assets $26,476,407
 $25,205,692
 $27,410,061
 $26,690,204
        
Liabilities: 

   

  
Accrued interest payable $198,316
 $137,476
 $190,511
 $149,284
Debt outstanding:        
Short-term borrowings 3,493,736
 3,342,900
 3,651,941
 3,795,910
Long-term debt 18,813,136
 17,955,594
 19,564,933
 18,714,960
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,375
 742,274
 742,516
 742,410
Members’ subordinated certificates:  
  
  
  
Membership subordinated certificates 630,391
 630,098
 630,467
 630,448
Loan and guarantee subordinated certificates 528,154
 567,830
 505,782
 528,386
Member capital securities 221,148
 221,097
 221,170
 221,148
Total members’ subordinated certificates 1,379,693
 1,419,025
 1,357,419
 1,379,982
Total debt outstanding 24,428,940
 23,459,793
 25,316,809
 24,633,262
Deferred income 65,954
 73,972
 60,623
 65,922
Derivative liabilities 282,892
 385,337
 243,365
 275,932
Other liabilities 41,201
 50,309
 46,141
 59,951
Total liabilities 25,017,303
 24,106,887
 25,857,449
 25,184,351
        
Commitments and contingencies 

 

    
Equity:        
CFC equity:  
  
  
  
Retained equity 1,416,975
 1,056,778
 1,522,696
 1,465,789
Accumulated other comprehensive income 10,107
 13,175
 847
 8,544
Total CFC equity 1,427,082
 1,069,953
 1,523,543
 1,474,333
Noncontrolling interests 32,022
 28,852
 29,069
 31,520
Total equity 1,459,104
 1,098,805
 1,552,612
 1,505,853
Total liabilities and equity $26,476,407
 $25,205,692
 $27,410,061
 $26,690,204
        
        
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Membership
Fees and
Educational
Fund
 Patronage
Capital
Allocated
 Members’
Capital
Reserve
 Unallocated
Net Income
(Loss)
 CFC
Retained
Equity
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 Total
CFC
Equity
 Non-controlling
Interests
 Total
Equity
 Membership
Fees and
Educational
Fund
 Patronage
Capital
Allocated
 Members’
Capital
Reserve
 Unallocated
Net Income
(Loss)
 CFC
Retained
Equity
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
CFC
Equity
 Non-controlling
Interests
 Total
Equity
Balance as of November 30, 2018 $2,400
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $139,585
 $1,593,756
 $832
 $1,594,588
 $32,550
 $1,627,138
Net income 
 
 
 (70,932) (70,932) 
 (70,932) (539) (71,471)
Other comprehensive income 
 
 
 
 
 15
 15
 
 15
Patronage capital retirement 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (2,908) (2,908)
Other (128) 
 
 
 (128) 
 (128) (34) (162)
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $2,272
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $68,653
 $1,522,696
 $847
 $1,523,543
 $29,069
 $1,552,612
                  
 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
Balance as of May 31, 2018 $2,945
 $811,493
 $687,785
 $(36,434) $1,465,789
 $8,544
 $1,474,333
 $31,520
 $1,505,853
Cumulative effect from adoption of new accounting standard 
 
 
 8,794
 8,794
 (8,794) 
 
 
Balance as of June 1, 2018 2,945
 811,493
 687,785
 (27,640) 1,474,583
 (250) 1,474,333
 31,520
 1,505,853
Net income 
 
 
 96,293
 96,293
 
 96,293
 (60) 96,233
Other comprehensive income 
 
 
 
 
 1,097
 1,097
 
 1,097
Patronage capital retirement 
 (47,507) 
 
 (47,507) 
 (47,507) (2,908) (50,415)
Other (673) 
 
 
 (673) 
 (673) 517
 (156)
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $2,272
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $68,653
 $1,522,696
 $847
 $1,523,543
 $29,069
 $1,552,612
                  
 Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Membership
Fees and
Educational
Fund
 Patronage
Capital
Allocated
 Members’
Capital
Reserve
 Unallocated
Net Income
(Loss)
 CFC
Retained
Equity
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
CFC
Equity
 Non-controlling
Interests
 Total
Equity
Balance as of November 30, 2017 $2,366
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $(151,422) $1,197,730
 $11,899
 $1,209,629
 $30,419
 $1,240,048
Net income 
 
 
 219,415
 219,415
 
 219,415
 1,614
 221,029
Other comprehensive loss 
 
 
 
 
 (1,792) (1,792) 
 (1,792)
Other (170) 
 
 
 (170) 
 (170) (11) (181)
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $2,196
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $67,993
 $1,416,975
 $10,107
 $1,427,082
 $32,022
 $1,459,104
                  
 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
Balance as of May 31, 2017 $2,900
 $761,701
 $630,305
 $(338,128) $1,056,778
 $13,175
 $1,069,953
 $28,852
 $1,098,805
 $2,900
 $761,701
 $630,305
 $(338,128) $1,056,778
 $13,175
 $1,069,953
 $28,852
 $1,098,805
Net income 
 
 
 406,121
 406,121
 
 406,121
 2,646
 408,767
 
 
 
 406,121
 406,121
 
 406,121
 2,646
 408,767
Other comprehensive loss 
 
 
 
 
 (3,068) (3,068) 

 (3,068) 
 
 
 
 
 (3,068) (3,068) 
 (3,068)
Patronage capital retirement 
 (45,220) 
 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220)
Other (704) 
 
 
 (704) 
 (704) 524
 (180) (704) 
 
 
 (704) 
 (704) 524
 (180)
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $2,196
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $67,993
 $1,416,975
 $10,107
 $1,427,082
 $32,022
 $1,459,104
 $2,196
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $67,993
 $1,416,975
 $10,107
 $1,427,082
 $32,022
 $1,459,104
                                    
                  
Balance as of May 31, 2016 $2,772
 $713,853
 $587,219
 $(513,610) $790,234
 $1,058
 $791,292
 $26,086
 $817,378
Net income 
 
 
 358,716
 358,716
 
 358,716
 2,289
 361,005
Other comprehensive income 
 
 
 
 
 11,516
 11,516
 
 11,516
Patronage capital retirement 
 (42,593) 
 103
 (42,490) 
 (42,490) 
 (42,490)
Other (643) 
 
 
 (643) 
 (643) 572
 (71)
Balance as of February 28, 2017 $2,129
 $671,260
 $587,219
 $(154,791) $1,105,817
 $12,574
 $1,118,391
 $28,947
 $1,147,338
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
 Nine Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net income $408,767
 $361,005
 $96,233
 $408,767
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Amortization of deferred loan fees (8,760) (9,159) (7,650) (8,760)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and deferred charges 7,787
 7,034
 8,067
 7,787
Amortization of discount on long-term debt 7,488
 7,072
 8,036
 7,488
Amortization of issuance costs for bank revolving bank line of credit 4,043
 4,213
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets 5,967
 5,352
Provision for loan losses 503
 4,731
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 1,690
Derivative forward value gains (306,224) (259,153)
Amortization of issuance costs for bank revolving lines of credit 4,056
 4,043
Depreciation and amortization 6,693
 5,967
Provision (benefit) for loan losses (1,715) 503
Loss on early extinguishment of debt 7,100
 
Derivative forward value (gains) losses 27,215
 (306,224)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accrued interest receivable (3,501) 586
 (3,228) (3,501)
Accrued interest payable 60,840
 62,378
 41,227
 60,840
Deferred income 743
 7,839
 2,351
 743
Other (5,680) (979) (14,699) (5,680)
Net cash provided by operating activities 171,973
 192,609
 173,686
 171,973
        
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Advances on loans (6,780,736) (6,042,651)
Principal collections on loans 5,805,231
 5,003,038
Net investment in fixed assets (10,571) (14,976)
Net cash proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets 
 47,065
Proceeds from foreclosed assets 
 4,036
Net proceeds from (investments in) time deposits 225,000
 (290,000)
Advances on loans, net (838,942) (975,505)
Investment in fixed assets (10,254) (10,571)
Net proceeds from time deposits 100,000
 225,000
Purchases of held-to-maturity investments (249,198) 
 (66,039) (249,198)
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity investments 777
 
 25,252
 777
Change in restricted cash 14,855
 (16,132)
Net cash used in investing activities (994,642) (1,309,620) (789,983) (1,009,497)
        
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from short-term borrowings, net 131,109
 410,447
Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings, net (176,885) 131,109
Proceeds from short-term borrowings with original maturity greater than 90 days 828,625
 791,124
 1,028,749
 828,625
Repayments of short term-debt with original maturity greater than 90 days (808,898) (752,340) (995,833) (808,898)
Payments for issuance costs for revolving bank lines of credit (2,441) (2,543) (2,382) (2,441)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of issuance costs 2,153,842
 1,710,561
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of discount and issuance costs 3,178,198
 2,153,842
Payments for retirement of long-term debt (1,311,473) (943,872) (2,344,199) (1,311,473)
Payments for issuance costs for subordinated deferrable debt 
 (68)
Payments made for early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
Proceeds from issuance of members’ subordinated certificates 4,802
 2,743
 1,781
 4,802
Payments for retirement of members’ subordinated certificates (44,135) (25,946) (24,366) (44,135)
Payments for retirement of patronage capital (44,667) (41,871) (49,860) (44,667)
Repayments of membership fees, net (13) 
Repayments for membership fees, net (2) (13)
Net cash provided by financing activities 906,751
 1,148,235
 608,101
 906,751
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 84,082
 31,224
Beginning cash and cash equivalents 166,615
 204,540
Ending cash and cash equivalents $250,697
 $235,764
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (8,196) 69,227
Beginning cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 238,824
 188,421
Ending cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $230,628
 $257,648
        
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:        
Cash paid for interest $513,300
 $470,777
 $562,714
 $513,300
Cash paid for income taxes 252
 386
 93
 252
        
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


NOTE 1—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”) is a member-owned cooperative association incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in April 1969. CFC’s principal purpose is to provide its members with financing to supplement the loan programs of the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). CFC makes loans to its rural electric members so they can acquire, construct and operate electric distribution systems, generation and transmission (“power supply”) systems and related facilities. CFC also provides its members with credit enhancements in the form of letters of credit and guarantees of debt obligations. As a cooperative, CFC is owned by and exclusively serves its membership, which consists of not-for-profit entities or subsidiaries or affiliates of not-for-profit entities. CFC is exempt from federal income taxes.

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures during the period. Management’s most significant estimates and assumptions involve determining the allowance for loan losses and the fair value of financial assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates. We believe these financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the results for the interim period. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire fiscal year. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods to conform to the current presentation.

The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements, and related notes thereto, included in CFC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 20172018 (“20172018 Form 10-K”). We believe that all necessary adjustments, which consisted onlyRefer to “Note 1—Summary of normal recurring items, have been includedSignificant Accounting Policies” in the accompanying financial statements to present fairly the resultsour 2018 Form 10-K for a discussion of the interim periods. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures. While management makes its best judgment, actual amounts or results could differ from these estimates. Our mostour significant estimates and assumptions involve determining the allowance for loan losses and the fair value of financial assets and liabilities. The results of operations in the interim financial statements is not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for other interim periods or for the full fiscal year ending May 31, 2018.accounting policies.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CFC, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) where CFC is the primary beneficiary and subsidiary entities created and controlled by CFC to hold foreclosed assets. CFC did not have any entities that held foreclosed assets as of February 28, 20182019 or May 31, 2017.2018. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. National Cooperative Services Corporation (“NCSC”) and Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (“RTFC”) are VIEs which are required to be consolidated by CFC. NCSC is a taxable member-owned cooperative that may provide financing to members of CFC, government or quasi-government entities which own electric utility systems that meet the Rural Electrification Act definition of “rural”,“rural,” and for-profit and nonprofit entities that are owned, operated or controlled by, or provide significant benefits to certain members of CFC. RTFC is a taxable Subchapter T cooperative association that provides financing for its rural telecommunications members and their affiliates. Unless stated otherwise, references to “we,” “our” or “us” relate to CFC and its consolidated entities.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash, which totaled $7 million and $22$8 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, consistedand consists primarily of member funds held in escrow. On July 1, 2016, CFC completed the sale of Caribbean Asset Holdings, LLC (“CAH”), an entity that held foreclosed assets, to ATN VI Holdings, LLC. In connection with the sale, $16 million of the sale proceeds was deposited into escrow to fund potential indemnification claims for a period of 15 months following the closing. Of this amount, $14.5 million wascertain specifically designated to cover general indemnification claims and $1.5 million was designated to cover indemnification of certain tax liens. On September 27, 2017, we received a claim notice from the purchaser of CAH asserting potential indemnification claims against the general escrow amount of $14.5 million. The claims were notcooperative programs.






NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

substantiated sufficiently to be funded; therefore, the $14.5 million has been released back to us. The $1.5 million designated for tax liens remains in escrow. We continue to be liable for certain indemnifications regardless of whether amounts are held in escrow.

AssetAssets Held for Sale

In 2007, CFC purchased a parcel of land, consisting of approximately 28 acres, located in Loudoun County, Virginia as a potential site to construct a new facility for its headquarters. CFC subsequently identified another site in Loudoun County for its headquarters, purchased the land and built its headquarters facility at this location. On January 26, 2018, we entered into a letter of intent for the sale of the 28 acres in Loudoun County, Virginia that was purchased in 2007. On March 14, 2018, CFC entered into a purchase and sale agreement (“the agreement”), subject to certain terms and conditions,subsequently amended on April 23, 2018, for the sale of this real estatea parcel of land, consisting of approximately 28 acres, located in Loudoun County, Virginia. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, we designated the property, in excess of itswhich has a carrying value of $14 million. The agreement includes a specified purchaser due diligence period that expires on April 20, 2018. The property was previously included in fixed assets, net on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We designated the propertymillion, as held for sale as of February 28, 2018 and reclassified it from fixed assets, net to other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. BecauseOn March 6, 2019, we amended the estimated fair value of this property, basedagreement to extend the closing date to no later than July 25, 2019. Based on the estimated sale proceeds less costselling costs, we expect to sell, exceedsrecord a gain on the carrying value, we continue to report the property on our condensed consolidated balance sheet at the carrying amount of $14 million. Although we currently believe the dispositionsale of this property is probable within the next 12 months, there can be no assurance that the disposition will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the agreement.property.

Interest Income

The following table presents interest income, by interest-earning asset category, for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.

 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018
2017 2019 2018 2019
2018
Interest income by interest-earning asset type:                
Long-term fixed-rate loans(1)
 $250,201
 $245,480
 $748,491
 $733,425
 $251,149
 $250,201
 $756,290
 $748,491
Long-term variable-rate loans 7,020
 5,047
 18,980
 14,561
 10,711
 7,020
 30,158
 18,980
Line of credit loans 10,367
 6,538
 27,662
 18,057
 17,178
 10,367
 40,563
 27,662
TDR loans(2)
 221
 228
 669
 677
 209
 221
 638
 669
Other income, net(3)
 (314) (230) (852) (795) (291) (314) (867) (852)
Total loans 267,495
 257,063
 794,950
 765,925
 278,956
 267,495
 826,782
 794,950
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 3,973
 2,857
 8,256
 7,986
 6,610
 3,973
 18,528
 8,256
Total interest income $271,468
 $259,920
 $803,206
 $773,911
 $285,566
 $271,468
 $845,310
 $803,206
____________________________ 
(1)Includes loan conversion fees, which are generally deferred and recognized as interest income using the effective interest method.
(2)Troubled debt restructuringrestructured (“TDR”) loans.
(3)Consists of late payment fees, commitment fees and net amortization of deferred loan fees and loan origination costs.

Deferred income of $66$61 million and $74$66 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, consists primarily of deferred loan conversion fees totaling $54 million and $60 million, and $68 million, respectively. Deferred loan conversion fees are recognized in interest income using the effective interest method.

Interest Expense

The following table presents interest expense, by debt product type, for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Interest expense by debt product type:(1)(2)
                
Short-term borrowings $14,593
 $7,907
 $35,248
 $18,198
 $27,070
 $14,593
 $69,108
 $35,248
Medium-term notes 28,051
 25,166
 80,711
 73,456
 34,329
 28,051
 100,555
 80,711
Collateral trust bonds 83,730
 85,582
 254,328
 255,582
 61,405
 83,730
 208,044
 254,328
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 34,233
 35,086
 105,523
 107,074
 36,911
 34,233
 107,259
 105,523
Farmer Mac notes payable 13,316
 8,406
 36,753
 22,892
 23,691
 13,316
 64,499
 36,753
Other notes payable 369
 437
 1,150
 1,353
 302
 369
 946
 1,150
Subordinated deferrable debt 9,414
 9,410
 28,247
 28,247
 9,416
 9,414
 28,250
 28,247
Subordinated certificates 14,365
 14,746
 44,012
 44,672
 14,211
 14,365
 43,071
 44,012
Total interest expense $198,071
 $186,740
 $585,972
 $551,474
 $207,335
 $198,071
 $621,732
 $585,972
____________________________ 
(1) Includes amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs, which are generally deferred and recognized as interest expense using the effective interest method. Issuance costs related to dealer commercial paper, however, are recognized as interest expense immediately as incurred.
(2) Includes fees related to funding arrangements, such as up-front fees paid to banks participating in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements. Depending on the nature of the fee, amounts may be deferred and recognized as interest expense ratably over the term of the arrangement or recognized immediately as incurred. 

RecentlyRecent Accounting Changes and Other Developments

Accounting Standards Adopted in Fiscal Year 2019

Statement of Cash Flows—Restricted Cash

In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows—Restricted Cash, which addresses the presentation of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The guidance requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change in the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash. Under previous guidance, we were required to explain the total change in cash and cash equivalents during the period. We adopted this guidance on June 1, 2018 on a retrospective basis. We made corresponding changes on our consolidated balance sheet to present a total for cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash.

Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which amends certain aspects of the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of certain financial instruments, including equity investments and liabilities measured at fair value under the fair value option. Under this guidance, investments in equity securities must be measured at fair value through earnings, with certain exceptions, and entities can no longer classify investments in equity securities as available for sale or trading. We adopted this guidance on June 1, 2018 on a modified retrospective basis and recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment that increased retained earnings by $9 million as a result of the transition adjustment to reclassify unrealized gains related to our equity securities from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings. As a result of adopting this guidance, our investments in equity securities are no longer classified as available for sale and unrealized holding gains and losses are recorded in earnings. Previously, our equity securities were classified as available for sale and unrealized holding gains and losses were recorded in other comprehensive income.






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Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which modifies the guidance used to recognize revenue from contracts with customers for transfers of goods or services and transfers of nonfinancial assets. This guidance applies to all contracts with customers to provide goods or services in the ordinary course of business, except for certain contracts specifically excluded from the scope, including financial instruments, guarantees, insurance contracts and leases. As a financial institution, substantially all of our revenue is in the form of interest income derived from financial instruments, primarily our investments in loans and securities. We adopted this guidance on June 1, 2018. Given the scope exception for financial instruments, the adoption of the guidance did not have an impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and does not affect our accounting.

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted Accounting Standards and Tax Reform

Tax Cuts and Jobs ActFair Value Measurement—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement

On December 22, 2017,In August 2018, the PresidentFASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair ValueMeasurement, which eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements as part of the United States signed and enacted into law H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“its disclosure framework project. The Act”), which, except for certain provisions,guidance is effective for taxpublic entities for fiscal years beginning onafter December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period or after Januaryfiscal year before the effective date. The guidance is effective for us beginning June 1, 2018. The Act significantly changes existing U.S. tax law and includes numerous provisions that will affect businesses. One of the primary changes is a reduction in the federal statutory corporate U.S. income tax rate to 21% percent from 35% and other changes that impact business-related exclusions, deductions and credits. CFC is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. NCSC is subject to federal income tax; however, NCSC’s annual taxable income and federal income tax is not material to our consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity. RTFC is subject to federal income tax; however, the allocation of patronage capital to its members is a deduction that historically has resulted in a significant reduction in its annual taxable income and federal income tax. Therefore, we2020. We do not expect The Act tothat the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.statements.

Derivatives and Hedging—Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities

In August 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging—Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, which expands the types of risk management strategies that qualify for hedge accounting treatment to more closely align the results of hedge accounting with the economics of certain risk management activities and simplifies certain hedge documentation and assessment requirement. It also eliminates the concept of separately recording hedge ineffectiveness and expands disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period or fiscal year before the effective date. The guidance is effective for us beginning June 1, 2019. Hedge accounting is elective, and we currently do not apply hedge accounting.accounting on a limited basis, specifically when we enter into treasury rate lock agreements. If we continue to elect not to apply hedge accounting to our interest rate swaps, the adoption of the new guidance will not have noa material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 




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Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Cost

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-08, Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs, which shortens the amortization period for the premium on certain callable debt securities to the earliest call date rather the maturity date. The guidance is applicable to any individual debt security, purchased at a premium, with an explicit and noncontingent call feature with a fixed price on a preset date. The guidance does not impact the accounting for purchased callable debt securities held at a discount; the discount will continue to amortize to the maturity date. The guidance is effective for public entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. This update is effective for us beginning June 1, 2019. Adoption of the guidance requires modified retrospection transition as of the beginning of the period of adoption through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. We do not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Cash Flows—Restricted Cash


In November 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows—Restricted Cash, which addresses the presentation of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The guidance requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change in the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balances. We currently explain the change during the period in total of cash and cash equivalents on our consolidated statements of cash flows. The guidance is effective for public entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and must be applied retrospectively. This update is effective for us beginning June 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance will change the presentation of restricted cash on our consolidated statement of cash flows, and we will revise amounts previously reported on our consolidated statements of cash flows to conform to this presentation. Adoption of the guidance, however, will have no impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

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Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which replaces the existing incurred credit loss impairment model and establishes a single allowancecredit loss framework based on a current expected credit loss model for financial assets carried at amortized cost, including loans and held-to-maturity debt securities. The current expected loss model requires an entity to estimate the credit losses expected over the life of the credit exposure upon initial recognition of that exposure when the financial asset is originated or acquired, which will generally result in earlier recognition of credit losses. The guidance also amends the other-than-temporary model for available-for-sale debt securities by requiring the use of an allowance, rather than directly reducing the carrying value of the security. The new guidance also requires expanded credit quality disclosures. The new standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early application will be permitted for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. This update is effective for us beginning June 1, 2020. While early adoption is permitted, we do not expect to elect that option. We are continuing to evaluate the impact of the guidance on our consolidated financial statements, including assessing and evaluating assumptions and models to estimate losses.We do not expect to early adopt this guidance. Upon adoption, we will be required to record a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. The impact on our consolidated financial statements from the adoption of this new guidance will depend on theour portfolio composition and risk profile of our loan portfolio as ofcredit quality at the date of adoption. We do not expect to early adopt this guidance.

Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which amends certain aspects of the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of certain financial instruments, including equity investments and liabilities measured at fair value under the fair value option. The main provisions include a requirement that all investments in equity securities be measured at fair value through earnings, with certain exceptions, and a requirement to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in fair value attributable to an entity’s own credit risk for financial liabilities where the fair value




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option has been elected. This update will be effective for us beginning June 1, 2018. Upon adoption we will be required to reclassify the gain (loss) related to our equity investment securities classified as available-for-sale from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings as a cumulative-effect adjustment and begin recording future changes in fair value through earnings. We had a gain of $9 million recorded in AOCI for our available-for-sale equity investments as of February 28, 2018. The impact on our consolidated financial statements at adoption will depend on the net unrealized gains (losses) recorded in AOCI for these equity investments as of the date of adoption.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which modifies the guidance used to recognize revenue from contracts with customers for transfers of goods or services and transfers of nonfinancial assets, unless those contracts are within the scope of other guidance. The new guidance is effective for us beginning June 1, 2018. Because the scope of the guidance explicitly excludes net interest income as well as many other revenues for financial assets and liabilities including loans, securities, and derivatives, which account for the substantial majority of our revenues, we do not expectforecasts at that the adoption of the guidance will have a material impact, if any, on our consolidated financial statements.time.
NOTE 2—VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

NCSC and RTFC meet the definition of a VIE because they do not have sufficient equity investment at risk to finance their activities without financial support. CFC is the primary source of funding for NCSC and the sole source of funding for RTFC. Under the terms of management agreements with each company, CFC manages the business operations of NCSC and RTFC. CFC also unconditionally guarantees full indemnification for any loan losses of NCSC and RTFC pursuant to guarantee agreements with each company. CFC earns management and guarantee fees from its agreements with NCSC and RTFC.

NCSC and RTFC creditors have no recourse against CFC in the event of a default by NCSC and RTFC, unless there is a guarantee agreement under which CFC has guaranteed NCSC or RTFC debt obligations to a third party. The following table provides information on incremental consolidated assets and liabilities of VIE’sVIEs included in CFC’s condensed consolidated financial statements, after applying intercompany eliminations, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Total loans outstanding $1,164,279
 $968,343
 $1,125,302
 $1,149,574
Other assets 11,558
 10,157
 11,197
 10,280
Total assets $1,175,837
 $978,500
 $1,136,499
 $1,159,854
        
Long-term debt $10,000
 $10,000
 $8,000
 $8,000
Other liabilities 33,620
 36,899
 32,001
 33,923
Total liabilities $43,620
 $46,899
 $40,001
 $41,923

The following table provides information on CFC’s credit commitments to NCSC and RTFC, and its potential exposure to loss as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.





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(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018
May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
CFC credit commitments $5,500,000
 $5,500,000
 $5,500,000
 $5,500,000
Outstanding commitments:        
Borrowings payable to CFC(1)
 1,129,351
 931,686
 1,094,446
 1,116,465
Credit enhancements:    
CFC third-party guarantees 16,733
 14,697
 16,559
 12,005
Other credit enhancements 17,047
 20,963
 14,558
 14,655
Total credit enhancements 33,780
 35,660
Total credit enhancements(2)
 31,117
 26,660
Total outstanding commitments 1,163,131
 967,346
 1,125,563
 1,143,125
CFC available credit commitments $4,336,869
 $4,532,654
 $4,374,437
 $4,356,875
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(1) Borrowings payable to CFC are eliminated in consolidation.
(2) Excludes interest due on these instruments.

CFC loans to NCSC and RTFC are secured by all assets and revenuesrevenue of NCSC and RTFC. CFC’s maximum potential exposure, including interest due, for the credit enhancements totaled $36 million.$33 million as of February 28, 2019. The maturities for obligations guaranteed by CFC extend through 2031.
NOTE 3—INVESTMENT SECURITIES

We currently hold investments in equity and debt securities. We record purchases and sales of our investment securities on a trade-date basis. The accounting and measurement framework for investment securities differs depending on the security type and the classification.

Equity Securities

We previously had investments in equity securities that were classified as available for sale as of May 31, 2018. The unrealized gains and losses on these securities were recorded in other comprehensive income. Effective with our June 1, 2018 adoption of the financial instrument accounting standard on the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities, unrealized gains and losses on equity securities are required to be recorded in earnings. The following table presents the fair value of our equity securities, all of which had readily determinable fair values, as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Equity securities at fair value:    
Farmer Mac—non-cumulative preferred stock $83,081
 $82,352
Farmer Mac—class A common stock 6,051
 6,980
Total equity securities at fair value $89,132
 $89,332

We recognized net unrealized gains on our investments in equity securities of $2 million for the three months ended February 28, 2019 and net unrealized losses of less than $1 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. These unrealized amounts are reported as a component of other expenses on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

We recorded unrealized losses on our investments in equity securities of $2 million and unrealized losses on our investments in equity securities of $3 million in other comprehensive income during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018,




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respectively. For additional information on our investments in equity securities, see “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” and “Note 10—Equity—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.”

Debt Securities

We currently classify and account for our investmentinvestments in debt securities as either available for sale (“AFS”) or held to maturity (“HTM”) based on our investment strategy and management’s assessment of ourbecause we have the positive intent and ability to hold thethese securities untilto maturity. SecuritiesIf we acquire debt securities that we may sell prior to maturity in response to changes in our investment strategy, liquidity needs, credit risk mitigating considerations, market risk profile or for other reasons, are classifiedwe would classify such securities as AFS. Securities that we have the positive intent and ability to hold until maturity are classified as HTM.

available for sale. We report securities classified as AFS on our condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value with unrealized gains or losses recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). We reportdebt securities classified as HTM on our condensed consolidated balance sheets at amortized cost. Interest income, on fixed-income securities, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is generally recognized over the contractual life of the securities based on the effective yield method.

We did not have any securities classified as HTM as of May 31, 2017. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, we commenced the purchase of additional investment securities, consisting primarily of certificates of deposit with maturities greater than 90 days, commercial paper, corporate debt securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and other asset-backed securities (“ABS”). We have the positive intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. As such, we have classified them as held to maturity on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Pursuant to our investment policy guidelines, all fixed-income debt securities, at the time of purchase, must be rated at least investment grade and on stable outlook based on external credit ratings from at least two of the leading global credit rating agencies, when available, or the corresponding equivalent, when not available. Securities rated investment grade, that is those rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or BBB- or higher by S&P Globalor BBB- or higher by Fitch Ratings Inc. (“S&P”Fitch”), are generally considered by the rating agencies to be of lower credit risk than non-investment grade securities.

Amortized Cost and Fair Value of InvestmentDebt Securities

The following tables present the amortized cost and fair value of our investment securities and the corresponding gross unrealized gains and losses, by classification category and major security type, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.


February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt securities held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit $1,000
 $
 $
 $1,000
Commercial paper 13,965
 
 (1) 13,964
U.S. agency debt securities 2,980
 39
 
 3,019
Corporate debt securities 474,062
 1,675
 (3,629) 472,108
Commercial MBS:        
Agency 7,309
 107
 
 7,416
Non-agency 3,453
 1
 (13) 3,441
Total commercial MBS 10,762
 108
 (13) 10,857
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 9,610
 97
 
 9,707
Foreign government debt securities 1,251
 17
 
 1,268
Other ABS(1)
 47,770
 84
 (102) 47,752
Total debt securities held to maturity $561,400
 $2,020
 $(3,745) $559,675





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  February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Amortized Cost Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value
Available for sale:        
Farmer Mac—Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock $30,000
 $
 $(120) $29,880
Farmer Mac—Series B Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock 25,000
 1,620
 
 26,620
Farmer Mac—Series C Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock 25,000
 1,938
 
 26,938
Farmer Mac—Class A Common Stock 538
 5,672
 
 6,210
Total investment securities, available-for-sale 80,538
 9,230
 (120) 89,648
         
Held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit 4,147
 
 (10) 4,137
Commercial paper 7,228
 
 (17) 7,211
Corporate bonds 210,149
 45
 (3,696) 206,498
Commercial MBS, non-agency 4,040
 
 (6) 4,034
Other ABS(1)
 22,688
 
 (195) 22,493
Total investment securities, held-to-maturity 248,252
 45
 (3,924) 244,373
         
Total investment securities $328,790
 $9,275

$(4,044)
$334,021


May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt securities held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 2,000
 16
 
 2,016
Corporate debt securities 455,721
 714
 (4,595) 451,840
Commercial MBS:        
Agency 7,024
 63
 
 7,087
Non-agency 3,453
 3
 (3) 3,453
Total commercial MBS 10,477
 66
 (3) 10,540
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 2,147
 24
 
 2,171
Foreign government debt securities 1,241
 9
 
 1,250
Other ABS(1)
 34,651
 11
 (215) 34,447
Total debt securities held to maturity $520,519
 $840
 $(4,813) $516,546
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(1)Consists primarily of securities backed by auto lease loans, equipment-backed loans, auto loans and credit card loans.
  May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Amortized Cost Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value
Available for sale:

        
Farmer Mac—Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock $30,000
 $1,585
 $
 $31,585
Farmer Mac—Series B Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock 25,000
 1,940
 
 26,940
Farmer Mac—Series C Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock 25,000
 4,150
 
 29,150
Farmer Mac—Class A Common Stock 538
 4,341
 
 4,879
Total investment securities, available-for-sale $80,538
 $12,016
 $
 $92,554

For additional information on the unrealized gains (losses) losses recorded on our available-for-sale investment securities, see “Note 9—Equity—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.”

InvestmentDebt Securities in Gross Unrealized Loss Position

An unrealized loss exists when the current fair value of an individual security is less than its amortized cost basis. The following table presents the fair value and gross unrealized losses for investmentsdebt securities in a gross loss position, aggregated by security type, and the length of time the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The securities are segregated between investments that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve12 months and twelve12 months or more based on the point in time that the fair value declined below the amortized cost basis. We did not have any investment securities in a gross unrealized loss position as of May 31, 2017.

  February 28, 2019
  Unrealized Loss Position Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months or Longer Total
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Debt securities held to maturity:            
Commercial paper $2,669
 $(1) $
 $
 $2,669
 $(1)
Corporate debt securities 126,964
 (867) 174,196
 (2,762) 301,160
 (3,629)
Commercial MBS, non-agency 1,440
 (13) 
 
 1,440
 (13)
Other ABS(1)
 1,975
 (12) 16,298
 (90) 18,273
 (102)
Total investment securities $133,048
 $(893)
$190,494

$(2,852)
$323,542

$(3,745)




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  February 28, 2018
  Unrealized Loss Position Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months or Longer Total
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Available for sale:            
Farmer Mac—Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock $29,880
 $(120) $
 $
 $29,880
 $(120)
             
Held to maturity:            
Certificates of deposit 4,137
 (10) 
 
 4,137
 (10)
Commercial paper 7,211
 (17) 
 
 7,211
 (17)
Corporate bonds 190,279
 (3,696) 
 
 190,279
 (3,696)
Commercial MBS, non-agency 4,034
 (6) 
 
 4,034
 (6)
Other asset-backed securities(1)
 22,493
 (195) 
 
 22,493
 (195)
Total investment securities, held-to-maturity 228,154
 (3,924) 
 
 228,154
 (3,924)
             
Total investment securities $258,034
 $(4,044) $
 $
 $258,034
 $(4,044)
  May 31, 2018
  Unrealized Loss Position Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months or Longer Total
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Held to maturity:            
Corporate debt securities $280,139
 $(4,595) $
 $
 $280,139
 $(4,595)
Commercial MBS, non-agency 1,451
 (3) 
 
 1,451
 (3)
Other ABS(1)
 27,012
 (215) 
 
 27,012
 (215)
Total investment securities $308,602
 $(4,813) $
 $
 $308,602
 $(4,813)
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(1)Consists primarily of securities backed by auto lease loans, equipment-backed loans, auto loans and credit card loans.

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment

We conduct periodic reviews of all securities with unrealized losses to evaluate whether the impairment is other than temporary. The number of individual securities in an unrealized loss position was 173272 as of February 28, 2018.2019. We have assessed each security with gross unrealized losses included in the above table for credit impairment. As part of that assessment, we concluded that the unrealized losses are primarily driven by changes in market interest rates rather than by adverse changes in the credit quality of these securities. Based on our assessment, we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of these securities, as we do not intend to sell any of the securities and believehave concluded that it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell prior to recovery of the amortized cost basis. Accordingly, we currently consider the impairment of these securities to be temporary.

Contractual Maturity and Yield

The following table presents, by major security type, the remaining contractual maturity based on amortized cost and fair value of our HTM investment securities as of February 28, 2018 of our HTM investment securities.2019 and May 31, 2018. Because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay certain obligations, the expected maturities of our investments may differ from the scheduled contractual maturities presented below. 




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 February 28, 2018 February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Due in 1 Year or Less Due > 1 Year through 5 Years Due > 5 Years through 10 Years Due >10 Years Total Due in 1 Year or Less Due > 1 Year through 5 Years Due > 5 Years through 10 Years Due >10 Years Total
Amortized cost:                    
Certificates of deposit $4,147
 $
 $
 $
 $4,147
 $1,000
 $
 $
 $
 $1,000
Commercial paper 7,228
 
 
 
 7,228
 13,965
 
 
 
 13,965
Corporate bonds 4,624
 200,975
 4,550
 
 210,149
Commercial MBS, non-agency 
 
 
 4,040
 4,040
Other asset-backed securities(1)
 
 22,688
 
 
 22,688
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,675
 305
 
 2,980
Corporate debt securities 33,319
 421,403
 19,340
 
 474,062
Commercial MBS:          
Agency 
 343
 6,966
 
 7,309
Non-agency 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
Total commercial MBS 
 343
 6,966
 3,453
 10,762
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 
 7,617
 1,993
 
 9,610
Foreign government debt securities 
 1,251
 
 
 1,251
Other ABS(1)
 33
 45,288
 2,449
 
 47,770
Total $15,999
 $223,663
 $4,550
 $4,040
 $248,252
 $48,317
 $478,577
 $31,053
 $3,453
 $561,400
                    
Fair value:                    
Certificates of deposit $4,137
 $
 $
 $
 $4,137
 $1,000
 $
 $
 $
 $1,000
Commercial paper 7,211
 
 
 
 7,211
 13,964
 
 
 
 13,964
Corporate bonds 4,593
 197,466
 4,439
 
 206,498
Commercial MBS, non-agency 
 
 
 4,034
 4,034
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,710
 309
 
 3,019
Corporate debt securities 33,159
 419,332
 19,617
 
 472,108
Commercial MBS:          
Agency 
 345
 7,071
 
 7,416
Non-Agency 
 
 
 3,441
 3,441
Total Commercial MBS 
 345
 7,071
 3,441
 10,857
U.S. State and Municipality Debt Securities 
 7,705
 2,002
 
 9,707
Foreign Government Debt Securities 
 1,268
 
 
 1,268
Other ABS(1)
 
 22,493
 
 
 22,493
 33
 45,255
 2,464
 
 47,752
Total $15,941
 $219,959
 $4,439
 $4,034
 $244,373
 $48,156
 $476,615
 $31,463
 $3,441
 $559,675
                    
Weighted average coupon(2)
 1.83% 2.66% 3.25% 2.46% 2.61% 1.75% 3.09% 3.39% 3.31% 2.99%









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  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Due in 1 Year or Less Due > 1 Year through 5 Years Due > 5 Years through 10 Years Due >10 Years Total
Amortized cost:          
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,000
 
 
 2,000
Corporate debt securities 9,111
 377,384
 69,226
 
 455,721
Commercial MBS:          
Agency 
 
 7,024
 
 7,024
Non-Agency 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
Total Commercial MBS 
 
 7,024
 3,453
 10,477
U.S. State and Municipality Debt Securities 
 
 2,147
 
 2,147
Foreign Government Debt Securities 
 1,241
 
 
 1,241
Other ABS(1)
 
 33,357
 1,294
 
 34,651
Total $23,393
 $413,982
 $79,691
 $3,453
 $520,519
           
Fair value:          
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,016
 
 
 2,016
Corporate debt securities 9,056
 373,284
 69,500
 
 451,840
Commercial MBS:          
Agency 
 
 7,087
 
 7,087
Non-Agency 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
Total Commercial MBS 
 
 7,087
 3,453
 10,540
U.S. State and Municipality Debt Securities 
 
 2,171
 
 2,171
Foreign Government Debt Securities 
 1,250
 
 
 1,250
Other ABS(1)
 
 33,157
 1,290
 
 34,447
Total $23,338
 $409,707
 $80,048
 $3,453
 $516,546
           
Weighted average coupon(2)
 1.81% 2.84% 3.60% 2.74% 2.91%
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(1)Consists primarily of securities backed by auto lease loans, equipment-backed loans, auto loans and credit card loans.
(2)Calculated based on the weighted average coupon rate, which excludes the impact of amortization of premium and accretion of discount.

The average contractual maturity and weighted average coupon of our HTM investment securities was three years and 2.61%2.99%, respectively, as of February 28, 2018.2019. The average credit rating of these securities, based on theirthe equivalent lowest credit rating by Moody’s, and S&P and Fitch was A3A2, A and A-,A, respectively, as of February 28, 2018.2019.

Realized Gains and Losses

We havedid not soldsell any of our investment securities during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017,2019, and therefore have not recorded any realized gains or losses.




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NOTE 4—LOANS AND COMMITMENTS
        
Loans, which are classified as held for investment, are carried at the outstanding unpaid principal balance net of unamortized loan origination costs. The following table presents the outstanding principal balance of loans outstanding,to members, including deferred loan origination costs, and unadvanced loan commitments by loan type and by member class, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.





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2018.

 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
Loan type:                
Long-term loans:                
Fixed rate $22,737,089
 $
 $22,136,690
 $
 $22,960,860
 $
 $22,696,185
 $
Variable rate 985,714
 4,715,976
 847,419
 4,802,319
 1,125,471
 5,387,440
 1,039,491
 4,952,834
Total long-term loans 23,722,803
 4,715,976
 22,984,109
 4,802,319
 24,086,331
 5,387,440
 23,735,676
 4,952,834
Lines of credit 1,609,032
 7,435,288
 1,372,221
 7,772,655
 1,920,104
 7,524,159
 1,431,818
 7,692,784
Total loans outstanding 25,331,835
 12,151,264
 24,356,330
 12,574,974
 26,006,435
 12,911,599
 25,167,494
 12,645,618
Deferred loan origination costs
11,087



10,714



11,244



11,114


Loans to members
$25,342,922

$12,151,264

$24,367,044

$12,574,974

$26,017,679

$12,911,599

$25,178,608

$12,645,618
                
Member class:                
CFC:                
Distribution $19,687,812
 $7,750,226
 $18,825,366
 $8,295,146
 $20,275,130
 $8,499,857
 $19,551,511
 $8,188,376
Power supply 4,422,600
 3,394,064
 4,504,791
 3,276,113
 4,520,699
 3,444,821
 4,397,353
 3,407,095
Statewide and associate 57,144
 126,467
 57,830
 144,406
 85,305
 151,390
 69,055
 128,025
Total CFC 24,167,556
 11,270,757
 23,387,987
 11,715,665
 24,881,134
 12,096,068
 24,017,919
 11,723,496
NCSC 800,814
 581,125
 613,924
 584,944
 771,930
 539,002
 786,457
 624,663
RTFC 363,465
 299,382
 354,419
 274,365
 353,371
 276,529
 363,118
 297,459
Total loans outstanding 25,331,835
 12,151,264
 24,356,330
 12,574,974
 26,006,435
 12,911,599
 25,167,494
 12,645,618
Deferred loan origination costs 11,087
 
 10,714
 
 11,244
 
 11,114
 
Loans to members $25,342,922
 $12,151,264
 $24,367,044
 $12,574,974
 $26,017,679
 $12,911,599
 $25,178,608
 $12,645,618
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(1)The interest rate on unadvanced loan commitments is not set until an advance is made; therefore, all long-term unadvanced loan commitments are reported as variable-rate. However, the borrower may select either a fixed or a variable rate when an advance on a commitment is made.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments

Unadvanced loan commitments represent approved and executed loan contracts for which funds have not been advanced to borrowers. The following table summarizes the available balance under unadvanced loan commitments as of February 28, 20182019 and the related maturities by fiscal year and thereafter by loan type:




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Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
(Dollars in thousands)  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter
Line of credit loans $7,435,288

$226,587

$4,057,079

$782,079

$995,502

$707,497

$666,544
Long-term loans 4,715,976

71,913

924,921

585,953

637,024

1,742,934

753,231
Total $12,151,264

$298,500

$4,982,000

$1,368,032

$1,632,526

$2,450,431

$1,419,775

  
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
(Dollars in thousands)  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Line of credit loans $7,524,159

$65,818

$3,835,418

$889,301

$695,602

$1,254,289

$783,731
Long-term loans 5,387,440

190,742

450,208

737,648

1,506,127

1,159,886

1,342,829
Total $12,911,599

$256,560

$4,285,626

$1,626,949

$2,201,729

$2,414,175

$2,126,560

Unadvanced line of credit commitments accounted for 61%58% of total unadvanced loan commitments as of February 28, 2018,2019, while unadvanced long-term loan commitments accounted for 39%42% of total unadvanced loan commitments. Unadvanced line of credit commitments are typically revolving facilities for periods not to exceed five years. Unadvanced line of credit




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commitments generally serve as supplemental back-up liquidity to our borrowers. Historically, borrowers have not drawn the full commitment amount for line of credit facilities, and we have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities regardless of whether or not we are obligated to fund the facility where a material adverse change exists.

Our unadvanced long-term loan commitments have a five-year draw period under which a borrower may advance funds prior to the expiration of the commitment. We expect that the majority of the long-term unadvanced loan commitments of $4,716$5,387 million will be advanced prior to the expiration of the commitment.

Because we historically have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities, which account for the majority of our total unadvanced loan commitments, we believe the unadvanced loan commitment total of $12,151$12,912 million as of February 28, 20182019 is not necessarily representative of our future funding cash requirements.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Conditional

The substantial majority of our line of credit commitments and all of our unadvanced long-term loan commitments include material adverse change clauses. Unadvanced loan commitments subject to material adverse change clauses totaled $9,374$10,006 million and $9,973$9,789 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. Prior to making an advance on these facilities, we confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the business or condition, financial or otherwise, of the borrower since the time the loan was approved and confirm that the borrower is currently in compliance with loan terms and conditions. In some cases, the borrower’s access to the full amount of the facility is further constrained by the designated purpose, imposition of borrower-specific restrictions or by additional conditions that must be met prior to advancing funds.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Unconditional

Unadvanced loan commitments not subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of each advance consisted of unadvanced committed lines of credit totaling $2,777$2,906 million and $2,602$2,857 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. As such, we are required to advance amounts on these committed facilities as long as the borrower is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the facility.

The following table summarizes the available balance under unconditional committed lines of credit, and the related maturities by fiscal year and thereafter, as of February 28, 2018.2019.
 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Committed lines of credit $2,776,918 $130,000 $306,122 $515,691 $645,083 $487,908 $692,114 $2,905,836 $— $323,082 $466,030 $403,716 $1,028,019 $684,989








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Loan Sales

We transfer, from time to time, loans to third parties under our direct loan sale program. We did not have any loan sales during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. We sold CFC loans with outstanding balances totaling $118 million and $33 million, at par for cash, during the nine months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.2018. We recorded immaterial losses upon the sale of these loans, attributable to the unamortized deferred loan origination costs associated with the transferred loans.

Pledging of Loans

We are required to pledge eligible mortgage notes in an amount at least equal to the outstanding balance of our secured debt. The following table summarizes our loans outstanding as collateral pledged to secure our collateral trust bonds, Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, notes payable to Farmer Mac and notes payable to the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by RUS under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program of the USDA (“Guaranteed Underwriter Program”) and the amount of the




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corresponding debt outstanding as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. See “Note 5—6—Short-Term Borrowings” and “Note 6—7—Long-Term Debt” for information on our borrowings.
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Collateral trust bonds:        
2007 indenture:        
Distribution system mortgage notes $8,453,575
 $8,740,572
 $9,005,984
 $8,643,344
RUS-guaranteed loans qualifying as permitted investments 142,133
 146,373
 136,207
 140,680
Total pledged collateral $8,595,708
 $8,886,945
 $9,142,191
 $8,784,024
Collateral trust bonds outstanding 7,697,711
 7,697,711
 7,622,711
 7,697,711
        
1994 indenture:        
Distribution system mortgage notes $249,384
 $263,007
 $48,131
 $243,418
Collateral trust bonds outstanding 220,000
 225,000
 40,000
 220,000
        
Farmer Mac:        
Distribution and power supply system mortgage notes $3,375,180
 $2,942,456
 $3,787,069
 $3,331,775
Notes payable outstanding 2,805,376
 2,513,389
 3,172,262
 2,891,496
        
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Series 2009A:        
Distribution and power supply system mortgage notes $13,339
 $14,943
 $13,029
 $12,615
Cash 
 481
 
 415
Total pledged collateral $13,339
 $15,424
 $13,029
 $13,030
Notes payable outstanding 11,556
 13,214
 9,898
 11,556
        
Federal Financing Bank:        
Distribution and power supply system mortgage notes $5,827,497
 $5,833,515
 $6,224,822
 $5,772,750
Notes payable outstanding 4,871,771
 4,985,748
 5,433,855
 4,856,375

Credit Concentration

As a tax-exempt, member-owned finance cooperative, CFC’s principal focus is to provide funding to its rural electric utility cooperative members to assist them in acquiring, constructing and operating electric distribution transmissionsystems, power supply systems and related facilities. We serve electric and telecommunications members throughout the United States and its




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territories, including 4950 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Guam. Our consolidated membership totaled 1,4471,449 members and 217215 associates as of February 28, 2018.2019. Texas hadhas the largest number of member cooperatives and the largest concentration of outstanding loans to borrowers in any one state, with approximately 15% of total loans outstanding as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017. Outstanding loans2018. Because we lend primarily to our rural electric utility cooperative members, we have a loan portfolio subject to single-industry and single-obligor concentration risks.

Loans outstanding to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of the total loans outstanding loan portfolio as of February 28, 2018,2019, unchanged from May 31, 2017.2018. The remaining loans outstanding loans in our portfolio were to RTFC members, affiliates and associates in the telecommunications industry. As a resultThe combined exposure of lending primarily to our members we have a loan portfolio with single-industryloans and single-obligor concentration risk. Despite our credit concentration risks, we historically have experienced limited defaults and very low credit losses in our electric loan portfolio.

Single-Obligor Concentration

Theguarantees outstanding exposure tofor our 20 largest borrowers was 23%22% and 24%23% as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. The 20 largest borrowers consisted of 10 distribution systems, 9nine power supply systems and 1one NCSC associate




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member as of both February 28, 20182019. The 20 largest borrowers consisted of nine distribution systems, 10 power supply systems and one NCSC associate as of May 31, 2017.2018. The largest total outstanding exposure to a single borrower or controlled group represented approximately 2% of total loans and guarantees outstanding as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.

Credit Quality

We closely monitor loan performance trends to manage and evaluate our credit risk exposure. We seek to provide a balance between meeting the credit needs of our members, while also ensuring the sound credit quality of our loan portfolio. Payment status and internal risk ratings are key indicators, among others, of the level of credit risk in our loan portfolio.2018.

As part of our strategy in managing our credit risk exposure, we entered into a long-term standby purchase commitment agreement with Farmer Mac.Mac during fiscal year 2016. Under this agreement, we may designate certain long-term loans to be covered under the commitment, subject to approval by Farmer Mac, and in the event any such loan later goes into payment default for at least 90 days, upon request by us, Farmer Mac must purchase such loan at par value. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of designated and Farmer Mac approved loans was $777$628 million and $843$660 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. Under the agreement, we are required to pay Farmer Mac a monthly fee based on the unpaid principal balance of loans covered under the purchase commitment. No loans had been put to Farmer Mac for purchase, pursuant to this agreement, as of February 28, 2018.2019. Also, we had long-term loans totaling $163$156 million and $167$161 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, that were guaranteed by the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) of the United States Department of Agriculture.RUS.

Payment Status of LoansCredit Quality

The tables below presentAssessing the payment status of loans outstanding by member class as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017. As indicated in the table, we did not have any past due loans as of either February 28, 2018 or May 31, 2017.
  February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 
Total
Past Due
 
Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $19,687,812
 $
 $
 $
 $19,687,812
 $
Power supply 4,422,600
 
 
 
 4,422,600
 
Statewide and associate 57,144
 
 
 
 57,144
 
CFC total 24,167,556
 
 
 
 24,167,556
 
NCSC 800,814
 
 
 
 800,814
 
RTFC 363,465
 
 
 
 363,465
 
Total loans outstanding $25,331,835
 $
 $
 $
 $25,331,835
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %





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  May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 Total
Past Due
 Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $18,825,366
 $
 $
 $
 $18,825,366
 $
Power supply 4,504,791
 
 
 
 4,504,791
 
Statewide and associate 57,830
 
 
 
 57,830
 
CFC total 23,387,987
 
 
 
 23,387,987
 
NCSC 613,924
 
 
 
 613,924
 
RTFC 354,419
 
 
 
 354,419
 
Total loans outstanding $24,356,330
 $
 $
 $
 $24,356,330
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %
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(1) All loans 90 days or more past due are on nonaccrual status.

Troubled Debt Restructured (“TDR”) Loans

We did not have any loans modified as TDRs during the nine months ended February 28, 2018. The following table provides a summary of loans modified as TDRs in prior periods, the performance status of these loans and the unadvanced loan commitments related to the TDR loans, by member class, as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017.
  February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
TDR loans:            
Performing TDR loans:            
CFC/Distribution $6,507
 0.03% $
 $6,581
 0.02% $
RTFC 6,216
 0.02
 
 6,592
 0.03
 
Total performing TDR loans 12,723
 0.05
 
 13,173
 0.05
 
Total TDR loans $12,723
 0.05% $
 $13,173
 0.05% $

We did not have any TDR loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 2018 or May 31, 2017. TDR loans classified as performing as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017 were performing in accordance with the terms of their respective restructured loan agreement and on accrual status as of the respective reported dates. One borrower with a TDR loan also had a line of credit facility, restricted for fuel purchases only, totaling $6 million as of both February 28, 2018 and
May 31, 2017. The outstanding amount under this facility totaled approximately $0.8 million and $0.5 million as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017, respectively, and was classified as performing as of each respective date.

Nonperforming Loans

In addition to TDR loans that may be classified as nonperforming, we also may have nonperforming loans that have not been modified as a TDR loan. We did not have any loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 2018 or
May 31, 2017.

We had no foregone interest income for loans on nonaccrual status during the three and nine months ended




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February 28, 2018. We had foregone interest income for loans on nonaccrual status totaling $31 thousand during the nine months ended February 28, 2017.

Impaired Loans

The following table provides information on loans classified as individually impaired loans as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017.

  February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
With no specific allowance recorded:        
CFC $6,507
 $
 $6,581
 $
         
With a specific allowance recorded:        
RTFC 6,216
 1,272
 6,592
 1,640
Total impaired loans $12,723
 $1,272
 $13,173
 $1,640

The following table presents, by company, the average recorded investment for individually impaired loans and the interest income recognized on these loans for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017.
  Three Months Ended February 28,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,507
 $6,582
 $142
 $144
RTFC 6,299
 6,799
 79
 84
Total impaired loans $12,806
 $13,381
 $221
 $228
  Nine Months Ended February 28,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,529
 $6,624
 $428
 $418
RTFC 6,425
 8,093
 241
 259
Total impaired loans $12,954
 $14,717
 $669
 $677

Internal Risk Ratings of Loans

We evaluate theoverall credit quality of our loan portfolio and measuring our credit risk is an ongoing process that involves tracking payment status, charge-offs, troubled debt restructurings, nonperforming and impaired loans, using anthe internal risk rating system that employs similar criteria for all member classes. Our internalratings of our borrowers and other indicators of credit risk. We monitor and subject each borrower and loan facility in our loan portfolio to an individual risk rating system isassessment based on a determination of a borrower’s risk of default utilizing both quantitative and qualitative measurements.factors. Internal risk ratings and payment status trends are indicators, among others, of the probability of borrower default and level of credit risk in our loan portfolio.

Borrower Risk Ratings

As part of our credit risk management process, we monitor and evaluate each borrower and loan in our loan portfolio and assign internal borrower and loan facility risk ratings based on quantitative and qualitative assessments. Our borrower risk ratings are intended to assess probability of default. Each risk rating is reassessed annually following the receipt of the borrower’s audited financial statements; however, interim risk ratingrisk-rating downgrades or upgrades may occur as a result of significant developments or trends. Our borrower risk ratings fall into the following four categories based on the criteria identified below.are intended to align with banking regulatory agency credit risk rating definitions of pass and criticized classifications, with criticized divided between special mention, substandard and doubtful. Pass ratings reflect relatively low probability of default, while criticized ratings have a higher probability of default. Following is a description of each rating category.

Pass:  Borrowers that are not experiencing difficulty and/or not showing a potential or well-defined credit weakness.
Special Mention:  Borrowers that may be characterized by a potential credit weakness or deteriorating financial condition that is not sufficiently serious to warrant a classification of substandard or doubtful.




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Substandard:  Borrowers that display a well-defined credit weakness that may jeopardize the full collection of principal and interest.
Doubtful:  Borrowers that have a well-defined credit weakness and theor weaknesses that make full collection of principal and interest, ison the basis of currently known facts, conditions and collateral values, highly questionable orand improbable.

Loans to borrowers in the pass, special mention and substandard categories are generally considered not to be individually impaired and are included in the loan pools for determining the collective loan portfolio for purposesreserve component of determining the allowance for loan losses. Loans to borrowers in the doubtful category are considered to be individually impaired and are therefore reflectedindividually assessed for impairment in determining the impairedspecific reserve component of the allowance for loan portfolio. The special mention, substandard, and doubtful categories are intended to comply with the definition of criticized loans by the banking regulatory authorities.losses.

The following tables present total loans outstanding, by member class and borrower risk rating category, based on the risk ratings used in the estimation of our allowance for loan losses as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
 February 28, 2018 February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
CFC:                    
Distribution $19,585,802
 $102,010
 $
 $
 $19,687,812
 $20,143,884
 $7,447
 $123,799
 $
 $20,275,130
Power supply 4,422,600
 
 
 
 4,422,600
 4,472,340
 
 48,359
 
 4,520,699
Statewide and associate 57,144
 
 
 
 57,144
 85,305
 
 
 
 85,305
CFC total 24,065,546
 102,010
 
 
 24,167,556
 24,701,529
 7,447
 172,158
 
 24,881,134
NCSC 800,814
 
 
 
 800,814
 771,930
 
 
 
 771,930
RTFC 357,249
 
 6,216
 
 363,465
 347,654
 
 5,717
 
 353,371
Total loans outstanding $25,223,609
 $102,010
 $6,216
 $
 $25,331,835
 $25,821,113
 $7,447
 $177,875
 $
 $26,006,435

  May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
CFC:          
Distribution $18,715,810
 $109,556
 $
 $
 $18,825,366
Power supply 4,504,791
 
 
 
 4,504,791
Statewide and associate 56,654
 1,176
 
 
 57,830
CFC total 23,277,255
 110,732
 
 
 23,387,987
NCSC 612,592
 1,332
 
 
 613,924
RTFC 346,944
 
 7,475
 
 354,419
Total loans outstanding $24,236,791
 $112,064
 $7,475
 $
 $24,356,330

Allowance for Loan Losses
  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
CFC:          
Distribution $19,429,121
 $6,853
 $115,537
 $
 $19,551,511
Power supply 4,348,328
 
 49,025
 
 4,397,353
Statewide and associate 69,055
 
 
 
 69,055
CFC total 23,846,504
 6,853
 164,562
 
 24,017,919
NCSC 786,457
 
 
 
 786,457
RTFC 356,503
 523
 6,092
 
 363,118
Total loans outstanding $24,989,464
 $7,376
 $170,654
 $
 $25,167,494

We maintain an allowance for loan losses athad loans to one electric distribution cooperative borrower and its subsidiary totaling $172 million and $165 million as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, that were classified as substandard. The electric distribution cooperative owns and operates a level estimated by management to provide for probable losses inherentdistribution and transmission system and is in the early stages of deploying retail broadband service. The borrower is currently experiencing financial difficulties due to recent net losses and weak cash flows. The borrower and its subsidiary are current with regard to all principal and interest payments and have never been delinquent. The borrower operates in a territory that is not rate-regulated and has the ability to adjust its electric rates to cover operating costs and service debt. Of the outstanding amount, all but $19 million and $7 million was secured under our typical collateral requirements for long-term loan portfolioadvances as of each balance sheet date. Our allowance for loan losses consists of an amount forFebruary 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. We currently expect to collect all principal and interest amounts due from the borrower and its subsidiary. Accordingly, the loans collectively evaluated for impairment, referred to as our collective allowance, and an amount for loans designated as individually impaired, referred to as our specific allowance.







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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

outstanding to this borrower and its subsidiary were not deemed to be impaired as of either February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

Payment Status of Loans

The tables below present the payment status of loans outstanding by member class as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. As indicated in the table, we did not have any past due loans as of either February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.
  February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 
Total
Past Due
 
Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $20,275,130
 $
 $
 $
 $20,275,130
 $
Power supply 4,520,699
 
 
 
 4,520,699
 
Statewide and associate 85,305
 
 
 
 85,305
 
CFC total 24,881,134
 
 
 
 24,881,134
 
NCSC 771,930
 
 
 
 771,930
 
RTFC 353,371
 
 
 
 353,371
 
Total loans outstanding $26,006,435
 $
 $
 $
 $26,006,435
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %

  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 Total
Past Due
 Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $19,551,511
 $
 $
 $
 $19,551,511
 $
Power supply 4,397,353
 
 
 
 4,397,353
 
Statewide and associate 69,055
 
 
 
 69,055
 
CFC total 24,017,919
 
 
 
 24,017,919
 
NCSC 786,457
 
 
 
 786,457
 
RTFC 363,118
 
 
 
 363,118
 
Total loans outstanding $25,167,494
 $
 $
 $
 $25,167,494
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %
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(1) All loans 90 days or more past due are on nonaccrual status.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

We did not have any loans modified as TDRs during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. The following table provides a summary of loans modified as TDRs in prior periods, the performance status of these loans and the unadvanced loan commitments related to the TDR loans, by member class, as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.




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  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
TDR loans:            
Performing TDR loans:            
CFC/Distribution $6,261
 0.03% $
 $6,507
 0.03% $
RTFC 5,717
 0.02
 
 6,092
 0.02
 
Total performing TDR loans 11,978
 0.05
 
 12,599
 0.05
 
Total TDR loans $11,978
 0.05% $
 $12,599
 0.05% $

We did not have any TDR loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. TDR loans classified as performing as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018 were performing in accordance with the terms of their respective restructured loan agreement and on accrual status as of the respective reported dates. One borrower with a TDR loan also had a line of credit facility, restricted for fuel purchases only, totaling $6 million as of both February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The outstanding amount under this facility totaled $1 million as of February 28, 2019 and less than $1 million as of May 31, 2018, and was classified as performing as of each respective date.

Nonperforming Loans

In addition to TDR loans that may be classified as nonperforming, we also may have nonperforming loans that have not been modified as a TDR. We did not have any loans classified as nonperforming as of either February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

We had no foregone interest income for loans on nonaccrual status during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.

Impaired Loans

The following table provides information on loans classified as individually impaired loans as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
With no specific allowance recorded:        
CFC $6,261
 $
 $6,507
 $
         
With a specific allowance recorded:        
RTFC 5,717
 1,135
 6,092
 1,198
Total impaired loans $11,978
 $1,135
 $12,599
 $1,198

The following table presents, by company, the average recorded investment for individually impaired loans and the interest income recognized on these loans for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.




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  Three Months Ended February 28,
  2019 2018 2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,261
 $6,507
 $137
 $142
RTFC 5,800
 6,299
 72
 79
Total impaired loans $12,061
 $12,806
 $209
 $221
  Nine Months Ended February 28,
  2019 2018 2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,343
 $6,529
 $416
 $428
RTFC 5,924
 6,425
 222
 241
Total impaired loans $12,267
 $12,954
 $638
 $669

Net Charge-Offs

Charge-offs represent the amount of a loan that has been removed from our consolidated balance sheet when the loan is deemed uncollectible. Generally the amount of a charge-off is the recorded investment in excess of the fair value of the expected cash flows from the loan, or, if the loan is collateral dependent, the fair value of the underlying collateral securing the loan. We report charge-offs net of amounts recovered on previously charged off loans. We had no loan defaults or charge-offs during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.
NOTE 5—ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

We maintain an allowance for loan losses that represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in our loan portfolio as of each balance sheet date. Our allowance for loan losses consists of a collective allowance for loans in our portfolio that are not individually impaired and a specific allowance for loans identified as individually impaired. The allowance for loan losses is reported separately on the consolidated balance sheet, and the provision for loan losses is separately reported on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following tables summarize changes, by company, in the allowance for loan losses as of and for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.

  Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of November 30, 2018 $12,174
 $1,969
 $2,761
 $16,904
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 146
 116
 (80) 182
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $12,320
 $2,085
 $2,681
 $17,086
         
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of November 30, 2017 $28,799
 $3,117
 $4,858
 $36,774
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 506
 731
 (132) 1,105
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $29,305
 $3,848
 $4,726
 $37,879
         
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of November 30, 2016 $25,857
 $3,664
 $4,390
 $33,911
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 2,448
 (215) (168) 2,065
Recoveries 53
 
 
 53
Balance as of February 28, 2017 $28,358
 $3,449
 $4,222
 $36,029

  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2017 $29,499
 $2,910
 $4,967
 $37,376
Provision (benefit) for loan losses (194) 938
 (241) 503
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $29,305
 $3,848
 $4,726
 $37,879



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2016 $24,559
 $3,134
 $5,565
 $33,258
Provision for loan losses 3,640
 315
 776
 4,731
Charge-offs 
 
 (2,119) (2,119)
Recoveries 159
 
 
 159
Net recoveries (charge-offs) 159
 
 (2,119) (1,960)
Balance as of February 28, 2017 $28,358
 $3,449
 $4,222
 $36,029
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2018 $12,300
 $2,082
 $4,419
 $18,801
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 20
 3
 (1,738) (1,715)
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $12,320
 $2,085
 $2,681
 $17,086
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2017 $29,499
 $2,910
 $4,967
 $37,376
Provision (benefit) for loan losses (194) 938
 (241) 503
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $29,305
 $3,848
 $4,726
 $37,879

The tables below present, by company, the components of our allowance for loan losses and the recorded investment of the related loans as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
  February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Ending balance of the allowance:        
Collective allowance $12,320
 $2,085
 $1,546
 $15,951
Specific allowance 
 
 1,135
 1,135
Total ending balance of the allowance $12,320
 $2,085
 $2,681
 $17,086
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $24,874,873
 $771,930
 $347,654
 $25,994,457
Individually evaluated loans 6,261
 
 5,717
 11,978
Total recorded investment in loans $24,881,134
 $771,930
 $353,371
 $26,006,435
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $24,868,814
 $769,845
 $350,690
 $25,989,349

  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Ending balance of the allowance:        
Collective allowance $12,300
 $2,082
 $3,221
 $17,603
Specific allowance 
 
 1,198
 1,198
Total ending balance of the allowance $12,300
 $2,082
 $4,419
 $18,801
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $24,011,412
 $786,457
 $357,026
 $25,154,895
Individually evaluated loans 6,507
 
 6,092
 12,599
Total recorded investment in loans $24,017,919
 $786,457
 $363,118
 $25,167,494
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $24,005,619
 $784,375
 $358,699
 $25,148,693
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(1) Excludes unamortized deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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  February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Allowance by company:        
Collective allowance $29,305
 $3,848
 $3,454
 $36,607
Specific allowance 
 
 1,272
 1,272
Total allowance for loan losses $29,305
 $3,848
 $4,726
 $37,879
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $24,161,049
 $800,814
 $357,249
 $25,319,112
Individually evaluated loans 6,507
 
 6,216
 12,723
Total recorded investment in loans $24,167,556
 $800,814
 $363,465
 $25,331,835
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $24,138,251
 $796,966
 $358,739
 $25,293,956

  May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Allowance by company:        
Collective allowance $29,499
 $2,910
 $3,327
 $35,736
Specific allowance 
 
 1,640
 1,640
Total ending balance of the allowance $29,499
 $2,910
 $4,967
 $37,376
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $23,381,406
 $613,924
 $347,827
 $24,343,157
Individually evaluated loans 6,581
 
 6,592
 13,173
Total recorded investment in loans $23,387,987
 $613,924
 $354,419
 $24,356,330
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $23,358,488
 $611,014
 $349,452
 $24,318,954
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(1) Excludes unamortized deferredIn addition to the allowance for loan origination costs $11 million as of both February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017.

Reserve for Unadvanced Commitments

Welosses, we also maintain a reserve for unadvanced loan commitments at a level estimated by management to provide for probable losses under these commitments as of each balance sheet dated. Unadvanced loan commitments are analyzed and segregated by loan type and risk using our internal risk rating scales. We use these risk classifications, in combination with the probability of commitment usage, and any other pertinent information to estimate a reserve for unadvanced loan commitments,date, which we record as a liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The reserve for these commitments was less than $1 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
NOTE 5—6—SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

Short-term borrowings consist of borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less and do not include the current portion of long-term debt. Our short-term borrowings totaled $3,494$3,652 million and accounted for 14% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2018,2019, compared with $3,343$3,796 million, or 14%15%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2017.
2018. The following table displays short-term borrowings outstanding as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
Short-term borrowings:    
Commercial paper:    
Commercial paper to dealers, net of discounts $1,069,295
 $1,064,266
Commercial paper to members, at par 1,105,060
 1,202,105
Total commercial paper 2,174,355
 2,266,371
Select notes to members 836,688
 780,472
Daily liquidity fund notes to members 299,505
 400,635
Medium-term notes to members 241,393
 248,432
Farmer Mac revolving facility 100,000
 100,000
Total short-term borrowings $3,651,941
 $3,795,910

Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements

We had $3,085$2,975 million and $3,165$3,085 million of commitments under committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. Under our current committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, we have the ability to request up to $300 million of letters of credit, which would result in a reduction in the remaining available amount under the facilities.

On November 20, 2017,28, 2018, we amended and restated the three-year and five-year committed bank revolving line of credit agreements to extend the maturity dates to November 20, 202028, 2021 and November 20, 2022,28, 2023, respectively, and to terminate certain third-party bank commitments totaling $40$53 million under the three-year agreement and $40$57 million under the five- year agreement. As a result, the total commitment amount from third-parties under the three-year facility and the five-year facility is $1,493$1,440 million and $1,592$1,535 million, respectively, resulting in a combined total commitment amount under the two facilities of $3,085$2,975 million.

The following table presents the total commitment, the net amount available for use and the outstanding letters of credit under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.




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 February 28, 2018
May 31, 2017
 
  February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
 
 
(Dollars in millions) Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Maturity
Annual Facility Fee (1)
 Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Maturity
Annual Facility Fee (1)
3-year agreement $
 $
 $
 $1,533
 $
 $1,533
 November 19, 2019 7.5 bps $
 $
 $
 $1,492
 $
 $1,492
 November 20, 2020 7.5 bps
3-year agreement 1,493
 
 1,493
 
 
 
 November 20, 2020 7.5 bps 1,440
 
 1,440
 
 
 
 November 28, 2021 7.5 bps
Total 3-year agreement 1,493
 
 1,493
 1,533
 
 1,533
  1,440
 
 1,440
 1,492
 
 1,492
 
5-year agreement 
 
 
 1,632
 1
 1,631
 November 19, 2021 10 bps 
 
 
 1,593
 3
 1,590
 November 20, 2022 10 bps
5-year agreement 1,592
 2
 1,590
 
 
 
 November 20, 2022 10 bps 1,535
 3
 1,532
 
 
 
 November 28, 2023 10 bps
Total 5-year agreement 1,592

2

1,590

1,632

1

1,631

 
  1,535

3

1,532

1,593

3

1,590

 
 
Total $3,085
 $2
 $3,083
 $3,165
 $1
 $3,164
  $2,975
 $3
 $2,972
 $3,085
 $3
 $3,082
 
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(1) Facility fee determined by CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings based on the pricing schedules put in place at the inception of the related agreement.

We had no borrowings outstanding under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of February 28, 20182019 or May 31, 2017,2018, and we were in compliance with all covenants and conditions under the agreements as of each date.




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NOTE 6—7—LONG-TERM DEBT

The following table displays long-term debt outstanding, by debt type, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Unsecured long-term debt:        
Medium-term notes sold through dealers $3,081,779
 $2,386,956
 $3,301,941
 $3,026,472
Medium-term notes sold to members 411,373
 422,779
 371,609
 395,389
Subtotal medium-term notes 3,493,152
 2,809,735
 3,673,550
 3,421,861
Unamortized discount (704) (382) (1,013) (1,256)
Debt issuance costs (22,897) (21,903) (20,102) (22,237)
Total unsecured medium-term notes 3,469,551
 2,787,450
 3,652,435
 3,398,368
Unsecured notes payable 20,892
 22,799
 16,984
 18,892
Unamortized discount (300) (379) (209) (277)
Debt issuance costs (74) (94) (52) (68)
Total unsecured notes payable 20,518
 22,326
 16,723
 18,547
Total unsecured long-term debt 3,490,069
 2,809,776
 3,669,158
 3,416,915
Secured long-term debt:  
  
  
  
Collateral trust bonds 7,917,711
 7,922,711
 7,662,711
 7,917,711
Unamortized discount (252,991) (258,329) (247,108) (250,421)
Debt issuance costs (29,857) (30,334) (35,650) (28,197)
Total collateral trust bonds 7,634,863
 7,634,048
 7,379,953
 7,639,093
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,871,771
 4,985,748
 5,433,855
 4,856,375
Debt issuance costs (239) (264) 
 (232)
Total Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,871,532
 4,985,484
 5,433,855
 4,856,143
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,805,376
 2,513,389
 3,072,262
 2,791,496
Other secured notes payable 11,556
 13,214
 9,898
 11,556
Debt issuance costs (260) (317) (193) (243)
Total other secured notes payable 11,296
 12,897
 9,705
 11,313
Total secured notes payable 7,688,204
 7,511,770
 8,515,822
 7,658,952
Total secured long-term debt 15,323,067
 15,145,818
 15,895,775
 15,298,045
Total long-term debt $18,813,136
 $17,955,594
 $19,564,933
 $18,714,960

Collateral Trust Bonds

Collateral trust bonds represent secured obligations sold to investors in the capital markets. Collateral trust bonds are secured by the pledge of mortgage notes or eligible securities in an amount at least equal to the principal balance of the bonds outstanding.

On February 7,July 12, 2018, we redeemed $300 million of the $1 billion 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, at a premium of $7 million. We repaid the remaining $700 million of these bonds on the maturity date.





NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

On October 31, 2018, we issued $700$325 million aggregate principal amount of 3.40%3.90% collateral trust bonds due 2028.2028 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.40% collateral trust bonds due 2048.

On January 31, 2019, we issued $450 million aggregate principal amount of 3.70% collateral trust bonds due 2029 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.30% collateral trust bonds due 2049.

Secured Notes Payable

We had outstanding secured notes payable totaling $4,872$5,434 million and $4,985$4,856 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, under bond purchase agreements with the Federal Financing Bank and a bond guarantee agreement with RUS issued under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, which provides guarantees to the Federal Financing Bank. We pay RUS a fee of 30 basis points per year on the total amount outstanding. On November 9, 2017,15, 2018, we closed on a $750 million committed loan facility (“Series M”N”) from the Federal Financing Bank under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. Pursuant to this facility, we may borrow any time before July 15, 2022.2023. Each advance is subject to quarterly amortization and a final maturity not longer than 20 years from the advance date. On January 16, 2018 we redeemed $325 million of notes payable outstanding under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, with an original maturity of April 15, 2026. During the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, we borrowed $250$625 million under our committed loan facilities with the Federal Financing Bank. We had up to $1,225$1,350 million available for access under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program as of February 28, 2018.





NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
2019.

We are required to pledge eligible distribution system or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. See “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”Loans” for additional information on the collateral pledged to secure notes payable under this program.

We have two revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac, which together allow us to borrow up to $5,500 million from Farmer Mac. On February 26, 2018, we amendedUnder our first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated March 24, 2011. Under the2011, as amended, agreement, we can currently can borrow, subject to market conditions, up to $5,200 million at any time through January 11, 2022, and such date shall automatically extend on each anniversary date of the closing for an additional year, unless prior to any such anniversary date, Farmer Mac provides us with a notice that the draw period will not be extended beyond the remaining term. This revolving note purchase agreement allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, as market conditions permit, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Each borrowing under the revolving note purchase agreement is evidenced by a pricing agreement setting forth the interest rate, maturity date and other related terms as we may negotiate with Farmer Mac at the time of each such borrowing. We may select a fixed rate or variable rate at the time of each advance with a maturity as determined in the applicable pricing agreement. Under this note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, we had outstanding secured notes payable totaling $2,805$3,072 million and $2,513$2,791 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. We borrowed $325$575 million under this note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac during the nine months ended February 28, 2018.2019.

Under the terms of theour second revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated July 31, 2015, as amended, we can borrow up to $300 million at any time through July 31, 2018December 20, 2023 at a fixed spread over LIBOR. This agreement also allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Prior to the maturity date, Farmer Mac may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice to us on periodic facility renewal dates, the first of which was January 31, 2019. Subsequent facility renewal dates are on each June 20 or December 20 thereafter until the maturity date. We had nomay terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice at any time. On February 28, 2019, we received an advance of $100 million under this committed note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, resulting in outstanding secured notes payable outstanding under this note purchase agreement of $100 million as of February 28, 2019. This advance was repaid in full subsequent to February 28, 2019. Under the terms of the first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017.described above, the $5,200 million commitment will increase to $5,500 million in the event the second revolving note purchase agreement is terminated. 





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

We are required to pledge eligible distribution system or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding under each of our Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreements. See “Note 4—Loans and Commitments”Loans” for additional information on the collateral pledged to secure notes payable under these programs.

We were in compliance with all covenants and conditions under our senior debt indentures as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
NOTE 7—8—SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE DEBT

The following table presents subordinated deferrable debt outstanding as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
  February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Amount Amount
4.75% due 2043 with a call date of April 30, 2023 $400,000
 $400,000
5.25% due 2046 with a call date of April 20, 2026 350,000
 350,000
Debt issuance costs (7,625) (7,726)
Total subordinated deferrable debt $742,375
 $742,274


(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
4.75% due 2043 with a call date of April 30, 2023 $400,000
 $400,000
5.25% due 2046 with a call date of April 20, 2026 350,000
 350,000
Debt issuance costs (7,484) (7,590)
Total subordinated deferrable debt $742,516
 $742,410



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 8—9—DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

Use of Derivatives

We are an end user of derivative financial instruments and do not engage in derivative trading. We use derivatives, primarily interest rate swaps and Treasury rate locks, to manage interest rate risk. Derivatives may be privately negotiated contracts, which are often referred to as over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, or they may be listed and traded on an exchange. We generally engage in OTC derivative transactions.

Accounting for Derivatives

In accordance with the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging activities, we record derivative instruments at fair value as either a derivative asset or derivative liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We report derivative asset and liability amounts on a gross basis based on individual contracts, which does not take into consideration the effects of master netting agreements or collateral netting. Derivatives in a gain position are reported as derivative assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, while derivatives in a loss position are reported as derivative liabilities. Accrued interest related to derivatives is reported on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as a component of either accrued interest and other receivables or accrued interest payable.

If we do not elect hedge accounting treatment, changes in the fair value of derivative instruments, which consist of net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements and derivative forward value amounts, are recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations under derivative gains (losses). If we elect hedge accounting treatment for derivatives, we formally document, designate and assess the effectiveness of the hedge relationship. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as qualifying fair value hedges are recorded in earnings together with offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged item and any related ineffectiveness. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as qualifying cash flow hedges are recorded as a component of OCI, to the extent that the hedge relationships are effective, and reclassified AOCI to earnings using the effective interest method over the term of the forecasted transaction. Any ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship is recognized as a component of derivative gains (losses) in our condensed consolidated statementstatements of operations.

We generally do not designate interest rate swaps, which currently representrepresented all of our outstanding derivatives as of February 28, 2019, for hedge accounting. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps are reported in our condensed




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

consolidated statements of operations under derivative gains (losses). Net periodic cash settlements related to interest rate swaps are classified as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

Outstanding Notional Amount of Derivatives not Designated as Accounting Hedges

The notional amount provides an indication of the volume of our derivatives activity, but this amount is not recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The notional amount is used only as the basis on which interest payments are determined and is not the amount exchanged. The following table shows the outstanding notional amounts and the weighted-average rate paid and received for our interest rate swaps, by type, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. The substantial majority of our interest rate swaps use an index based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) for either the pay or receive variable leg of the swap agreement.

  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
   Amount
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 Notional
Amount
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,447,850
 2.84% 2.75% $6,987,999
 2.83% 2.30%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,399,000
 3.40
 2.56
 3,824,000
 2.93
 2.50
Total interest rate swaps 10,846,850
 3.01
 2.69
 10,811,999
 2.86
 2.37
Forward pay-fixed swaps 65,000
     256,154
    
Total $10,911,850
     $11,068,153
    


Cash Flow Hedge

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

  February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
   Amount
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 Notional
Amount
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $6,987,403
 2.84% 1.78% $6,807,013
 2.85% 1.16%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,824,000
 2.37
 2.50
 3,699,000
 1.72
 2.64
Total interest rate swaps 10,811,403
 2.67
 2.03
 10,506,013
 2.46
 1.68
Forward pay-fixed swaps 226,256
     285,383
    
Total $11,037,659
     $10,791,396
    
In anticipation of the repricing of $100 million in notes payable outstanding under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, we entered into a treasury rate lock agreement with a notional amount of $100 million on May 25, 2018. The agreement, which was scheduled to mature on October 12, 2018, was designated as a cash flow hedge of the forecasted transaction. We recorded an unrealized loss in AOCI of $1 million as of May 31, 2018 related to this cash flow hedge. On September 25, 2018, we terminated this cash flow hedge as the forecasted transaction was no longer expected to occur. Upon termination, the fair value of the derivative had shifted to a gain of $1 million from a loss of $1 million as of May 31, 2018. We reversed the loss recorded in AOCI and recognized the gain in earnings as a component of derivative gains on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Impact of Derivatives on Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

The following table displays the fair value of the derivative assets and derivative liabilities recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets and the related outstanding notional amount of our interest rate swaps by derivatives type, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.
 




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
  February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Notional Balance Fair Value Notional Balance
Derivative assets $252,888
 $5,168,362
 $49,481
 $3,754,120
Derivative liabilities (282,892) 5,869,297
 (385,337) 7,037,276
Total $(30,004) $11,037,659
 $(335,856) $10,791,396

  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Notional Balance Fair Value Notional Balance
Derivative assets:        
Interest rate swaps $185,449
 $4,700,528
 $244,526
 $5,264,971
         
Derivative liabilities:        
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge $
 $
 $1,059
 $100,000
Interest rate swaps 243,365
 6,211,322
 274,873
 5,803,182
Total derivative liabilities $243,365
 $6,211,322
 $275,932
 $5,903,182

All of our master swap agreements include legally enforceable netting provisions that allow for offsetting of all contracts with a given counterparty in the event of default by one of the two parties. However, as indicated above, we report derivative asset and liability amounts on a gross basis by individual contracts. The following table presents the gross fair value of derivative assets and liabilities reported on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, and provides information on the impact of netting provisions and collateral pledged.

 February 28, 2018 February 28, 2019
 
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
   
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands) 
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
 
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:                        
Interest rate swaps $252,888
 $
 $252,888
 $200,760
 $
 $52,128
 $185,449
 $
 $185,449
 $153,474
 $
 $31,975
Derivative liabilities:                        
Interest rate swaps 282,892
 
 282,892
 200,760
 
 82,132
 243,365
 
 243,365
 153,474
 
 89,891

  May 31, 2018
  
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands)    
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:            
Interest rate swaps $244,526
 $
 $244,526
 $196,633
 $
 $47,893
Derivative liabilities:            
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge 1,059
 
 1,059
 
 
 1,059
Interest rate swaps 274,873
 
 274,873
 196,633
 
 78,240





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

  May 31, 2017
  
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands)    
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:            
Interest rate swaps $49,481
 $
 $49,481
 $49,481
 $
 $
Derivative liabilities:            
Interest rate swaps 385,337
 
 385,337
 49,481
 
 335,856

Impact of Derivatives on Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

Derivative gains (losses) reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations consist of derivative cash settlements and derivative forward value gains (losses). Derivative cash settlements represent net contractual interest expense accruals on interest rate swaps during the period. The derivative forward value gains (losses) represent the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps during the reporting period due to changes in the estimate of future interest rates over the remaining life of our derivative contracts.

The following table presents the components of the derivative gains (losses) reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for our interest rate swaps for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.

 Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Derivative cash settlements $(18,924) $(19,354) $(58,781) $(64,331) $(9,799) $(18,924) $(34,433) $(58,781)
Derivative forward value gains 186,972
 61,809
 306,224
 259,153
Derivative gains $168,048
 $42,455
 $247,443
 $194,822
Derivative forward value gains (losses) (122,375) 186,972
 (27,215) 306,224
Derivative gains (losses) $(132,174) $168,048
 $(61,648) $247,443

Credit-Risk-RelatedAs noted above, during fiscal year 2018, we entered into a treasury rate lock agreement that was designated as a cash flow hedge of a forecasted transaction. This cash flow hedge was terminated on September 25, 2018 and a gain of $1 million was recorded upon termination as a component of derivative cash settlements in on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

Our derivative contracts typically contain mutual early termination provisions, generally in the form of a credit rating trigger. Under the mutual credit rating trigger provisions, either counterparty may, but is not obligated to, terminate and settle the agreement if the credit rating of the other counterparty falls tobelow a level specified in the agreement. If a derivative contract is terminated, the amount to be received or paid by us would be equal to the mark-to-marketprevailing fair value, as defined in the agreement, as of the termination date.

Our senior unsecured credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P were A2 and A, respectively, as of February 28, 2018.2019. Both Moody’s and S&P had our ratings on stable outlook as of February 28, 2018.2019. The following table displays the notional amounts of our derivative contracts with rating triggers as of February 28, 20182019, and the payments that would be required if the contracts were terminated as of that date because of a downgrade of our unsecured credit ratings or the counterparty’s unsecured credit ratings below A3/A-, below Baa1/BBB+, to or below Baa2/BBB, below Baa3/BBB-, or to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively. In calculating the payment amounts that would be required upon termination of the derivative contracts, we assumed that the amounts for each counterparty would be netted in accordance with the provisions of the master netting agreements for each counterparty. The net payment amounts are based on the fair value of the underlying derivative instrument, excluding the credit risk valuation adjustment, plus any unpaid accrued interest amounts.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due From CFC 
Receivable
Due to CFC
 Net (Payable)/Receivable 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due from CFC 
Receivable
Due to CFC
 Net (Payable)/Receivable
Impact of rating downgrade trigger:                
Falls below A3/A-(1)

$54,890

$(10,007)
$

$(10,007)
$50,460

$(8,374)
$

$(8,374)
Falls below Baa1/BBB+ 7,237,155

(61,923)
40,825

(21,098) 7,069,507

(60,970)
24,211

(36,759)
Falls to or below Baa2/BBB (2)
 503,125



5,191

5,191
 561,720



3,388

3,388
Falls below Baa3/BBB- 258,923
 (12,974) 
 (12,974) 222,255
 (9,937) 
 (9,937)
Total $8,054,093

$(84,904)
$46,016

$(38,888) $7,903,942

$(79,281)
$27,599

$(51,682)
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(1) Rating trigger for CFC falls below A3/A-, while rating trigger for counterparty falls below Baa1/BBB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.  
(2) Rating trigger for CFC falls to or below Baa2/BBB, while rating trigger for counterparty falls to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.

We have outstanding notional amount of derivatives with one counterparty subject to a ratings trigger and early termination provision in the event of a downgrade of CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings below Baa3, BBB- or BBB- by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, respectively, which is not included in the above table, totaling $165 million as of February 28, 2019. These contracts were in an unrealized loss position of $4 million as of February 28, 2019.

Our largest counterparty exposure, based on the outstanding notional amount, representedaccounted for approximately 22%23% and 23%24% of the total outstanding notional amount of derivatives as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively. The aggregate fair value amount, including the credit risk valuation adjustment, of all interest rate swaps with rating triggers that were in a net liability position was $85 million as of February 28, 2018.2019.
NOTE 9—10—EQUITY

Total equity increased by $360$47 million to $1,459$1,553 million as of February 28, 2018.2019. The increase was primarily attributable to our reported net income of $409$96 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2018,2019, which was partially offset by the patronage capital retirement of $45$48 million in September 2017. The following table presents the components of equity as of February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017.August 2018.
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017
Membership fees $968
 $971
Educational fund 1,228
 1,929
Total membership fees and educational fund 2,196
 2,900
Patronage capital allocated 716,481
 761,701
Members’ capital reserve 630,305
 630,305
Unallocated net income (loss):    
Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses(1)
 (332,525) (507,904)
Current year derivative forward value gains (1)
 302,308
 175,379
Current period-end cumulative derivative forward value losses(1)
 (30,217) (332,525)
Other unallocated net income (loss) 98,210
 (5,603)
Unallocated net income (loss) 67,993
 (338,128)
CFC retained equity 1,416,975
 1,056,778
Accumulated other comprehensive income 10,107
 13,175
Total CFC equity 1,427,082
 1,069,953
Noncontrolling interests 32,022
 28,852
Total equity $1,459,104
 $1,098,805
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(1)Represents derivative forward value gains (losses) for CFC only, as total CFC equity does not include the noncontrolling interests of the consolidated variable interest entities NCSC and RTFC. See “Note 12—Business Segments” for the separate statements of operations for CFC .




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

In July 2017,2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of the fiscal year 2017 adjusted2018 net incomeearnings as follows: $90$95 million to members in the form of patronage, capital; $43$57 million to the members’ capital reserve;reserve and $1 million to the Cooperative Educational Fund.cooperative educational fund. The amount of patronage capital allocated each year by CFC’s Board of Directors is based on adjusted net income, which excludes the impact of derivative forward value gains (losses). See “MD&A—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information on adjusted net income.

In July 2017,2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the retirement of patronage capitalallocated net earnings totaling $45$48 million, which representedrepresenting 50% of the fiscal year 2017 allocation of patronage capital of $90 million. We2018 allocation. This amount was returned the $45 million to members in cash in September 2017.August 2018. The remaining portion of the allocated amount will be retained by CFC for 25 years under guidelines adopted by the CFC Board of Directors in June 2009.

The CFC Board of Directors is required to make annual allocations of adjusted net income, if any. CFC has made annual retirements of allocated net earnings in 3839 of the last 3940 fiscal years; however, future retirements of allocated amounts are determined based on CFC’s financial condition. The CFC Board of Directors has the authority to change the current practice for allocating and retiring net earnings at any time, subject to applicable laws. See “Item 1. Business—Allocation and Retirement of Patronage Capital” of our 20172018 Form 10-K for additional information.








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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following tables summarize, by component, the activity in AOCI as of and for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.
 Three Months Ended February 28, 2018 Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
AFS Securities
 Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Losses Foreclosed Assets Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $10,873
 $3,316
 $
 $(2,290) $11,899
 $
 $2,800
 $
 $(1,968) $832
Unrealized losses (1,763) 
 
 
 (1,763)
Losses reclassified into earnings 
 
 
 128
 128
Gains reclassified into earnings 
 (157) 
 
 (157)
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (115) 
 130
 15
Other comprehensive income (loss) (1,763) (157) 
 128
 (1,792) 
 (115) 
 130
 15
Ending balance $9,110
 $3,159
 $
 $(2,162) $10,107
 $
 $2,685
 $
 $(1,838) $847
          
 Three Months Ended February 28, 2017 Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
AFS Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Losses Foreclosed Assets Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $5,630
 $4,091
 $
 $(920) $8,801
 $10,873
 $3,316
 $
 $(2,290) $11,899
Unrealized gains 3,923
 
 
 
 3,923
Losses reclassified into earnings 
 
 
 45
 45
Gains reclassified into earnings 
 (195) 
 
 (195)
Unrealized losses (1,763) 
 
 
 (1,763)
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (157) 
 128
 (29)
Other comprehensive income (loss) 3,923
 (195) 
 45
 3,773
 (1,763) (157) 
 128
 (1,792)
Ending balance $9,553
 $3,896
 $
 $(875) $12,574
 $9,110
 $3,159
 $
 $(2,162) $10,107
          
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $8,794
 $3,039
 $(1,059) $(2,230) $8,544
Cumulative effect from adoption of new accounting standard(1)
 (8,794) 
 
 
 (8,794)
Unrealized gains 
 
 1,059
 
 1,059
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (354) 
 392
 38
Other comprehensive income (loss) 
 (354) 1,059
 392
 1,097
Ending balance $
 $2,685
 $
 $(1,838) $847
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $12,016
 $3,702
 $
 $(2,543) $13,175
Unrealized losses (2,906) 
 
 
 (2,906)
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (543) 
 381
 (162)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (2,906) (543) 
 381
 (3,068)
Ending balance $9,110
 $3,159
 $
 $(2,162) $10,107
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NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(1) Represents the adjustment to AOCI as a result of the new accounting standards adopted during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, see “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
AFS Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Losses Foreclosed Assets Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $12,016
 $3,702
 $
 $(2,543) $13,175
Unrealized losses (2,906) 
 
 
 (2,906)
Losses reclassified into earnings 
 
 
 381
 381
Gains reclassified into earnings 
 (543) 
 
 (543)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (2,906) (543) 
 381
 (3,068)
Ending balance $9,110
 $3,159
 $
 $(2,162) $10,107
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
AFS Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Losses Foreclosed Assets Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $7,402
 $4,487
 $(9,823) $(1,008) $1,058
Unrealized gains 2,151
 
 
 
 2,151
Losses reclassified into earnings 
 
 9,823
 133
 9,956
Gains reclassified into earnings 
 (591) 
 
 (591)
Other comprehensive income (loss) 2,151
 (591) 9,823
 133
 11,516
Ending balance $9,553
 $3,896
 $
 $(875) $12,574


We expect to reclassify approximately $0.5less than $1 million of amounts in AOCI related to unrealized derivative gains into earnings over the next 12 months.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 10—11—GUARANTEES

The following table summarizes total guarantees, by type of guarantee and by member class, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018.

(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Total by type:        
Long-term tax-exempt bonds(1)
 $317,960
 $468,145
 $313,205
 $316,985
Letters of credit(2)
 248,124
 307,321
 327,314
 343,970
Other guarantees 113,884
 114,151
 145,512
 144,206
Total $679,968
 $889,617
 $786,031
 $805,161
        
Total by member class:        
CFC:        
Distribution $141,137
 $126,188
 $209,648
 $201,993
Power supply 517,051
 743,678
 556,472
 587,837
Statewide and associate 5,047
 5,054
 3,352
 3,326
CFC total 663,235
 874,920
 769,472
 793,156
NCSC 15,159
 13,123
 14,493
 10,431
RTFC 1,574
 1,574
 2,066
 1,574
Total $679,968
 $889,617
 $786,031
 $805,161
____________________________ 
(1)Represents the outstanding principal amount of long-term fixed-rate and variable-rate guaranteed bonds.
(2)Reflects our maximum potential exposure for letters of credit.

Long-term tax-exempt bonds of $318$313 million and $468$317 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, consisted of $251included $248 million and $400$250 million, respectively, of adjustable or variable-rate bonds that may be converted to a fixed rate as specified in the applicable indenture for each bond offering. We are unable to determine the maximum amount of interest that we may be required to pay related to the remaining adjustable and variable-rate bonds. Many of these bonds have a call provision that allows us to call the bond in the event of a default, which would limit our exposure to future interest payments on these bonds. Our maximum potential exposure generally is secured by mortgage liens on the members’ assets and future revenue. If a member’s debt is accelerated because of a determination that the interest thereon is not tax-exempt, the member’s obligation to reimburse us for any guarantee payments will be treated as a long-term loan. The remaining long-term tax-exempt bonds of $67$65 million as of February 28, 20182019 are fixed-rate. The maximum potential exposure for these bonds, including the outstanding principal of $67$65 million and related interest through maturity, totaled $95$91 million as of February 28, 2018.2019. The maturities for long-term tax-exempt bonds and the related guarantees extend through calendar year 2042.

Of the outstanding letters of credit of $248$327 million and $307$344 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, $42$129 million and $125$120 million, respectively, were secured. We did not have any letters of credit outstanding




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

that provided for standby liquidity for adjustable and floating-rate tax-exempt bonds issued for the benefit of our members as of February 28, 2018. Letters of credit include $76 million to provide the standby liquidity for adjustable and floating-rate tax-exempt bonds issued for the benefit of our members as of May 31, 2017. Security provisions include a mortgage lien on substantially all of the member’s assets, future revenue and the member’s investment in our commercial paper.2019. The maturities for the outstanding letters of credit as of February 28, 20182019 extend through calendar year 2027.





NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
2028.

In addition to the letters of credit listed in the table above, under master letter of credit facilities in place as of February 28, 2018,2019, we may be required to issue up to an additional $66$59 million in letters of credit to third parties for the benefit of our members. All of our master letter of credit facilities were subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of issuance as of February 28, 2018.2019. Prior to issuing a letter of credit, we would confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the business or condition, financial or otherwise, of the borrower since the time the loan was approved and confirm that the borrower is currently in compliance with the letter of credit terms and conditions.

The maximum potential exposure for other guarantees was $115$146 million and $145 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, all of which were unsecured. The maturities for these other guarantees listed in the table above extend through calendar year 2025.

Guarantees under which our right of recovery from our members was not secured totaled $320$318 million and $297$344 million and represented 47%41% and 33%43% of total guarantees as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively.

In addition to the guarantees described above, we were also the liquidity provider for $251$248 million of variable-rate tax-exempt bonds as of February 28, 2018,2019, issued for our member cooperatives. While the bonds are in variable-rate mode, in return for a fee, we have unconditionally agreed to purchase bonds tendered or put for redemption if the remarketing agents are unable to sell such bonds to other investors. We were not required to perform as liquidity provider pursuant to these obligations during the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 or the prior fiscal year.

Guarantee Liability

As of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, we recorded a guarantee liability of $8$9 million and $15$11 million respectively, which represents the contingent and noncontingent exposures related to guarantees and liquidity obligations. The contingent guarantee liability was $1 million as of both February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, based on management’s estimate of exposure to losses within the guarantee portfolio. The remaining balance of the total guarantee liability of $7$8 million and $14$10 million as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, respectively, relates to our noncontingent obligation to stand ready to perform over the term of our guarantees and liquidity obligations that we have entered into or modified since January 1, 2003.
NOTE 11—12—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

We use fair value measurements for the initial recording of certain assets and liabilities and periodic remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. The accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs into the valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The levels of the fair value hierarchy, in priority order, include Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. For additional information regarding the fair value hierarchy and a description of the methodologies we use to measure fair value, see “Note 14—13—Fair Value Measurement” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our 20172018 Form 10-K.

The following tables present the carrying value and fair value for all of our financial instruments, including those carried at amortized cost, as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017.2018. The tables also display the classification within the fair value hierarchy of the valuation technique used in estimating fair value.





NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

 February 28, 2018 Fair Value Measurement Level February 28, 2019 Fair Value Measurement Level
(Dollars in thousands) Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets:                    
Cash and cash equivalents $250,697
 $250,697
 $250,697
 $
 $
 $223,358
 $223,358
 $223,358
 $
 $
Restricted cash 6,951
 6,951
 6,951
 
 
 7,270
 7,270
 7,270
 
 
Time deposits 1,000
 1,000
   1,000
  
Investment securities, available-for-sale 89,648
 89,648
 89,648
 
 
Investment securities, held-to-maturity 248,252
 244,373
 
 244,373
 
Equity securities 89,132
 89,132
 89,132
 
 
Debt securities held-to-maturity 561,400
 559,675
 
 559,675
 
Deferred compensation investments 5,128
 5,128
 5,128
 
 
 4,998
 4,998
 4,998
 
 
Loans to members, net 25,305,043
 24,113,185
 
 
 24,113,185
 26,000,593
 24,880,315
 
 
 24,880,315
Accrued interest receivable 114,994
 114,994
 
 114,994
 
 130,670
 130,670
 
 130,670
 
Debt service reserve funds 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
Derivative assets 252,888
 252,888
 
 252,888
 
 185,449
 185,449
 
 185,449
 
                    
Liabilities:                    
Short-term borrowings $3,493,736
 $3,492,913
 $1,562,476
 $1,930,437
 $
 $3,651,941
 $3,652,416
 $
 $3,552,416
 $100,000
Long-term debt 18,813,136
 19,069,285
 
 11,520,304
 7,548,981
 19,564,933
 19,901,773
 
 11,448,208
 8,453,565
Accrued interest payable 198,316
 198,316
 
 198,316
 
 190,511
 190,511
 
 190,511
 
Guarantee liability 7,916
 7,861
 
 
 7,861
 9,226
 8,794
 
 
 8,794
Derivative liabilities 282,892
 282,892
 
 282,892
 
 243,365
 243,365
 
 243,365
 
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,375
 781,110
 
 781,110
 
 742,516
 731,380
 
 731,380
 
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,379,693
 1,379,715
 
 
 1,379,715
 1,357,419
 1,357,419
 
 
 1,357,419

 May 31, 2017 Fair Value Measurement Level May 31, 2018 Fair Value Measurement Level
(Dollars in thousands) Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets:                    
Cash and cash equivalents $166,615
 $166,615
 $166,615
 $
 $
 $230,999
 $230,999
 $230,999
 $
 $
Restricted cash 21,806
 21,806
 21,806
 
 
 7,825
 7,825
 7,825
 
 
Time deposits 226,000
 226,000
 
 226,000
 
 100,000
 100,000
 
 100,000
 
Investment securities, available-for-sale 92,554
 92,554
 92,554
 
 
Equity securities 89,332
 89,332
 89,332
 
 
Debt securities held to maturity 520,519
 516,546
 
 516,546
 
Deferred compensation investments 4,693
 4,693
 4,693
 
 
 5,194
 5,194
 5,194
 
 
Loans to members, net 24,329,668
 24,182,724
 
 
 24,182,724
 25,159,807
 24,167,886
 
 
 24,167,886
Accrued interest receivable 111,493
 111,493
 
 111,493
 
 127,442
 127,442
 
 127,442
 
Debt service reserve funds 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
Derivative assets 49,481
 49,481
 
 49,481
 
 244,526
 244,526
 
 244,526
 
                    
Liabilities:                    
Short-term borrowings $3,342,900
 $3,342,990
 $1,527,990
 $1,815,000
 $
 $3,795,910
 $3,795,799
 $
 $3,695,799
 $100,000
Long-term debt 17,955,594
 18,744,331
 
 11,215,290
 7,529,041
 18,714,960
 18,909,276
 
 11,373,216
 7,536,060
Accrued interest payable 137,476
 137,476
 
 137,476
 
 149,284
 149,284
 
 149,284
 
Guarantee liability 15,241
 16,204
 
 
 16,204
 10,589
 10,454
 
 
 10,454
Derivative liabilities 385,337
 385,337
 
 385,337
 
 275,932
 275,932
 
 275,932
 
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,274
 788,079
 
 788,079
 
 742,410
 766,088
 
 766,088
 
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,419,025
 1,419,048
 
 
 1,419,048
 1,379,982
 1,380,004
 
 
 1,380,004






NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

Investment Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value

As discussed above in “Note 3—Investment Securities,” we did not have any securities classified as HTM as of May 31, 2017. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, we commenced the purchase of additional investment securities, consisting primarily of certificates of deposit, commercial paper and corporate debt securities, commercial MBS and other ABS traded in secondary markets. We designated these securities as HTM.

Management estimates the fair value of our HTM securities utilizing the assistance of third-party pricing services. Methodologies employed, controls relied upon and inputs used by third-party pricing vendors are subject to management review when such services are provided. This review may consist of, in part, obtaining and evaluating control reports issued and pricing methodology materials distributed. We review the pricing methodologies provided by the vendors in order to determine if observable market information is being used to determine the fair value versus unobservable inputs. Investment securities traded in secondary markets are typically valued using unadjusted vendor prices. These investment securities, which include those measured using unadjusted vendor prices, are generally classified as Level 2 because the valuation typically involves using quoted market prices for similar securities, pricing models, discounted cash flow analyses using significant observable market where available or a combination of multiple valuation techniques for which all significant
assumptions are observable in the market.

Transfers Between Levels

We monitor the availability of observable market data to assess the appropriate classification of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy and transfer between Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 accordingly. Observable market data includes but is not limited to quoted prices and market transactions. Changes in economic conditions or market liquidity generally will drive changes in availability of observable market data. Changes in availability of observable market data, which also may result in changes in the valuation technique used, are generally the cause of transfers between levels. We did not have any transfers between levels for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.2018.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the carrying value and fair value of financial instruments reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements at fair value on a recurring basis as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, and the classification of the valuation technique within the fair value hierarchy.
 February 28, 2018 May 31, 2017 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total
Investment securities, available for sale $89,648
 $
 $89,648
 $92,554
 $
 $92,554
Equity securities $89,132
 $
 $89,132
 $89,332
 $
 $89,332
Deferred compensation investments 5,128
 
 5,128
 4,693
 
 4,693
 4,998
 
 4,998
 5,194
 
 5,194
Derivative assets 
 252,888
 252,888
 
 49,481
 49,481
 
 185,449
 185,449
 
 244,526
 244,526
Derivative liabilities 
 282,892
 282,892
 
 385,337
 385,337
 
 243,365
 243,365
 
 275,932
 275,932

Nonrecurring Fair Value
             
We did not have any assets or liabilities reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017.








NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
2018.

Significant Unobservable Level 3 Inputs

Impaired Loans

We utilize the fair value of estimated cash flows or the collateral underlying the loan to determine the fair value and specific allowance for impaired loans. The valuation technique used to determine fair value of the impaired loans provided by both our internal staff and third-party specialists includes market multiples (i.e., comparable companies). The significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of fair value for individually impaired loans is a multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization based on various factors (i.e., financial condition of the borrower). In estimating the fair value of the collateral, we may use third-party valuation specialists, internal estimates or a combination of both. The significant unobservable inputs for estimating the fair value of impaired collateral-dependent loans are reviewed by our Credit Risk Management group to assess the reasonableness of the assumptions used and the accuracy of the work performed. In cases where we rely on third-party inputs, we use the final unadjusted third-party valuation analysis as support for any adjustments to our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Because of the limited amount of impaired loans as of February 28, 20182019 and May 31, 2017,2018, we do not believe that potential changes in the significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of the fair value for impaired loans will have a material impact on the fair value measurement of these assets or our results of operations.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 12—13—BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The following tables display segment results for the three and nine months ended February 28, 20182019 and 2017,2018, and assets attributable to each segment as of February 28, 20182019 and February 28, 2017.2018.
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $283,372
 $12,951
 $(10,757) $285,566
Interest expense (207,153) (10,939) 10,757
 (207,335)
Net interest income 76,219
 2,012
 
 78,231
Provision for loan losses (182) 
 
 (182)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 76,037
 2,012
 
 78,049
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 4,943
 632
 (1,861) 3,714
Derivative losses:        
Derivative cash settlements (9,559) (240) 
 (9,799)
Derivative forward value losses (121,574) (801) 
 (122,375)
Derivative losses (131,133) (1,041) 
 (132,174)
Total non-interest income (126,190) (409) (1,861) (128,460)
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (22,568) (2,023) 1,593
 (22,998)
Other non-interest expense 1,789
 (268) 268
 1,789
Total non-interest expense (20,779) (2,291) 1,861
 (21,209)
Loss before income taxes (70,932) (688) 
 (71,620)
Income tax benefit 
 149
 
 149
Net loss $(70,932) $(539) $
 $(71,471)
         




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

  Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $268,753
 $12,921
 $(10,206) $271,468
Interest expense (197,844) (10,433) 10,206
 (198,071)
Net interest income 70,909
 2,488
 
 73,397
Provision for loan losses (1,105) 
 
 (1,105)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 69,804
 2,488
 
 72,292
Non-interest income:       
Fee and other income 3,882
 300
 (247) 3,935
Derivative gains (losses):       

Derivative cash settlements (18,317) (607) 
 (18,924)
Derivative forward value gains 184,967
 2,005
 
 186,972
Derivative gains 166,650
 1,398
 
 168,048
Total non-interest income 170,532
 1,698
 (247) 171,983
Non-interest expense:       
General and administrative expenses (20,519) (1,693) 
 (22,212)
Other non-interest expense (402) (247) 247
 (402)
Total non-interest expense (20,921) (1,940) 247
 (22,614)
Income before income taxes 219,415
 2,246
 
 221,661
Income tax expense 
 (632) 
 (632)
Net income $219,415
 $1,614
 $
 $221,029
         




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended February 28, 2017 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:                
Interest income $257,390
 $10,593
 $(8,063) $259,920
 $838,648
 $38,880
 $(32,218) $845,310
Interest expense (186,468) (8,335) 8,063
 (186,740) (621,188) (32,762) 32,218
 (621,732)
Net interest income 70,922
 2,258
 
 73,180
 217,460
 6,118
 
 223,578
Provision for loan losses (2,065) 
 
 (2,065)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 68,857
 2,258
 
 71,115
Benefit for loan losses 1,715
 
 
 1,715
Net interest income after benefit for loan losses 219,175
 6,118
 
 225,293
Non-interest income:       
        
Fee and other income 5,698
 425
 (313) 5,810
 15,039
 1,686
 (5,505) 11,220
Derivative gains (losses):       

        
Derivative cash settlements (18,618) (736) 
 (19,354) (33,667) (766) 
 (34,433)
Derivative forward value gains 60,808
 1,001
 
 61,809
Derivative gains 42,190
 265
 
 42,455
Results of operations of foreclosed assets (29) 
 
 (29)
Derivative forward value gains (losses) (27,312) 97
 
 (27,215)
Derivative losses (60,979) (669) 
 (61,648)
Total non-interest income 47,859
 690
 (313) 48,236
 (45,940) 1,017
 (5,505) (50,428)
Non-interest expense:       
        
General and administrative expenses (18,864) (1,846) 
 (20,710) (68,537) (6,316) 4,780
 (70,073)
Gains on early extinguishment of debt 192
 
 
 192
Losses on early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
 
 (7,100)
Other non-interest expense (486) (313) 313
 (486) (1,305) (725) 725
 (1,305)
Total non-interest expense (19,158) (2,159) 313
 (21,004) (76,942) (7,041) 5,505
 (78,478)
Income before income taxes 97,558
 789
 
 98,347
 96,293
 94
 
 96,387
Income tax expense 
 (385) 
 (385) 
 (154) 
 (154)
Net income $97,558
 $404
 $
 $97,962
Net income (loss) $96,293
 $(60) $
 $96,233
                
 February 28, 2019
 CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:        
Total loans outstanding $25,975,580
 $1,125,301
 $(1,094,446) $26,006,435
Deferred loan origination costs 11,244
 
 
 11,244
Loans to members 25,986,824
 1,125,301
 (1,094,446) 26,017,679
Less: Allowance for loan losses (17,086) 
 
 (17,086)
Loans to members, net 25,969,738
 1,125,301
 (1,094,446) 26,000,593
Other assets 1,398,270
 103,783
 (92,585) 1,409,468
Total assets $27,368,008
 $1,229,084
 $(1,187,031) $27,410,061




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $795,344
 $36,127
 $(28,265) $803,206
Interest expense (585,292) (28,945) 28,265
 (585,972)
Net interest income 210,052
 7,182
 
 217,234
Provision for loan losses (503) 
 
 (503)
Net interest income after benefit for loan losses 209,549
 7,182
 
 216,731
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 13,260
 1,001
 (839) 13,422
Derivative gains (losses):        
Derivative cash settlements (56,871) (1,910) 
 (58,781)
Derivative forward value gains 302,308
 3,916
 
 306,224
Derivative gains 245,437
 2,006
 
 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets (34) 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income 258,663
 3,007
 (839) 260,831
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (60,549) (5,213) 
 (65,762)
Other non-interest expense (1,542) (839) 839
 (1,542)
Total non-interest expense (62,091) (6,052) 839
 (67,304)
Income before income taxes 406,121
 4,137
 
 410,258
Income tax expense 
 (1,491) 
 (1,491)
Net income $406,121
 $2,646
 $
 $408,767
         
  February 28, 2018
  CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:        
Loans to members $25,307,994
 $1,164,279
 $(1,129,351) $25,342,922
Less: Allowance for loan losses (37,879) 
 
 (37,879)
Loans to members, net 25,270,115
 1,164,279
 (1,129,351) 25,305,043
Other assets 1,159,806
 105,728
 (94,170) 1,171,364
Total assets $26,429,921
 $1,270,007
 $(1,223,521) $26,476,407




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2017 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:                
Interest income $766,096
 $32,944
 $(25,129) $773,911
 $795,344
 $36,127
 $(28,265) $803,206
Interest expense (550,695) (25,945) 25,166
 (551,474) (585,292) (28,945) 28,265
 (585,972)
Net interest income 215,401
 6,999
 37
 222,437
 210,052
 7,182
 
 217,234
Provision for loan losses (4,731) 
 
 (4,731) (503) 
 
 (503)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 210,670
 6,999
 37
 217,706
 209,549
 7,182
 
 216,731
Non-interest income:                
Fee and other income 14,654
 3,049
 (2,266) 15,437
 13,260
 1,001
 (839) 13,422
Derivative gains (losses): 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative cash settlements (62,048) (2,283)   (64,331) (56,871) (1,910) 
 (58,781)
Derivative forward value gains 255,018
 4,135
 
 259,153
 302,308
 3,916
 
 306,224
Derivative gains 192,970
 1,852
 
 194,822
 245,437
 2,006
 
 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets (1,690) 
 
 (1,690) (34) 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income 205,934
 4,901
 (2,266) 208,569
 258,663
 3,007
 (839) 260,831
Non-interest expense:                
General and administrative expenses (56,634) (5,567) 
 (62,201) (60,549) (5,213) 
 (65,762)
Gains on early extinguishment of debt 192
 
 
 192
Other non-interest expense (1,446) (2,229) 2,229
 (1,446) (1,542) (839) 839
 (1,542)
Total non-interest expense (57,888) (7,796) 2,229
 (63,455) (62,091) (6,052) 839
 (67,304)
Income before income taxes 358,716
 4,104
 
 362,820
 406,121
 4,137
 
 410,258
Income tax expense 
 (1,815) 
 (1,815) 
 (1,491) 
 (1,491)
Net income $358,716
 $2,289
 $
 $361,005
 $406,121
 $2,646
 $
 $408,767
                
 February 28, 2017 February 28, 2018
 CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:                
Total loans outstanding $25,296,907
 $1,164,279
 $(1,129,351) $25,331,835
Deferred loan origination costs 11,087
 
 
 11,087
Loans to members $24,222,017
 $980,395
 $(941,575) $24,260,837
 25,307,994
 1,164,279
 (1,129,351) 25,342,922
Less: Allowance for loan losses (36,029) 
 
 (36,029) (37,879) 
 
 (37,879)
Loans to members, net 24,185,988
 980,395
 (941,575) 24,224,808
 25,270,115
 1,164,279
 (1,129,351) 25,305,043
Other assets 1,374,619
 105,111
 (94,973) 1,384,757
 1,159,806
 105,728
 (94,170) 1,171,364
Total assets $25,560,607
 $1,085,506
 $(1,036,548) $25,609,565
 $26,429,921
 $1,270,007
 $(1,223,521) $26,476,407



Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see “Part I—Item 2. MD&A—Market Risk” and “Note 8—9—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, senior management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on this evaluation process, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended February 28, 20182019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

From time to time, CFC is subject to certain legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, including litigation with borrowers related to enforcement or collection actions. Management presently believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not materially harm our financial position, liquidity or results of operations. CFC establishes reserves for specific legal matters when it determines that the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is probable and the loss is reasonably estimable. Accordingly, no reserve has been recorded with respect to any legal proceedings at this time.

Item 1A.Risk Factors

Refer to “Part I— Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 20172018 Form 10-K for information regarding factors that could affect our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. We are not aware of any material changes in the risk factors set forth under “Part I— Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 20172018 Form 10-K.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.Other Information

None.


Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference or filed as part of this Report.


EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
10.01
12*
31.1*
31.2*
32.1†
32.2†
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
____________________________ 
*Indicates a document being filed with this Report.
Indicates a document that is furnished with this Report, which shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section.


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES
COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
 
Date: April 11, 20182019                     
By:/s/ J. ANDREW DON
 J. Andrew Don
 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                
    
By: /s/ ROBERT E. GEIER
 Robert E. Geier
 Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)    
        






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