UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
   
þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010
OR
   
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 000-51405
Commission File Number 000-51405
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
Federally chartered corporation 71-6013989
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
 (I.R.S. Employer
or organization)Identification Number)
   
8500 Freeport Parkway South, Suite 600
Irving, TX
 75063-2547
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(214) 441-8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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.
Yesþ            Noo
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (17 C.F.R. §232.405) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yeso            Noo
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
       
Large accelerated filero Accelerated filero Non-accelerated filerþSmaller reporting companyo
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting companyo
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yeso            Noþ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
At OctoberApril 30, 2009,2010 the registrant had outstanding 24,881,50522,121,919 shares of its Class B Capital Stock, $100 par value per share.
 
 

 


 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF CONDITION
(Unaudited; in thousands, except share data)
                
 September 30, December 31,  March 31, December 31, 
 2009 2008  2010 2009 
ASSETS
  
Cash and due from banks $1,279,474 $20,765  $835,045 $3,908,242 
Interest-bearing deposits 272 3,683,609  245 233 
Federal funds sold 3,313,000 1,872,000  3,502,000 2,063,000 
Trading securities (Note 11) 3,810 3,370 
Available-for-sale securities (Notes 3 and 11)  127,532 
Held-to-maturity securities (a) (Notes 4 and 11) 12,194,307 11,701,504 
Advances (Notes 5 and 12) 50,034,613 60,919,883 
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $241 and $261 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively 272,292 327,059 
Trading securities (Note 10) 4,169 4,034 
Held-to-maturity securities (a) (Notes 3 and 10) 11,348,566 11,424,552 
Advances (Note 4) 42,627,506 47,262,574 
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $234 and $240 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively 248,487 259,617 
Accrued interest receivable 66,807 145,284  55,817 60,890 
Premises and equipment, net 25,500 20,488  24,576 24,789 
Derivative assets (Notes 8 and 11) 54,117 77,137 
Excess REFCORP contributions  16,881 
Derivative assets (Notes 7 and 10) 29,755 64,984 
Other assets 17,152 17,386  20,631 19,161 
          
TOTAL ASSETS
 $67,261,344 $78,932,898  $58,696,797 $65,092,076 
          
  
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
  
Deposits  
Interest-bearing $999,907 $1,424,991  $1,570,914 $1,462,554 
Non-interest bearing 37 75  24 37 
          
Total deposits 999,944 1,425,066  1,570,938 1,462,591 
          
 
Consolidated obligations, net (Note 6) 
Consolidated obligations, net (Note 5) 
Discount notes 10,727,576 16,745,420  5,626,659 8,762,028 
Bonds 52,082,770 56,613,595  48,269,095 51,515,856 
          
Total consolidated obligations, net 62,810,346 73,359,015  53,895,754 60,277,884 
          
 
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock 8,646 90,353  7,579 9,165 
Accrued interest payable 208,599 514,086  191,148 179,248 
Affordable Housing Program (Note 7) 42,906 43,067 
Affordable Housing Program (Note 6) 41,744 43,714 
Payable to REFCORP 4,408   3,932 9,912 
Derivative liabilities (Notes 8 and 11) 3,445 2,326 
Derivative liabilities (Notes 7 and 10) 544 486 
Other liabilities 328,403 60,565  372,638 287,044 
          
Total liabilities 64,406,697 75,494,478  56,084,277 62,270,044 
          
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12) 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) 
  
CAPITAL (Note 9)
 
Capital stock — Class B putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares:
26,088,478 and 32,238,300 shares at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
 2,608,848 3,223,830 
CAPITAL (Note 8)
 
Capital stock – Class B putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 23,112,115 and 25,317,146 shares at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively 2,311,212 2,531,715 
Retained earnings 317,818 216,025  369,485 356,282 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Note 15) 
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of unrealized gains and losses relating to hedged interest rate risk included in net income   (1,661)
Non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities (Note 4)  (72,217)  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 
Non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities (Note 3)  (68,781)  (66,584)
Postretirement benefits 198 226  604 619 
          
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (72,019)  (1,435)  (68,177)  (65,965)
          
Total capital 2,854,647 3,438,420  2,612,520 2,822,032 
          
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
 $67,261,344 $78,932,898  $58,696,797 $65,092,076 
          
 
(a) Fair values: $12,068,626$11,390,074 and $11,169,862$11,381,786 at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                        
 For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended  For the Three Months Ended 
 September 30, September 30,  March 31, 
 2009 2008 2009 2008  2010 2009 
INTEREST INCOME
  
Advances $125,138 $434,097 $559,921 $1,337,540  $81,537 $255,879 
Prepayment fees on advances, net 1,510 544 12,164 1,839  2,673 804 
Interest-bearing deposits 64 418 243 2,267  42 96 
Federal funds sold 1,245 17,695 4,094 89,802  1,143 1,486 
Available-for-sale securities 1 2,754 469 8,323   456 
Held-to-maturity securities 38,166 87,386 116,818 258,995  38,217 40,816 
Mortgage loans held for portfolio 3,850 4,833 12,397 15,105  3,523 4,438 
Other 99 67 369 288  3 113 
              
Total interest income 170,073 547,794 706,475 1,714,159  127,138 304,088 
              
  
INTEREST EXPENSE
  
Consolidated obligations  
Bonds 104,588 367,299 480,476 1,098,031  59,104 227,052 
Discount notes 31,766 104,829 199,230 397,635  3,679 99,080 
Deposits 182 13,301 1,248 55,292  156 761 
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock 25 219 81 1,121  13 21 
Other borrowings 2 40 4 148  1 1 
              
Total interest expense 136,563 485,688 681,039 1,552,227  62,953 326,915 
              
  
NET INTEREST INCOME
 33,510 62,106 25,436 161,932 
NET INTEREST INCOME (EXPENSE)
 64,185  (22,827)
  
OTHER INCOME (LOSS)
  
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities  (28,157)   (79,942)    (7,031)  (26,215)
Net non-credit impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income 25,845  76,959  
Net non-credit portion of impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income 6,463 26,198 
              
Credit component of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities  (2,312)   (2,983)    (568)  (17)
 
Impairment loss on available-for-sale security   (2,476)   (2,476)
Service fees 856 933 2,338 2,804  563 628 
Net gain (loss) on trading securities 286  (157) 464  (290) 119  (79)
Realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities   843 2,794 
Net gains on derivatives and hedging activities 14,080 56,314 174,814 71,044 
Gains on early extinguishment of debt   176 7,566 
Realized gain on sale of available-for-sale security  843 
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities  (26,706) 126,831 
Other, net 1,476 576 4,717 3,493  1,459 1,676 
              
Total other income 14,386 55,190 180,369 84,935 
Total other income (loss)  (25,133) 129,882 
              
  
OTHER EXPENSE
  
Compensation and benefits 15,859 8,146 34,158 25,277  9,997 9,753 
Other operating expenses 6,996 6,081 20,719 18,941  6,591 7,503 
Finance Agency/Finance Board 561 432 1,724 1,297 
Finance Agency 706 602 
Office of Finance 464 434 1,503 1,282  538 534 
              
Total other expense 23,880 15,093 58,104 46,797  17,832 18,392 
              
  
INCOME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS
 24,016 102,203 147,701 200,070  21,220 88,663 
              
 
Affordable Housing Program 1,963 8,366 12,065 16,447  1,734 7,239 
REFCORP 4,410 18,767 27,127 36,724  3,897 16,285 
              
Total assessments 6,373 27,133 39,192 53,171  5,631 23,524 
              
  
NET INCOME
 $17,643 $75,070 $108,509 $146,899  $15,589 $65,139 
              
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL
FOR THE NINETHREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 AND 2008
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                                        
 Accumulated    Accumulated   
 Capital Stock Other    Capital Stock Other   
 Class B – Putable Retained Comprehensive Total 
 Shares Par Value Earnings Income (Loss) Capital 
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2010
 25,317 $2,531,715 $356,282 $(65,965) $2,822,032 
 
Proceeds from sale of capital stock 993 99,291   99,291 
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock  (3,221)  (322,132)    (322,132)
Comprehensive income 
Net income   15,589  15,589 
Other comprehensive income (loss)(a)
     (2,212)  (2,212)
   
Total comprehensive income     13,377 
   
Dividends on capital stock (at 0.375 percent annualized rate) 
Cash    (46)   (46)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock    (2)   (2)
Stock 23 2,338  (2,338)   
           
 
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2010
 23,112 $2,311,212 $369,485 $(68,177) $2,612,520 
 Class B - Putable Retained Comprehensive Total            
 Shares Par Value Earnings Income (Loss) Capital  
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2009
 32,238 $3,223,830 $216,025 $(1,435) $3,438,420  32,238 $3,223,830 $216,025 $(1,435) $3,438,420 
 
Proceeds from sale of capital stock 4,300 430,042   430,042  1,345 134,498   134,498 
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock  (9,467)  (946,695)    (946,695)  (4,835)  (483,503)    (483,503)
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock  (1,048)  (104,808)    (104,808)  (9)  (877)    (877)
Comprehensive income  
Net income   108,509  108,509    65,139  65,139 
Other comprehensive income (loss)     (70,584)  (70,584)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (a)
     (24,834)  (24,834)
      
 
Total comprehensive income(a)
     37,925 
Total comprehensive income     40,305 
      
 
Dividends on capital stock (at 0.29 percent annualized rate) 
Dividends on capital stock (at 0.50 percent annualized rate) 
Cash    (136)   (136)    (46)   (46)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock    (101)   (101)    (54)   (54)
Stock 65 6,479  (6,479)    41 4,043  (4,043)   
                      
  
BALANCE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
 26,088 $2,608,848 $317,818 $(72,019) $2,854,647 
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2009
 28,780 $2,877,991 $277,021 $(26,269) $3,128,743 
                      
 
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2008
 23,940 $2,393,980 $211,762 $(570) $2,605,172 
 
Proceeds from sale of capital stock 16,108 1,610,760   1,610,760 
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock  (6,942)  (694,179)    (694,179)
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock  (154)  (15,401)    (15,401)
Comprehensive income 
Net income   146,899  146,899 
Other comprehensive income (loss)     (2,615)  (2,615)
   
 
Total comprehensive income(a)
     144,284 
   
 
Dividends on capital stock (at 3.25 percent annualized rate) 
Cash    (136)   (136)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock    (224)   (224)
Stock 599 59,894  (59,894)   
           
 
BALANCE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
 33,551 $3,355,054 $298,407 $(3,185) $3,650,276 
           
 
(a) For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, total comprehensive income (loss) of ($5,033) and $73,218, respectively, includes net income of $17,643 and $75,070, respectively, and other comprehensive income (loss) of ($22,676) and ($1,852), respectively. For the components of other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, see Note 15.14.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                
 For the Nine Months Ended  For the Three Months Ended 
 September 30,  March 31, 
 2009 2008  2010 2009 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
  
Net income $108,509 $146,899  $15,589 $65,139 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 
Depreciation and amortization 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Depreciation and amortization
 
Net premiums and discounts on advances, consolidated obligations, investments and mortgage loans  (137,137)  (45,779)  (33,358) 29,596 
Concessions on consolidated obligation bonds 6,274 12,073  2,400 2,624 
Premises, equipment and computer software costs 3,900 3,188  1,473 1,140 
Non-cash interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock 133 1,829  8 61 
Realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities  (843)  (2,794)
Realized gain on sale of available-for-sale security   (843)
Credit component of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities 2,983   568 17 
Impairment loss on available-for-sale security  2,476 
Gains on early extinguishment of debt  (176)  (7,566)
Net increase in trading securities  (440)  (695)
Loss (gain) due to change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities 30,189  (160,095)
Net decrease (increase) in trading securities  (135) 262 
Loss due to change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities 49,421 20,538 
Decrease in accrued interest receivable 78,480 27,707  5,069 45,756 
Decrease in other assets 1,230 4,271 
Decrease (increase) in other assets  (1,630) 318 
Increase (decrease) in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) liability  (161) 6,364   (1,970) 4,200 
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable  (305,504) 102,030  11,905  (242,430)
Decrease in excess REFCORP contributions 16,881    16,285 
Increase in payable to REFCORP 4,408 10,381 
Increase in other liabilities 4,505 892 
Decrease in payable to REFCORP  (5,980)  
Decrease in other liabilities  (821)  (4,096)
          
Total adjustments  (295,278)  (45,718) 26,950  (126,572)
          
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  (186,769) 101,181  42,539  (61,433)
          
  
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
  
Net decrease (increase) in interest-bearing deposits 3,756,444  (15,479)
Net decrease in interest-bearing deposits 6,921 3,512,995 
Net decrease (increase) in federal funds sold  (1,441,000) 1,130,000   (1,439,000) 1,381,000 
Net decrease in loans to other FHLBanks  400,000 
Net decrease in short-term held-to-maturity securities  991,508 
Proceeds from maturities of long-term held-to-maturity securities 2,399,626 1,218,133  1,167,308 589,828 
Purchases of long-term held-to-maturity securities  (2,710,120)  (4,689,388)  (953,810)  
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities 42,506 87,650   32,113 
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities 87,019 257,646 
Purchases of available-for-sale securities   (350,466)
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale security  87,019 
Principal collected on advances 361,977,247 642,139,612  67,226,627 170,243,093 
Advances made  (351,288,076)  (663,850,843)  (62,571,465)  (165,789,049)
Principal collected on mortgage loans held for portfolio 54,229 42,772  10,790 16,592 
Purchases of premises, equipment and computer software  (9,335)  (1,652)  (1,207)  (1,800)
          
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 12,868,540  (22,640,507)
Net cash provided by investing activities 3,446,164 10,071,791 
          
  
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
  
Net increase (decrease) in deposits and pass-through reserves  (523,744) 616,639  50,807  (115,256)
Net proceeds from derivative contracts with financing elements 59,431 9,820 
Net payments on derivative contracts with financing elements  (5,054)  (136)
Net proceeds from issuance of consolidated obligations  
Discount notes 226,942,709 567,983,315  29,212,208 95,115,979 
Bonds 35,601,995 47,481,552  11,581,406 10,641,925 
Debt issuance costs  (6,816)  (5,629)  (2,053)  (706)
Proceeds from assumption of debt from other FHLBanks  139,354 
Payments for maturing and retiring consolidated obligations  
Discount notes  (232,860,772)  (568,995,322)  (32,337,577)  (90,872,779)
Bonds  (39,932,328)  (25,119,401)  (14,837,155)  (24,415,769)
Payments to other FHLBanks for assumption of debt   (487,154)
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock 430,042 1,610,760  99,291 134,498 
Proceeds from issuance of mandatorily redeemable capital stock 73  
Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock  (186,821)  (64,186)  (1,595)  (13,527)
Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock  (946,695)  (694,179)  (322,132)  (483,503)
Cash dividends paid  (136)  (136)  (46)  (46)
          
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  (11,423,062) 22,475,433 
Net cash used in financing activities  (6,561,900)  (10,009,320)
          
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,258,709  (63,893)  (3,073,197) 1,038 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 20,765 74,699  3,908,242 20,765 
     
      
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period $1,279,474 $10,806  $835,045 $21,803 
          
  
Supplemental Disclosures:
  
Interest paid $992,575 $1,533,182  $65,883 $463,887 
          
AHP payments, net $12,226 $10,083  $3,704 $3,039 
          
REFCORP payments $5,838 $26,343  $9,877 $ 
          
Stock dividends issued $6,479 $59,894  $2,338 $4,043 
          
Dividends paid through issuance of mandatorily redeemable capital stock $101 $224  $2 $54 
          
Capital stock reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock $104,808 $15,401  $ $877 
          
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
NOTES TO INTERIM UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1—Basis of Presentation
     The accompanying interim financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (the “Bank”) are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions provided by Article 10, Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The financial statements contain all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the Bank’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments were of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other interim period.
     The Bank’s significant accounting policies and certain other disclosures are set forth in the notes to the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008.2009. The interim financial statements presented herein should be read in conjunction with the Bank’s audited financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on March 27, 200925, 2010 (the “2008“2009 10-K”). The notes to the interim financial statements update and/or highlight significant changes to the notes included in the 20082009 10-K.
     The Bank is one of 12 district Federal Home Loan Banks, each individually a “FHLBank” and collectively the “FHLBanks,” and, together with the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks, the “FHLBank System.” The Office of Finance manages the sale and servicing of the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations. Effective July 30, 2008, theThe Federal Housing Finance Agency (“Finance Agency”), an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government, supervises and regulates the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance. Prior to July 30, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Board (“Finance Board”) had responsibility for the supervision and regulation of the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance.
     Use of Estimates.The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make assumptions and estimates. These assumptions and estimates may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of income and expenses. Significant assumptions include those that are used by the Bank in its periodic evaluation of its holdings of non-agency mortgage-backed securities for other-than-temporary impairment.impairment (“OTTI”). Significant estimates include the valuations of the Bank’s investment securities, as well as its derivative instruments and any associated hedged items. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Subsequent Events.The Bank has evaluated subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the time of their issuance on November 12, 2009.
Note 2—Recently Issued Accounting Guidance
Accounting Standards Codification.On June 29, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) established the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification” or “ASC”) as the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. The Codification is not intended to change current GAAP; rather, its intent is to organize all accounting literature by topic in one place in order to enable users to quickly identify appropriate GAAP. The Codification modifies the GAAP hierarchy to include only two levels of GAAP: authoritative and nonauthoritative. The Codification does not replace or affect guidance issued by the SEC, which continues to apply to SEC registrants. Following the establishment of the Codification, the FASB no longer issues new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts. Instead, it issues Accounting Standards Updates. The FASB does not consider Accounting Standards Updates as authoritative in their own right. Rather, Accounting Standards Updates serve only to update the Codification, provide background information about the guidance, and provide the bases for

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conclusions regarding the changes to the Codification. The Codification is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Bank adopted the Codification for the interim period ended September 30, 2009. As the Codification was not intended to alter previous GAAP, its adoption did not have any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition.
Enhanced Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.On March 19, 2008, the FASB issued guidance requiring enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative instruments and hedging activities including: (1) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; (2) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under GAAP; and (3) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with earlier application encouraged. The Bank adopted this guidance on January 1, 2009. The additional disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 8. The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition.
Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments.On April 9, 2009, the FASB issued guidance that revises the recognition and reporting requirements for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities classified as either available-for-sale or held-to-maturity and expands, and increases the frequency of, disclosures for both debt and equity securities. This guidance is intended to bring greater consistency to the timing of impairment recognition, and to provide greater clarity to investors about the credit and non-credit components of other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. For debt securities, impairment is considered to be other than temporary if an entity (i) intends to sell the security, (ii) more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovering its amortized cost basis, or (iii) does not expect to recover the security’s entire amortized cost basis (even if the entity does not intend to sell the security). Further, an impairment is considered to be other than temporary if the entity’sbest estimateof the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the debt security is less than the amortized cost basis of the security (any such shortfall is referred to as a “credit loss”). Previously, an other-than-temporary impairment was deemed to have occurred if it wasprobablethat an investor would be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of a debt security.
     If an other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) has occurred because an entity intends to sell an impaired debt security, or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the impairment must be recognized currently in earnings in an amount equal to the entire difference between fair value and amortized cost.
     In instances in which a determination is made that a credit loss exists but an entity does not intend to sell the debt security and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the debt security before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis, the other-than-temporary impairment (i.e., the difference between the security’s then-current carrying amount and its estimated fair value) is separated into (i) the amount of the total impairment related to the credit loss (i.e., the credit component) and (ii) the amount of the total impairment related to all other factors (i.e., the non-credit component). The credit component is recognized in earnings and the non-credit component is recognized in other comprehensive income. The total other-than-temporary impairment is required to be presented in the statement of income with an offset for the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment that is recognized in other comprehensive income. Previously, in all cases, if an impairment was determined to be other than temporary, then an impairment loss was recognized in earnings in an amount equal to the entire difference between the security’s amortized cost basis and its fair value at the balance sheet date of the reporting period for which the assessment was made.
     The non-credit component of any other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income for debt securities classified as held-to-maturity is accreted over the remaining life of the debt security (in a prospective manner based on the amount and timing of future estimated cash flows) as an increase in the carrying value of the security unless and until the security is sold, the security matures, or there is an additional other-than-temporary impairment that is recognized in earnings. In instances in which an additional other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings, the amount of the credit loss is reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings. Further, if an additional other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in

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earnings and the held-to-maturity security’s then-current carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an additional non-credit impairment is concurrently recognized in other comprehensive income. Conversely, if an additional other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings and the held-to-maturity security’s then-current carrying value is less than its fair value, the carrying value of the security is not increased. In periods subsequent to the recognition of an other-than-temporary impairment loss, the other-than-temporarily impaired debt security is accounted for as if it had been purchased on the measurement date of the other-than-temporary impairment at an amount equal to the previous amortized cost basis less the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings. The difference between the new amortized cost basis and the cash flows expected to be collected is accreted as interest income over the remaining life of the security in a prospective manner based on the amount and timing of future estimated cash flows.
     This “OTTI accounting guidance” is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. The guidance is to be applied to existing investments held by an entity as of the beginning of the interim period in which it is adopted and to new investments acquired thereafter. For debt securities held at the beginning of the interim period of adoption for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized, if an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the entity shall recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying this guidance as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings with a corresponding adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income. If an entity elects to early adopt this OTTI accounting guidance, it must also concurrently adopt recently issued guidance regarding the determination of fair value when there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability or price quotations are associated with transactions that are not orderly (discussed below). The Bank early adopted the OTTI accounting guidance effective January 1, 2009. As the Bank did not hold any debt securities as of January 1, 2009 for which an other-than-temporary impairment had previously been recognized, no cumulative effect transition adjustment was required.
Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for an Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly.On April 9, 2009, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies the approach to, and provides additional factors to consider in, measuring fair value when there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability or price quotations are associated with transactions that are not orderly. The guidance emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the objective of a fair value measurement under GAAP remains the same. That is, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (i.e., not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under current conditions. In addition, the guidance requires enhanced disclosures regarding fair value measurements. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. If an entity elects to early adopt this guidance, it must also concurrently adopt the OTTI accounting guidance. The Bank early adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2009 and the adoption did not have any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition. The enhanced disclosures required by this guidance are presented in Note 11.
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.On April 9, 2009, the FASB issued guidance that requires disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments, including disclosure of the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments, in interim financial statements. Previously, these disclosures were required only in annual financial statements. In addition, the guidance requires disclosure in interim and annual financial statements of any changes in the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. The guidance is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may early adopt this guidance only if it also concurrently adopts the fair value guidance discussed in the preceding paragraph and the OTTI accounting guidance. The Bank early adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2009 and the adoption did not have any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition. The required interim period disclosures are presented in Note 11.

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Subsequent Events.On May 28, 2009, the FASB issued guidance that establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This guidance sets forth: (1) the period after the balance sheet date during which management must evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, (2) the circumstances under which an entity must recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements, and (3) the disclosures that an entity must make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. In addition, the guidance requires the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date (that is, whether that date represents the date the financial statements were issued or were available to be issued). The guidance does not apply to subsequent events or transactions that are specifically addressed in other applicable GAAP. This guidance is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Bank adopted this guidance for the interim period ended June 30, 2009. The required disclosures are presented in Note 1.
     Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets.On June 12, 2009, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance that changes how entities account for transfers of financial assets by (1) eliminating the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity, (2) defining the term “participating interest” to establish specific conditions for reporting a transfer of a portion of a financial asset as a sale, (3) clarifying the isolation analysis to ensure that an entity considers all of its continuing involvements with transferred financial assets to determine whether a transfer may be accounted for as a sale, (4) eliminating an exception that currently permitspermitted an entity to derecognize certain transferred mortgage loans when that entity hashad not surrendered control over those loans, and (5) requiring enhanced disclosures about transfers of financial assets and a transferor’s continuing involvement with transfers of financial assets accounted for as sales. This guidance is effective as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009 (January 1, 2010 for the Bank), for interim periods within that first annual reporting period and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlierthereafter, with earlier application is prohibited. The recognition and measurement provisions of the guidance must be applied to transfers that occur on or after the effective date. The Bank adopted this guidance on January 1, 2010. The adoption of this guidance has not had any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition.

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Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.On June 12, 2009, the FASB issued guidance that amends the consolidation guidance for variable interest entities (“VIEs”). This guidance eliminates the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, establishes a more qualitative evaluation to determine the primary beneficiary based on power and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits, and requires ongoing reassessments to determine if an entity must consolidate a VIE. The guidance also requires enhanced disclosures about how an entity’s involvement with a VIE affects its financial statements and its exposure to risks. This guidance is effective as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009 (January 1, 2010 for the Bank), for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter, with earlier application prohibited. The Bank’s investment in VIEs is limited to senior interests in mortgage-backed securities. The Bank evaluated its investments in VIEs as of January 1, 2010 and determined that consolidation accounting is not expectedrequired under the new accounting guidance because the Bank is not the primary beneficiary. The Bank does not have the power to significantly affect the economic performance of any of these investments because it does not act as a key decision-maker nor does it have the unilateral ability to replace a materialkey decision-maker. Additionally, because the Bank holds the senior interest, rather than the residual interest, in these investments, the Bank does not have either the obligation to absorb losses of, or the right to receive benefits from, any of its investments in VIEs that could potentially be significant to the VIEs. Furthermore, the Bank does not design, sponsor, transfer, service, or provide credit or liquidity support in any of its investments in VIEs. Therefore, the Bank’s adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2010 did not have any impact on its results of operations or financial condition.
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures—Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. On January 21, 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2010-06“Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements”(“ASU 2010-06”), which amends the guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures. The guidance in ASU 2010-06 requires a reporting entity to disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and to describe the reasons for the transfers. Furthermore, ASU 2010-06 requires a reporting entity to present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs; clarifies existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3; and amends guidance on employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets to require that disclosures be provided by classes of assets instead of by major categories of assets. The new guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 (January 1, 2010 for the Bank), except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 (January 1, 2011 for the Bank), and for interim periods within those fiscal years. In the period of initial adoption, entities are not required to provide the amended disclosures for any previous periods presented for comparative purposes. The Bank adopted this guidance on January 1, 2010. The adoption of this guidance did not significantly impact the Bank’s financial statement footnote disclosures and it did not have any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition.
     Measuring the Fair Value of Liabilities.Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives.On August 28, 2009,March 5, 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-05amended guidance to provide guidance on howclarify that the only type of embedded credit derivative feature related to estimate the fair value of a liability in a hypothetical transaction (assuming the transfer of credit risk that is exempt from derivative bifurcation requirements is one that is in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another. As a liabilityresult, entities that have contracts containing an embedded credit derivative feature in a form other than such subordination will need to assess those embedded credit derivatives to determine if bifurcation and separate accounting as a third party), as currently required by GAAP. Thederivative is required. This guidance in ASU 2009-05 reaffirms that fair value measurement of a liability assumesis effective at the transfer of a liability to a market participant asbeginning of the measurement date; thatfirst interim reporting period beginning after June 15, 2010 (July 1, 2010 for the Bank). Early adoption is permitted at the liability is presumed to continue and is not settled with the counterparty. In addition, the guidance emphasizes that a fair value measurement of a liability includes nonperformance risk and that such risk does not change after transfer of the liability. In a manner consistent with this underlying premise (i.e., a transfer notion), the guidance requires that an entity should first determine whether a quoted pricebeginning of an identical liability traded in an active market exists (i.e., a Level 1 fair value measurement). The guidance clarifies that the quoted price for the identical liability, when traded as an asset in an active market, is also a Level 1 measurement for that liability when no adjustment to the quoted price is required. In the absence of a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability, an entity must use one or more of the following valuation techniques to estimate fair value:
A valuation technique that uses:
The quoted price of an identical liability when traded as an asset.
The quoted price of a similar liability or of a similar liability when traded as an asset.
Another valuation technique that is consistent with GAAP, including one of the following:
An income approach, such as a present value technique.
A market approach, such as a technique based on the amount at the measurement date that an entity would pay to transfer an identical liability or would receive to enter into an identical liability.
Additionally, ASU 2009-05 clarifies that when estimating the fair value of a liability, aentity’s first interim reporting entity should not include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of the liability. The guidance in ASU 2009-05 is effective for the first reporting period (including interim periods) beginning after issuance (October 1, 2009 for the Bank). Entities may elect to early adopt the guidance in ASU 2009-05 if financial statements have not yet been issued. The Bank adopted the guidance in ASU 2009-05 effective October 1, 2009.of this guidance. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a materialany impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition.

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Note 3—Available-for-Sale Securities
     In March 2009, the Bank sold an available-for-sale security (specifically, a government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed security) with an amortized cost (determined by the specific identification method) of $86,176,000. Proceeds from the sale totaled $87,019,000, resulting in a gross realized gain of $843,000. The Bank’s two remaining available-for-sale securities were paid in full in April and July 2009.
Note 4—Held-to-Maturity Securities
     Major Security Types.Held-to-maturity securities as of September 30,March 31, 2010 were as follows (in thousands):
                         
      OTTI Recorded in      Gross  Gross    
      Accumulated Other      Unrecognized  Unrecognized  Estimated 
  Amortized  Comprehensive  Carrying  Holding  Holding  Fair 
  Cost  Income (Loss)  Value  Gains  Losses  Value 
Debentures                        
U.S. government guaranteed obligations $56,706  $  $56,706  $406  $128  $56,984 
State housing agency obligation  2,620      2,620      85   2,535 
                   
   59,326      59,326   406   213   59,519 
                   
Mortgage-backed securities                        
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  23,003      23,003   52   7   23,048 
Government-sponsored enterprises  10,805,749      10,805,749   109,810   21,005   10,894,554 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities  483,497   68,781   414,716      48,442   366,274 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities  45,772      45,772   907      46,679 
                   
   11,358,021   68,781   11,289,240   110,769   69,454   11,330,555 
                   
                         
Total $11,417,347  $68,781  $11,348,566  $111,175  $69,667  $11,390,074 
                   
     Held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):
                         
      OTTI Recorded in      Gross  Gross    
      Accumulated Other      Unrecognized  Unrecognized  Estimated 
  Amortized  Comprehensive  Carrying  Holding  Holding  Fair 
  Cost  Income (Loss)  Value  Gains  Losses  Value 
Debentures                        
U.S. government guaranteed obligations $60,252  $  $60,252  $412  $229  $60,435 
State housing agency obligation  2,945      2,945      236   2,709 
                   
   63,197      63,197   412   465   63,144 
                   
Mortgage-backed securities                        
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  25,257      25,257      159   25,098 
Government-sponsored enterprises  11,556,387      11,556,387   61,265   93,957   11,523,695 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities  543,843   72,217   471,626      94,121   377,505 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities  77,840      77,840   1,351   7   79,184 
                   
   12,203,327   72,217   12,131,110   62,616   188,244   12,005,482 
                   
                         
Total $12,266,524  $72,217  $12,194,307  $63,028  $188,709  $12,068,626 
                   
     Held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
                        
                 OTTI Recorded in Gross Gross   
 Gross Gross    Accumulated Other Unrecognized Unrecognized Estimated 
 Amortized Cost/ Unrecognized Unrecognized Estimated  Amortized Comprehensive Carrying Holding Holding Fair 
 Carrying Value Holding Gains Holding Losses Fair Value  Cost Income (Loss) Value Gains Losses Value 
Debentures  
U.S. government guaranteed obligations $65,888 $581 $935 $65,534  $58,812 $ $58,812 $425 $174 $59,063 
State housing agency obligation 3,785  357 3,428  2,945  2,945  230 2,715 
                      
 69,673 581 1,292 68,962  61,757  61,757 425 404 61,778 
                      
Mortgage-backed securities  
U.S. government guaranteed obligations 28,632  804 27,828  24,075  24,075 8 73 24,010 
Government-sponsored enterprises 10,629,290 26,025 268,756 10,386,559  10,837,865  10,837,865 78,135 53,295 10,862,705 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities 676,804  277,040 399,764  511,382 66,584 444,798  68,682 376,116 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities 297,105  10,356 286,749  56,057  56,057 1,120  57,177 
                      
 11,631,831 26,025 556,956 11,100,900  11,429,379 66,584 11,362,795 79,263 122,050 11,320,008 
                      
  
Total $11,701,504 $26,606 $558,248 $11,169,862  $11,491,136 $66,584 $11,424,552 $79,688 $122,454 $11,381,786 
                      
     The following table summarizes (in thousands, except number of positions) the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. The unrealized losses include other-than-temporary impairments recordedrecognized in accumulated other comprehensive income and gross unrecognized holding losses and are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position.
                                     
  Less than 12 Months  12 Months or More  Total 
      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross 
  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized 
  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses 
Debentures                                    
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  1  $10,765  $26   1  $11,864  $102   2  $22,629  $128 
State housing agency obligation           1   2,535   85   1   2,535   85 
                            
   1   10,765   26   2   14,399   187   3   25,164   213 
                            
Mortgage-backed securities                                    
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  3   5,606   6   1   702   1   4   6,308   7 
Government-sponsored enterprises  30   1,345,729   3,960   131   3,070,673   17,045   161   4,416,402   21,005 
Non-agency residential                                    
mortgage-backed securities           40   366,274   117,223   40   366,274   117,223 
                            
   33   1,351,335   3,966   172   3,437,649   134,269   205   4,788,984   138,235 
                            
                                     
Total  34  $1,362,100  $3,992   174  $3,452,048  $134,456   208  $4,814,148  $138,448 
                            

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  Less than 12 Months  12 Months or More  Total 
      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross 
  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized 
  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses 
Debentures                                    
U.S. government guaranteed
obligations
    $  $   2  $23,393  $229   2  $23,393  $229 
State housing agency
obligation
           1   2,709   236   1   2,709   236 
           ��                
            3   26,102   465   3   26,102   465 
                            
Mortgage-backed securities                                    
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  8   18,344   131   3   6,754   28   11   25,098   159 
Government-sponsored
enterprises
  64   2,998,308   24,543   168   4,466,389   69,414   232   7,464,697   93,957 
Non-agency residential mortgage-
backed securities
           40   377,505   166,338   40   377,505   166,338 
Non-agency commercial
mortgage-backed securities
  1   8,256   7            1   8,256   7 
                            
   73   3,024,908   24,681   211   4,850,648   235,780   284   7,875,556   260,461 
                            
                                     
Total  73  $3,024,908  $24,681   214  $4,876,750  $236,245   287  $7,901,658  $260,926 
                            
 
     The following table summarizes (in thousands, except number of positions) the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2008.
                                     
  Less than 12 Months  12 Months or More  Total 
      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross 
  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized 
  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses 
Debentures                                    
U.S. government guaranteed
obligations
  4  $35,620  $935     $  $   4  $35,620  $935 
State housing agency
obligation
  1   3,428   357            1   3,428   357 
                            
   5   39,048   1,292            5   39,048   1,292 
                            
Mortgage-backed securities                                    
U.S. government guaranteed
obligations
  9   26,746   764   2   1,082   40   11   27,828   804 
Government-sponsored
enterprises
  130   5,116,293   108,241   115   3,695,248   160,515   245   8,811,541   268,756 
Non-agency residential mortgage-
backed securities
           42   399,764   277,040   42   399,764   277,040 
Non-agency commercial
mortgage-backed securities
  10   286,749   10,356            10   286,749   10,356 
                            
   149   5,429,788   119,361   159   4,096,094   437,595   308   9,525,882   556,956 
                            
                                     
Totals  154  $5,468,836  $120,653   159  $4,096,094  $437,595   313  $9,564,930  $558,248 
                            
     The following table summarizes (in thousands, except number of positions) the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2009.
                                     
  Less than 12 Months  12 Months or More  Total 
      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross      Estimated  Gross 
  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized  Number of  Fair  Unrealized 
  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses  Positions  Value  Losses 
Debentures                                    
U.S. government guaranteed obligations    $  $   2  $23,079  $174   2  $23,079  $174 
State housing agency obligation           1   2,715   230   1   2,715   230 
                            
            3   25,794   404   3   25,794   404 
                            
Mortgage-backed securities                                    
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  7   15,854   63   2   3,956   10   9   19,810   73 
Government-sponsored enterprises  57   2,673,949   15,359   157   4,176,445   37,936   214   6,850,394   53,295 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities           40   376,116   135,266   40   376,116   135,266 
                            
   64   2,689,803   15,422   199   4,556,517   173,212   263   7,246,320   188,634 
                            
                                     
Totals  64  $2,689,803  $15,422   202  $4,582,311  $173,616   266  $7,272,114  $189,038 
                            
     TheAt March 31, 2010, the gross unrealized losses on the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities portfolio aswere $138,448,000, of September 30, 2009 were generallywhich $117,223,000 was attributable to the continuing, though diminished, dislocation in the credit markets.its holdings of non-agency (i.e., private label) residential mortgage-backed securities and $21,225,000 was attributable to other securities. All of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities are rated by one or more of the following nationally recognized statistical ratings organizations (“NRSROs”): (1) Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), (2) Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) and/or Fitch Ratings, Ltd. (“Fitch”). With the exception of 20 non-agency (i.e., private label) residential mortgage-backed securities as presented below,with an aggregate carrying value of $227,911,000, none of these organizations had rated any of the securities held by the Bank lower than the highest investment grade credit rating at September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. Based upon the Bank’s assessment of the creditworthiness of the issuers of the debentures held by the Bank, the credit ratings assigned by the NRSROs and the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the Bank’s holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and, in the case of its non-agency commercial MBS (“CMBS”), the performance of the underlying loans and the credit support provided by the subordinate securities, the Bank expects that its holdings of U.S. government guaranteed debentures, state housing agency debentures, U.S. government guaranteed MBS and government-sponsored enterprise MBS and non-agency CMBSthat were in an unrealized loss position at March 31, 2010 would not be settled at an amount less than the Bank’s amortized cost bases in these investments. Because the declines incurrent market value deficits associated with these securities are not attributable to credit quality, and because the Bank does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, the Bank does not consider any of these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
     As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the gross unrealized losses on the Bank’s holdings of non-agency residential MBS (“RMBS”) totaled $166,338,000,$117,223,000, which represented 30.624 percent of the securities’ amortized cost at that date. The deterioration in the U.S. housing markets that began in 2007, as reflected by declines in the values of residential real estate and increasinghigher levels of delinquencies, defaults and losses on residential mortgages, including the mortgages underlying the Bank’s non-agency RMBS, has generally elevated the risk that the Bank maymight not ultimately recover the entire cost bases of some of its non-agency RMBS. Despite theAlthough this risk remains somewhat elevated, risk, based on its analysis of the securities in this portfolio, the Bank believes that the unrealized losses noted aboveas of March 31, 2010 were principally the result of diminished liquidity

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and significant risk-related risk related discounts in the non-agency RMBS market and do not accurately reflect the actual historical or currently likely future credit performance of the securities.
     As noted above, all of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities are rated by one or more NRSROs. The following table presents the credit ratings assigned to the Bank’s non-agency RMBS as of September 30, 2009 (dollars in thousands). The credit ratings presented in the table represent the lowest rating assigned to the security by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch.
                     
Credit Rating Number of Securities  Amortized Cost  Carrying Value  Estimated Fair Value  Unrealized Losses 
Triple-A  20  $225,787  $225,787  $196,225  $29,562 
Double-A  5   54,614   54,614   36,061   18,553 
Single-A  2   40,556   40,556   25,738   14,818 
Triple-B  6   82,350   70,966   42,618   39,732 
Double-B  3   35,172   23,677   18,758   16,414 
Single-B  3   60,488   28,483   30,562   29,926 
Triple-C  1   44,876   27,543   27,543   17,333 
                
Total  40  $543,843  $471,626  $377,505  $166,338 
                
     Because the ultimate receipt of contractual payments on the Bank’s non-agency RMBS will depend upon the credit and prepayment performance of the underlying loans and the credit enhancements for the senior securities owned by the Bank, the Bank closely monitors these investments in an effort to determine whether the credit enhancement associated with each security is sufficient to protect against potential losses of principal and interest on the underlying mortgage loans. The credit enhancement for each of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS is provided by a senior/subordinate structure, and none of the securities owned by the Bank are insured by third party bond insurers. More specifically, each of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS represents a single security class within a securitization that has multiple classes of securities. Each security class has a distinct claim on the cash flows from the underlying mortgage loans, with the subordinate securities having a junior claim relative to the more senior securities. The Bank’s non-agency RMBS have a senior claim on the cash flows from the underlying mortgage loans.
     To assess whether the entire amortized cost bases of its non-agency RMBS will be recovered, the Bank performed a cash flow analysis for each security as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 using two third party models. The first model

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considers borrower characteristics and the particular attributes of the loans underlying the Bank’s securities, in conjunction with assumptions about future changes in home prices and interest rates, to project prepayments, defaults and loss severities. A significant input to the first model is the forecast of future housing price changes for the relevant states and core based statistical areas (“CBSAs”), which are based upon an assessment of the individual housing markets. (The term CBSA“CBSA” refers collectively to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget; as currently defined, a CBSA must contain at least one urban area of 10,000 or more people.) The Bank’s housing price forecast as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 assumed current-to-trough home price declines ranging from 0 percent to 2012 percent over the next 96- to 15 months.12-month period beginning January 1, 2010. Thereafter, home prices are projected to increase 0 percent in the first six months, 0.5 percent in the next six months, 3 percent in the second year and 4 percent in each subsequent year. The month-by-month projections of future loan performance derived from the first model, which reflect projected prepayments, defaults and loss severities, are then input into a second model that allocates the projected loan level cash flows and losses to the various security classes in the securitization structure in accordance with its prescribed cash flow and loss allocation rules. In a securitization in which the credit enhancement for the senior securities is derived from the presence of subordinate securities, losses are generally allocated first to the subordinate securities until their principal balance is reduced to zero.
     Based on the results of its cash flow analyses, the Bank determined that it is likely that it will not fully recover the amortized cost bases of sevenfive of its non-agency RMBS and, accordingly, these securities were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. These securities included fourthree securities, with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $98.8$70.8 million at September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, that had previously been identified as other-than-temporarily impaired in prior periods2009 and threewhich were determined to be further impaired as of March 31, 2010, and two securities, with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $52.0$16.5 million at September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, that were initially determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of

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September 30, 2009. March 31, 2010. The difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected from these sevenfive securities and their amortized cost bases (i.e., the credit losses) totaled $2,312,000$568,000 as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. Because the Bank does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their remaining amortized cost bases (that is, their previous amortized cost basis less the current-period credit loss), only the amounts related to the credit losses were recognized in earnings.
     In addition to the five securities that were determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2010, four other securities were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired during 2009. The following tables set forth additional information for each of the Bank’s securities that were other-than-temporarily impaired as of March 31, 2010, including those securities that were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired in 2009 but which were not further impaired as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 (in thousands). The information is as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The credit ratings presented in the first table represent the lowest rating assigned to the security by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
                 
  Period of       Credit  Non-Credit 
  Initial Credit Total  Component  Component 
  Impairment Rating OTTI  of OTTI  of OTTI 
Security #1 Q1 2009 Single-B $13,139  $1,369  $11,770 
Security #2 Q1 2009 Double-B  13,076   16   13,060 
Security #3 Q2 2009 Triple-C  19,358   1,029   18,329 
Security #4 Q2 2009 Triple-B  8,585   54   8,531 
Security #5 Q3 2009 Single-B  11,738   220   11,518 
Security #6 Q3 2009 Single-B  10,502   274   10,228 
Security #7 Q3 2009 Triple-B  3,544   21   3,523 
              
Totals     $79,942  $2,983  $76,959 
              
                
                     Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 
 Amortized Cost Accretion of      Period of Credit Non-Credit 
 After Credit Non-Credit Non-Credit      Initial Credit Total Component Component 
 Component of OTTI Component of OTTI Component of OTTI Carrying Value Estimated Fair Value  Impairment Rating OTTI of OTTI of OTTI 
Security #1 $16,683 $11,770 $1,511 $6,424 $8,503  Q1 2009 Single-B $ $49 $(49)
Security #2 20,530 13,060 1,566 9,036 11,037  Q1 2009 Double-B    
Security #3 44,876 18,329 996 27,543 27,543  Q2 2009 Triple-C  446  (446)
Security #4 14,247 8,531 669 6,385 7,665  Q2 2009 Triple-B    
Security #5 23,373 11,518  11,855 11,855  Q3 2009 Single-B    
Security #6 20,432 10,228  10,204 10,204  Q3 2009 Single-B    
Security #7 7,713 3,523  4,190 4,190  Q3 2009 Triple-B 112 60 52 
Security #8 Q1 2010 Triple-B 4,990 10 4,980 
Security #9 Q1 2010 Double-B 1,929 3 1,926 
                      
Totals $147,854 $76,959 $4,742 $75,637 $80,997      $7,031 $568 $6,463 
                      

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      Cumulative from Period of Initial    
      Impairment Through March 31, 2010  March 31, 2010 
  Amortized  Non-Credit  Accretion of      Estimated 
  Cost as of  Component of  Non-Credit  Carrying  Fair 
  March 31, 2010  OTTI  Component  Value  Value 
Security #1 $16,049  $11,721  $2,728  $7,056  $9,781 
Security #2  19,566   13,060   2,825   9,331   11,996 
Security #3  43,474   16,934   3,130   29,670   34,277 
Security #4  13,478   8,508   1,600   6,570   7,812 
Security #5  22,199   11,454   1,523   12,268   13,365 
Security #6  18,856   10,225   1,375   10,006   10,570 
Security #7  7,321   3,575   421   4,167   4,167 
Security #8  11,489   4,980      6,509   6,509 
Security #9  5,017   1,926      3,091   3,091 
                
Totals $157,449  $82,383  $13,602  $88,668  $101,568 
                
     For those securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was determined to have occurred as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the following table presents a summary of the significant inputs used to measure the amount of the credit loss recognized in earnings during the three months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 (dollars in thousands):.
                                                
 Significant Inputs  Significant Inputs(2) Current Credit
 Unpaid Projected Projected Projected Current  Unpaid Principal Projected Projected Projected Enhancement
 Year of Collateral Principal Prepayment Default Loss Credit  Year of Collateral Balance as of Prepayment Default Loss as of
 Securitization Type Balance Rate Rate Severity Enhancement  Securitization Type(1) March 31, 2010 Rate Rate Severity March 31, 2010(3)
Security #1 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM $18,054  6.4%  77.1%  48.2%  37.9% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM $17,473  7.3%  76.0%  49.3%  37.2%
Security #2 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 20,546  8.4%  61.0%  51.3%  51.0%
Security #3 2006 Alt-A/Fixed Rate 45,905  14.0%  25.4%  43.2%  8.7% 2006 Alt-A/Fixed Rate 45,905  12.6%  31.8%  44.0%  8.3%
Security #4 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 14,300  6.8%  71.8%  44.5%  50.7%
Security #5 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 23,594  8.0%  74.6%  49.3%  49.7%
Security #6 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 20,706  7.5%  66.4%  40.2%  31.7%
Security #7 2004 Alt-A/Option ARM 7,725  10.0%  55.0%  42.0%  34.7% 2004 Alt-A/Option ARM 7,395  8.5%  60.3%  51.0%  33.8%
Security #8 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 11,499  11.5%  60.5%  42.1%  47.7%
Security #9 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 5,020  7.9%  56.5%  36.1%  47.6%
              
Total     $150,830      $87,292 
              
     
(1)Security #1 is the only security presented in the table above that was labeled as Alt-A at the time of issuance; however, based upon their current collateral or performance characteristics, all of the other-than-temporarily impaired securities presented in the table above were analyzed using Alt-A assumptions.
(2)Prepayment rates reflect the weighted average of projected future voluntary prepayments. Default rates reflect the total balance of loans projected to default as a percentage of the current unpaid principal balance of the underlying loan pool. Loss severities reflect the total projected loan losses as a percentage of the total balance of loans that are projected to default.
(3)Current credit enhancement percentages reflect the ability of subordinated classes of securities to absorb principal losses and interest shortfalls before the senior class held by the Bank is impacted (i.e., the losses, expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal balances, that could be incurred in the underlying loan pool before the security held by the Bank would be impacted, assuming that all of those losses occurred on the measurement date). Depending upon the timing and amount of losses in the underlying loan pool, it is possible that the senior classes held by the Bank could bear losses in scenarios where the cumulative loan losses do not exceed the current credit enhancement percentage.

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     The following table presents a rollforward for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 of the amount related to credit losses on the Bank’s non-agency RMBS holdings for which a portion of an other-than-temporary impairment was recognized in other comprehensive income (in thousands).
        
 Three Months Nine Months         
 Ended Ended  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 September 30, 2009 September 30, 2009  2010 2009 
Balance of credit losses, beginning of period $671 $  $4,022 $ 
Credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized 515 2,983 
Additional other-than-temporary impairment credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized 1,797  
     
Credit losses on securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized 13 17 
Credit losses on securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized 555  
      
Balance of credit losses, end of period $2,983 $2,983  $4,590 $17 
          
     Because the Bank currently expects to recover the entire amortized cost basis of each of its other non-agency RMBS holdings, and because the Bank does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, the Bank does not consider any of its other non-agency RMBS to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
     Redemption Terms.The amortized cost, carrying value and estimated fair value of held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 are presented below (in thousands). The expected maturities of some securitiesdebentures could differ from the contractual maturities presented because issuers may have the right to call such securitiesdebentures prior to their final stated maturities.
                                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Estimated Estimated  Estimated Estimated 
 Amortized Carrying Fair Amortized Carrying Fair  Amortized Carrying Fair Amortized Carrying Fair 
Maturity Cost Value Value Cost Value Value  Cost Value Value Cost Value Value 
Debentures 
Due in one year or less $484 $484 $485 $ $ $  $249 $249 $250 $249 $249 $250 
Due after one year through five years 4,131 4,131 4,212 5,386 5,386 5,565  3,600 3,600 3,660 3,607 3,607 3,689 
Due after five years through ten years 32,015 32,015 32,345 35,527 35,527 35,768  30,099 30,099 30,445 31,703 31,703 32,046 
Due after ten years 26,567 26,567 26,102 28,760 28,760 27,629  25,378 25,378 25,164 26,198 26,198 25,793 
                          
 63,197 63,197 63,144 69,673 69,673 68,962  59,326 59,326 59,519 61,757 61,757 61,778 
Mortgage-backed securities 12,203,327 12,131,110 12,005,482 11,631,831 11,631,831 11,100,900  ��11,358,021 11,289,240 11,330,555 11,429,379 11,362,795 11,320,008 
                          
Total $12,266,524 $12,194,307 $12,068,626 $11,701,504 $11,701,504 $11,169,862  $11,417,347 $11,348,566 $11,390,074 $11,491,136 $11,424,552 $11,381,786 
                          
     The amortized cost of the Bank’s mortgage-backed securities classified as held-to-maturity includes net purchase discounts of $158,456,000$139,376,000 and $161,711,000$150,047,000 at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively.

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     Interest Rate Payment Terms.The following table provides interest rate payment terms for investment securities classified as held-to-maturity at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 (in thousands):
                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Amortized cost of variable-rate held-to-maturity securities other than mortgage-backed securities $63,197 $69,673  $59,326 $61,757 
  
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity mortgage-backed securities  
Fixed-rate pass-through securities 1,058 1,253  912 937 
Collateralized mortgage obligations  
Fixed-rate 79,917 299,528  47,682 58,033 
Variable-rate 12,122,352 11,331,050  11,309,427 11,370,409 
          
 12,203,327 11,631,831  11,358,021 11,429,379 
          
  
Total $12,266,524 $11,701,504  $11,417,347 $11,491,136 
          

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     All of the Bank’s variable-rate collateralized mortgage obligations classified as held-to-maturity securities have coupon rates that are subject to interest rate caps, none of which were reached during 20082009 or the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
Note 5—4—Advances
     Redemption Terms.At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank had advances outstanding at interest rates ranging from 0.040.10 percent to 8.668.61 percent and 0.050.03 percent to 8.668.61 percent, respectively, as summarized below (in thousands).
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Weighted Weighted  Weighted Weighted 
 Average Average  Average Average 
Contractual Maturity Amount Interest Rate Amount Interest Rate  Amount Interest Rate Amount Interest Rate 
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts $13,237  4.08% $99  4.08% $3,106  4.08% $181  4.05%
  
Due in one year or less 15,822,974 1.01 20,465,819 1.69  12,210,603 1.07 14,909,262 0.98 
Due after one year through two years 8,337,200 1.31 8,346,234 2.41  8,750,265 0.88 7,059,173 1.27 
Due after two years through three years 7,181,413 0.98 6,912,931 2.83  8,707,662 0.86 8,163,416 0.80 
Due after three years through four years 9,076,212 0.86 7,916,643 2.40  4,626,506 1.04 8,637,127 0.86 
Due after four years through five years 1,945,306 1.09 8,489,391 2.52  1,331,540 1.11 1,262,879 0.99 
Due after five years 3,813,248 3.65 4,459,565 3.45  3,459,781 3.85 3,593,166 3.84 
Amortizing advances 3,366,102 4.56 3,654,181 4.62  3,162,947 4.52 3,282,368 4.53 
          
Total par value 49,555,692  1.48% 60,244,863  2.44% 42,252,410  1.47% 46,907,572  1.44%
  
Deferred prepayment fees  (870)  (937)   (3,370)  (1,935) 
Commitment fees  (76)  (28)   (109)  (110) 
Hedging adjustments 479,867 675,985  378,575 357,047 
          
  
Total $50,034,613 $60,919,883  $42,627,506 $47,262,574 
          
     The balance of overdrawn demand deposit accounts was fully collateralized at September 30, 2009 and was repaid on October 1, 2009.     Amortizing advances require repayment according to predetermined amortization schedules.
     The Bank offers advances to members that may be prepaid on specified dates without the member incurring prepayment or termination fees (prepayable and callable advances). The prepayment of other advances requires the payment of a fee to the Bank (prepayment fee) if necessary to make the Bank financially indifferent to the prepayment of the advance. At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank had aggregate prepayable and callable advances totaling $210,367,000$196,010,000 and $204,543,000,$210,151,000, respectively.

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     The following table summarizes advances at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, by the earliest of contractual maturity, next call date, or the first date on which prepayable advances can be repaid without a prepayment fee (in thousands):
                
Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts $13,237 $99  $3,106 $181 
  
Due in one year or less 15,903,056 20,528,616  12,280,619 14,975,701 
Due after one year through two years 8,369,191 8,382,703  8,776,135 7,082,672 
Due after two years through three years 7,181,758 6,943,915  8,728,473 8,187,107 
Due after three years through four years 9,101,283 7,943,468  4,651,714 8,664,137 
Due after four years through five years 1,963,242 8,486,971  1,342,179 1,277,606 
Due after five years 3,657,823 4,304,910  3,307,237 3,437,800 
Amortizing advances 3,366,102 3,654,181  3,162,947 3,282,368 
          
Total par value $49,555,692 $60,244,863  $42,252,410 $46,907,572 
          

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     The Bank also offers putable advances. With a putable advance, the Bank purchases a put option from the member that allows the Bank to terminate the fixed rate advance on specified dates and offer, subject to certain conditions, replacement funding at prevailing market rates. At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank had putable advances outstanding totaling $4,146,521,000$4,000,921,000 and $4,200,521,000,$4,037,221,000, respectively.
     The following table summarizes advances at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, by the earlier of contractual maturity or next possible put date (in thousands):
                
Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts $13,237 $99  $3,106 $181 
  
Due in one year or less 18,439,844 23,095,889  15,001,424 17,653,132 
Due after one year through two years 8,618,650 8,457,034  8,965,765 7,288,623 
Due after two years through three years 7,274,163 7,119,881  8,413,812 8,149,166 
Due after three years through four years 8,615,612 7,887,393  4,417,506 8,166,527 
Due after four years through five years 1,919,905 8,033,791  1,239,140 1,252,479 
Due after five years 1,308,179 1,996,595  1,048,710 1,115,096 
Amortizing advances 3,366,102 3,654,181  3,162,947 3,282,368 
          
Total par value $49,555,692 $60,244,863  $42,252,410 $46,907,572 
          
     Interest Rate Payment Terms.The following table provides interest rate payment terms for advances at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 (in thousands, based upon par amount):
                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Fixed-rate $23,947,347 $29,449,463  $19,171,797 $22,316,659 
Variable-rate 25,608,345 30,795,400  23,080,613 24,590,913 
          
Total par value $49,555,692 $60,244,863  $42,252,410 $46,907,572 
          
     Prepayment Fees.When a member/borrower prepays an advance, the Bank could suffer lower future income if the principal portion of the prepaid advance is reinvested in lower-yielding assets that continue to be funded by higher-cost debt. To protect against this risk, the Bank generally charges a prepayment fee that makes it financially indifferent to a borrower’s decision to prepay an advance. The Bank records prepayment fees received from members/borrowers on prepaid advances net of any associated hedging adjustments on those advances. These fees are reflected as interest income in the statements of income either immediately (as prepayment fees on advances) or over time (as interest income on advances) as further described below. In cases in which the Bank funds a new advance concurrent with or within a short period of time before or after the prepayment of an existing advance and the advance meets the accounting criteria to qualify as a modification of the prepaid advance, the net prepayment fee on the prepaid advance is deferred, recorded in the basis of the modified advance, and amortized into interest income over the life of the

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modified advance using the level-yield method. Gross advance prepayment fees received from members/borrowers were $15,377,000 and $384,000 during the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $5,135,000 and 2008, respectively, and were $25,720,000 and $1,703,000$973,000, respectively. The Bank deferred $1,615,000 of the gross advance prepayment fees during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.March 31, 2010. None of the gross advance prepayment fees were deferred during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 or the three months ended September 30, 2008. The Bank deferred $88,000 of the gross advance prepayment fees during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.March 31, 2009.
Note 6—5—Consolidated Obligations
     Consolidated obligations are the joint and several obligations of the FHLBanks and consist of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes. Consolidated obligations are backed only by the financial resources of the 12 FHLBanks. Consolidated obligations are not obligations of, nor are they guaranteed by, the United States Government. The FHLBanks issue consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance as their agent. In connection with each debt issuance, one or more of the FHLBanks specifies the amount of debt it wants issued on its behalf; the Bank receives the proceeds only of the debt issued on its behalf and is the primary obligor only for the portion of bonds and discount notes for which it has received the proceeds. The Bank records on its balance sheet only that portion of the consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor. Consolidated obligation bonds are issued primarily to raise intermediate- and long-term funds for the FHLBanks and are not subject to any

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statutory or regulatory limits on maturity. Consolidated obligation discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds and have maturities of one year or less. These notes are issued at a price that is less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature. For additional information regarding the FHLBanks’ joint and several liability on consolidated obligations, see Note 12.11.
     The par amounts of the 12 FHLBanks’ outstanding consolidated obligations, including consolidated obligations held as investments by other FHLBanks, were approximately $974$871 billion and $1.252 trillion$931 billion at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively. The Bank was the primary obligor on $62.4$53.5 billion and $72.9$59.9 billion (at par value), respectively, of these consolidated obligations.
     Interest Rate Payment Terms.The following table summarizes the Bank’s consolidated obligation bonds outstanding by interest rate payment terms at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 (in thousands, at par value).
                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Fixed-rate $23,653,705 $42,821,181  $22,437,300 $26,648,455 
Variable-rate 24,445,000 13,093,000 
Simple variable-rate 21,715,000 20,560,000 
Step-up 3,127,000 77,635  3,197,500 3,473,000 
Step-down 300,000 125,000 
Variable that converts to fixed 320,000   265,000 365,000 
Step-down 100,000 15,000 
          
Total par value $51,645,705 $56,006,816  $47,914,800 $51,171,455 
          

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     Redemption Terms.The following is a summary of the Bank’s consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, by contractual maturity (in thousands):
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Weighted Weighted  Weighted Weighted 
 Average Average  Average Average 
 Interest Interest  Interest Interest 
Contractual Maturity Amount Rate Amount Rate  Amount Rate Amount Rate 
Due in one year or less $27,318,895  1.28% $37,685,991  2.88% $22,414,410  1.10% $30,951,315  1.18%
Due after one year through two years 15,124,420 1.08 9,783,835 3.56  14,437,625 1.04 9,163,685 1.52 
Due after two years through three years 3,152,625 2.84 2,238,685 4.18  5,459,000 2.37 5,569,440 2.40 
Due after three years through four years 1,837,500 3.95 1,688,940 4.71  1,339,000 3.02 1,085,000 3.39 
Due after four years through five years 1,411,690 3.60 944,015 4.39  1,372,190 3.77 1,191,440 3.39 
Thereafter 2,800,575 4.37 3,665,350 5.52  2,892,575 3.89 3,210,575 4.04 
          
Total par value 51,645,705  1.65% 56,006,816  3.31% 47,914,800  1.52% 51,171,455  1.65%
  
Premiums 73,070 55,546  75,083 85,618 
Discounts  (16,322)  (19,352)   (13,687)  (15,451) 
Hedging adjustments 380,317 570,585  292,899 274,234 
          
Total $52,082,770 $56,613,595  $48,269,095 $51,515,856 
          
     At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s consolidated obligation bonds outstanding included the following (in thousands, at par value):
                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Non-callable bonds $45,336,965 $44,704,926  $41,409,585 $44,056,715 
Callable bonds 6,308,740 11,301,890  6,505,215 7,114,740 
          
Total par value $51,645,705 $56,006,816  $47,914,800 $51,171,455 
          

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     The following table summarizes the Bank’s consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, by the earlier of contractual maturity or next possible call date (in thousands, at par value):
                
Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
Due in one year or less $31,406,895 $43,907,096  $27,040,910 $35,970,315 
Due after one year through two years 14,916,420 7,201,835  14,154,445 8,743,005 
Due after two years through three years 2,464,945 1,766,005  4,835,000 4,358,440 
Due after three years through four years 1,487,500 1,267,440  679,000 890,000 
Due after four years through five years 376,690 645,000  287,190 216,440 
Thereafter 993,255 1,219,440  918,255 993,255 
          
Total par value $51,645,705 $56,006,816  $47,914,800 $51,171,455 
          
     Discount Notes.At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s consolidated obligation discount notes, all of which are due within one year, were as follows (in thousands):
             
          Weighted
          Average
  Book Value  Par Value  Interest Rate
 
September 30, 2009 $10,727,576  $10,737,882   0.55%
             
             
December 31, 2008 $16,745,420  $16,923,982   2.65%
             
             
          Weighted 
          Average 
          Implied 
  Book Value  Par Value  Interest Rate 
 
March 31, 2010 $5,626,659  $5,627,993   0.16%
          
             
December 31, 2009 $8,762,028  $8,764,942   0.27%
          
Government-Sponsored Enterprise Credit Facility.On September 9, 2008, the Bank and each of the other 11 FHLBanks entered into separate but identical Lending Agreements with the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) in connection with the Treasury’s establishment of a Government-Sponsored Enterprise Credit Facility. The facility was authorized by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and is designed to serve as a contingent source of liquidity for the housing government-sponsored enterprises, including each of the FHLBanks. For additional information regarding this contingent source of liquidity, see Note 12.

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Note 7—6—Affordable Housing Program (“AHP”)
     The following table summarizes the changes in the Bank’s AHP liability during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 and 2008 (in thousands):
                
 Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2009 2008  2010 2009 
Balance, beginning of period $43,067 $47,440  $43,714 $43,067 
AHP assessment 12,065 16,447  1,734 7,239 
Grants funded, net of recaptured amounts  (12,226)  (10,083)  (3,704)  (3,039)
          
Balance, end of period $42,906 $53,804  $41,744 $47,267 
          
Note 8—7—Derivatives and Hedging Activities
     Hedging Activities.As a financial intermediary, the Bank is exposed to interest rate risk. This risk arises from a variety of financial instruments that the Bank enters into on a regular basis in the normal course of its business. The Bank enters into interest rate swap, cap and forward rate agreements (collectively, interest rate exchange agreements) to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates. The Bank may use these instruments to adjust the effective maturity, repricing frequency, or option characteristics of financial instruments to achieve risk management objectives. The Bank has not entered into any credit default swaps or foreign exchange related derivatives.
     The Bank uses interest rate exchange agreements in two ways: either by designating the agreement as a fair value hedge of a specific financial instrument or firm commitment or by designating the agreement as a hedge of some defined risk in the course of its balance sheet management (referred to as an “economic hedge”). For example, the Bank uses interest rate exchange agreements in its overall interest rate risk management activities to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of consolidated obligations to approximate more closely the interest rate sensitivity of its assets (both advances and investments), and/or to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of advances or investments to approximate more closely the interest rate sensitivity of its liabilities. In addition to using interest rate exchange agreements to manage mismatches between the coupon features of its assets and liabilities, the Bank also uses interest rate exchange agreements to manage embedded options in assets and liabilities, to preserve the market value of existing assets and liabilities, to hedge the duration risk of prepayable instruments, to offset interest rate exchange agreements entered into with members (the Bank serves as an intermediary in these transactions), and to reduce funding costs.

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     The Bank, consistent with Finance Agency regulations, enters into interest rate exchange agreements only to reduce potential market risk exposures inherent in otherwise unhedged assets and liabilities or to act as an intermediary between its members and the Bank’s derivative counterparties. The Bank is not a derivatives dealer and it does not trade derivatives for short-term profit.
     At inception, the Bank formally documents the relationships between derivatives designated as hedging instruments and their hedged items, its risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking the hedge transactions, and its method for assessing the effectiveness of the hedging relationships. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as fair value hedges to: (1) specific assets and liabilities on the statement of condition or (2) firm commitments. The Bank also formally assesses (both at the inception of the hedging relationship and on a monthly basis thereafter) whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions have been effective in offsetting changes in the fair value of hedged items and whether those derivatives may be expected to remain effective in future periods. The Bank uses regression analyses to assess the effectiveness of its hedges.
     Investments— The Bank has invested in agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities. The interest rate and prepayment risk associated with these investment securities is managed through consolidated obligations and/or derivatives. The Bank may manage prepayment and duration risk presented by some investment securities with either callable or non-callable consolidated obligations or interest rate exchange agreements, including caps and interest rate swaps.
     A substantial portion of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities are variable-rate mortgage-backed securities that include caps that would limit the variable-rate coupons if short-term interest rates rise dramatically. To hedge a

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portion of the potential cap risk embedded in these securities, the Bank enters into interest rate cap agreements. These derivatives are treated as economic hedges.
     For available-for-sale securities that were hedged (with fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps) and qualified as a fair value hedge, as described below, the Bank recorded the portion of the change in value related to the risk being hedged in other income (loss) as “net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities” together with the related change in the fair value of the interest rate exchange agreement, and the remainder of the change in value of the securities in other comprehensive income as “net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities.”
     Advances— The Bank issues both fixed-rate and variable-rate advances. When appropriate, the Bank uses interest rate exchange agreements to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of its fixed-rate advances to more closely approximate the interest rate sensitivity of its liabilities. With issuances of putable advances, the Bank purchases from the member a put option that enables the Bank to terminate a fixed-rate advance on specified future dates. This embedded option is clearly and closely related to the host advance contract. The Bank typically hedges a putable advance by entering into a cancelable interest rate exchange agreement where the Bank pays a fixed coupon and receives a variable coupon, and sells an option to cancel the swap to the swap counterparty. This type of hedge is treated as a fair value hedge. The swap counterparty can cancel the interest rate exchange agreement on the call date and the Bank can cancel the putable advance and offer, subject to certain conditions, replacement funding at prevailing market rates.
     A small portion of the Bank’s variable-rate advances are subject to interest rate caps that would limit the variable-rate coupons if short-term interest rates rise above a predetermined level. To hedge the cap risk embedded in these advances, the Bank generally enters into interest rate cap agreements. This type of hedge is treated as a fair value hedge.
     The optionality embedded in certain financial instruments held by the Bank can create interest rate risk. When a member prepays an advance, the Bank could suffer lower future income if the principal portion of the prepaid advance is reinvested in lower-yielding assets that continue to be funded by higher-cost debt. To protect against this risk, the Bank generally charges a prepayment fee that makes it financially indifferent to a borrower’s decision to prepay an advance.
     The Bank may hedge a firm commitment for a forward-starting advance through the use of an interest rate swap. In this case, the swap will function as the hedging instrument for both the firm commitment and the subsequent advance. The carrying value of the firm commitment will be included in the basis of the advance at the time the commitment is terminated and the advance is issued. The basis adjustment will then be amortized into interest income over the life of the advance.
     Consolidated Obligations- While consolidated obligations are the joint and several obligations of the FHLBanks, each FHLBank is the primary obligor for the consolidated obligations it has issued or assumed from another FHLBank. The Bank generally enters into derivative contracts to hedge the interest rate risk associated with its specific debt issuances.
     To manage the interest rate risk of certain of its consolidated obligations, the Bank will match the cash outflow on a consolidated obligation with the cash inflow of an interest rate exchange agreement. With issuances of fixed-rate consolidated obligation bonds, the Bank typically enters into a matching interest rate exchange agreement in which the counterparty pays fixed cash flows to the Bank that are designed to mirror in timing and amount the cash

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outflows the Bank pays on the consolidated obligation. In this transaction, the Bank pays a variable cash flow that closely matches the interest payments it receives on short-term or variable-rate assets, typically one-month or three-month LIBOR. Such transactions are treated as fair value hedges. On occasion, the Bank may enter into fixed-for-floating interest rate exchange agreements to hedge the interest rate risk associated with certain of its consolidated obligation discount notes. The derivatives associated with the Bank’s discount note hedging are treated as economic hedges. The Bank may also use interest rate exchange agreements to convert variable-rate consolidated obligation bonds from one index rate (e.g., the daily federal funds rate) to another index rate (e.g., one- or three-month LIBOR); these transactions are treated as economic hedges.

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     The Bank has not issued consolidated obligations denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars.
     Balance Sheet Management —From time to time, the Bank may enter into interest rate basis swaps to reduce its exposure to wideningchanging spreads between one-month and three-month LIBOR. In addition, to reduce its exposure to reset risk, the Bank may occasionally enter into forward rate agreements. These derivatives are treated as economic hedges.
     Intermediation —The Bank offers interest rate swaps, caps and floors to its members to assist them in meeting their hedging needs. In these transactions, the Bank acts as an intermediary for its members by entering into an interest rate exchange agreement with a member and then entering into an offsetting interest rate exchange agreement with one of the Bank’s approved derivative counterparties. All interest rate exchange agreements related to the Bank’s intermediary activities with its members are accounted for as economic hedges.
     Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities.The Bank accounts for derivatives and hedging activities in accordance with the guidance in ASCTopic 815 of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) entitled “Derivatives and Hedging.”Hedging”(“ASC 815”). All derivatives are recognized on the statements of condition at their fair values, including accrued interest receivable and payable. For purposes of reporting derivative assets and derivative liabilities, the Bank offsets the fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement (including any cash collateral remitted to or received from the counterparty).
     Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is effective as — and that is designated and qualifies as — a fair value hedge, along with changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk (including changes that reflect gains or losses on firm commitments), are recorded in current period earnings. Any hedge ineffectiveness (which represents the amount by which the change in the fair value of the derivative differs from the change in the fair value of the hedged item) is recorded in other income (loss) as “net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities.” Net interest income/expense associated with derivatives that qualify for fair value hedge accounting under ASC 815 is recorded as a component of net interest income. An economic hedge is defined as a derivative hedging specific or non-specific assets or liabilities that does not qualify or was not designated for hedge accounting under ASC 815, but is an acceptable hedging strategy under the Bank’s Risk Management Policy. These hedging strategies also comply with Finance Agency regulatory requirements prohibiting speculative hedge transactions. An economic hedge by definition introduces the potential for earnings variability as changes in the fair value of a derivative designated as an economic hedge are recorded in current period earnings with no offsetting fair value adjustment to an asset or liability. Both the net interest income/expense and the fair value adjustments associated with derivatives in economic hedging relationships are recorded in other income (loss) as “net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities.” Cash flows associated with derivatives are reflected as cash flows from operating activities in the statements of cash flows, unless the derivatives contain an other-than-insignificant financing element, in which case the cash flows are reported as cash flows from financing activities.
     If hedging relationships meet certain criteria specified in ASC 815, they are eligible for hedge accounting and the offsetting changes in fair value of the hedged items may be recorded in earnings. The application of hedge accounting generally requires the Bank to evaluate the effectiveness of the hedging relationships on an ongoing basis and to calculate the changes in fair value of the derivatives and related hedged items independently. This is commonly known as the “long-haul” method of accounting. Transactions that meet more stringent criteria qualify for the “short-cut” method of hedge accounting in which an assumption can be made that the change in fair value of a hedged item exactly offsets the change in value of the related derivative. The Bank considers hedges of committed

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advances and consolidated obligations to be eligible for the short-cut method of accounting as long as the settlement of the committed advance or consolidated obligation occurs within the shortest period possible for that type of instrument based on market settlement conventions, the fair value of the swap is zero at the inception of the hedging relationship, and the transaction meets all of the other criteria for short-cut accounting specified in ASC 815. The Bank has defined the market settlement conventions to be 5 business days or less for advances and 30 calendar days or less using a next business day convention for consolidated obligations. The Bank records the changes in fair value of the derivative and the hedged item beginning on the trade date.
     The Bank may issue debt, make advances, or purchase financial instruments in which a derivative instrument is “embedded” and the financial instrument that embodies the embedded derivative instrument is not remeasured at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur. Upon execution of these transactions, the Bank

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assesses whether the economic characteristics of the embedded derivative are clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the remaining component of the financial instrument (i.e., the host contract) and whether a separate, non-embedded instrument with the same terms as the embedded instrument would meet the definition of a derivative instrument. When it is determined that (1) the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract and (2) a separate, stand-alone instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the embedded derivative is separated from the host contract, carried at fair value, and designated as either (1) a hedging instrument in a fair value hedge or (2) a stand-alone derivative instrument pursuant to an economic hedge. However, if the entire contract were to be measured at fair value, with changes in fair value reported in current earnings, or if the Bank could not reliably identify and measure the embedded derivative for purposes of separating that derivative from its host contract, the entire contract would be carried on the statement of condition at fair value and no portion of the contract would be separately accounted for as a derivative.
     The Bank discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when: (1) it determines that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value of a hedged item; (2) the derivative and/or the hedged item expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised; (3) a hedged firm commitment no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment; or (4) management determines that designating the derivative as a hedging instrument in accordance with ASC 815 is no longer appropriate.
     When fair value hedge accounting for a specific derivative is discontinued due to the Bank’s determination that such derivative no longer qualifies for hedge accounting treatment, the Bank will continue to carry the derivative on the statement of condition at its fair value, cease to adjust the hedged asset or liability for changes in fair value, and amortize the cumulative basis adjustment on the formerly hedged item into earnings over its remaining term using the level-yield method. In all cases in which hedge accounting is discontinued and the derivative remains outstanding, the Bank will carry the derivative at its fair value on the statement of condition, recognizing changes in the fair value of the derivative in current period earnings.
     When hedge accounting is discontinued because the hedged item no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, the Bank continues to carry the derivative on the statement of condition at its fair value, removing from the statement of condition any asset or liability that was recorded to recognize the firm commitment and recording it as a gain or loss in current period earnings.

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     Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities.The following table summarizes the notional balances and estimated fair values of the Bank’s outstanding derivatives at September 30,March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 (in thousands).
                        
             March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Notional Estimated Fair Value  Notional Estimated Fair Value Notional Estimated Fair Value 
 Amount of Derivative Derivative  Amount of Derivative Derivative Amount of Derivative Derivative 
 Derivatives Assets Liabilities  Derivatives Assets Liabilities Derivatives Assets Liabilities 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
  
Interest rate swaps  
Advances $11,263,635 $21,018 $583,959  $9,983,669 $27,572 $483,227 $10,877,414 $35,442 $481,486 
Consolidated obligation bonds 24,863,220 565,788 1,676  22,992,315 489,159 1,867 27,613,970 487,664 17,743 
Interest rate caps related to advances 76,000 83   76,000 16  76,000 69  
                    
  
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
 36,202,855 586,889 585,635  33,051,984 516,747 485,094 38,567,384 523,175 499,229 
                    
  
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
  
Interest rate swaps  
Advances 7,000  151  5,000  103 5,000  103 
Consolidated obligation bonds 8,045,000 25,273   2,575,000 5,938  8,195,000 16,611 129 
Consolidated obligation discount notes 7,552,452 15,683   642,766 1,172  6,413,343 12,766  
Basis swaps 9,700,000 19,245 1,147 
Basis swaps(1)
 8,700,000 18,712 1,038 9,700,000 22,868 1,290 
Intermediary transactions 24,200 155 107  24,200 384 339 24,200 474 428 
Interest rate caps related to advances 20,000 8   10,000 1  10,000 6  
Interest rate caps related to held-to-maturity securities 2,500,000 26,322   3,750,000 22,194  3,750,000 51,147  
                    
  
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
 27,848,652 86,686 1,405  15,706,966 48,401 1,480 28,097,543 103,872 1,950 
                    
  
Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments
 $64,051,507 673,575 587,040  $48,758,950 565,148 486,574 $66,664,927 627,047 501,179 
                    
  
Cash collateral and related accrued interest  (202,967)  (167,104)  (185,813)  (136,450)  (204,748)  (143,378)
Netting adjustments  (416,491)  (416,491)  (349,580)  (349,580)  (357,315)  (357,315)
              
Total collateral and netting adjustments(1)
  (619,458)  (583,595)
Total collateral and netting adjustments(2)
  (535,393)  (486,030)  (562,063)  (500,693)
              
  
Net derivative balances reported in statement of condition
 $54,117 $3,445 
Net derivative balances reported in statements of condition
 $29,755 $544 $64,984 $486 
              
 
(1)The Bank’s basis swaps are used to reduce its exposure to changing spreads between one-month and three-month LIBOR.
(2) Amounts represent the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements between the Bank and its derivative counterparties that allow the Bank to offset positive and negative positions as well as the cash collateral held or placed with those same counterparties.

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     The following table presents the components of net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities as presented in the statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands).
         
  Gain (Loss)  Gain (Loss) 
  Recognized in  Recognized in 
  Earnings for the  Earnings for the 
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 2009  September 30, 2009 
Derivatives and hedged items in ASC 815 fair value hedging relationships
        
Interest rate swaps $310  $57,420 
Interest rate caps  (116)  (16)
       
Total net gain related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness
  194   57,404 
       
         
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
        
Net interest income on interest rate swaps  19,667   93,003 
Interest rate swaps        
Advances  (41)  (48)
Consolidated obligation bonds  3,789   19,711 
Consolidated obligation discount notes  (1,049)  (4,810)
Basis swaps  (5,345)  4,022 
Intermediary transactions     32 
Interest rate caps        
Advances  (10)  4 
Held-to-maturity securities  (3,125)  5,496 
       
Total net gain related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
  13,886   117,410 
       
         
Net gains on derivatives and hedging activities reported in the statement of income
 $14,080  $174,814 
       
     The following table presents, by type of hedged item, the gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in ASC 815 fair value hedging relationships and the impact of those derivatives on the Bank’s net interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2009 (in thousands).
                 
  Gain (Loss) on  Gain (Loss) on  Net Fair Value Hedge  Derivative Net Interest 
Hedged Item Derivatives  Hedged Items  Ineffectiveness(1)  Income (Expense)(2) 
Advances $(57,332) $56,474  $(858) $(83,138)
Available-for-sale securities  4   (4)      
Consolidated obligation bonds  33,457   (32,405)  1,052   119,112 
             
Total
 $(23,871) $24,065  $194  $35,974 
             
         
  Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings 
  for the Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2010  2009 
Derivatives and hedged items in ASC 815 fair value hedging relationships
        
Interest rate swaps $2,508  $54,297 
Interest rate caps  (54)  (23)
       
Total net gain related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness
  2,454   54,274 
       
         
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
        
Net interest income on interest rate swaps  8,495   46,115 
Interest rate swaps        
Advances  (1)  (19)
Consolidated obligation bonds  (6,520)  (837)
Consolidated obligation discount notes  (1,622)  (8,968)
Basis swaps(1)
  (554)  36,104 
Forward rate agreements     (223)
Intermediary transactions     10 
Interest rate caps        
Advances  (5)   
Held-to-maturity securities  (28,953)  375 
       
Total net gain (loss) related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
  (29,160)  72,557 
       
         
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities reported in the statements of income
 $(26,706) $126,831 
       
 
(1) Reported as net gains (losses) on derivativesThe Bank’s basis swaps are used to reduce its exposure to changing spreads between one-month and hedging activities in the statement of income.
(2)The net interest income (expense) associated with derivatives in fair value hedging relationships is reported in the statement of income in the interest income/expense line item for the indicated hedged item.three-month LIBOR.

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     The following table presents, by type of hedged item, the gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in ASC 815 fair value hedging relationships and the impact of those derivatives on the Bank’s net interest income for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands).
                
 Derivative 
                 Gain (Loss) Gain (Loss) Net Fair Value Net Interest 
 Gain (Loss) on Gain (Loss) on Net Fair Value Hedge Derivative Net Interest  on on Hedged Hedge Income 
Hedged Item Derivatives Hedged Items Ineffectiveness(1) Income (Expense)(2)  Derivatives Items Ineffectiveness(1) (Expense)(2) 
Three months ended March 31, 2010
 
Advances $(23,849) $24,073 $224 $(78,614)
Consolidated obligation bonds 21,570  (19,340) 2,230 132,597 
         
Total
 $(2,279) $4,733 $2,454 $53,983 
         
 
Three months ended March 31, 2009
 
Advances $187,997 $(190,445) $(2,448) $(212,613) $60,200 $(61,585) $(1,385) $(57,716)
Available-for-sale securities 503  (605)  (102)  (325) 463  (337) 126  (217)
Consolidated obligation bonds  (124,586) 184,540 59,954 326,710   (76,142) 131,675 55,533 109,751 
                  
Total
 $63,914 $(6,510) $57,404 $113,772  $(15,479) $69,753 $54,274 $51,818 
                  
 
(1) Reported as net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities in the statementstatements of income.
 
(2) The net interest income (expense) associated with derivatives in ASC 815 fair value hedging relationships is reported in the statementstatements of income in the interest income/expense line item for the indicated hedged item.
     Credit Risk.Risk Related to Derivatives.The Bank is subject to credit risk due to the risk of nonperformance by counterparties to its derivative agreements. To mitigate this risk, the Bank has entered into master swap and credit support agreements with all of its derivatives counterparties. These agreements provide for the netting of all transactions with a derivative counterparty and the delivery of collateral when certain thresholds (generally ranging from $100,000 to $500,000) are met. The Bank manages derivative counterparty credit risk through the use of these agreements, credit analysis, and adherence to the requirements set forth in the Bank’s Risk Management Policy and Finance Agency regulations. Based on the netting provisions and collateral requirements of its master swap and credit support agreements and the creditworthiness of its derivative counterparties, Bank management does not currently anticipate any credit losses on its derivative agreements.
     The notional amount of its interest rate exchange agreements does not measure the Bank’s credit risk exposure, and the maximum credit exposure for the Bank is substantially less than the notional amount. The maximum credit risk exposure is the estimated cost, on a present value basis, of replacing at current market rates all interest rate exchange agreements with a counterparty with whom the Bank is in a net gain position, if the counterparty were to default. In determining its maximum credit exposure to a counterparty, the Bank, as permitted under master netting provisions of its interest rate exchange agreements, nets its obligations to the counterparty (i.e., derivative liabilities) against the counterparty’s obligations to the Bank (i.e., derivative assets). Maximum credit risk, as defined above, does not consider the existence of any collateral held or remitted by the Bank.
     At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s maximum credit risk, as defined above, was approximately $225,587,000$199,126,000 and $404,925,000,$223,871,000, respectively. These totals consist of $93,494,000$86,481,000 and $250,222,000,$85,031,000, respectively, of net accrued interest receivable and $132,093,000$112,645,000 and $154,703,000,$138,840,000, respectively, of other fair value amounts. The Bank held as collateral cash balances of $202,940,000$185,784,000 and $334,868,000$204,724,000 as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively. In early October 2009April 2010 and early January 2009,2010, additional cash collateral of $24,839,000$12,170,000 and $68,497,000,$17,591,000, respectively, was delivered to the Bank pursuant to counterparty credit arrangements. The cash collateral held is reported in derivative assets/liabilities in the statements of condition.
     The Bank transacts most of its interest rate exchange agreements with large banks. Some of these banks (or their affiliates) buy, sell, and distribute consolidated obligations. Assets pledged by the Bank to these counterparties are further described in Note 12.11.

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     When entering into interest rate exchange agreements with its members, the Bank requires the member to post eligible collateral in an amount equal to the sum of the net market value of the member’s derivative transactions with the Bank (if the value is positive to the Bank) plus a percentage of the notional amount of any interest rate swaps, with market values determined on at least a monthly basis. At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the net market value of the Bank’s derivatives with its members totaled ($107,000)312,000) and $4,000,($432,000), respectively.

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     The Bank has an agreement with one of its derivative counterparties that contains provisions that may require the Bank to deliver collateral to the counterparty if there is a deterioration in the Bank’s long-term credit rating to AA+ or below by S&P or Aa1 or below by Moody’s and the Bank loses its status as a government-sponsored enterprise. If this were to occur, the counterparty to the agreement would be entitled to collateral equal to its exposure to the extent such exposure exceeded $1,000,000. However, the Bank would not be required to deliver collateral unless the amount to be delivered is at least $500,000. The derivative instruments subject to this agreement were in a net asset position for the Bank on September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
Note 9—8—Capital
     At all times during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank was in compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory capital requirements. The following table summarizes the Bank’s compliance with those capital requirements as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 (dollars in thousands):
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008 March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Required Actual Required Actual Required Actual Required Actual 
Regulatory capital requirements:  
Risk-based capital $482,617 $2,935,312 $930,061 $3,530,208  $517,217 $2,688,276 $507,287 $2,897,162 
  
Total capital $2,690,454 $2,935,312 $3,157,316 $3,530,208  $2,347,872 $2,688,276 $2,603,683 $2,897,162 
Total capital-to-assets ratio  4.00%  4.36%  4.00%  4.47%  4.00%  4.58%  4.00%  4.45%
  
Leverage capital $3,363,067 $4,402,968 $3,946,645 $5,295,312  $2,934,840 $4,032,414 $3,254,604 $4,345,743 
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio  5.00%  6.55%  5.00%  6.71%  5.00%  6.87%  5.00%  6.68%
     Shareholders are required to maintain an investment in Class B stock equal to the sum of a membership investment requirement and an activity-based investment requirement. Currently, the membership investment requirement is 0.06 percent of each member’s total assets as of the previous calendar year-end, subject to a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $25,000,000. The activity-based investment requirement is currently 4.10 percent of outstanding advances.
     The Bank generally repurchases surplus stock at the end of the month following the end of each calendar quarter (e.g., January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31). For the repurchases that occurred on January 30, 2009,29, 2010 and April 30, 2009, July 31, 2009 and October 30, 2009,2010, surplus stock was defined as the amount of stock held by a member in excess of 120 percent of the member’s minimum investment requirement. The Bank’s practice has been that a member’s surplus stock will not be repurchased if the amount of that member’s surplus stock is $250,000 or less.less or if, subject to certain exceptions, the member is on restricted collateral status. On January 30, 2009, April 30, 2009, July 31, 2009 and October 30, 2009,29, 2010, the Bank repurchased surplus stock totaling $168,324,000, $101,605,000, $136,840,000 and $106,517,000, respectively,$106,560,000, none of which $7,602,000, $0, $0 and $0, respectively, had beenwas classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock at that date. On April 30, 2010, the Bank repurchased surplus stock totaling $70,431,000, none of which was classified as of those dates.mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

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Note 10—9—Employee Retirement Plans
     The Bank sponsors a retirement benefits program that includes health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees. Components of net periodic benefit cost related to this program for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 and 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
                
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended         
 September 30, September 30,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2009 2008 2009 2008  2010 2009 
Service cost $5 $7 $15 $21  $3 $5 
Interest cost 37 40 110 120  29 37 
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)  (9)  (8)  (26)  (25)
Amortization of prior service credit  (9)  (8)
Amortization of net actuarial gain   (1)  (2)  (3)  (6)  (1)
              
Net periodic benefit cost $33 $38 $97 $113  $17 $33 
              

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Note 11—10—Estimated Fair Values
     Fair value is defined under GAAP as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy and requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. In addition,GAAP also requires an entity is required to disclose the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements fall for assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value (that is, those assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis). The Bank carries its trading securities and derivative assets/liabilities at fair value. Prior to their sale or maturity, the Bank also carried its available-for-sale securities at fair value. Further, entities are required to disclose the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements fall for assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in periods subsequent to initial recognition (for example, impaired assets). The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels:
     Level 1 Inputs— Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. The fair values of the Bank’s trading securities were determined using Level 1 inputs.
     Level 2 Inputs— Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following: (1) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (2) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or in which little information is released publicly; (3) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, volatilities and prepayment speeds); and (4) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data (e.g., implied spreads). Level 2 inputs were used to determine the estimated fair values of the Bank’s derivative contracts and investment securities classified as available-for-sale.contracts.
     Level 3 Inputs— Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value measurement of such asset or liability. None of the Bank’s assets that are measuredrecorded at fair value on a recurring basis wereare measured using Level 3 inputs. Other than its derivative contracts (which were measured using Level 2 inputs), the Bank does not carry any of its liabilities at fair value.
     The following estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Bank using available market information and the Bank’s best judgment of appropriate valuation methods. These estimates are based on pertinent information available to the Bank as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009. Although the Bank uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of these financial instruments, there are inherent limitations in any estimation technique or valuation methodology. For example, because an active secondary market does not exist for many of the Bank’s financial instruments (e.g., advances, non-agency RMBS and mortgage loans held for portfolio), in certain cases, their fair values are not subject to precise quantification or verification. Therefore, the estimated fair values presented below in the Fair Value Summary Table may not be indicative of the amounts that would have been realized in market transactions at the reporting dates. Further, the fair values do not represent an estimate of

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the overall market value of the Bank as a going concern, which would take into account future business opportunities.
     The valuation techniques used to measure the fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments are described below.
     Cash and due from banks.The estimated fair value equals the carrying value.
     Interest-bearing deposit assets.Interest-bearing deposit assets earn interest at floating market rates; therefore, the estimated fair value of the deposits approximates their carrying value.

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     Federal funds sold.All federal funds sold represent overnight balances. Accordingly, the estimated fair value approximates the carrying value.
     Trading securities.The Bank obtains quoted prices for identical securities.
     Available-for-sale securitiesHeld-to-maturity securities.. The Bank estimated the fair values ofTo value its available-for-sale securities using either a pricing model or dealer estimates. For those mortgage-backed securities for which a pricing model was used, the interest rate swap curve was used as the discount curve in the calculations; additional inputs (e.g., implied swaption volatility, estimated prepayment speeds and credit spreads) were also used in the fair value determinations. The Bank compared these fair values to non-binding dealer estimates to ensure that its fair values were reasonable. For the one available-for-sale security (a government-sponsored enterprise MBS) for whichMBS holdings, the Bank relied upon a dealer estimate as of December 31, 2008, the estimate was analyzed for reasonableness using a pricing model and market inputs.
Held-to-maturity securities.Prior to September 30, 2009, the Bank obtained non-binding fair value estimates from various dealers for its mortgage-backed securities classified as held-to-maturity (for each MBS, one dealer estimate was received). These dealer estimates were reviewed for reasonableness using the Bank’s pricing model and/or by comparing the dealer estimates to pricing service quotations or dealer estimates for similar securities. Effective September 30, 2009, the Bank changed its method for estimating the fair values of mortgage-backed securities. The Bank’s new valuation technique incorporatesobtains prices from up to four designated third-party pricing vendors when available. These pricing vendors use methods that generally employ, but are not limited to, benchmark yields, recent trades, dealer estimates, valuation models, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings, and/or matrix pricing. A price is established for each MBS using a formula that is based upon the number of prices received (i.e., ifreceived. If four prices are received, the average of the middle two prices is used; if three prices are received, the middle price is used; if two prices are received, the average of the two prices is used; and if one price is received, it is used subject to some type of validation).validation as described below. The computed prices are tested for reasonableness using specified tolerance thresholds. PricesComputed prices within the established thresholds are generally accepted unless strong evidence existssuggests that using the formula-driven price would not be appropriate. Preliminary estimated fair values that are outside the tolerance thresholds, or that management believes may not be appropriate based on all available information (including those limited instances in which only one price is received), are subject to further analysis including, but not limited to, comparison to the prices for similar securities and/or to non-binding dealer estimates. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, four vendor prices were received for substantially all of the Bank’s MBS holdings. This change in valuation technique did not have a significant impact on the estimated fair valuesholdings and all of the computed prices fell within the specified thresholds. The relative lack of dispersion among the vendor prices received for each of the securities supports the Bank’s mortgage-backed securities asconclusion that the final computed prices are reasonable estimates of September 30, 2009.fair value. The Bank estimates the fair values of debentures using a pricing model.
     Advances.The Bank determines the estimated fair value of advances by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the advances and reducing this amount for accrued interest receivable. The discount rates used in these calculations are the replacement advance rates for advances with similar terms.
     Mortgage loans held for portfolio.The Bank estimates the fair values of mortgage loans held for portfolio based on observed market prices for agency mortgage-backed securities. Individual mortgage loans are pooled based on certain criteria such as loan type, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, and origination year and matched to reference securities with a similar collateral composition to derive benchmark pricing. The prices for agency mortgage-backed securities used as a benchmark are subject to certain market conditions including, but not limited to, the market’s expectations of future prepayments, the current and expected level of interest rates, and investor demand.
     Accrued interest receivable and payable.The estimated fair value approximates the carrying value due to their short-term nature.
     Derivative assets/liabilities. With the exception of its interest rate basis swaps, the fair values of the Bank’s interest rate swap and forward rate agreements are estimated using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the market (e.g., the relevant interest rate swap curve and, for agreements containing options, implied swaption volatility). As the provisions of the Bank’s master netting and collateral exchange agreements with its derivative counterparties significantly reduce the risk from nonperformance (see Note 8)7), the Bank does not consider its own nonperformance risk or the nonperformance risk associated with each of its counterparties to be a significant factor in the valuation of its derivative assets and liabilities. The Bank compares the fair values obtained from its pricing model to non-bindingnon-

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binding dealer estimates and may also compare its fair values to those of similar instruments to ensure

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that such fair values are reasonable. For the Bank’s interest rate basis swaps, fair values are obtained from dealers;dealers (for each basis swap, one dealer estimate is received); these non-binding fair value estimates are corroborated using a pricing model and observable market data (i.e., the interest rate swap curve).
     For the Bank’s interest rate caps, fair values are obtained from dealers.dealers (for each interest rate cap, one dealer estimate is received). These non-binding fair value estimates are corroborated using a pricing model and observable market data (e.g., the interest rate swap curve and cap volatility).
     The fair values of the Bank’s derivative assets and liabilities include accrued interest receivable/payable and cash collateral remitted to/received from counterparties; the estimated fair values of the accrued interest receivable/payable and cash collateral approximate their carrying values due to their short-term nature. The fair values of derivatives are netted by counterparty pursuant to the provisions of the Bank’s master swap and credit support agreements. If these netted amounts are positive, they are classified as an asset and, if negative, as a liability.
     Deposit liabilities.The Bank determines the estimated fair values of its deposit liabilities with fixed rates and more than three months to maturity by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the deposits and reducing this amount for accrued interest payable. The discount rates used in these calculations are based on replacement funding rates for liabilities with similar terms. The estimated fair value approximates the carrying value for deposits with floating rates and fixed rates with three months or less to their maturity or repricing date.
     Consolidated obligations.The Bank estimates the fair values of consolidated obligations by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows using discount rates that are based on replacement funding rates for liabilities with similar terms and reducing this amount for accrued interest payable.
     Mandatorily redeemable capital stock.The fair value of capital stock subject to mandatory redemption is generally equal to its par value ($100 per share), as adjusted for any estimated dividend earned but unpaid at the time of reclassification from equity to liabilities. The Bank’s capital stock cannot, by statute or implementing regulation, be purchased, redeemed, repurchased or transferred at any amount other than its par value.
     Commitments.The estimated fair value of the Bank’s commitments to extend credit, including advances and letters of credit, was not material at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 or December 31, 2008.2009.

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     The carrying values and estimated fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, were as follows (in thousands):
FAIR VALUE SUMMARY TABLE
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Carrying Estimated Carrying Estimated  Carrying Estimated Carrying Estimated 
Financial Instruments Value Fair Value Value Fair Value  Value Fair Value Value Fair Value 
Assets:
  
Cash and due from banks $1,279,474 $1,279,474 $20,765 $20,765  $835,045 $835,045 $3,908,242 $3,908,242 
Interest-bearing deposits 272 272 3,683,609 3,683,609  245 245 233 233 
Federal funds sold 3,313,000 3,313,000 1,872,000 1,872,000  3,502,000 3,502,000 2,063,000 2,063,000 
Trading securities 3,810 3,810 3,370 3,370  4,169 4,169 4,034 4,034 
Available-for-sale securities   127,532 127,532 
Held-to-maturity securities 12,194,307 12,068,626 11,701,504 11,169,862  11,348,566 11,390,074 11,424,552 11,381,786 
Advances 50,034,613 50,223,382 60,919,883 60,362,576  42,627,506 42,696,573 47,262,574 47,279,403 
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net 272,292 287,130 327,059 328,064  248,487 264,929 259,617 274,044 
Accrued interest receivable 66,807 66,807 145,284 145,284  55,817 55,817 60,890 60,890 
Derivative assets 54,117 54,117 77,137 77,137  29,755 29,755 64,984 64,984 
  
Liabilities:
  
Deposits 999,944 999,952 1,425,066 1,425,274  1,570,938 1,570,931 1,462,591 1,462,589 
Consolidated obligations:  
Discount notes 10,727,576 10,732,280 16,745,420 16,897,389  5,626,659 5,626,567 8,762,028 8,763,983 
Bonds 52,082,770 52,330,873 56,613,595 56,946,934  48,269,095 48,418,725 51,515,856 51,684,542 
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock 8,646 8,646 90,353 90,353  7,579 7,579 9,165 9,165 
Accrued interest payable 208,599 208,599 514,086 514,086  191,148 191,148 179,248 179,248 
Derivative liabilities 3,445 3,445 2,326 2,326  544 544 486 486 
     The following table summarizes the Bank’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 by their level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands). Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
                                        
 Netting    Netting   
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Adjustment(1) Total  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Adjustment(1) Total 
Assets
  
Trading securities $3,810 $ $ $ $3,810  $4,169 $ $ $ $4,169 
Derivative assets  673,575   (619,458) 54,117   565,148   (535,393) 29,755 
                      
 
Total assets at fair value $3,810 $673,575 $ $(619,458) $57,927  $4,169 $565,148 $ $(535,393) $33,924 
                      
  
Liabilities
  
Derivative liabilities $ $587,040 $ $(583,595) $3,445  $ $486,574 $ $(486,030) $544 
                      
 
Total liabilities at fair value $ $587,040 $ $(583,595) $3,445  $ $486,574 $ $(486,030) $544 
                      
 
(1) Amounts represent the impacteffect of legally enforceable master netting agreements between the Bank and its derivative counterparties that allow the Bank to offset positive and negative positions as well as the cash collateral held or placed with those same counterparties.
     During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank recorded non-credit other-than-temporary impairmentsimpairment losses on seventhree of its non-agency RMBS classified as held-to-maturity (see Note 4)3). At March 31, 2010, the three securities had an aggregate unpaid principal balance and estimated fair value of $23.9 million and $13.8 million, respectively. Based on the reduced levelcurrent lack of significant market activity for non-agency RMBS, all of the nonrecurring fair value measurements for these impaired securities fallfell within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Four third-party vendor prices were received for each of these securities and, as described above, the average of the middle two prices was used to determine the final fair value measurements.

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     The following table summarizes the Bank’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 20082009 by their level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands).
                                        
 Netting    Netting   
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Adjustment(1) Total  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Adjustment(1) Total 
Assets
  
Trading securities $3,370 $ $ $ $3,370  $4,034 $ $ $ $4,034 
Available-for-sale securities  127,532   127,532 
Derivative assets  849,571   (772,434) 77,137   627,047   (562,063) 64,984 
           
            
Total assets at fair value $3,370 $977,103 $ $(772,434) $208,039  $4,034 $627,047 $ $(562,063) $69,018 
                      
  
Liabilities
  
Derivative liabilities $ $680,064 $ $(677,738) $2,326  $ $501,179 $ $(500,693) $486 
                      
 
Total liabilities at fair value $ $680,064 $ $(677,738) $2,326  $ $501,179 $ $(500,693) $486 
                      
 
(1) Amounts represent the impacteffect of legally enforceable master netting agreements between the Bank and its derivative counterparties that allow the Bank to offset positive and negative positions as well as the cash collateral held or placed with those same counterparties.
Note 12—11—Commitments and Contingencies
     Joint and several liability.The Bank is jointly and severally liable with the other 11 FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on all of the consolidated obligations issued by the 12 FHLBanks. At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the par amount of the other 11 FHLBanks’ outstanding consolidated obligations was approximately $911.2$817 billion. The Finance Agency, in its discretion, may require any FHLBank to make principal or interest payments due on any consolidated obligation, regardless of whether there has been a default by a FHLBank having primary liability. To the extent that a FHLBank makes any consolidated obligation payment on behalf of another FHLBank, the paying FHLBank is entitled to reimbursement from the FHLBank with primary liability. However, if the Finance Agency determines that the primary obligor is unable to satisfy its obligations, then the Finance Agency may allocate the outstanding liability among the remaining FHLBanks on a pro rata basis in proportion to each FHLBank’s participation in all consolidated obligations outstanding, or on any other basis that the Finance Agency may determine. No FHLBank has ever failed to make any payment on a consolidated obligation for which it was the primary obligor; as a result, the regulatory provisions for directing other FHLBanks to make payments on behalf of another FHLBank or allocating the liability among other FHLBanks have never been invoked. If the Bank were to determine that a loss was probable under its joint and several liability and the amount of such loss could be reasonably estimated, the Bank would charge to income the amount of the expected loss. Based upon the creditworthiness of the other FHLBanks, the Bank currently believes that the likelihood of a loss arising from its joint and several liability is remote.
     On September 9, 2008, the Bank and each of the other 11 FHLBanks entered into separate but identical Lending Agreements (the “Agreements”) with the Treasury in connection with the Treasury’s establishment of a Government Sponsored Enterprise Credit Facility (“GSECF”). The GSECF is designed to serve as a contingent source of liquidity for the housing government-sponsored enterprises, including each of the FHLBanks.
     The Agreements set forth the terms under which a FHLBank may borrow from and pledge collateral to the Treasury. Under the Agreements, any extensions of credit by the Treasury to one or more of the FHLBanks would be the joint and several obligations of all 12 of the FHLBanks and would be consolidated obligations (issued through the Office of Finance) pursuant to part 966 of the rules of the Finance Agency (12 C.F.R. part 966), as successor to the Finance Board. Loans under the Agreements, if any, are to be secured by collateral acceptable to the Treasury, which consists of FHLBank advances to members that have been collateralized in accordance with regulatory standards and mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”). Each FHLBank grants a security interest to the Treasury only in collateral that is identified on a listing of collateral, identified on the books or records of a

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Federal Reserve Bank as pledged by the FHLBank to the Treasury, or in the possession or control of the Treasury. On a weekly basis, regardless of whether there have been any borrowings under the Agreements, the FHLBanks are required to submit to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, acting as fiscal agent for the Treasury, a schedule listing the collateral pledged to the Treasury. Each week, the FHLBanks must pledge collateral in an amount at least equal to the par value of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes maturing in the next 15 days. In the case of advances collateral, a 13 percent haircut is applied to the outstanding principal balance of the assets in determining the amount that must be pledged to the Treasury. As of September 30, 2009, the Bank had pledged advances with an outstanding principal balance of $7,399,500,000 to the Treasury. At that same date, the Bank had not pledged any mortgage-backed securities to the Treasury.
     The Agreements terminate on December 31, 2009 but will remain in effect as to any loan outstanding on that date. A FHLBank may terminate its consent to be bound by the Agreement prior to that time so long as no loan is then outstanding to the Treasury.
     To date, none of the FHLBanks have borrowed under the GSECF.
Other commitments and contingencies.At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank had commitments to make additional advances totaling approximately $40,263,000$35,697,000 and $81,435,000,$37,996,000, respectively. In addition, outstanding standby letters of credit totaled $4,496,217,000$4,391,727,000 and $5,174,019,000$4,648,413,000 at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively.
     At September 30,March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Bank had commitments to issue $1,315,000,000$220,000,000 and $295,000,000, respectively, of consolidated obligation bonds/discount notes,bonds, all of which were hedged with associated interest rate swaps. The Bank had no commitments to issue consolidated obligations at December 31, 2008.
     The Bank executes interest rate exchange agreements with major banks with which it has bilateral collateral exchange agreements. As of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank had pledged cash collateral of $167,085,000$136,432,000 and $240,192,000,$143,364,000, respectively, to institutions that had credit risk exposure to the Bank related to interest rate exchange agreements; at those dates, the Bank had not pledged any securities as collateral. The pledged cash collateral (i.e., interest-bearing deposit asset) is netted against derivative assets and liabilities in the statements of condition.

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     In the ordinary course of its business, the Bank is subject to the risk that litigation may arise. Currently, the Bank is not a party to any material pending legal proceedings.
Note 13—12— Transactions with Shareholders
     Affiliates of two of the Bank’s derivative counterparties (Citigroup and Wachovia)Wells Fargo) acquired member institutions on March 31, 2005 and October 1, 2006, respectively. Since the acquisitions were completed, the Bank has continued to enter into interest rate exchange agreements with Citigroup and WachoviaWells Fargo in the normal course of business and under the same terms and conditions as before. Effective October 1, 2006, Citigroup terminated the Ninth District charter of the affiliate that acquired the member institution and, as a result, an affiliate of Citigroup became a non-member shareholder of the Bank.
     The Bank did not purchase any investment securities issued by any of its shareholders or their affiliates during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 or 2008.2009.

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Note 1413 — Transactions with Other FHLBanks
     Occasionally, the Bank loans (or borrows) short-term federal funds to (from) other FHLBanks. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, interest income from loans to other FHLBanks totaled $2,000 and $171,000, respectively. The following table summarizes the Bank’sThere were no loans to other FHLBanks during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 or 2009 and 2008 (in thousands).
         
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2009  2008 
Balance at January 1, $  $400,000 
Loans to:        
FHLBank of Boston  300,000   666,000 
FHLBank of Seattle  25,000    
FHLBank of San Francisco     1,265,000 
Collections from:        
FHLBank of Boston  (300,000)  (666,000)
FHLBank of Seattle  (25,000)   
FHLBank of San Francisco     (1,665,000)
       
Balance at September 30, $  $ 
       
no borrowings from other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2010. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2009, and 2008, interest expense on borrowings from other FHLBanks totaled $1,000 and $49,000, respectively.$97. The following table summarizes the Bank’s borrowings from other FHLBanks during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands).
         
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2009  2008 
Balance at January 1, $  $ 
Borrowings from:        
FHLBank of San Francisco  200,000   320,000 
FHLBank of Seattle     25,000 
FHLBank of Atlanta     70,000 
FHLBank of Indianapolis     240,000 
Repayments to:        
FHLBank of San Francisco  (200,000)  (320,000)
FHLBank of Seattle     (25,000)
FHLBank of Atlanta     (70,000)
FHLBank of Indianapolis     (240,000)
       
Balance at September 30, $  $ 
       
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Bank’s available-for-sale securities portfolio included consolidated obligations for which other FHLBanks were the primary obligors and for which the Bank was jointly and severally liable. All of these consolidated obligations were purchased in the open market from third parties and were accounted for in the same manner as other similarly classified investments. Interest income earned on these consolidated obligations of other FHLBanks totaled $671,000 and $1,975,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. These investments matured and were fully repaid during the fourth quarter of 2008.
     The Bank has, from time to time, assumed the outstanding debt of another FHLBank rather than issue new debt. In connection with these transactions, the Bank becomes the primary obligor for the transferred debt. There were no such transfers during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the three months ended September 30, 2008 or the three months ended March 31, 2008. During the three months ended June 30, 2008, the Bank assumed a total of $135,880,000 (par value) of consolidated obligations from the FHLBank of Seattle. The net premium associated with these transactions totaled $3,474,000.

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     Occasionally, the Bank transfers debt that it no longer needs to other FHLBanks. The Bank did not transfer any debt to other FHLBanks during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 or the three months ended September 30, 2008. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank transferred $300,000,000 and $150,000,000 (par values) of its consolidated obligations to the FHLBanks of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, respectively. In addition, during the three months ended June 30, 2008, the Bank transferred $15,000,000 (par value) of its consolidated obligations to the FHLBank of San Francisco. In connection with these transactions, the assuming FHLBanks became the primary obligors for the transferred debt. The aggregate gains realized on these debt transfers totaled $4,546,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.(in thousands).
     Through July 31, 2008, the Bank received participation fees from the FHLBank of Chicago for mortgage loans that were originated by certain of the Bank’s members (participating financial institutions) and purchased by the FHLBank of Chicago through its Mortgage Partnership Finance® program. These fees totaled $37,000 and $200,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. No participation fees have been received since the termination of this arrangement on July 31, 2008.
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2009
Balance at January 1, 2009$
Borrowing from FHLBank of San Francisco50,000
Repayment to FHLBank of San Francisco(50,000)
Balance at March 31, 2009$
Note 1514 — Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
     The following table presents the components of other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 and 2008 (in thousands).
                        
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 September 30, September 30,  2010 2009 
 2009 2008 2009 2008 
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities $1 $(4,319) $2,504 $(2,269)
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities included in net income    (843)  (2,794)
Reclassification adjustment for impairment loss on available-for-sale security included in net income  2,476  2,476 
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities $ $2,216 
Reclassification adjustment for realized gain on sale of available-for-sale security included in net income  �� (843)
Non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities  (27,095)   (78,361)    (6,958)  (26,198)
Reclassification adjustment for non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized as credit losses in net income 1,250  1,402   495  
Accretion of non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses to the carrying value of held-to-maturity securities 3,177  4,742   4,266  
Postretirement benefit plan         
Amortization of prior service credit included in net periodic benefit cost  (9)  (8)  (26)  (25)  (9)  (8)
Amortization of net actuarial gain included in net periodic benefit cost   (1)  (2)  (3)  (6)  (1)
              
 
Total other comprehensive income (loss) $(22,676) $(1,852) $(70,584) $(2,615) $(2,212) $(24,834)
              

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in “Item 1. Financial Statements.”
Forward-Looking Information
This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements that reflect current beliefs and expectations of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (the “Bank”) about its future results, performance, liquidity, financial condition, prospects and opportunities, including the prospects for the payment of dividends. These statements are identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “might,” “expects,” “intends” or their negatives or other similar terms. The Bank cautions that forward-looking statements involve risks or uncertainties that could cause the Bank’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements, or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. As a result, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, evolving economic and market conditions, political events, and the impact of competitive business forces. The risks and uncertainties related to evolving economic and market conditions include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates, changes in the Bank’s access to the capital markets, changes in the cost of the Bank’s debt, adverse consequences resulting from a significant regional or national economic downturn, credit and prepayment risks, or changes in the financial health of the Bank’s members or non-member borrowers. Among other things, political events could possibly lead to changes in the Bank’s regulatory environment or its status as a government-sponsored enterprise (“GSE”), or to changes in the regulatory environment for the Bank’s members or non-member borrowers. Risks and uncertainties related to competitive business forces include, but are not limited to, the potential loss of large members or large borrowers through acquisitions or other means or changes in the relative competitiveness of the Bank’s products and services for member institutions. For a more detailed discussion of the risk factors applicable to the Bank, see “Item 1A — Risk Factors” in the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 27, 200925, 2010 (the “2008“2009 10-K”) and “Item 1A — Risk Factors” in Part II of this quarterly report. The Bank undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or any other reason.
Overview
Business
The Bank is one of 12 district Federal Home Loan Banks (each individually a “FHLBank” and collectively the “FHLBanks” and, together with the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks, the “FHLBank System”) that were created by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (the “FHLB Act”). The FHLBanks serve the public by enhancing the availability of credit for residential mortgages, community lending, and targeted community development. As independent, member-owned cooperatives, the FHLBanks seek to maintain a balance between their public purpose and their ability to provide adequate returns on the capital supplied by their members. Prior to July 30, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Board (“Finance Board”) was responsible for the supervision and regulation of the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance. Effective with the enactment of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (the “HER Act”) on July 30, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“Finance Agency”), an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government, assumed responsibility for supervising and regulating the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance. The Finance Agency has responsibilityAgency’s stated mission is to ensure thatprovide effective supervision, regulation and housing mission oversight of the FHLBanks: (i) operate in a safeFHLBanks to promote their safety and sound manner (including the maintenance of adequate capital and internal controls); (ii) foster liquid, efficient, competitive and resilient nationalsoundness, support housing finance markets; (iii) comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations, guidelines and orders (including the HER Actaffordable housing, and the FHLB Act); (iv) carry out their statutory mission only through authorized activities;support a stable and (v) operate and conduct their activities in a manner that is consistent with the public interest.liquid mortgage market. Consistent with these responsibilities,this mission, the Finance Agency establishes policies and regulations covering the operations of the FHLBanks. The HER Act providesprovided that all regulations, orders, directives and determinations issued by the Finance Board prior to enactment of the HER Act

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The Bank serves eligible financial institutions in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas (collectively, the Ninth District of the FHLBank System). The Bank’s primary business is lending relatively low cost funds (known as advances) to its member institutions, which include commercial banks, thrifts, insurance companies and credit unions. Effective with the enactment of the HER Act, Community Development Financial Institutions that are certified under the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 are also eligible for membership in the Bank. While not members of the Bank, state and local housing authorities that meet certain statutory criteria may also borrow from the Bank. The Bank also maintains a portfolio of highly rated investments for liquidity purposes and to provide additional earnings. Additionally, the Bank holds interests in a portfolio of government-guaranteed/insured and conventional mortgage loans that were acquired through the Mortgage Partnership Finance® (“MPF”®) Program offered by the FHLBank of Chicago. Shareholders’ return on their investment includes dividends (which are typically paid quarterly in the form of capital stock) and the value derived from access to the Bank’s products and services. TheHistorically, the Bank balanceshas balanced the financial rewards to shareholders by seeking to pay a dividend that meets or exceeds the return on alternative short-term money market investments available to shareholders, while lending funds at the lowest rates expected to be compatible with that objective and its objective to build retained earnings over time.
The Bank’s capital stock is not publicly traded and can be held only by members of the Bank, by non-member institutions that acquire stock by virtue of acquiring member institutions, or by former members of the Bank that retain capital stock to support advances or other activity that remains outstanding or until any applicable stock redemption or withdrawal notice period expires. All members must purchase stock in the Bank. The Bank’s capital stock has a par value of $100 per share and is purchased, redeemed, repurchased and, with the prior approval of the Bank, transferred only at its par value. Members may redeem excess stock, or withdraw from membership and redeem all outstanding capital stock, with five years’ written notice to the Bank.
The FHLBanks’ debt instruments (known as consolidated obligations) are their primary source of funds and are the joint and several obligations of all 12 FHLBanks. Consolidated obligations are issued through the Office of Finance acting as agent for the FHLBanks and generally are publicly traded in the over-the-counter market. The Bank records on its balance sheet only those consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor. Consolidated obligations are not obligations of the United States Government and the United States Government does not guarantee them. Consolidated obligations are rated Aaa/P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and AAA/A-1+ by Standard & PoorsPoor’s (“S&P”), which are the highest ratings available from these nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”). These ratings indicate that Moody’s and S&P have concluded that the FHLBanks have an extremely strong capacity to meet their commitments to pay principal and interest on consolidated obligations, and that consolidated obligations are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk. The ratings also reflect the FHLBank System’s status as a GSE. Historically, the FHLBanks’ GSE status and highest available credit ratings on consolidated obligations have provided the FHLBanks with excellent capital markets access. Deposits, other borrowings and the proceeds from capital stock issued to members are also sources of funds for the Bank.
In addition to ratings on the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations, each FHLBank is rated individually by both S&P and Moody’s. These individual FHLBank ratings apply to obligations of the respective FHLBanks, such as interest rate derivatives, deposits, and letters of credit. As of November 11, 2009,May 1, 2010, Moody’s had assigned a deposit rating of Aaa/P-1 to the Bank. At that same date, the Bank was rated AAA/A-1+ by S&P.
Shareholders, bondholders and prospective shareholders and bondholders should understand that these ratings are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell securities and they may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the NRSRO. The ratings from each of the NRSROs should be evaluated independently.
The Bank conducts its business and fulfills its public purpose primarily by acting as a financial intermediary between its members and the capital markets. The intermediation of the timing, structure, and amount of its members’ credit needs with the investment requirements of the Bank’s creditors is made possible by the extensive use of interest rate exchange agreements, including interest rate swaps and caps.
The Bank’s interest rate exchange agreements are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of Topic 815 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification entitled “Derivatives and Hedging”(“ASC 815”).

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The Bank considers its “core earnings” to be net earnings exclusive ofof: (1) gains or losses on the sales of investment securities, andif any; (2) gains or losses on the retirement or transfer of debt, if any, andany; (3) prepayment fees on advances; (4) fair value adjustments required by ASC 815 (except for net interest payments associated with derivativesderivatives); and hedging activities,(5) realized gains and losses associated with early terminations of derivative transactions. The Bank’s core earnings are generated primarily from net

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interest income and typically tend to rise and fall with the overall level of interest rates, particularly short-term money market rates. Because the Bank is a cooperatively owned wholesale institution, the spread component of its net interest income is much smaller than a typical commercial bank, and a relatively larger portion of its net interest income is derived from the investment of its capital. The Bank’sBank endeavors to maintain a fairly neutral interest rate risk profile is typically fairly neutral.profile. As a result, the Bank’s capital is effectively invested in shorter-term assets and its core earnings and returns on capital (exclusive of gainsstock (based on the sales of investment securities and the retirement or transfer of debt, if any, and fair value adjustments associated with derivatives and hedging activities)core earnings) generally tend to follow short-term interest rates.
The Bank’s profitability objective is to achieve a rate of return on members’ capital stock investment sufficient to allow the Bank to meet its retained earnings growth objectives and pay dividends on capital stock at rates that approximateequal or exceed the average effective federal funds rate. The following table summarizes the Bank’s return on average capital stock, the average effective federal funds rate and the Bank’s dividend payment rate for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (all percentages are annualized figures; percentages for the nine-month periods represent weighted average rates).
                                 
  Three Months Ended  Three Months Ended  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  March 31,  June 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
  2009  2008  2009  2008  2009  2008  2009  2008 
Return on average capital stock  8.96%  5.11%  3.66%  5.71%  2.59%  9.85%  5.14%  7.05%
                                 
Average effective federal funds rate  0.18%  3.18%  0.18%  2.09%  0.16%  1.94%  0.17%  2.40%
                                 
Dividend rate paid  0.50%  4.50%  0.18%  3.18%  0.18%  2.09%  0.29%  3.25%
                                 
Reference average effective federal funds rate (reference rate)(1)
  0.51%  4.50%  0.18%  3.18%  0.18%  2.09%  0.29%  3.25%
(1)See discussion below for a description of the reference rate.
For a discussion of the Bank’s returns on capital stock and the reasons for the variability in those returns from period-to-period, see the section below entitled “Results of Operations.”
The Bank’s quarterly dividends are based upon the Bank’sits operating results, shareholders’ average capital stock holdings and the average effective federal funds rate for the immediately preceding quarter. While the Bank has had a long-standing practice of paying quarterly dividends, future dividend payments cannot be assured.
To provide more meaningful comparisons between the average effective federal funds rate and the Bank’s dividend rate, the above table sets forth a “reference average effective federal funds rate.” For the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, the reference average effective federal funds rate reflects the average effective federal funds rate for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2007, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, the reference average effective federal funds rate reflects the average effective federal funds rate for the first quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2008, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the reference average effective federal funds rate reflects the average effective federal funds rate for the second quarter of 2009 and the second quarter of 2008, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the reference average effective federal funds rate reflects the average effective federal funds rate for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
The Bank operates in only one reportable segment. All of the Bank’s revenues are derived from U.S. operations.

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The following table summarizes the Bank’s membership, by type of institution, as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY
         
MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY
 
  March 31,  December 31, 
  2010  2009 
Commercial banks  754   753 
Thrifts  85   85 
Credit unions  70   65 
Insurance companies  20   20 
       
         
Total members  929   923 
         
Housing associates  8   8 
Non-member borrowers  11   12 
       
         
Total  948   943 
       
         
Community Financial Institutions  788   788 
       
         
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2009  2008 
Commercial banks  759   759 
Thrifts  86   85 
Credit unions  64   60 
Insurance companies  19   19 
       
         
Total members  928   923 
         
Housing associates  8   8 
Non-member borrowers  12   13 
       
         
Total  948   944 
       
         
Community Financial Institutions (CFIs)  794   796 
       
For 2010, Community Financial Institutions (“CFIs”) are defined by the HER Act to include all institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) with average total assets as of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 of less than $1.029 billion. For 2009, CFIs were defined as FDIC-insured institutions with average total assets as of December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 of less than $1.011 billion.

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Financial Market Conditions
Although capital markets have not returned to pre-credit crisis conditions, credit market conditions during the third quarterfirst three months of 20092010 continued the trend of noticeable improvement that began in late 2008. Several government programs that were either introduced or expandedobserved during the fourth quarter of 2008 appear to have supported the increased degree of stability2009. Volatility remained subdued in the capitalequity and bond markets, interest rates remained relatively stable, and risk spreads contracted slightly.
In 2008, the U.S. and other governments and their central banks developed and implemented aggressive initiatives in an effort to provide support for and to restore the functioning of the global credit markets. Those programs includeincluded the implementation by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) authorized by Congress in October 2008 and the Federal Reserve’s purchases of commercial paper, agency debt securities (including FHLBank debt) and agency mortgage-backed securities.securities (“MBS”). In addition, the Federal Reserve’s discount window lending and Term Auction Facility (“TAF”) for auctions of short-term liquidity, and the expansion of insured deposit limits and the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (“TLGP”) provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) have all provided additional liquidity support for depository institutions.
As financial market conditions have improved in 2009, the level of support provided by some of these government programs has stabilized or contracted. For instance, direct lending by the Federal Reserve to depository institutions, which had reached approximately $530 billion by December 31, 2008, and remained at about that level through April 2009 before decliningdeclined to about $320$96 billion at the end of JuneDecember 31, 2009 and to about $206$12 billion at September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. Otherwise unsecured debt issued by commercial banks and guaranteed by the FDIC, which had reached approximately $330 billion by March 31, 2009, remained near that level at June 30, 2009 and declined to $309approximately $305 billion at September 30, 2009.
In addition,March 31, 2010. The Federal Reserve conducted its final auction under the increaseTAF in the FDIC insured deposit limit to $250,000 for all types of accounts and to an unlimited level for transaction accounts covered by the TLGP have encouraged depositors to leave larger balances in bank deposit accounts. The increased deposit insurance coverage contributed to significant growth in deposits at federally insured institutions in the fourth quarter of 2008March 2010 and the first quarter of 2009, which provided an additional layer of liquidity at depository institutions. As marketTARP is scheduled to expire in October 2010. The Federal Reserve’s agency debt and economic conditions stabilized, the deposit growth rate subsequently slowed significantly in the second quarter of 2009, the last quarter for which data is available.agency MBS purchase programs ended on March 31, 2010, with purchases totaling $172 billion and $1.25 trillion, respectively.
In addition to other actions to provide liquidity directly to the markets, theThe Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Board has maintained its target for the federal funds rate at a range between 0 and 0.25 percent throughout 2009. At September 30, 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. During these periods, the Federal Reserve alsopaid interest on required and excess reserves held approximately $694 billionby depository institutions at a rate of mortgage-backed securities issued by0.25 percent, equivalent to the upper boundary of the target range for federal funds. The government programs discussed above significantly increased the amount of reserves in the banking system, thereby reducing the demand for federal funds and the rate of interest paid on federal funds, which contributed to an effective federal funds rate that was below the upper end of the targeted range for all of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. As a result, most commercial banks have retained their excess liquidity at the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”)Reserve rather than selling federal funds in the market, and in doing so have limited the volume of overnight federal funds trading. Because GSEs cannot earn interest on their reserves at the Federal Home Loan

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Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) as partReserve, these institutions have continued to sell their excess liquidity in the federal funds market. However, the lack of its program to purchase as much as $1.25 trilliondemand for such funds has resulted in the effective federal funds rate remaining below the upper end of such securities.the target range for the federal funds rate.
In addition,One- and three-month LIBOR rates remained relatively stable during the first three months of 2010, with one- and three-month LIBOR rates continued to stabilize and the spread between those rates continued to shrink during the third quarter of 2009, ending the periodquarter at 0.25 percent and 0.29 percent, respectively. More stablerespectively, as compared to 0.23 percent and 0.25 percent, respectively, at the end of 2009. Stable one- and three-month LIBOR rates, combined with smallerthe small spreads between those two indices and between those indices and overnight lending rates, suggest some degree of general improvement and more confidence inthe inter-bank lending markets.
Along with these general, if gradual, credit market improvements over the last several months, the FHLBanks’ access to debt with a wider rangemarkets are relatively stable. As of maturities has also improved somewhat. The FHLBanks’ cost of issuingApril 30, 2010, one- to three-year debt compared toand three-month LIBOR on a swapped cash flow basis continued the improvement in the third quarter of 2009 that began late in the first quarter. While there are still investor preferences for relatively shorter-maturity assets, investor interest inrates had increased slightly to 0.29 percent and the pricing of longer-dated securities has improved.
Economic conditions also appear to be showing some early signs of eventual improvement, including positive growth in the gross domestic product (“GDP”) for the third quarter of 2009. While much of the significant deterioration in economic conditions that followed the disruptive financial market events of September 2008, including unemployment rates, has not reversed, and the economy has remained weak since that time, policy makers have interpreted recent data and the third quarter GDP data to indicate that the pace of economic decline has begun to reverse itself. Those early signs of improvement notwithstanding, the prospects for and potential timing of renewed economic growth (and employment growth in particular) remain very uncertain. The ongoing weak economic outlook, along with continued uncertainty regarding the extent that weak economic conditions will extend future losses at large financial institutions to a wider range of asset classes, and the nature and extent of the ongoing need for the government to support the banking industry and the broader capital markets, have combined to maintain market participants’ somewhat cautious approach to the credit markets.0.35 percent, respectively.
The following table presents information on keyvarious market interest rates at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 and keyvarious average market interest rates for the three-quarters ended March 31, 2010 and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.2009.

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 September 30, December 31, Third Third Average for the Average for the             
 2009 2008 Quarter Quarter Nine Months Nine Months Ending Rate Average Rate
 Ending Ending 2009 2008 Ended Ended March 31, December 31, First Quarter First Quarter
 Rate Rate Average Average September 30, 2009 September 30, 2008 2010 2009 2010 2009
Federal Funds Target(1)
  0.25%  0.25%  0.25%  2.00%  0.25%  2.42%  0.25%  0.25%  0.25%  0.25%
Average Effective 
Federal Funds Rate(2)
  0.07%  0.14%  0.16%  1.94%  0.17%  2.40%
Average Effective Federal Funds Rate(2)
  0.09%  0.05%  0.13%  0.18%
1-month LIBOR(1)
  0.25%  0.44%  0.27%  2.62%  0.37%  2.84%  0.25%  0.23%  0.23%  0.46%
3-month LIBOR (1)
  0.29%  1.43%  0.41%  2.91%  0.83%  2.98%  0.29%  0.25%  0.26%  1.24%
2-year LIBOR (1)
  1.29%  1.48%  1.40%  3.37%  1.48%  3.16%  1.19%  1.42%  1.15%  1.54%
5-year LIBOR (1)
  2.65%  2.13%  2.85%  4.08%  2.65%  3.88%  2.73%  2.98%  2.70%  2.37%
10-year LIBOR (1)
  3.46%  2.56%  3.72%  4.55%  3.39%  4.46%  3.82%  3.97%  3.78%  2.93%
3-month U.S. Treasury (1)
  0.14%  0.08%  0.16%  1.54%  0.18%  1.76%  0.16%  0.06%  0.11%  0.21%
2-year U.S. Treasury (1)
  0.95%  0.77%  1.03%  2.36%  0.99%  2.27%  1.02%  1.14%  0.92%  0.90%
5-year U.S. Treasury (1)
  2.31%  1.55%  2.47%  3.11%  2.16%  3.00%  2.55%  2.69%  2.43%  1.76%
10-year U.S. Treasury (1)
  3.31%  2.21%  3.52%  3.85%  3.20%  3.79%  3.84%  3.85%  3.72%  2.74%
 
(1) Source: Bloomberg
 
(2) Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release

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Economic conditions continued to show signs of improvement during the first quarter of 2010, including positive growth in the gross domestic product for the third consecutive quarter, a year-over-year increase in national average housing prices in February 2010, employment gains, and increases in manufacturing activity and consumer spending. Policy makers have cautiously interpreted recent data to indicate that certain aspects of the economy are improving. These early signs of economic improvement notwithstanding, the sustainability and extent of the improved economic conditions, and the prospects for and potential timing of further improvements (in particular, employment growth), remain very uncertain.


Year-to-Date 2009First Quarter 2010 Summary
  The Bank ended the thirdfirst quarter of 20092010 with total assets of $67.3$58.7 billion and total advances of $50.0$42.6 billion, a decrease from $78.9$65.1 billion and $60.9$47.3 billion, respectively, at the end of 2008.2009. The $10.9$4.7 billion decline in advances during the quarter was attributable in large part to the repaymentmaturity of approximately $7.5$2.7 billion of advances byto three large borrowers, as further discussed in the section below entitled “Financial Condition — Advances.” The remaining decline in advances during the quarter was attributable to a general decline in member demand which the Bank believes was due, at least in part, to increases in members’ deposit levels and reduced lending activity due to weak economic conditions.
 
  The Bank’s net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009first quarter of 2010 was $17.6$15.6 million, and $108.5including net interest income of $64.2 million respectively, including $14.1partially offset by $26.7 million and $174.8 million, respectively, inof net gainslosses on derivatives and hedging activities and net interest income of $33.5 million and $25.4 million, respectively.activities. The Bank’s net interest income excludes net interest payments associated with economic hedge derivatives, which contributed significantly to the Bank’s overall income before assessments of $24.0 million and $147.7$21.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.first quarter of 2010. Had the net interest income on economic hedge derivatives been included in net interest income, the Bank’s net interest income would have been higher (and its net gains/losses on derivatives and hedging activities would have been lower)higher) by $19.7 million and $93.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.$8.5 million.
 
  The Bank’s net interest income for the first nine monthsquarter of 20092010 was adverselypositively impacted by actions the Bank took in late 2008 to ensure its ability to provide liquidity to its members during a period of unusual market disruption. At the height of the credit market disruptions in the early part of the fourth quarter of 2008, and in order to ensure that the Bank would have sufficient liquidity on hand to fund member advances throughout the year-end period, the Bank replaced short-term liabilities with new issues of debt with maturities that extended into 2009. Ashigher yields subsequently declined sharply on the Bank’s short-term assets, including overnight federal funds sold and short-term advances to members, this debt was carried at a negative spread.portfolio of collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). During the quarter, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) repurchased delinquent loans from the mortgage pools underlying its CMOs that are owned by the Bank. The negative spreadrepayments resulting from these repurchases resulted in approximately $6.6 million of accelerated accretion of the purchase discounts associated with the investment of the remaining portion of this debt in low-yielding short-term assets was a significant contributor to the Bank’s negative net interest income in the first quarter of 2009. The negative impact of this debt was minimal in the second and third quarters of 2009 as much of the relatively high cost debt issued in late 2008 matured in the first quarter of 2009.investments.
 
  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the $14.1The $26.7 million and $174.8 million, respectively, in net gainslosses on derivatives and hedging activities for the quarter included $19.7$37.7 million and $93.0of net losses on economic hedge derivatives (excluding net interest settlements), $8.5 million respectively, of net interest income on interest rate swaps accounted for as economic hedge derivatives $1.1and $2.5 million and $60.0 million, respectively, of net

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ineffectiveness-related gains on fair value hedges related to consolidated obligation bonds and ($5.8 million) and $24.4 million, respectively, of net gains (losses) on economic hedge derivatives (excluding net interest settlements). As more fully described in the Bank’s 2008 10-K, during 2008 the Bank recognized $55.4 million of net ineffectiveness-related losses related to hedge ineffectiveness on interest rate swaps used to convert most of its fixed rate consolidated obligation bonds to LIBOR floating rates. Those losses were largely attributable to the unusual (and significant) decrease in three-month LIBOR rates during the fourth quarter of 2008. With relatively stable three-month LIBOR rates during the first quarter of 2009, these previous ineffectiveness-related losses reversed (in the form of ineffectiveness-related gains) during the three months ended March 31, 2009. Three-month LIBOR rates remained relatively stable during the second and third quarters of 2009, resulting in significantly lower ineffectiveness-related gains during those periods.hedges. The net gains (losses)losses on the Bank’s economic hedge derivatives during the threewere due largely to losses of $29.0 million on its stand-alone interest rate caps and nine months ended September 30, 2009 included gains$6.5 million on interest rate swaps usedthat convert floating rate debt indexed to hedge the risk of changes in spreads between the daily federal funds rate and three-monthto floating rates indexed to LIBOR. These gains, totaling $3.8 million and $19.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, were due to the tightening of the spread between the two indices and changes in the future expectations for such spread during the three months ended September 30, 2009. The net gains (losses) on economic hedge derivatives were also significantly impacted by gains and losses on the Bank’s portfolio of interest rate basis swaps that are used to hedge the risk of changes in spreads between one- and three-month LIBOR. Net gains of $36.1 million were recognized on this portfolio during the first quarter of 2009, while net losses of $26.7 million and $5.3 million were recognized during the second and third quarters of 2009, respectively.

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  The Bank held $25.3$11.9 billion (notional) of interest rate swaps recorded as economic hedge derivatives with a net positive fair value of $39.0$20.3 million (excluding accrued interest) at September 30, 2009. Assuming thatMarch 31, 2010. If these swaps are held to maturity, these net unrealized gains will ultimately reverse in future periods in the form of unrealized losses, which will negatively impact the Bank’s earning in those periods. The timing of this reversal will depend on the relative level and volatility of future interest rates. In addition, as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank held $2.5$3.75 billion (notional) of stand-alone interest rate cap agreements with a fair value of $26.3$22.2 million that hedge a portion of the interest rate risk posed by interest rate caps embedded caps in held-to-maturity securities. Assumingits CMO LIBOR floaters. If these agreements are held to maturity, the value of the caps will ultimately decline to zero and be charged to incomerecorded as a loss in net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities in future periods.
 
  Unrealized fair value losses on the Bank’s holdings of non-agency (i.e., private label) residential mortgage-backed securities classified as held-to-maturity totaled $166.3$117.2 million (30.6(24 percent of amortized cost) at September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, as compared to $277.0$135.3 million (40.9(26 percent of amortized cost) at December 31, 2008.2009. Based on projections developed as part of its quarter-end analysis of the 40 securities in this portfolio, the Bank continues to believebelieves that thesethe unrealized losses arewere principally the result of diminished liquidity and significant (albeit reduced) risk-relatedrisk related discounts in the non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities market and do not accurately reflect the actual historical or currently expected future credit performance of the securities. In assessing the expected credit performance of these securities as of March 31, 2010, the Bank determined that it is likely that it will not fully recover the amortized cost basis of sevenfive of its non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities and, accordingly, these securities (with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $150.8 million) were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2009 (fourthat date. These securities included three securities, with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of these seven securities$70.8 million at March 31, 2010, that had previously been identified as other-than-temporarily impaired in prior periods). In accordance2009 and which were determined to be further impaired as of March 31, 2010, and two securities, with guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in April 2009 (the “OTTI accounting guidance”), which the Bank early adopted effective January 1, 2009, thean aggregate unpaid principal balance of $16.5 million at March 31, 2010, that were initially determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of March 31, 2010. The credit componentscomponent of the impairment losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 ($2.3 million and $3.0 million, respectively) were(an aggregate amount of $568,000) was recognized in earnings while the net non-credit componentscomponent of the impairment losses ($25.8 million and $77.0 million, respectively) were6.5 million) was recognized in other comprehensive income. For a discussion of the OTTI accounting guidance,Bank’s analysis, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 23 beginning on page 57 of this report). Prospects for future housing market conditions, which will influence whetherIf the actual and/or projected performance of the loans underlying the Bank’s holdings of non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities deteriorates beyond its current expectations, the Bank will record any additional other-than-temporary impairment chargescould recognize further losses on these the securities that it has already determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired and/or anylosses on its other securitiesinvestments in the future, remain uncertain.non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities.
 
  At all times during the nine months ended September 30, 2009,first quarter of 2010, the Bank was in compliance with all of its regulatory capital requirements. TheIn addition, the Bank’s retained earnings increased to $317.8$369.5 million at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 from $216.0$356.3 million at December 31, 2008.2009.
 
  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009,first quarter of 2010, the Bank paid dividends totaling $6.7$2.4 million; the Bank’s first, second and third quarter dividends weredividend was paid at rates that approximatedan annualized rate of 0.375 percent, which exceeded the benchmark average effectiveupper end of the Federal Reserve’s target for the federal funds ratesrate of 0.25 percent for eachthe preceding quarter.quarter by 12.5 basis points. While there can be no assurances about future earnings, dividends, or regulatory actions for the remainder of 2010, the Bank currently anticipates that its recurring earnings will be sufficient both to continue paying dividends at a rate equal to or slightly above the average federal funds rate for the applicable quarterly dividendsperiods of 2010 and to continue building retained earnings. The Bank currently expects to pay a dividend in the fourth quarter of 2009 equal to the average effective federal funds rate for the third quarter of 2009. In addition, the Bank currently expects to continue its quarterly repurchases of surplus stock; the next repurchase is anticipated to occur on January 29, 2010.stock.
Regulatory Developments
Activities Pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act
As discussed in the Bank’s 2008 10-K, the HER Act requires the Finance Agency to issue a number of regulations, orders and reports. The full effect of this legislation on the Bank and its activities will become known only after all of these required regulations, orders, and reports become effective in final form. Since the enactment of the HER Act, the Finance Agency has promulgated proposed and final regulations regarding several provisions of the HER Act, some of which are discussed in the Bank’s 2008 10-K. The sections below describe the more significant regulations that have been proposed or finalized by the Finance Agency since the filing of the Bank’s 2008 10-K.

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Community DevelopmentSelected Financial InstitutionsData
The HER Act makes community development financial institutions (“CDFIs”) that are certified under the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 eligible for membershipSELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
(dollars in a FHLBank. A certified CDFI is a person (other than an individual) that (i) has a primary mission of promoting community development, (ii) serves an investment area or targeted population, (iii) provides development services in connection with equity investment or loans, (iv) maintains, through representation on its governing board or otherwise, accountability to residents of its investment area or targeted population, and (v) is not an agency or instrumentality of the United States or of any state or political subdivision of a state.thousands)
On May 15, 2009, the Finance Agency issued a proposed rule to amend its membership regulations to authorize non-federally insured, CDFI Fund-certified CDFIs to become members of a FHLBank. The newly eligible CDFIs would include community development loan funds, venture capital funds and state-chartered credit unions without federal insurance. The proposed rule sets out the eligibility and procedural requirements for these CDFIs that wish to become FHLBank members. Comments on the proposed rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through July 14, 2009.
                     
  First Quarter  2009 
  2010  Fourth Quarter  Third Quarter  Second Quarter  First Quarter 
Balance sheet(at quarter end)
                    
Advances $42,627,506  $47,262,574  $50,034,613  $53,469,938  $56,402,319 
Investments(1)
  14,854,980   13,491,819   15,511,389   18,162,262   11,782,687 
Mortgage loans  248,721   259,857   272,533   289,779   310,599 
Allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans  234   240   241   258   261 
Total assets  58,696,797   65,092,076   67,261,344   72,095,673   68,663,831 
Consolidated obligations — discount notes  5,626,659   8,762,028   10,727,576   14,961,653   21,029,495 
Consolidated obligations — bonds  48,269,095   51,515,856   52,082,770   52,492,151   42,702,700 
Total consolidated obligations(2)
  53,895,754   60,277,884   62,810,346   67,453,804   63,732,195 
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock(3)
  7,579   9,165   8,646   78,806   77,818 
Capital stock — putable  2,311,212   2,531,715   2,608,848   2,827,764   2,877,991 
Retained earnings  369,485   356,282   317,818   301,442   277,021 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (68,177)  (65,965)  (72,019)  (49,343)  (26,269)
Total capital  2,612,520   2,822,032   2,854,647   3,079,863   3,128,743 
Dividends paid(3)
  2,386   1,091   1,267   1,306   4,143 
                     
Income statement(for the quarter)
                    
Net interest income (expense)(4)
 $64,185  $51,040  $33,510  $14,753  $(22,827)
Other income (loss)  (25,133)  19,986   14,386   36,101   129,882 
Other expense  17,832   17,186   23,880   15,832   18,392 
Assessments  5,631   14,285   6,373   9,295   23,524 
Net income
  15,589   39,555   17,643   25,727   65,139 
                     
Performance ratios
                    
Net interest margin(5)
  0.41%  0.31%  0.19%  0.08%  (0.12)%
Return on average assets  0.10   0.24   0.10   0.14   0.36 
Return on average equity  2.30   5.61   2.35   3.34   8.28 
Return on average capital stock(6)
  2.58   6.22   2.59   3.66   8.96 
Total average equity to average assets  4.42   4.29   4.28   4.33   4.30 
Regulatory capital ratio(7)
  4.58   4.45   4.36   4.45   4.71 
Dividend payout ratio(3)(8)
  15.31   2.76   7.18   5.08   6.36 
                     
Average effective federal funds rate(9)
  0.13%  0.12%  0.16%  0.18%  0.18%
The Bank has not yet determined the number of CDFIs in its district, how many of them might seek to become members of the Bank, or the effect on the Bank of their becoming members.
Executive Compensation
The HER Act requires the Director of the Finance Agency (the “Director”) to prohibit a FHLBank from providing compensation to its executive officers that is not reasonable and comparable with compensation for employees in similar businesses involving similar duties and responsibilities. Additionally, through December 31, 2009, the Director has authority to approve, disapprove or modify the existing compensation of executive officers of FHLBanks.
On June 5, 2009, the Finance Agency issued a proposed rule to implement the above provisions of the HER Act. Comments on the proposed rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through August 4, 2009.
Pursuant to the proposed rule, the Director may review the compensation arrangements for any executive officer of a FHLBank at any time. The Director shall prohibit the FHLBank, and the FHLBank is prohibited, from providing compensation to any such executive officer that is not reasonable and comparable with compensation for employees in other similar businesses involving similar duties and responsibilities. In determining whether such compensation is reasonable and comparable, the Director may consider any factors the Director considers relevant (including any wrongdoing on the part of the executive officer). The Director may not, however, prescribe or set a specified level or range of compensation.
With respect to compensation under review by the Director, the Director’s prior approval is required for (i) a written arrangement that provides an executive officer a term of employment of more than six months or that provides compensation in connection with termination of employment, (ii) annual compensation, bonuses and other incentive pay of a FHLBank’s president and (iii) compensation paid to an executive officer, if the Director has provided notice that the compensation of such executive officer is subject to a specific review by the Director.
The proposed rule defines “executive officer” to include (i) named executive officers identified in a FHLBank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii) other executives who occupy specified positions or are in charge of specified subject areas and (iii) any other individual, regardless of title, who is in charge of a principal business unit, division or function, or who reports directly to the FHLBank’s chairman of the board of directors, vice chairman, president or chief operating officer.
With respect to the Director’s authority through December 31, 2009 to approve, disapprove or modify existing compensation of an executive officer, the proposed rule defines “executive compensation” as compensation paid to a FHLBank’s named executive officers (within the meaning of the SEC’s rules) identified in a FHLBank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(1)Investments consist of federal funds sold, loans to other FHLBanks, interest-bearing deposits and securities classified as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale and trading.
(2)The Bank is jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on the consolidated obligations of all of the FHLBanks. At March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009, September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009, the outstanding consolidated obligations (at par value) of all 12 FHLBanks totaled approximately $0.871 trillion, $0.931 trillion, $0.974 trillion, $1.056 trillion and $1.135 trillion, respectively. As of those dates, the Bank’s outstanding consolidated obligations (at par value) were $53.5 billion, $59.9 billion, $62.4 billion, $67.1 billion and $63.4 billion, respectively.
(3)Mandatorily redeemable capital stock represents capital stock that is classified as a liability under generally accepted accounting principles. Dividends on mandatorily redeemable capital stock are recorded as interest expense and excluded from dividends paid. Dividends paid on mandatorily redeemable capital stock totaled $8,000, $25,000, $35,000, $37,000 and $61,000 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009, September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009, respectively.
(4)Net interest income (expense) excludes the net interest income/expense associated with interest rate exchange agreements that do not qualify for hedge accounting. The net interest income associated with such agreements totaled $8.5 million, $14.6 million, $19.7 million, $27.2 million and $46.1 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009, September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009, respectively.
(5)Net interest margin is net interest income (expense) as a percentage of average earning assets.
(6)Return on average capital stock is derived by dividing net income by average capital stock balances excluding mandatorily redeemable capital stock.
(7)The regulatory capital ratio is computed by dividing regulatory capital (the sum of capital stock – putable, mandatorily redeemable capital stock and retained earnings) by total assets at each quarter-end.
(8)Dividend payout ratio is computed by dividing dividends paid by net income for each quarter.
(9)Rates obtained from the Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Legislative Developments
The United States Senate is currently considering a bill, the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act,” that, if enacted in its current form, would make significant changes to a number of aspects of the regulation of financial institutions. In particular, the proposed legislation would affect the Bank in the following four areas: (1) the amount it could lend to a single entity and its affiliates; (2) the status of the Bank’s obligations in connection with restrictions on proprietary trading activities of banks and bank holding companies; (3) the regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market; and (4) the regime governing the resolution of an insolvent FHLBank. These proposed changes in the law and their potential effects on the Bank are more fully discussed below in “Part II. Other Information — Item 1A. Risk Factors.”
Regulatory Developments
Directors’ Eligibility, Election, Compensation, and Expenses
On October 27, 2009,April 5, 2010, the Finance Agency promulgated a new regulation regarding FHLBank Directors’ eligibility, election, compensation, and expenses. The new regulation, which became effective on May 5, 2010, makes changes in two areas.
The first change amends the process by which successor FHLBank directors are chosen after a directorship is redesignated to a new state prior to the end of its term as a result of the annual designation of FHLBank directorships. Under the new regulation, the redesignation causes the original directorship to terminate and creates a new directorship to be filled by an election of the member institutions located in that state. The prior regulation deemed the redesignation to create a vacancy on the FHLBank’s board of directors, which would be filled by the FHLBank’s board of directors.
Second, the new regulation implements section 1202 of the HER Act by repealing the caps on annual compensation that can be paid to FHLBank directors and allowing each FHLBank to pay its directors reasonable compensation and expenses, subject to the authority of the Finance Agency’s Director to object to, and to prohibit prospectively, compensation and/or expenses that the Director determines are not reasonable.
Advisory Bulletin 2010-AB-01
On April 6, 2010, the Finance Agency issued Advisory Bulletin 2009-AB-02, “Principles for Executive Compensation at the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Office of Finance2010-AB-01 (“AB 2009-02”2010-AB-01”). In AB 2009-02, the Finance Agency outlines several principles for sound incentive compensation practices to which the FHLBanks should adhere in setting executive compensation policies and practices. Those principles are (i) executive compensation must be reasonable and comparable to that offered to executives in similar positions at other comparable financial institutions, (ii) executive incentive compensation should be consistent with sound risk management and preservation of the par value of a FHLBank’s capital stock, (iii) a significant percentage of an executive’s incentive-based compensation should be tied to longer-term performance and outcome-indicators, (iv) a significant percentage of an executive’s incentive-based compensation should be deferred and made contingent upon performance over several years and (v) the board of directors of each FHLBank and the OF should promote accountability and transparency in the process of setting compensation. In evaluating compensation at the FHLBanks, the Director will consider the extent to which an executive’s compensation is consistent with the above principles.
Reporting of Fraudulent Financial Instruments
On June 17, 2009, the Finance Agency issued a proposed rule to effect the provisions of the HER Act that require the FHLBanks to report to the Finance Agency any fraudulent loans or other financial instruments that they purchased or sold. Comments on the proposed rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through August 17, 2009.
The proposed rule requires a FHLBank to notify the Director of any fraud or possible fraud occurring in connection with a loan, a series of loans or other financial instruments that the FHLBank has purchased or sold. The FHLBank must notify the Director promptly after identifying such fraud or after the FHLBank is notified about such fraud by law enforcement or other government authority. The proposed rule also requires each FHLBank to establish and maintain internal controls and procedures and an operational training program to assure the FHLBank has an effective system to detect and report such fraud. The proposed rule defines “fraud” broadly as a material misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission relied upon by a FHLBank and does not require that the party making the misstatement, misrepresentation or omission had any intent to defraud.
Indemnification Payments and Golden Parachute Payments
The Director may prohibit or limit, by regulation or order, any indemnification payment or golden parachute payment. The Finance Agency has promulgated a number of interim final and proposed regulations regarding indemnification payments and golden parachute payments since the enactment of the HER Act (collectively, the “Golden Parachute Payments Regulation”), a discussion of which is provided in the Bank’s 2008 10-K.
On June 29, 2009, the Finance Agency issued a proposed rule to amend further the Golden Parachute Payments Regulation to address in more detail prohibited and permissible indemnification payments and golden parachute payments. Comments on the proposed rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through July 29, 2009.
With respect to indemnification payments, the proposed rule essentially re-proposed amendments to the Golden Parachute Payments Regulation that were issued by the Finance Agency on November 14, 2008, a discussion of which is provided in the Bank’s 2008 10-K. The proposed rule deletes one provision contained in the November 14, 2008 proposed amendments, which provided that claims for employee welfare benefits or other benefits that are contingent, even if otherwise vested, when a receiver is appointed for any FHLBank, including any contingency for termination of employment, are not provable claims or actual, direct compensatory damage claims against such receiver.
With respect to golden parachute payments, the proposed rule describes more specifically benefits included or excluded from the term “golden parachute payment.” Under the proposed rule, the term “golden parachute payment” does not include (i) any payment made pursuant to a pension or retirement plan that is qualified (or is intended within a reasonable period of time to be qualified) under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or pursuant to a pension or other retirement plan that is governed by the laws of any foreign country; (ii) any payment made pursuant to a benefit plan as defined in the proposed rule (which includes employee welfare benefit plans as defined in section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974); (iii) any payment made

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pursuant to a bona fide deferred compensation plan or arrangement as defined in the proposed rule; (iv) any payment made by reason of death or by reason of termination caused by the disability of an entity-affiliated party; (v) any payment made pursuant to a nondiscriminatory severance pay plan or arrangement that provides for payment of severance benefits of generally no more than 12 months’ prior base compensation to all eligible employees upon involuntary termination other than for cause, voluntary resignation, or early retirement, subject to certain exceptions; (vi) any severance or similar payment that is required to be made pursuant to a State statute or foreign law that is applicable to all employers within the appropriate jurisdiction (with the exception of employers that may be exempt due to their small number of employees or other similar criteria); or (vii) any other payment that the Director determines to be permissible.
The proposed rule extends the prohibition against certain golden parachute payments to former entity-affiliated parties. With respect to potentially prohibited golden parachute payments, a FHLBank may agree to make or may make a golden parachute payment if (i) the Director determines that such a payment or agreement is permissible; (ii) such an agreement is made in order to hire a personclarify the guidance in Advisory Bulletin 2008-AB-02 (“2008-AB-02”) that limits the FHLBanks’ authority to becomepurchase or to accept as collateral for advances certain nontraditional and subprime residential mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities representing an entity-affiliated party when the FHLBank is insolvent, has a conservator or receiver appointed for it, or isinterest in a troubled condition (or the person is being hired in an effort to prevent one of these conditions from occurring), and the Director consents in writing to the amount and terms of the golden parachute payment; or (iii)such loans unless such loans comply with the Director’s consent, such a payment is made pursuant to an agreement that provides for a reasonable severance payment, not to exceed 12 months’ salary, to an entity-affiliated party in the event of a change in control of the FHLBank.
In the preamble to the proposed rule, the Finance Agency stated that it intends that the proposed amendments would apply to agreements entered into by a FHLBank with an entity-affiliated party on or after the date the regulation is effective. As discussed in the Bank’s 2008 10-K, the Bank has entered into employment agreements with each of its named executive officers. If the proposed amendments were applied to these existing employment agreements, the effect of the proposed amendments would be to reduce payments that might otherwise be payable to those named executive officers.
Study of Securitization of Home Mortgage Loans by the FHLBanks
Within one year of enactment of the HER Act, the Director was required to provide to Congress a report on a study of securitization of home mortgage loans purchased from member financial institutions under the Acquired Member Assets (“AMA”) programs of the FHLBanks. In conducting this study, the Director was required to consider (i) the benefits and risks associated with securitization of AMA, (ii) the potential impact of securitization upon the liquidity in the mortgage and broader credit markets, (iii) the ability of the FHLBanks to manage the risks associated with securitization, (iv) the impact of such securitization on the existing activities of the FHLBanks, including their mortgage portfolios and advances, and (v) the joint and several liability of the FHLBanks and the cooperative structure of the FHLBank System. In conducting the study, the Director was required to consult with the FHLBanks, the Office of Finance, representatives of the mortgage lending industry, practitioners in the structured finance field, and other experts as needed.
On February 27, 2009, the Finance Agency published a Notice of Concept Release with request for comments to garner information from the public for use in its study (the “Concept Release”). The Concept Release did not alter current requirements, restrictions or prohibitions on the FHLBanks with respect to either the purchase or sale of mortgages or the AMA programs. Comments on the Concept Release could be submitted to the Finance Agency through April 28, 2009.
On July 30, 2009, the Director provided to Congress the results of the Finance Agency’s study, including policy recommendations based on the Finance Agency’s analysis of the feasibility of the FHLBanks’ issuing mortgage-backed securities and of the benefits and risks associated with such a program. Based on the Finance Agency’s study and findings regarding FHLBank securitization, the Director did not recommend permitting the FHLBanks to securitize mortgages at this time.

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Study of FHLBank Advances
Within one year of enactment of the HER Act, the Director was required to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress regarding the extent to which loans and securities used as collateral to support FHLBank advances are consistent withInteragency Guidance. “Interagency Guidance” means collectively theInteragency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks, dated October 4, 2006, and theStatement on Subprime Mortgage Lending, dated July 10, 2007, (collectively,issued by the “Interagency Guidance”). The study was also required to consider and recommend any additional regulations, guidance, advisory bulletins or other administrative actions necessary to ensure that the FHLBanks are not supporting loans with predatory characteristics.
On August 4, 2009,federal banking regulatory agencies. In 2010-AB-01, the Finance Agency published the noticeclarified a number of study and recommendations required by the HER Actspecific points with respect to FHLBankthe applicability of 2008-AB-02.
2008-AB-02 provides that private-label mortgage-backed securities that were issued after July 10, 2007 can be included in calculating the amount of collateral available to secure advances to a member only if the underlying mortgages comply with all aspects of the Interagency Guidance. Under 2008-AB-02, private-label mortgage-backed securitiesissuedon or before July 10, 2007 remained as eligible collateral even if the mortgage loans underlying such securities did not comply with the Interagency Guidance. 2010-AB-01 states that private-label mortgage-backed securities that were “either issued or acquiredby a member after July 10, 2007 may be considered eligible collateral in calculating the amount of advances that can be made to a member only if the underlying mortgages comply with all aspects of the [I]nteragency
[G]uidance” (emphasis added). This clarification would appear to make the eligibility of securities issued on or before July 10, 2007 to serve as collateral for advances anddependent upon the Interagency Guidance. Commentsdate the securities were acquired by the member. The Bank does not know the dates on the notice of study and recommendations could be submittedwhich members acquired securities pledged to the Finance Agency through October 5, 2009.
AHP FundsBank and, therefore, is unable to Support Refinancing of Certain Residential Mortgage Loans
For a period of two years following enactment ofestimate the HER Act, FHLBanks are authorized to use a portion of their AHP funds to supporteffect that the refinancing of residential mortgage loans owed by families with incomes at or below 80 percent of the median income for the areasclarification in which they reside.
As required by the HER Act,2010-AB-01 regarding eligible mortgage-backed securities might have on October 17, 2008, the Finance Agency issued an interim final rule with request for comments regarding the FHLBanks’ mortgage refinancing authority, a discussion of which is provided in the Bank’s 2008 10-K. The interim final rule authorized the FHLBanks to provide AHP grants under their homeownership set-aside programs to low- or moderate-income households that qualify for refinancing assistance under the Hope for Homeowners Program established by the Federal Housing Administration under Title IV of the HER Act. Comments on the interim final rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through December 16, 2008.
Based on the comments received on the interim final rule and the continuing adverse conditions of the mortgage market, on August 4, 2009, the Finance Agency issued a second interim final rule, with a request for comments, to broaden the scope of the FHLBanks’ mortgage refinancing authority and to allow the FHLBanks greater flexibility in implementing their mortgage refinancing authority. Comments on the interim final rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through October 5, 2009.
The interim final rule amends the current AHP regulation to allow a FHLBank to temporarily establish a homeownership set-aside program for the use of AHP grants by the FHLBank’s members to assist in the refinancing of a household’s mortgage loan in order to prevent foreclosure. A loan is eligible to be refinanced with an AHP grant if the loan is secured by a first mortgage on the household’s primary residence and the loan is refinanced under a program offered by the United States Department of Agriculture, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, a state or local government, or a state or local housing finance agency (an “eligible targeted refinancing program”).
To be eligible for an AHP grant, the household must not be able to afford or must be at risk of not being able to afford its monthly payments, as defined by the eligible targeted refinancing program. The household must also obtain counseling for foreclosure mitigation and for qualification for refinancing by an eligible refinancing program through the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program or other counseling program used by a state or local government or housing finance agency.
A FHLBank’s member may provide the AHP grant to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the loan by no more than the amount necessary for the new loan to qualify under both the maximum loan-to-value ratio and the maximum household mortgage debt-to-income ratio required by the eligible refinancing program. Alternatively, or in addition to the use of an AHP grant to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the loan, a FHLBank’s member may provide the AHP grant to pay loan closing costs.
The interim final rule authorizes a FHLBank, in its discretion, to set aside annually up to the greater of $4.5 million or 35 percent of the FHLBank’s annual required AHP contribution to provide funds to members participating in homeownership set-aside programs, including a mortgage refinancing set-aside program, provided that at least one-third of this set-aside amount is allocated to programs to assist first-time homebuyers. A FHLBank may accelerate tomembers’ borrowing capacity.

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its current year’s AHP program (including its set-aside programs) from future annual required AHP contributions an amount up to the greater of $5 million or 20 percent of the FHLBank’s annual required AHP contribution for the current year. The FHLBank may credit the amount of the accelerated contribution against required AHP contributions over one or more of the subsequent five years.
The FHLBanks’ authority under the interim final rule to establish and provide AHP grants under a mortgage refinancing homeownership set-aside program expires on July 30, 2010.
Capital Classifications and Critical Capital Levels
On January 30, 2009,In 2010-AB-01, the Finance Agency adopted an interim final rule establishing capital classificationsalso addressed private-label mortgage-backed securities that are acquired through a merger with another financial institution. 2010-AB-01 advises that eligible collateral obtained by a FHLBank member from another member through merger or acquisition will generally continue to qualify as eligible collateral, subject to consultation with the Finance Agency regarding the specific circumstances of the transaction.
In 2010-AB-01, the Finance Agency also clarified that the issuance or acquisition date of a re-securitization of private-label mortgage-backed securities should generally be used to determine compliance with 2008-AB-02 and critical capital levels for the FHLBanks,requirements regarding the underlying mortgages. An exception would be the re-securitizations of private-label mortgage-backed securities with a discussionfederal agency guaranty backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, which is provided in the Bank’s 2008 10-K. Comments on the interim final rule could be submittedwould require a FHLBank to submit to the Finance Agency through May 15, 2009. On August 4, 2009,a new business activity notice that describes the Finance Agency adopted the interim final rule as a final regulation, subject to amendments meant to clarify certain provisions.
Office of Finance
Effective with the enactmentstructure and guaranty of the HER Act, the Finance Agency assumed responsibility from the Finance Board for supervising and regulating the Office of Finance. On August 4, 2009, the Finance Agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking, with a request for comments, regarding the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance. Initially, comments on the proposed rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through October 5, 2009. On October 2, 2009, the Finance Agency extended the comment period until November 4, 2009.re-securitized securities.
The proposed rule would expand the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance to include all
The Office of Finance (“OF”) is a joint office of the FHLBanks and, among other things, serves as their fiscal and servicing agent in connection with the issuance of consolidated obligations and prepares the combined financial reports (“CFRs”) of the FHLBank System. Currently, the OF is governed by a board of directors that is comprised of two FHLBank presidents (currently, only twoand one independent director. These three directors also serve as the audit committee of the OF’s board of directors with the independent director serving as the chairman of such committee.
On May 3, 2010, the Finance Agency published a new regulation that will restructure the composition of the OF’s board of directors and audit committee, establish certain other corporate governance requirements, direct the OF in preparing the CFRs to employ consistent accounting policies and procedures, and grant the OF’s audit committee authority under certain circumstances to require the FHLBanks to establish common accounting policies and procedures with respect to information submitted to the OF for preparation of the CFRs.
Under the new regulation, the OF’s board of directors will have 17 directors: the 12 FHLBank presidents, who will serveex officio, and 5 independent directors, who will each serve on the Officefive-year terms that will be staggered so that not more than one independent directorship shall be scheduled to become vacant in any one year. Independent directors will be limited to two consecutive full terms. The new OF board of Finance’s Board of Directors, including the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer). The Board of Directorsdirectors will be constituted at an initial organizational meeting to be held within 45 days of the Officeappointment of an independent director by the Finance would also include three to five independentAgency under the new regulation. Independent directors (currently, the third director of the Office of Finance is required tomust be a private United States citizen with demonstrated expertise in financial markets). Each independent director must be a United States citizen and the independent directors,citizens; as a group, they must have substantial experience in financial and accounting matters. Anmatters; and they must not have any material relationship with any FHLBank or the OF as determined under criteria established pursuant to the new regulation. At a minimum, these criteria, which will ultimately be embodied in a policy adopted by the reconstituted OF board of directors, will disqualify from serving as an independent director may notany person who (i) becurrently is or during the preceding three years has served as an officer, director, or employee of any FHLBank or any member of a FHLBank; (ii) becurrently is or during the preceding three years has served as an officer or employee of the OF; or (iii) is affiliated with, any consolidated obligationsor has a financial interest beyond a specified level in, an entity that is part of a selling or dealer group member under contract with the OfficeOF with respect to consolidated obligations.
The initial independent directors will be appointed by the Finance Agency from among no fewer than five candidates nominated by the three-member board of Finance; (iii) hold shares or any financial interest in any FHLBank member or in any such dealer group member in an amount greater than the lesser of (A) $250,000 or (B) 0.01 percentdirectors of the market capitalizationOF existing prior to the effective date of the memberregulation. Once the initial terms of the independent directors expire or dealer (except that a holding company of a FHLBank member or a dealer group memberotherwise become vacant, independent directors will be deemedelected by a majority vote of members of the OF board of directors, subject to the Finance Agency’s review of, and non-objection to, each candidate. The Finance Agency reserves the right to appoint a person as an independent director if it determines that the person intended to be a member ifelected as an independent director by the assetsboard of directors of the holding company’s member subsidiaries constitute 35 percent or moreOF is not suitably qualified.
The Finance Agency shall appoint the initial chair of the consolidated assetsboard of directors of the holding company). The ChairOF from among its independent directors and its initial vice chair from among all the directors of the Board of DirectorsOF. When the terms of the Office of Finance wouldpersons initially appointed as chair and vice chair expire or otherwise become vacant, subsequent chairs will be selectedchosen from among the independent directors.
The independentdirectors and subsequent vice chairs will be chosen from among all directors of the OfficeOF, in each case by a majority vote of the board of directors of the OF, subject to the Finance would serve asAgency’s right to reject any proposed chair or vice chair and to require the Audit Committee. Among other duties,board of directors of the Audit Committee wouldOF to select a replacement chair or vice chair.

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The audit committee of the OF shall be responsible for overseeingcomprised exclusively of the independent directors and shall oversee the audit function of the Office of Finance and the preparation and accuracy of the FHLBank System’s combined financial reports. For purposes of the combined financial reports, the Audit Committee would be responsible for ensuring that the FHLBanks adopt consistent accounting policies and procedures, such that the information submitted byOF. The audit committee shall have authority to require the FHLBanks to the Office of Finance may be combined to create accurate and meaningful combined reports. The Audit Committee, in consultation with the Finance Agency, may establishadopt common accounting policies and procedures for the information submitted by the FHLBanks to the Office of Finance for the combined financial reports where the Audit Committeeextent it determines such information provided by the FHLBanks is inconsistent and that consistentcommon policies and procedures regarding that information are necessary to create accurate and meaningful combined financial reports.CFRs. The Audit Committee would also have the exclusive authority to employ and contract for the services of an independent, external auditor for the FHLBanks’ annual and quarterly combined financial statements.
Currently, the FHLBanks are responsible for jointly funding the expenses of the Office of Finance, which are shared onnew regulation permits a pro rata basis with one-third based on each FHLBank’s total outstanding capital stock (as of the prior month-end, excluding those amounts classified as mandatorily redeemable), one-third based on each FHLBank’s total debt issuance (during the current month), and one-third based on each FHLBank’s total consolidated obligations

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outstanding (as of the current month-end). The proposed rule would retain the FHLBanks’ responsibility for jointly funding the expenses of the Office of Finance, but each FHLBank’s respective pro rata share would be based on a reasonable formula approved by the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance, subject to review by the Finance Agency.
Corporate Governance of the FHLBanks
Under the HER Act, each FHLBank is governed by a board of directors of 13 persons or such other number of persons as the Director may determine. The HER Act divides directors of FHLBanks into two classes. The first class is comprised of “member” directors who are elected by the member institutions of each state in the FHLBank’s district to represent that state. The second class is comprised of “independent” directors who are nominated by a FHLBank’s board of directors, after consultation with its affordable housing Advisory Council, and elected by the FHLBank’s members at large. A discussion of the composition of the Bank’s Board of Directors is provided in the Bank’s 2008 10-K.
On September 26, 2008, the Finance Agency issued an interim final rule with request for comments regarding the eligibility and election of individuals to serve on the boards of directors of the FHLBanks. The interim final rule was effective September 26, 2008 and comments on the interim final rule could be submitted to the Finance Agency through November 25, 2008. On October 7, 2009, the Finance Agency issued a final rule, effective November 6, 2009, regarding the eligibility and election of FHLBank directors. The final rule revised some provisions of the interim final rule as set forth below.
Pursuant to the HER Act and the interim final rule, member directors must constitute a majority of the members of the board of directors of each FHLBank and independent directors must constitute at least 40 percent of the members of each board of directors. At least two of the independent directors must be public interest directors with more than four years’ experience representing consumer or community interests in banking services, credit needs, housing, or consumer financial protections. The final rule requires the board of directors of each FHLBank annually to determine how many of its independent directorships should be designated as public interest directorships, provided that the FHLBank at all times has at least two public interest directorships.
The interim final rule prohibited an individual from serving as an independent director if the individual was an officer, employee or director of a holding company that controls one or more members of, or one or more recipients of advances from,anyFHLBank if the assets of all such members or all such recipients of advances constitute 35 percent or more of the assets of the holding company, on a consolidated basis. The final rule narrows this prohibition by adding language limiting the reach of this provision to institutions that are members of, or recipients of advances from, onlytheFHLBank at which the independent director serves (rather than any FHLBank).
The interim final rule required a FHLBank to deliver to the Finance Agency a copy of the independent director application forms executed by the individuals proposed to be nominated for independent directorships bytransition period whereby the board of directors of the FHLBank. OF in place prior to the effective date of the new regulation may continue to perform the duties of the audit committee with respect to the CFRs covering any interim reporting period that ends prior to July 1, 2010.
The final rule specifiesnew regulation also includes provisions affecting certain governance matters, including requirements that if within two weeks of such delivery(i) the Finance Agency provides comments tomust approve the FHLBank on any independent director nominee,OF’s bylaws and the boardcharter of directors ofits audit committee; (ii) the FHLBank shall consider the Finance Agency’s comments in determining whether to proceed with those nominees or to reopen the nomination process. If within the two-week period the Finance Agency offers no comment on a nominee, the FHLBank’s board of directors may proceed to nominate such nominee. Additionally, if the board of directors of a FHLBank is electing an independent director to fill the unexpired term of office of a vacant directorship, the FHLBank shall deliver to the Finance Agency for its review a copy of the independent director application form of each individual being considered by the FHLBank’s board of directors.
The final rule revises the requirement of the interim final rule that each nominee for an independent directorshipOF must receivehold at least 20 percent of the number of votes eligible to be cast in the election to be elected. If a FHLBank’s board of directors nominates only one individual forsix in-person meetings each independent directorship, then, to be elected, each nominee must receive at least 20 percent of the number of votes eligible to be cast in the election. If, however, a FHLBank’s board of directors nominates more persons for the type of independent directorship to be filled (either a public interest directorship or other independent directorship) than there are directorships of that type to be filled in the election, then the FHLBank shall declare elected the nominee receiving the highest number of votes, without regard to whether the nominee received at least 20 percent of the number of votes eligible to be cast in the election.

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The final rule also revised somewhat the provisions of the interim final rule regarding actions persons may or may not take in support of nominees for FHLBank directorships. Except as set forth in the following sentences, no director, officer, attorney, employee, or agent of a FHLBank shall (i) communicate in any manner that a director, officer, attorney, employee, or agent of a FHLBank, directly or indirectly, supports or opposes the nomination or election of a particular individual for a directorship; or (ii) take any other action to influence the votingyear; and (iii) with respect to any particular individual. A FHLBank director, officer, attorney, employee, or agent, acting in his or her personal capacity,indemnification and corporate governance, the OF may supportselect as its applicable law the nomination or election of any individual for a member directorship, provided that no such individual shall purport to represent the viewsjurisdiction of the FHLBankOF’s location (Virginia), Delaware corporate law, or its board of directors in doing so. A FHLBank director, officer, attorney, employee or agent and the board of directors and Advisory Council (including members of the Advisory Council) of a FHLBank may support the candidacy of any individual nominated by the board of directors for election to an independent directorship.
FHLBank Directors’ Compensation and Expenses
The HERRevised Model Business Corporation Act, repealed the prior statutory limits on compensation of directors of FHLBanks. As a result, FHLBank director fees are to be determined at the discretion of a FHLBank’s board of directors, provided such fees are required to be reasonable.
On October 23, 2009, the Finance Agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking, with a request for comments, regarding payment by FHLBanks of their directors’ compensation and expenses. Comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to the Finance Agency through December 7, 2009.
The proposed rule would specify that each FHLBank may pay its directors reasonable compensation for the time required of them, and their necessary expenses, in the performance of their duties, as determined by the FHLBank’s board of directors. The compensation paid by a FHLBank to a director would be required to reflect the amount of time the director spent on official FHLBank business, subject to reduction as necessary to reflect lesser attendance or performance at board or committee meetings during a given year.
Pursuant to the proposed rule, the Director would review compensation paid by a FHLBank to its directors. The Director could determine that the compensation and/or expenses to be paid to the directors are not reasonable. In such case, the Director could order the FHLBank to refrain from making any further payments; provided, however, that such order would only be applied prospectively and would not affect any compensation or expense payments made prior to the date of the Director’s determination and order. To assist the Director in reviewing the compensation and expenses of FHLBank directors, each FHLBank would be required to submit to the Director by specified deadlines (i) the compensation anticipated to be paid to its directors for the following calendar year, (ii) the amount of compensation and expenses paid to each director for the immediately preceding calendar year and (iii) a copy of the FHLBank’s written compensation policy, along with all studies or other supporting materials upon which the board of directors relied in determining the level of compensation and expenses to pay to its directors.
Other Regulatory Developments
On April 28, 2009 and May 7, 2009, the Finance Agency provided the Bank and the other 11 FHLBanks with guidance regarding the process for determining other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) with respect to non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”). The goal of the guidance is to promote consistency among all FHLBanks in making such determinations, based on the Finance Agency’s understanding that investors in the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations can better understand and utilize the information in the FHLBanks’ combined financial reports if it is prepared on a consistent basis. In order to achieve this goal and move to a common analytical framework, and recognizing that several FHLBanks (including the Bank) intended to early adopt the OTTI accounting guidance, the Finance Agency guidance required all FHLBanks to early adopt the OTTI accounting guidance effective January 1, 2009 and, for purposes of making OTTI determinations, to use a consistent set of key modeling assumptions and specified third party models. For a discussion of the OTTI accounting guidance, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 2 beginning on page 5 of this report).
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used by all FHLBanks for purposes of producing cash flow analyses used in the OTTI assessment for non-agency RMBS other than securities backed by subprime and home equity loans. (The Bank does not own any securities that are designated as subprime or home equity RMBS.)
Beginning with the second quarter of 2009, the 12 FHLBanks formed an OTTI Governance Committee (the “OTTI Committee”) consisting of one representative from each FHLBank. The OTTI Committee has responsibility for reviewing and approving the key modeling assumptions, inputs and methodologies to be used by all FHLBanks in their OTTI assessment process. The OTTI Committee provides a more formal process by which the FHLBanks can provide input on and approve the assumptions, inputs and methodologies that are developed initially by the FHLBank of San Francisco. Based on its review, the Bank concurred with and adopted the FHLBank System-wide assumptions, inputs and methodologies that were approved by the OTTI Committee for use in the third quarter 2009 OTTI assessment.
In addition to using the FHLBank System-wide modeling assumptions, the Finance Agency guidance requires that each FHLBank conduct its OTTI analysis using two specified third party models, subject to certain limited exceptions. Since the Bank’s existing OTTI process already incorporated the use of the specified models, the Bank has continued to perform its own cash flow analyses and, accordingly, the Finance Agency guidance did not require any significant change in the Bank’s processes or internal controls.amended.
Financial Condition
The following table provides selected period-end balances as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, as well as selected average balances for the nine-monththree-month period ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2008.2009. As shown in the table, the Bank’s total assets decreased by 14.89.8 percent (or $11.7$6.4 billion) during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, due primarily to a $10.9$4.6 billion decrease in advances and a $1.0$1.4 billion decrease in its short-term liquidity holdings during the period.holdings. As the Bank’s assets decreased, the funding for those assets also decreased. During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, total consolidated obligations decreased by $10.5$6.3 billion as consolidated obligation bonds decreased by $3.2 billion and consolidated obligation discount notes declinedincreased by $4.5 billion and $6.0 billion, respectively.$3.1 billion.
The activity in each of the major balance sheet captions is discussed in the sections following the table.
             
  September 30, 2009    
      Percentage  Balance at 
      Increase  December 31, 
  Balance  (Decrease)  2008 
Advances $50,035   (17.9)% $60,920 
Short-term liquidity holdings            
Non-interest bearing excess cash balances  1,200   *    
Interest-bearing deposits     (100.0)  3,684 
Federal funds sold  3,313   77.0   1,872 
Long-term investments(1)
  12,194   3.1   11,829 
Mortgage loans, net  272   (16.8)  327 
Total assets  67,261   (14.8)  78,933 
Consolidated obligations — bonds  52,083   (8.0)  56,614 
Consolidated obligations — discount notes  10,727   (35.9)  16,745 
Total consolidated obligations  62,810   (14.4)  73,359 
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock  9   (90.0)  90 
Capital stock  2,609   (19.1)  3,224 
Retained earnings  318   47.2   216 
Average advances  55,393   (5.6)  58,671 
Average total assets  71,667   (4.0)  74,641 
Average capital stock  2,825   (3.0)  2,911 
Average mandatorily redeemable capital stock  72   26.3   57 
SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION
(dollars in millions)
             
  March 31, 2010  
      Percentage Balance at
      Increase December 31,
  Balance (Decrease) 2009
Advances $42,628   (9.8)% $47,263 
Short-term liquidity holdings            
Non-interest bearing excess cash balances(1)
  800   (77.8)  3,600 
Federal funds sold  3,502   69.8   2,063 
Held-to-maturity securities  11,349   (0.7)  11,425 
Mortgage loans, net  248   (4.6)  260 
Total assets  58,697   (9.8)  65,092 
Consolidated obligations — bonds  48,269   (6.3)  51,516 
Consolidated obligations — discount notes  5,627   (35.8)  8,762 
Total consolidated obligations  53,896   (10.6)  60,278 
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock  8   (11.1)  9 
Capital stock  2,311   (8.7)  2,532 
Retained earnings  369   3.7   356 
Average total assets  62,166   (11.2)  70,018 
Average capital stock  2,449   (10.9)  2,749 
Average mandatorily redeemable capital stock  8   (85.7)  56 
 
*The percentage increase is not meaningful.
(1) ConsistsRepresents excess cash held at the Federal Reserve Bank of securitiesDallas. These amounts are classified as held-to-maturity“Cash and available-for-sale.due from banks” in the Bank’s statements of condition.

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Advances
The following table presents advances outstanding, by type of institution, as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
ADVANCES OUTSTANDING BY BORROWER TYPE
(par value, dollars in millions)
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Amount Percent Amount Percent  Amount Percent Amount Percent 
Commercial banks $25,408  51% $29,889  50% $37,068  88% $41,924  89%
Thrift institutions 22,361 45 27,687 46  3,608 9 3,249 7 
Credit unions 1,388 3 1,565 3  1,189 3 1,347 3 
Insurance companies 279 1 243   310  301 1 
                  
  
Total member advances 49,436 100 59,384 99  42,175 100 46,821 100 
  
Housing associates 12  131   6  11  
Non-member borrowers 108  730 1  71  76  
                  
  
Total par value of advances $49,556  100% $60,245  100% $42,252  100% $46,908  100%
                  
  
Total par value of advances outstanding to CFIs $10,275  21% $11,530  19% $8,875  21% $9,758  21%
                  
At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the carrying value of the Bank’s advances portfolio totaled $50.0$42.6 billion and $60.9$47.3 billion, respectively. The par value of outstanding advances at those dates was $49.6$42.3 billion and $60.2$46.9 billion, respectively.
Advances to members grew steadily over the course ofDuring the first three quarters of 2008, peaking near the end of the third quarter when conditions in the financial markets were particularly unsettled. Advances growth during the first three quarters of 2008 was generally spread across all segments of the Bank’s membership base, as prevailing credit market conditions in 2008 appeared to lead members to increase their borrowings in order to increase their liquidity, to take advantage of borrowing rates that were relatively attractive compared with alternative wholesale funding sources, to take advantage of investment opportunities and/or to lengthen the maturity of their liabilities at a relatively low cost.
Advances subsequently declined during the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first nine months of 2009 as market conditions calmed somewhat. Advances2010, advances outstanding to the Bank’s ten largest borrowers decreased by $8.0$2.3 billion. Advances to Wells Fargo Bank South Central, National Association, Comerica Bank and International Bank of Commerce (the Bank’s three largest borrowers as of December 31, 2009) declined $0.5 billion, $1.0 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively. The remaining decline in outstanding advances of $2.3 billion during the first nine monthsquarter of 2009, contributing significantly to the overall decline in advances balances during that period. Advances to Wachovia Bank, FSB and Comerica Bank, the Bank’s two largest borrowers, declined by $3.3 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. On August 21, 2009, the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”) closed Guaranty Bank (“Guaranty”) and the FDIC was named receiver. Guaranty was the Bank’s third largest borrower and shareholder at August 21, 2009, with $2.0 billion of advances outstanding at that date; all of these advances were repaid in August and September 2009 (as of December 31, 2008, Guaranty’s outstanding advances totaled $2.2 billion). The remaining decline in advances during the period2010 was spread broadly across the Bank’s members and was primarily attributable to amembers. The Bank believes the decline in member demand which the Bank believesadvances was due, at least in part, to increases in members’ deposit levels and reduced lending activity due to the economic recession, as well as the availability of federal government programs that provided members with more attractively priced sources of funding and liquidity than were available earlier in the credit crisis.recession.
At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, advances outstanding to the Bank’s ten largest borrowers totaled $31.2$27.8 billion, representing 63.065.8 percent of the Bank’s total outstanding advances as of that date. In comparison, advances outstanding to the

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Bank’s ten largest borrowers totaled $39.2$30.1 billion at December 31, 2008,2009, representing 65.164.2 percent of the total outstanding balances at that date. The following table presents the Bank’s ten largest borrowers as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.

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TEN LARGEST BORROWERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009MARCH 31, 2010
(Par value, dollars in millions)
                            
 Percent of  Percent of 
Name City State Advances Total Advances  City State Advances Total Advances 
Wachovia Bank, FSB (1)
 Houston TX $18,997   38.3%
Wells Fargo Bank South Central, National Association(1)
 Houston TX $17,747  42.0%
Comerica Bank Dallas TX  6,000   12.1  Dallas TX 5,000 11.8 
Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. Albuquerque NM  1,235   2.5 
International Bank of Commerce Laredo TX  1,043   2.1 
Beal Bank Nevada (2)
 Las Vegas NV 1,245 3.0 
Southside Bank Tyler TX  815   1.6  Tyler TX 784 1.9 
Bank of Texas, N.A. Dallas TX  786   1.6  Dallas TX 651 1.5 
First National Bank Edinburg TX  660   1.3  Edinburg TX 593 1.4 
Beal Bank Nevada Las Vegas NV  621   1.3 
Arvest Bank Rogers AR  583   1.2  Rogers AR 582 1.4 
First Community Bank Taos NM  498   1.0  Taos NM 496 1.2 
PlainsCapital Bank Lubbock TX 352 0.8 
Bank of the Ozarks Little Rock AR 341 0.8 
                 
               
     $31,238   63.0%   $27,791  65.8%
                 
 
(1) Previously known as World SavingsFormerly Wachovia Bank, FSB (Texas)
(2)Beal Bank Nevada is chartered in Nevada, but maintains its home office in Plano, TX.
Effective December 31, 2008, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) acquired Wachovia Corporation, the holding company for Wachovia Bank, FSB (“Wachovia”), the Bank’s largest borrower and shareholder. As indicated in the table above, Wachovia had $19.0 billion of advances outstanding as of September 30, 2009, which represented 38.3 percent of the Bank’s total outstanding advances at that date. In October 2009, $750 million of Wachovia’s advances matured and were repaid. Wachovia’s remaining advances are scheduled to mature between March 2010 and October 2013.
Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”) is headquartered in the Eleventh District of the FHLBank System and affiliates of Wells Fargo have historically maintained charters in the Fourth, Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth Districts of the FHLBank System, which are served by the FHLBanks of Atlanta, Des Moines, San Francisco and Seattle, respectively. On November 1, 2009, Wachovia’s thrift charter was converted to a national bank charter with the name Wells Fargo Bank South, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank South”). Wells Fargo then merged Wells Fargo Bank South into an out-of-district national bank affiliate, Wells Fargo Bank South Central, National Association (“WFSC”). WFSC retained the main office of Wells Fargo Bank South in Houston, Texas as its main office. On November 2, 2009, WFSC applied for membership in the Bank and its application is currently being reviewed. While this series of events indicates that Wells Fargo intends to maintain a membership relationship with the Bank, the Bank is currently unable to predict whether WFSC will alter its predecessor’s borrowing relationship with the Bank.
The loss of advances to one or more large borrowers, if not offset by growth in advances to other institutions, could have a negative impact on the Bank’s return on capital stock. A larger balance of advances helps to provide a critical mass of advances and capital to support the fixed component of the Bank’s cost structure, which helps maintain returns on capital stock, dividends and relatively lower advances pricing. In the event the Bank were to lose one or more large borrowers that represent a significant proportion of its business, it could, depending upon the magnitude of the impact, lower dividend rates, raise advances rates, attempt to reduce operating expenses (which could cause a reduction in service levels), or undertake some combination of these actions.

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The following table presents information regarding the composition of the Bank’s advances by remaining term to maturity as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
COMPOSITION OF ADVANCES
(Dollars in millions)
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Percentage Percentage  Percentage Percentage 
 Balance of Total Balance of Total  Balance of Total Balance of Total 
Fixed rate advances  
Maturity less than one month $6,623  13.4% $10,745  17.8% $3,688  8.7% $5,164  11.0%
Maturity 1 month to 12 months 3,884 7.8 3,404 5.6  3,411 8.1 4,232 9.0 
Maturity greater than 1 year 5,927 12.0 7,446 12.4  4,909 11.6 5,602 12.0 
Fixed rate, amortizing 3,366 6.8 3,654 6.1  3,163 7.5 3,282 7.0 
Fixed rate, putable 4,147 8.3 4,201 7.0  4,001 9.5 4,037 8.6 
                  
Total fixed rate advances 23,947 48.3 29,450 48.9  19,172 45.4 22,317 47.6 
                  
Floating rate advances  
Maturity less than one month 779 1.6 390 0.6  1,008 2.4 11  
Maturity 1 month to 12 months 4,070 8.2 5,695 9.5  3,562 8.4 5,052 10.8 
Maturity greater than 1 year 20,760 41.9 24,710 41.0  18,510 43.8 19,528 41.6 
                  
Total floating rate advances 25,609 51.7 30,795 51.1  23,080 54.6 24,591 52.4 
                  
Total par value $49,556  100.0% $60,245  100.0% $42,252  100.0% $46,908  100.0%
                  
The Bank is required by statute and regulation to obtain sufficient collateral from members to fully secure all advances. The Bank’s collateral arrangements with its members and the types of collateral it accepts to secure advances are described in the 20082009 10-K. To ensure the value of collateral pledged to the Bank is sufficient to secure its advances, the Bank applies various haircuts, or discounts, to determine the value of the collateral against which members may borrow. From time to time, the Bank reevaluates the adequacy of its collateral haircuts under a range of stress scenarios to ensure that its collateral haircuts are sufficient to protect the Bank from credit losses on advances. In addition, as described in the 20082009 10-K, the Bank reviews the financial condition of its depository institution members on at least a quarterly basis to identify any members whose financial condition indicates they might pose an increased credit risk and, as needed, takes appropriate action. The Bank has not experienced any credit losses on advances since it was founded in 1932 and, based on its credit extension and collateral policies, management currently does not anticipate any credit losses on advances. Accordingly, the Bank has not provided any allowance for losses on advances.

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Short-Term Liquidity Portfolio
At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s short-term liquidity portfolio was comprised of $3.3$3.5 billion of overnight federal funds sold to domestic counterparties and $1.2 billion$800 million of non-interest bearing excess cash balances held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. At December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s short-term liquidity portfolio was comprised of $1.9$2.1 billion of overnight federal funds sold to domestic counterparties and $3.6 billion of interest-bearing depositsnon-interest bearing excess cash balances held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The amount of the Bank’s short-term liquidity portfolio fluctuates in response to several factors, including the projected demand for advances, changes in the Bank’s deposit balances, the Bank’s pre-funding activities, and changes in the returns provided by short-term investment alternatives relative to the Bank’s discount note funding costs.costs, and the level of liquidity needed to satisfy Finance Agency requirements. (For a discussion of the Finance Agency’s liquidity requirements, see the section below entitled “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”)

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Long-Term Investments
At September 30,March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Bank’s long-term investment portfolio (at carrying value) was comprised of $12.1approximately $11.3 billion and $11.4 billion, respectively, of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)MBS, all of which were LIBOR-indexed floating rate CMOs, and $0.1 billionapproximately $60 million of U.S. agency debentures. AsAll of year-end 2008, the Bank’s long-term investment portfolio was comprisedinvestments were classified as held-to-maturity at both of $11.7 billion of MBS and $0.1 billion of U.S. agency debentures. The following tables present the Bank’s long-term investment portfolio at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
COMPOSITION OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
(In millions of dollars)
                
  Balance Sheet Classification  Total Long-Term    
  Held-to-Maturity Available-for-Sale  Investments  Held-to-Maturity 
September 30, 2009 (at carrying value) (at fair value)  (at carrying value)  (at fair value) 
U.S. agency debentures               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations $60 $  $60  $60 
                
MBS portfolio               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  25     25   25 
Government-sponsored enterprises  11,556     11,556   11,524 
Non-agency residential MBS  472     472   378 
Non-agency commercial MBS  78     78   79 
            
                
Total MBS  12,131     12,131   12,006 
            
                
State housing agency debenture  3     3   3 
            
                
Total long-term investments $12,194 $  $12,194  $12,069 
            
                
  Balance Sheet Classification  Total Long-Term    
  Held-to-Maturity Available-for-Sale  Investments  Held-to-Maturity 
December 31, 2008 (at carrying value) (at fair value)  (at carrying value)  (at fair value) 
U.S. agency debentures               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations $66 $  $66  $66 
                
MBS portfolio               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations  29     29   28 
Government-sponsored enterprises  10,629  99   10,728   10,386 
Non-agency residential MBS  677     677   400 
Non-agency commercial MBS  297  28   325   287 
            
                
Total MBS  11,632  127   11,759   11,101 
            
                
State housing agency debenture  4     4   3 
            
                
Total long-term investments $11,702 $127  $11,829  $11,170 
            
these dates.
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank acquired $2.9(based on trade date) $1.1 billion of long-term investments, all of which were LIBOR-indexed floating rate collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”)CMOs issued by either the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie MaeMae”) or Freddie Mac, $230 million of which had not yet settled as of September 30, 2009. As further described below, the floating rate coupons of these securities, which the Bank designated as held-to-maturity, are subject to interest rate caps.Mac. During this same nine-month period, the proceeds from maturities and paydowns of long-term securities designated as held-to-maturity and available-for-sale totaled approximately $2.4 billion and $42.5 million, respectively. In March 2009, the Bank sold an available-for-sale security (specifically, a government-sponsored enterprise MBS) with an amortized cost of $86.2 million. Proceeds from the sale totaled $87.0 million, resulting in a gross realized gain of $0.8 million. There were no other sales of available-for-sale securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.$1.2 billion.
Prior to June 30, 2008, the Bank was precluded from purchasing additional MBS if such purchase would cause the aggregate book value of its MBS holdings to exceed 300 percent of the Bank’s total regulatory capital (an amount equal to the Bank’s retained earnings plus amounts paid in for Class B stock, regardless of its classification as equity or liabilities for financial reporting purposes). On March 24, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Finance Board passed a resolution that authorizesauthorized each FHLBank to temporarily invest up to an additional 300 percent of its total

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regulatory capital in agency mortgage securities. The resolution requires, among other things,securities, subject to certain restrictions regarding the MBS that a FHLBank notifycould be acquired, as more fully described in the Finance Board (now Finance Agency) prior to its first acquisition under the expanded authority and include in its notification a description of the risk management practices underlying its purchases. The expanded authority is limited to MBS issued by, or backed by pools of mortgages guaranteed by, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, including CMOs or real estate mortgage investment conduits backed by such MBS. The mortgage loans underlying any securities that are purchased under this expanded authority must be originated after January 1, 2008, and underwritten to conform to standards imposed by the federal banking agencies in theInteragency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risksdated October 4, 2006, and theStatement on Subprime Mortgage Lendingdated July 10, 2007.
The expanded investment authority granted by this resolution will expire on March 31, 2010, after which a FHLBank may not purchase additional mortgage securities if such purchases would exceed an amount equal to 300 percent of its total capital provided, however, that the expiration of the expanded investment authority will not require any FHLBank to sell any agency mortgage securities it purchased in accordance with the terms of the resolution.Bank’s 2009 10-K.
On April 23, 2008, the Bank’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the Bank’s MBS investment authority of 100 percent of its total regulatory capital. In accordance with the provisions of the resolution and Advisory Bulletin 2008-AB-01,“Temporary Increase in Mortgage-Backed Securities Investment Authority”dated April 3, 2008 (“AB 2008-01”), the Bank notified the Finance Board’s Office of Supervision on April 29, 2008 of its intent to exercise the new investment authority in an amount up to an additional 100 percent of capital. On June 30, 2008, the Office of Supervision approved the Bank’s submission, thereby raising the Bank’s MBS investment authority from 300 percent to 400 percent of its total regulatory capital.
The Bank’s Board of Directors may subsequently expand the Bank’s incremental MBSexpanded investment authority granted by some amount up to the entire additional 300 percent of capital authorized by the Finance Board. Any such increase authorized by the Bank’s Board of Directors would require approval from the Finance Agency. At September 30, 2009,this authorization expired on March 31, 2010. Accordingly, the Bank held $12.1 billion (carrying value)may no longer purchase additional mortgage securities if such purchases would cause the aggregate book value of its MBS which represented 413holdings to exceed an amount equal to 300 percent of its total regulatory capital. Since the Bank was in compliance with the expanded investment authority at the time it purchased its current MBS holdings,However, the Bank is not consideredrequired to be out of compliancesell any agency mortgage securities it purchased in accordance with the terms of the authorization.
At March 31, 2010, the Bank held $11.3 billion of MBS, which represented 420 percent of its total regulatory limit. Thecapital. Due to the expiration of the incremental MBS investment authority and shrinkage of its capital base due to reductions in member borrowings, the Bank is, however, precluded from purchasingdoes not currently anticipate that it will have the capacity to purchase additional MBS untilthroughout the outstanding principal amountremainder of its current holdings falls below four times its capital.2010. Additionally, while the Bank currently has capacity under applicable policies and regulations to purchase certain other types of highly rated long-term investments, it does not currently anticipate purchasing such securities in the foreseeable future.

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The following table provides the par amounts and carrying values of the Bank’s MBS portfolio as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.

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COMPOSITION OF MBS PORTFOLIO
(In millions of dollars)
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Par(1) Carrying Value Par(1) Carrying Value  Par(1) Carrying Value Par(1) Carrying Value 
Floating rate MBS 
Floating rate CMOs  
U.S. government guaranteed $25 $25 $29 $29  $23 $23 $24 $24 
Government-sponsored enterprises 11,712 11,553 10,880 10,714  10,942 10,803 10,985 10,835 
Non-agency RMBS 547 472 677 677  488 414 515 445 
                  
Total floating rate CMOs 12,284 12,050 11,586 11,420  11,453 11,240 11,524 11,304 
                  
  
Interest rate swapped MBS(2)
 
Triple-A rated non-agency CMBS (3)(2)
   29 28 
Government-sponsored enterprise DUS(4)
   10 10 
         
Total swapped MBS   39 38 
         
Total floating rate MBS 12,284 12,050 11,625 11,458 
         
 
Fixed rate MBS  
Government-sponsored enterprises 3 3 4 4  3 3 3 3 
Triple-A rated non-agency CMBS(5)
 78 78 297 297 
Triple-A rated non-agency CMBS (3)(2)
 46 46 56 56 
                  
Total fixed rate MBS 81 81 301 301  49 49 59 59 
                  
  
Total MBS $12,365 $12,131 $11,926 $11,759  $11,502 $11,289 $11,583 $11,363 
                  
 
(1) Balances represent the principal amounts of the securities.
 
(2) In the interest rate swapped MBS transactions, the Bank had entered into balance-guaranteed interest rate swaps in which it paid the swap counterparty the coupon payments of the underlying security in exchange for LIBOR-indexed coupons.
(3)CMBS = Commercial mortgage-backed securities.
(4)DUS = Designated Underwriter Servicer.
(5)The Bank match funded these CMBS at the time of purchase with fixed rate debt securities.
Unrealized losses on the Bank’s MBS classified as held-to-maturity decreased from $557.0 million at December 31, 2008 to $260.5 million at September 30, 2009. The Bank did not have any securities classified as available-for-sale at September 30, 2009. At December 31, 2008,Gross unrealized losses on the Bank’s MBS classified as available-for-sale totaled $1.7 million.
investments decreased from $188 million at December 31, 2009 to $138 million at March 31, 2010. The following table sets forth the unrealized losses on the Bank’s MBS portfolio as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
GROSS UNREALIZED LOSSES ON MBS PORTFOLIO
(dollars in millions)
                
                          March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  Unrealized Unrealized 
 Gross Unrealized Losses Gross Unrealized Losses  Gross Losses as Gross Losses as 
 Unrealized as Percentage of Unrealized as Percentage of  Unrealized Percentage of Unrealized Percentage of 
 Losses Amortized Cost Losses Amortized Cost  Losses Amortized Cost Losses Amortized Cost 
Government guaranteed $  0.6% $1  2.8% $  0.0% $  0.3%
Government-sponsored enterprises 94  0.8% 270  2.5% 21  0.2% 53  0.5%
Non-agency RMBS 166  30.6% 277  40.9%
Non-agency CMBS   0.0% 11  3.4%
Non-agency residential MBS 117  24.2% 135  26.5%
          
  
 $260 $559  $138 $188 
          

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The Bank evaluates outstanding available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities in an unrealized loss position as of the end of each quarter for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”). An investment security is impaired if the fair value of the investment is less than its amortized cost. The unrealized losses on the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities portfolio as of September 30, 2009 were generally attributable to the continuing, though diminished, dislocation in the credit markets. AllFor a summary of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities are rated by one or moreOTTI evaluation, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 3 beginning on page 7 of the following NRSROs: Moody’s, S&P and/or Fitch Ratings, Ltd. (“Fitch”)this report). With the exception of 20 non-agency RMBS, as presented below, none of these organizations had rated any of the securities held by the Bank lower than the highest investment grade credit rating at September 30, 2009. Based upon the Bank’s assessment of the creditworthiness of the issuers of the debentures held by the Bank, the credit ratings assigned by the NRSROs, the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the Bank’s holdings of agency MBS and, in the case of its non-agency commercial MBS (“CMBS”), the performance of the underlying loans and the credit support provided by the subordinate securities as further discussed below, the Bank expects that its holdings of U.S. government guaranteed debentures, state housing agency debentures, U.S. government guaranteed MBS, government-sponsored enterprise MBS and non-agency CMBS would not be settled at an amount less than the Bank’s amortized cost bases in these investments. Because the declines in market value are not attributable to credit quality, and because the Bank does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, the Bank does not consider any of these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2009.
As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the gross unrealized losses on the Bank’s holdings of non-agency RMBS(i.e., private label) residential MBS (“RMBS”) totaled $166$117 million, which represented 30.624.2 percent of the securities’ amortized cost at that date. The deterioration in the U.S. housing markets that began in 2007, as reflected by declines in the values of residential real estate and increasinghigher levels of delinquencies, defaults and losses on residential mortgages, including the mortgages underlying the Bank’s non-agency RMBS, has generally elevated the risk that the Bank may not ultimately recover the entire cost bases of some of its non-agency RMBS. Despite theAlthough this risk remains somewhat elevated, risk, based on its analysis of the securities in this portfolio, the Bank believes that the unrealized losses noted aboveas of March 31, 2010 were principally the result of diminished liquidity and significant risk-relatedrisk related discounts in the non-agency RMBS market and

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do not accurately reflect the actual historical or currently likely future credit performance of the securities.
As noted above, allAll of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities are rated by one or more NRSROs.of the following NRSROs: Moody’s, S&P and/or Fitch Ratings, Ltd. (“Fitch”). With the exception of certain of its non-agency RMBS, none of these organizations had rated any of the securities held by the Bank lower than the highest investment grade credit rating at March 31, 2010. The following table presents the credit ratings assigned to the Bank’s non-agency RMBS as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 (dollars in thousands). The credit ratings presented in the table represent the lowest rating assigned to the security by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch.
NON-AGENCY RMBS CREDIT RATINGS
(dollars in thousands)
                    
                     Number of Amortized Carrying Estimated Unrealized 
Credit Rating Number of
Securities
 Amortized
Cost
 Carrying
Value
 Estimated
Fair Value
 Unrealized
Losses
  Securities Cost Value Fair Value Losses 
Triple-A 20 $225,787 $225,787 $196,225 $29,562  20 $186,805 $186,805 $169,068 $17,737 
Double-A 5 54,614 54,614 36,061 18,553  5 49,572 49,572 37,195 12,377 
Single-A 2 40,556 40,556 25,738 14,818  2 37,191 37,191 26,309 10,882 
Triple-B 6 82,350 70,966 42,618 39,732  5 69,988 54,945 41,702 28,286 
Double-B 3 35,172 23,677 18,758 16,414  4 39,364 27,203 24,007 15,357 
Single-B 3 60,488 28,483 30,562 29,926  3 57,103 29,330 33,716 23,387 
Triple-C 1 44,876 27,543 27,543 17,333  1 43,474 29,670 34,277 9,197 
                      
Total 40 $543,843 $471,626 $377,505 $166,338  40 $483,497 $414,716 $366,274 $117,223 
                      
During the period from OctoberApril 1, 20092010 through November 11, 2009, noneMay 7, 2010, one security rated single-A in the table above had its credit rating lowered to single-B by one of the NRSROs; as of March 31, 2010, this security had an amortized cost and estimated fair value of $30.1 million and $21.2 million, respectively. In addition, during this same period, one security rated double-A in the table above had its credit rating lowered to triple-B; as of March 31, 2010, this security had an amortized cost and estimated fair value of $11.1 million and $7.2 million, respectively. None of the Bank’s other non-agency RMBS holdings were downgraded by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch.during this period.
At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s portfolio of non-agency RMBS was comprised of 40 securities with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $547$488 million: 21 securities with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $290$247 million

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are backed by fixed rate loans and 19 securities with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $257$241 million are backed by option adjustable-rate mortgage (“option ARM”) loans. In comparison, as of December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s non-agency RMBS portfolio was comprised of 42 securities withhad an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $677$515 million (the securities backed by fixed rate loans had an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $395$267 million while the securities backed by option ARM loans had an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $282$248 million). All of these investments are classified as held-to-maturity securities. The following table provides a summary of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 by collateral type and year of securitization.

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NON-AGENCY RMBS BY UNDERLYING COLLATERAL TYPE
(dollars in millions)
                                                                        
 Credit Enhancement Statistics  Credit Enhancement Statistics 
 Unpaid Weighted Average Current Original    Unpaid Weighted Average Current Original  
 Number of Principal Amortized Estimated Unrealized Collateral Weighted Weighted Minimum  Number of Principal Amortized Estimated Unrealized Collateral Weighted Weighted Minimum 
Year of Securitization Securities Balance Cost Fair Value Losses Delinquency(1)(2) Average(1)(3) Average(1) Current(4)  Securities Balance Cost Fair Value Losses Delinquency(1)(2) Average (1)(3) Average(1) Current(4) 
Fixed Rate Collateral  
2006 1 $46 $45 $28 $17  8.42%  8.74%  8.89%  8.74% 1 $46 $43 $34 $9  13.42%  8.34%  8.89%  8.34%
2005 1 33 33 22 11  6.72%  10.28%  6.84%  10.28% 1 30 30 22 8  9.22%  10.21%  6.84%  10.21%
2004 5 42 42 38 4  3.43%  16.99%  6.00%  14.38% 5 32 32 30 2  4.33%  19.69%  6.01%  16.81%
2003 11 156 156 140 16  0.64%  6.66%  3.98%  4.93% 11 127 127 117 10  1.11%  6.80%  3.96%  5.09%
2002 and prior 3 13 13 12 1  5.71%  20.71%  4.47%  16.55% 3 12 12 11 1  6.31%  21.17%  4.45%  16.97%
                                      
 21 290 289 240 49  3.20%  9.53%  5.40%  4.93% 21 247 244 214 30  5.05%  9.84%  5.52%  5.09%
                                      
  
Option ARM Collateral  
2005 17 243 241 130 111  30.43%  48.69%  42.57%  31.69% 17 228 226 144 82  33.21%  47.40%  42.57%  29.07%
2004 2 14 14 8 6  29.67%  38.22%  30.13%  34.68% 2 13 13 8 5  31.76%  36.81%  30.01%  33.76%
                                      
 19 257 255 138 117  30.39%  48.11%  41.87%  31.69% 19 241 239 152 87  33.13%  46.81%  41.87%  29.07%
                                      
  
Total non-agency RMBS 40 $547 $544 $378 $166  16.00%  27.69%  22.57%  4.93% 40 $488 $483 $366 $117  18.94%  28.13%  23.50%  5.09%
                                      
 
(1) Weighted average percentages are computed based upon unpaid principal balances.
 
(2) Collateral delinquency reflects the percentage of underlying loans that are 60 or more days past due, including loans in foreclosure and real estate owned; as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, actual cumulative loan losses in the pools of loans underlying the Bank’s non-agency RMBS portfolio ranged from 0 percent to 5.086.03 percent.
 
(3) Current credit enhancement percentages reflect the ability of subordinated classes of securities to absorb principal losses and interest shortfalls before the senior classes held by the Bank are impacted (i.e., the losses, expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal balances, that could be incurred in the underlying loan pools before the securities held by the Bank would be impacted, assuming that all of those losses occurred on the measurement date). Depending upon the timing and amount of losses in the underlying loan pool, it is possible that the senior classes held by the Bank could bear losses in scenarios where the cumulative loan losses do not exceed the current credit enhancement percentage.
 
(4) Minimum credit enhancement reflects the security in each vintage year with the lowest current credit enhancement.
The geographic concentration by state of the loans underlying the Bank’s non-agency RMBS as of December 31, 20082009 is provided in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K. There were no substantial changes in these concentrations during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank held six non-agency RMBS with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $97$88 million that were classifiedlabeled as Alt-A at the time of issuance. Four of the six Alt-A securities (with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $55$48 million) are backed by fixed rate loans while the other two securities (with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $42$40 million) are backed by option ARM loans. The Bank does not hold any MBS that were classifiedlabeled as subprime at the time of issuance. The following table provides a summary as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS that were classifiedlabeled as Alt-A at the time of issuance.

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SECURITIES CLASSIFIEDLABELED AS ALT-A AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE

(dollars in millions)
                                    
 Credit Enhancement Statistics                                     
 Credit Enhancement Statistics 
 Unpaid Weighted Average  Original    Unpaid Weighted Average Current Original   
 Number of Principal Amortized Estimated Unrealized Collateral Current Weighted Weighted    Number of Principal Amortized Estimated Unrealized Collateral Weighted Weighted Minimum 
Year of Securitization Securities Balance Cost Fair Value Losses Delinquency(1)(2) Average(1)(3) Average(1) Minimum Current(4)  Securities Balance Cost Fair Value Losses Delinquency(1)(2) Average (1)(3) Average(1) Current(4) 
2005 3 $75 $73 $42 $31 24.66%  29.43%  25.18%  10.28% 3 $70 $68 $45 $23  29.05%  29.16%  25.55%  10.21%
2004 1 10 10 9 1  7.18%  21.77%  6.85%  21.77% 1 7 7 7   9.27%  25.28%  6.85%  25.28%
2002 and prior 2 12 12 11 1  5.92%  20.03%  4.56%  16.55% 2 11 11 10 1  6.58%  20.42%  4.55%  16.97%
                                      
Total 6 $97 $95 $62 $33  20.45%  27.43%  20.64%  10.28% 6 $88 $86 $62 $24  24.66%  27.76%  21.43%  10.21%
                                      
 
(1) Weighted average percentages are computed based upon unpaid principal balances.
 
(2) Collateral delinquency reflects the percentage of underlying loans that are 60 or more days past due, including loans in foreclosure and real estate owned; as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, actual cumulative loan losses in the pools of loans underlying the securities presented in the table ranged from 0.18 percent to 2.823.74 percent.
 
(3) Current credit enhancement percentages reflect the ability of subordinated classes of securities to absorb principal losses and interest shortfalls before the senior classes held by the Bank are impacted (i.e., the losses, expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal balances, that could be incurred in the underlying loan pools before the securities held by the Bank would be impacted, assuming that all of those losses occurred on the measurement date). Depending upon the timing and amount of losses in the underlying loan pool, it is possible that the senior classes held by the Bank could bear losses in scenarios where the cumulative loan losses do not exceed the current credit enhancement percentage.
 
(4) Minimum credit enhancement reflects the security in each vintage year with the lowest current credit enhancement.

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Because the ultimate receipt of contractual payments on the Bank’s non-agency RMBS will depend upon the credit and prepayment performance of the underlying loans and the credit enhancements for the senior securities owned by the Bank, the Bank closely monitors these investments in an effort to determine whether the credit enhancement associated with each security is sufficient to protect against potential losses of principal and interest on the underlying mortgage loans.
The credit enhancement for each of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS is provided by a senior/subordinate structure, and none of the securities owned by the Bank are insured by third party bond insurers. More specifically, each of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS represents a single security class within a securitization that has multiple classes of securities. Each security class has a distinct claim on the cash flows from the underlying mortgage loans, with the subordinate securities having a junior claim relative to the more senior securities. The Bank’s non-agency RMBS have a senior claim on the cash flows from the underlying mortgage loans.
To assess whether the entire amortized cost bases of its non-agency RMBS will be recovered, the Bank performed a cash flow analysis for each security as of September 30, 2009 using two third party models. The first model considers borrower characteristics and the particular attributes of the loans underlying the Bank’s securities, in conjunction with assumptions about future changes in home prices and interest rates, to project prepayments, defaults and loss severities. A significant input to the first model is the forecast of future housing price changes for the relevant states and core based statistical areas (“CBSAs”), which are based upon an assessment of the individual housing markets. (The term CBSA refers collectively to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget; as currently defined, a CBSA must contain at least one urban area of 10,000 or more people.) The Bank’s housing price forecast as of September 30, 2009 assumed current-to-trough home price declines ranging from 0 percent to 20 percent over the next 9 to 15 months. Thereafter, home prices are projected to increase 0 percent in the first six months, 0.5 percent in the next six months, 3 percent in the second year and 4 percent in each subsequent year. The month-by-month projections of future loan performance derived from the first model, which reflect projected prepayments, defaults and loss severities, are then input into a second model that allocates the projected loan level cash flows and losses to the various security classes in the securitization structure in accordance with its prescribed cash flow and loss allocation rules. In a securitization in which the credit enhancement for the senior securities is derived from the presence of subordinate securities, losses are generally allocated first to the subordinate securities until their principal balance is reduced to zero.
Based on the results of its cash flow analyses, the Bank determined that it is likely that it will not fully recover the amortized cost bases of seven of its non-agency RMBS and, accordingly, these securities were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impairedholdings as of September 30, 2009. These securities included four securities,March 31, 2010. The procedures used in this analysis, together with an aggregate unpaid principal balancethe results thereof, are summarized in “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 3 beginning on page 7 of $98.8 million at September 30, 2009, that had previously been identified as other-than-temporarily impaired in prior periods and three securities, with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $52.0 million at September 30, 2009, that were initially determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2009. The difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected from these seven securities and their amortized cost bases (i.e., the credit losses) totaled $2.3 million as of September 30, 2009.

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Because the Bank does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their remaining amortized cost bases (that is, their previous amortized cost basis less the current-period credit loss), only the amounts related to the credit losses were recognized in earnings. Because the estimated fair values of three of the four previously impaired securities increased by an amount greater than the accretion of the non-credit portion of the other-than-temporary impairment charge recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 30, 2009, the additional credit losses associated with these previously impaired securities, totaling $1.3 million, were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings during the three months ended September 30, 2009. No additional non-credit impairment was recorded for these three securities in other comprehensive income during the three months ended September 30, 2009. Additional total impairment losses of $2.3 million (comprised of credit and non-credit losses of $0.5 million and $1.8 million, respectively), were recorded on the other previously impaired security during the three months ended September 30, 2009. At September 30, 2009, the difference between the three newly impaired securities’ amortized cost bases (after recognition of the current-period credit losses totaling $0.5 million) and their estimated fair values totaled $25.3 million, which was recognized as non-credit losses in other comprehensive income.
The following tables set forth additional information for each of the securities that was deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2009. The credit ratings presented in the first table represent the lowest rating assigned to the security by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch as of September 30, 2009.
SUMMARY OF OTTI LOSSES FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
(dollars in thousands)
                     
  Period of          Credit  Non-Credit 
  Initial  Credit  Total  Component  Component 
  Impairment  Rating  OTTI  of OTTI  of OTTI 
Security #1  Q1 2009  Single-B $13,139  $1,369  $11,770 
Security #2  Q1 2009  Double-B  13,076   16   13,060 
Security #3  Q2 2009  Triple-C  19,358   1,029   18,329 
Security #4  Q2 2009  Triple-B  8,585   54   8,531 
Security #5  Q3 2009  Single-B  11,738   220   11,518 
Security #6  Q3 2009  Single-B  10,502   274   10,228 
Security #7  Q3 2009  Triple-B  3,544   21   3,523 
                  
Totals         $79,942  $2,983  $76,959 
                  
SUMMARY OF OTTI SECURITIES AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
(dollars in thousands)
                     
      Accumulated OCI        
  Amortized Cost  Non-Credit  Accretion of      Estimated 
  After Credit  Component  Non-Credit  Carrying  Fair 
  Component of OTTI  of OTTI  Component  Value  Value 
Security #1 $16,683  $11,770  $1,511  $6,424  $8,503 
Security #2  20,530   13,060   1,566   9,036   11,037 
Security #3  44,876   18,329   996   27,543   27,543 
Security #4  14,247   8,531   669   6,385   7,665 
Security #5  23,373   11,518      11,855   11,855 
Security #6  20,432   10,228      10,204   10,204 
Security #7  7,713   3,523      4,190   4,190 
                
Totals $147,854  $76,959  $4,742  $75,637  $80,997 
                

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Several factors contributed to the increase in projected credit losses on the Bank’s non-agency RMBS since June 30, 2009, including lower forecasted housing prices followed by a marginally slower housing price recovery, lower expected voluntary prepayment rates and higher projected losses on defaulted loans.
For those securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was determined to have occurred as of September 30, 2009, the following table presents a summary of the significant inputs used to measure the amount of the credit loss recognized in earnings during the three months ended September 30, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
SIGNIFICANT INPUTS USED TO MEASURE CREDIT LOSSES AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
(dollars in thousands)
                             
              Significant Inputs(2)    
          Unpaid  Projected  Projected  Projected  Current 
  Year of  Collateral  Principal  Prepayment  Default  Loss  Credit 
  Securitization  Type(1)  Balance  Rate  Rate  Severity  Enhancement(3) 
Security #1  2005  Alt-A/Option ARM $18,054   6.4%  77.1%  48.2%  37.9%
Security #2  2005  Alt-A/Option ARM  20,546   8.4%  61.0%  51.3%  51.0%
Security #3  2006    Alt-A/Fixed Rate  45,905   14.0%  25.4%  43.2%  8.7%
Security #4  2005  Alt-A/Option ARM  14,300   6.8%  71.8%  44.5%  50.7%
Security #5  2005  Alt-A/Option ARM  23,594   8.0%  74.6%  49.3%  49.7%
Security #6  2005  Alt-A/Option ARM  20,706   7.5%  66.4%  40.2%  31.7%
Security #7  2004  Alt-A/Option ARM  7,725   10.0%  55.0%  42.0%  34.7%
                            
Total         $150,830                 
                            
(1)Security #1 and Security #5 are the only securities presented in the table above that were classified as Alt-A at the time of issuance; however, based upon their current collateral or performance characteristics, all of the other-than-temporarily impaired securities presented in the table above were analyzed using Alt-A assumptions.
(2)Prepayment rates reflect the weighted average of projected future voluntary prepayments. Default rates reflect the total balance of loans projected to default as a percentage of the current unpaid principal balance of the underlying loan pool. Loss severities reflect the total projected loan losses as a percentage of the total balance of loans that are projected to default.
(3)Current credit enhancement percentages reflect the ability of subordinated classes of securities to absorb principal losses and interest shortfalls before the senior class held by the Bank is impacted (i.e., the losses, expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal balances, that could be incurred in the underlying loan pool before the security held by the Bank would be impacted, assuming that all of those losses occurred on the measurement date)this report).
Because the Bank currently expects to recover the entire amortized cost basis of each of its other non-agency RMBS holdings, and because the Bank does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, the Bank does not consider any of its other non-agency RMBS to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2009.
In addition to evaluating its non-agency RMBS under a base case (or best estimate) scenario, the Bank also performed a cash flow analysis was also performed for each of these securities under a more stressful housing price scenario. The more stressful scenario was based on a housing price forecast that was 5 percentage points lower at the trough than the base case scenario followed by a flatter recovery path. Under the more stressful scenario, current-to-trough home price declines were projected to range from 5 percent to 2517 percent over the next 96- to 15 months.12-month period beginning January 1, 2010. Thereafter, home prices were projected to increase 0 percent in the first year, 1 percent in the second year, 2 percent in each of the third and fourth years and 3 percent in each subsequent year.
As set forth in the table below, under the more stressful housing price scenario, 1210 of the Bank’s non-agency RMBS would have been deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2009 (includingMarch 31, 2010 (as compared to 5 securities in the 7 securities that were determined to be other-than-temporarily impairedBank’s base case scenario as of that date). The stress test scenario and associated results do not represent the Bank’s current expectations and therefore should not be construed as a prediction of the Bank’s future results, market conditions or the actual performance of these securities. Rather, the results from this

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hypothetical stress test scenario provide a measure of the credit losses that the Bank might incur if home price declines (and subsequent recoveries) are more adverse than those projected in its OTTI assessment.
NON-AGENCY RMBS STRESS-TEST SCENARIO
(dollars in thousands)
                                                             
 Credit Losses Hypothetical    Credit Losses Hypothetical   
 Recorded Credit    Recorded Credit   
 in Earnings Losses Under Current  in Earnings Losses Under Current
 Year of Collateral Carrying Fair During the Stress-Test Collateral Credit  Year of Collateral Carrying Fair During the Stress-Test Collateral Credit
 Securitization Type(1) Value Value Third Quarter Scenario(2) Delinquency(3) Enhancement(4)  Securitization Type(1) Value Value First Quarter Scenario(2) Delinquency(3) Enhancement (4)
Security #1 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM $6,424 $8,503 $1,214 $2,280  36.5%  37.9% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM $7,056 $9,781 $49 $1,072  42.0%  37.2%
Security #2 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 9,036 11,037 2 3  33.6%  51.0% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 9,331 11,996  44  43.5%  50.7%
Security #3 2006 Alt-A/Fixed Rate 27,543 27,543 547 1,631  8.4%  8.7% 2006 Alt-A/Fixed Rate 29,670 34,277 446 1,951  13.4%  8.3%
Security #4 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 6,385 7,665 34 672  24.5%  50.7% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 6,570 7,812  79  20.9%  48.8%
Security #5 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 11,855 11,855 220 1,156  40.7%  49.7% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 12,268 13,365  790  45.5%  48.2%
Security #6 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 10,204 10,204 274 1,367  27.4%  31.7% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 10,006 10,570  851  27.3%  29.1%
Security #7 2004 Alt-A/Option ARM 4,190 4,190 21 93  20.1%  34.7% 2004 Alt-A/Option ARM 4,167 4,167 60 354  24.0%  33.8%
Security #8 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 12,817 6,661  122  36.3%  51.3% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 6,509 6,509 10 100  30.9%  47.7%
Security #9 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 11,420 6,057  36  37.5%  51.3% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 3,091 3,091 3   32.5%  47.6%
Security #10 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 20,166 10,048  18  31.0%  49.6% 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 8,705 5,260  26  42.2%  46.4%
Security #11 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 9,215 4,733  2  37.5%  48.2% 2004 Alt-A/Option ARM 6,077 3,661  37  41.2%  40.5%
Security #12 2005 Alt-A/Option ARM 7,624 4,063  5  32.3%  50.4%
                      
 $136,879 $112,559 $2,312 $7,385      $103,450 $110,489 $568 $5,304 
                      
 
(1) Security #1 and Security #5 are the only securities presented in the table above that were classifiedlabeled as Alt-A at the time of issuance; however, based upon their current collateral or performance characteristics, all of the securities presented in the table above were analyzed using Alt-A assumptions.
 
(2) Represents the credit losses that would have been recorded in earnings during the three monthsquarter ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 if the more stressful housing price scenario had been used in the Bank’s OTTI assessment.assessment as of March 31, 2010.
 
(3) Collateral delinquency reflects the percentage of underlying loans that are 60 or more days past due, including loans in foreclosure and real estate owned; as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, actual cumulative loan losses in the pools of loans underlying the securities presented in the table ranged from 0.971.65 percent to 5.086.03 percent.
 
(4) Current credit enhancement percentages reflect the ability of subordinated classes of securities to absorb principal losses and interest shortfalls before the senior classes held by the Bank are impacted (i.e., the losses, expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal balances, that could be incurred in the underlying loan pools before the securities held by the Bank would be impacted, assuming that all of those losses occurred on the measurement date). Depending upon the timing and amount of losses in the underlying loan pool, it is possible that the senior classes held by the Bank could bear losses in scenarios where the cumulative loan losses do not exceed the current credit enhancement percentage.
In addition to its holdings of non-agency RMBS, as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank held threetwo non-agency CMBScommercial MBS with an aggregate unpaid principal balance, amortized cost and estimated fair value of $77.8$45.8 million, $77.8$45.8 million and $79.2$46.7 million, respectively. AllBoth of these securities were issued in 2000 and are classified as held-to-maturity.2000. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the portfolio’s weighted average collateral delinquency (the percentage of underlying loans that are 60 or more days past due, including loans in foreclosure and real estate owned) for these two securities was 3.873.72 percent; at this same date, the current weighted average credit enhancement approximated 35.9529.57 percent.
While mostsubstantially all of its MBS portfolio is comprised of CMOs with floating rate CMOscoupons ($12.311.5 billion par value at September 30, 2009)March 31, 2010) that do not expose the Bank to interest rate risk if interest rates rise moderately, such

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securities include caps that would limit increases in the floating rate coupons if short-term interest rates rise dramatically.above the caps. In addition, if interest rates rise, prepayments on the mortgage loans underlying the securities would likely decline, thus lengthening the time that the securities would remain outstanding with their coupon rates capped. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the effective interest rate caps on one-month LIBOR (the interest cap rate minus the stated spread on the coupon) embedded in the CMO floaters ranged from 6.0 percent to 15.3 percent. The largest concentration of embedded effective caps ($10.29.5 billion) was between 6.0 percent and 7.0 percent. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, one-month LIBOR rates were approximately 575 basis points below the lowest effective interest rate cap embedded in the CMO floaters. To hedge a portion of the potential cap risk embedded in these securities, the Bank held (i) $1.25$2.5 billion of interest rate caps with remaining maturities ranging from 4236 months to 5756 months as of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, and strike rates ranging from 6.256.00 percent to 6.50 percent and (ii) five forward-starting interest rate caps, each of which has a notional amount of $250 million. Two of the forward-starting caps have terms that commence in June 2012; these forward-starting caps mature in June 2015 and June 2016 and have strike rates of 6.50 percent and 7.00 percent, respectively. The other three forward-starting caps have terms that commence in October 2012; these forward-starting caps mature in October 2014 and October 2015 and have strike rates ranging from 6.00 percent to 7.00 percent. If interest rates rise above the strike rates specified in these interest rate cap agreements, the Bank will be entitled to receive interest payments according to the terms and conditions of such agreements. Such payments would be based upon the notional amounts of those agreements and the difference between the specified strike rate and one-month LIBOR.

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The Bank did not enter into any new stand-alone interest rate cap agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2010.


The following table provides a summary of the notional amounts, strike rates and expiration periods of the Bank’s current portfolio of stand-alone CMO-related interest rate cap agreements.
SUMMARY OF CMO-RELATED INTEREST RATE CAP AGREEMENTS
(dollars in millions)
                
Expiration Notional Amount Strike Rate  Notional Amount Strike Rate 
Second quarter 2013 $500  6.25% $500  6.25%
Second quarter 2013 250  6.50% 250  6.50%
First quarter 2014 500  6.00%
First quarter 2014 500  6.50%
Third quarter 2014 500  6.50% 500  6.50%
Fourth quarter 2014 250  6.00%
Fourth quarter 2014 (1)
 250  6.50% 250  6.50%
Second quarter 2015(2)
 250  6.50% 250  6.50%
Fourth quarter 2015 (1)
 250  6.00% 250  6.00%
Fourth quarter 2015 (1)
 250  7.00% 250  7.00%
Second quarter 2016 (2)
 250  7.00% 250  7.00%
      
 $2,500  
    $3,750 
   
 
(1) These caps are effective beginning in October 2012.
 
(2) These caps are effective beginning in June 2012.

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Consolidated Obligations and Deposits
As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the carrying values of the Bank’s consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes totaled $52.1$48.3 billion and $10.7$5.6 billion, respectively. At that date, the par value of the Bank’s outstanding bonds was $51.6$47.9 billion and the par value of the Bank’s outstanding discount notes was $10.7$5.6 billion. In comparison, at December 31, 2008,2009, the carrying values of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes totaled $56.6$51.5 billion and $16.7$8.8 billion, respectively, and the par values of the Bank’s outstanding bonds and discount notes totaled $56.0$51.2 billion and $16.9$8.8 billion, respectively.
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s outstanding consolidated obligationsobligation bonds (at par value) decreased by $10.6$3.3 billion in line with the decrease in outstanding advances during that period. The decreasedue primarily to decreases in the par value of consolidated obligations was comprised of decreases of $4.4 billion and $6.2 billion in consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes, respectively.
As discussed in the 2008 10-K, market developments during the second half of 2008 stimulated investors’ demand for short-term GSE debt and limited their demand for longer term debt. As a result, during the second half of 2008, the Bank’s potential funding costs associated with issuing long-maturity debt, as compared to three-month LIBOR on a swapped cash flow basis, rose sharply relative to short-term debt. These market conditions continued into early 2009, and, as a result, the Bank relied in large part on the issuance of short-term debt to meet its funding needs during the first half of 2009. The Bank’s access to debt with a wider range of maturities, and the pricing of those bonds, improved somewhat during the latter part of the second quarter and the third quarter of 2009 and therefore the Bank relied on the issuance of short-maturity debt to a lesser extent during this period.outstanding advances. The following table presents the composition of the Bank’s outstanding bonds at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.

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COMPOSITION OF BONDS OUTSTANDING
(Par value, dollars in millions)
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Percentage Percentage  Percentage Percentage 
 Balance of Total Balance of Total  Balance of Total Balance of Total 
Single-index floating rate $24,445  47.4% $13,093  23.4% $21,715  45.3% $20,560  40.2%
Fixed rate, non-callable 20,777 40.2 31,767 56.7  19,739 41.2 23,371 45.7 
Callable step-up 3,127 6.1 78 0.1  3,198 6.7 3,473 6.8 
Fixed rate, callable 2,877 5.6 11,054 19.8  2,698 5.6 3,277 6.4 
Callable step-down 300 0.6 125 0.2 
Conversion 320 0.6    265 0.6 365 0.7 
Callable step-down 100 0.1 15  
                  
Total par value $51,646  100.0% $56,007  100.0% $47,915  100.0% $51,171  100.0%
                  
Fixed rate bonds have coupons that are fixed over the life of the bond. Some fixed rate bonds contain provisions that enable the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined call dates. Single-index floating rate bonds have variable rate coupons that generally reset based on either one-one-month or three-month LIBOR or the daily federal funds rate; these bonds may contain caps that limit the increases in the floating rate coupons. Fixed rateConversion bonds have coupons that areconvert from floating to fixed over the lives of the bonds. Some fixed rate bonds contain provisions that enable the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined call dates. Callable step-up bonds pay interest at increasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the liveslife of the bondsbond and contain provisions enabling the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined dates. Conversion bonds have coupons that convert from fixed to floating, or from floating to fixed, on predetermined dates. Callable step-down bonds pay interest at decreasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the liveslife of the bondsbond and contain provisions enabling the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined dates.
During the first quarter, a significant portion of the Bank’s funding needs were met through the issuance of discount notes and one-month LIBOR-indexed floating rate bonds. The Bank relied upon floating rate bonds during the quarter in part because they were more readily available in larger volumes as compared to some of the Bank’s other traditional sources of LIBOR-indexed funds, such as swapped callable debt and short-maturity bullet debt. Furthermore, through the issuance of the one-month LIBOR floating rate bonds, the Bank was able to maintain (and based on its then existing projections, expected to maintain in the near future) approximately equal balances of one-month LIBOR indexed assets and liabilities (including the effects of LIBOR basis swaps). The proceeds from the issuance of discount notes were generally used to fund shorter maturity assets such as money market investments and short-maturity advances.
The average LIBOR cost of the consolidated obligation bonds issued during the first quarter was higher than the average LIBOR cost of consolidated obligation bonds issued during the immediately preceding quarter. The weighted average cost of consolidated obligation bonds issued by the Bank increased from approximately LIBOR minus 19 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2009 to approximately LIBOR minus 16 basis points in the first quarter of 2010. A variety of factors including the availability of other high credit grade debt such as sovereign debt, the compression in interest rate swap spreads relative to high credit grade debt, and the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s agency debt purchase program contributed to the increased LIBOR costs during the period. The

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increased issuance of floating rate bonds, which typically bear a higher LIBOR cost than the LIBOR cost that results from converting structured debt such as callable bonds to LIBOR, also contributed to the Bank’s increased debt costs during the quarter.
As discussed in the 2009 10-K, on March 4, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued amendments to its rules promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which govern money market funds. These amendments will limit the amount of FHLBank consolidated obligations with remaining maturities greater than 60 days that a money market fund can hold. The requirements imposed by the amendments become effective on various dates during the second quarter of 2010. Traditionally, money market funds have been significant investors in FHLBank consolidated obligations. The Bank expects these amendments to result in an increase in money market funds’ demand for FHLBank discount notes with maturities of 60 days or less and a reduction in money market funds’ demand for longer-term discount notes, short-term callable debt and floating rate bonds.
Demand and term deposits were $1.0$1.6 billion and $1.4$1.5 billion at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively. The size of the Bank’s deposit base varies as market factors change, including the attractiveness of the Bank’s deposit pricing relative to the rates available to members on alternative money market investments, members’ investment preferences with respect to the maturity of their investments, and members’member liquidity.
Capital Stock
The Bank’s outstanding capital stock (for financial reporting purposes)(excluding mandatorily redeemable capital stock) was approximately $2.609$2.3 billion and $3.224$2.5 billion at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively. The Bank’s average outstanding capital stock (for financial reporting purposes)(excluding mandatorily redeemable capital stock) decreased from $2.911$2.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 20082009 to $2.825$2.4 billion for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. The decrease in outstanding capital stock from December 31, 20082009 to September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 was largely attributable primarily to thea decline in members’ activity-based investment requirements resulting from the decline in outstanding advances balances. In addition, in September 2009, the Bank repurchased all of the capital stock that had been held by Guaranty prior to its closure by the OTS. At the time of its repurchase, this stock (totaling $102.7 million) was classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock.
Members are required to maintain an investment in Class B stock equal to the sum of a membership investment requirement and an activity-based investment requirement. There were no changes in the investment requirement percentages during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
Periodically, the Bank repurchases a portion of members’ excess capital stock. Excess stock is defined as the amount of stock held by a member (or former member) in excess of that institution’s minimum investment requirement. The portion of members’ excess capital stock subject to repurchase is known as surplus stock. The Bank generally repurchases surplus stock on the last business day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter (e.g., January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31). For the repurchases that occurred on January 30, 2009,29, 2010 and April 30, 2009, July 31, 2009 and October 30, 2009,2010, surplus stock was defined as the amount of stock held by a member in excess of 120 percent of the member’s minimum investment requirement. The Bank’s practice has been that a member’s surplus stock will not be repurchased if the amount of that member’s surplus stock is $250,000 or less.less or if, subject to certain exceptions, the member is on restricted collateral status. From time to time, the Bank may modify the definition of surplus stock or the timing and/or frequency of surplus stock repurchases.

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The following table sets forth the repurchases of surplus stock that have occurred since December 31, 2008.2009.
REPURCHASES OF SURPLUS STOCK REPURCHASED UNDER QUARTERLY REPURCHASE PROGRAM
(dollars in thousands)
             
          Amount Classified
          as Mandatorily
          Redeemable Capital
Date of Repurchase         Stock at Date of
by the Bank Shares Repurchased Amount of Repurchase Repurchase
January 30, 2009  1,683,239  $168,324   $7,602 
April 30, 2009  1,016,045   101,605    
July 31, 2009  1,368,402   136,840    
October 30, 2009  1,065,165   106,517    
             
          Amount Classified as
          Mandatorily Redeemable
Date of Repurchase Shares Amount of Capital Stock at Date of
by the Bank Repurchased Repurchase Repurchase
January 29, 2010  1,065,595  $106,560  $ 
April 30, 2010  704,308   70,431    

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Mandatorily redeemable capital stock outstanding at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 was $8.6$7.6 million and $90.4$9.2 million, respectively. The following table presents mandatorily redeemable capital stock outstanding, by reason for classification as a liability, as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
HOLDINGS OF MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE CAPITAL STOCK
(dollars in thousands)
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 
 Number of Number of    Number of Number of   
Capital Stock Status Institutions Amount Institutions Amount  Institutions Amount Institutions Amount 
Held by the FDIC, as receiver of Franklin Bank, S.S.B. 1 $26 1 $57,432  1 $29 1 $29 
Held by Capital One, National Association 1 972 1 26,350 
Held by Washington Mutual Bank   1 103 
Subject to withdrawal notice 7 1,820 5 1,198  8 1,901 8 1,900 
Held by other non-members 12 5,828 10 5,270  12 5,649 15 7,236 
                  
  
Total 21 $8,646 18 $90,353  21 $7,579 24 $9,165 
                  
Although mandatorily redeemable capital stock is excluded from capital (equity) for financial reporting purposes, such stock is considered capital for regulatory purposes (see the section below entitled “Risk-Based Capital Rules and Other Capital Requirements” for further information). Total outstanding capital stock for regulatory purposes (i.e., capital stock classified as equity for financial reporting purposes plus mandatorily redeemable capital stock) decreased from $3.314 billion at the end of 2008 to $2.617 billion at September 30, 2009.
At September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s ten largest shareholders held $1.4$1.2 billion and $1.9$1.4 billion, respectively, of capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock), which represented 53.752.3 percent and 57.453.4 percent, respectively, of the Bank’s total outstanding capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) as of those dates. The following table presents the Bank’s ten largest shareholders as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.

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TEN LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009MARCH 31, 2010

(Dollars in thousands)
                        
 Percent of  Percent of 
 Capital Total  Capital Total 
Name City State Stock Capital Stock  City State Stock Capital Stock 
Wachovia Bank, FSB (1)
 Houston TX $828,763  31.7%
Wells Fargo Bank South Central, National Association (1)
 Houston TX $746,153   32.2%
Comerica Bank Dallas TX 271,158 10.3  Dallas TX  230,256   9.9 
Beal Bank Nevada(2)
 Las Vegas NV  52,928   2.3 
Southside Bank Tyler TX  36,306   1.5 
Arvest Bank Rogers AR  30,267   1.3 
Bank of Texas, N.A. Dallas TX  29,317   1.3 
First National Bank Edinburg TX  26,899   1.2 
First Community Bank Taos NM  23,125   1.0 
USAA Federal Savings Bank San Antonio TX  19,594   0.8 
International Bank of Commerce Laredo TX 63,794 2.4  Laredo TX  18,967   0.8 
Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. Albuquerque NM 51,428 2.0 
Southside Bank Tyler TX 36,838 1.4 
Bank of Texas, N.A. Dallas TX 34,823 1.3 
BancorpSouth Bank Tupelo MS 30,847 1.2 
First National Bank Edinburg TX 30,790 1.2 
Arvest Bank Rogers AR 30,227 1.2 
Beal Bank Nevada Las Vegas NV 27,350 1.0 
                   
            
     $1,406,018  53.7%     $1,213,812   52.3%
                   
 
(1) Previously known as World SavingsFormerly Wachovia Bank, FSB (Texas)
(2)Beal Bank Nevada is chartered in Nevada, but maintains its home office in Plano, TX
TheAll of the stock held by the ten institutions shown in the table above was classified as capital in the statement of condition as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s excess stock totaled $266.8$259.9 million, which represented 0.4 percent of the Bank’s total assets as of that date.

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Retained Earnings and Dividends
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s retained earnings increased by $101.8$13.2 million, from $216.0$356.3 million to $317.8$369.5 million. During this same period, the Bank paid dividends on capital stock totaling $6.7$2.4 million, which represented an annualized dividend rate of 0.290.375 percent. The Bank’s first second and third quarter 20092010 dividend rates approximatedrate exceeded the average effectiveupper end of the Federal Reserve’s target for the federal funds ratesrate for the quarters ended December 31, 2008, March 31,fourth quarter of 2009 and June 30, 2009, respectively. In addition, the Bank paid dividends totaling $133,000 on capital stock classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock. These dividends, which were also paid at an annualized rate of 0.29 percent, are treated as interest expense for financial reporting purposes. The Bank pays dividends on all outstanding capital stock at the same rate regardless of the accounting classification of the stock.by 12.5 basis points. The first quarter dividend, applied to average capital stock held during the period from October 1, 20082009 through December 31, 2008,2009, was paid on March 31, 2009. The second quarter dividend, applied to average capital stock held during the period from January 1, 2009 through March 31, 2009, was paid on June 30, 2009. The third quarter dividend, applied to average capital stock held during the period from April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, was paid on September 30, 2009.2010.
The Bank has had a long-standing practice of benchmarking the dividend rate that it pays on capital stock to the average effective federal funds rate. Consistent with that practice, the Bank manages its balance sheet so that its returns (exclusive of gains on the sales of investment securities and the retirement or transfer of debt, if any, and fair value adjustments associated with derivatives and hedging activities)(attributable to core earnings) generally track short-term interest rates.
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dividend equal to thereference average effective federal funds rate for the thirdapplicable dividend period (i.e., for each calendar quarter of 2009. As set forth induring this period, the section above entitled “Overview — Business,” the average effective federal funds rate for the third quarter of 2009 was 0.16 percent.preceding quarter). Consistent with its long-standing practice, the Bank expects to pay the fourth quarter 2009 dividendthese dividends in the form of capital stock with any fractional shares paid in cash.
Derivatives and Hedging Activities
The Bank enters into interest rate swap, cap and forward agreements (collectively, interest rate exchange agreements) with highly rated financial institutions to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates and/or to adjust the effective maturity, repricing index and/or frequency or option characteristics of financial instruments. This use of derivatives is integral to the Bank’s financial management strategy, and the impact of these interest rate exchange agreements permeates the Bank’s financial statements. For additional discussion, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 87 beginning on page 1815 of this report). As a result of using interest rate exchange agreements extensively to fulfill its role as a financial intermediary, the Bank has a large notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements relative to its size. As of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, the Bank’s notional balance of interest rate exchange agreements was $64.1$48.8 billion and $70.1$66.7 billion, respectively, while its total assets were $67.3$58.7 billion and $78.9$65.1 billion, respectively.
The following table provides the notional balances of the Bank’s derivative instruments, by balance sheet category, as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, and the net fair value changes recorded in earnings for each of those categories during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and 2008.2009.

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COMPOSITION OF DERIVATIVES
                
                         
 Net Change in Fair Value(7) Net Change in Fair Value(7)  Net Change in Fair Value(7) 
 Total Notional at Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Total Notional at Three Months Ended March 31, 
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009 2010 2009 
 (In millions of dollars) (In thousands of dollars) (In thousands of dollars)  (In millions of dollars) (In thousands of dollars) 
Advances
  
Short-cut method(1)
 $9,803 $9,959 $ $ $ $  $8,573 $9,397 $ $ 
Long-haul method(2)
 1,537 1,164  (858) 2,001  (2,448) 2,180  1,486 1,556 224  (1,385)
Economic hedges(3)
 27 5  (51) 147  (44) 362  15 15  (6)  (19)
                      
Total 11,367 11,128  (909) 2,148  (2,492) 2,542  10,074 10,968 218  (1,404)
                      
Investments
  
Long-haul method(2)
  40  3,250  (102) 4,140     126 
Economic hedges(4)
    45  35 
             
Total  40  3,295  (102) 4,175 
                      
Consolidated obligation bonds
  
Short-cut method(1)
 95 95       95   
Long-haul method(2)
 24,768 37,795 1,052 60,933 59,954 67,032  22,993 27,519 2,230 55,533 
Economic hedges(3)
 8,045 110 3,789  (623) 19,711  (549) 2,575 8,195  (6,520)  (837)
                      
Total 32,908 38,000 4,841 60,310 79,665 66,483  25,568 35,809  (4,290) 54,696 
                      
Consolidated obligation discount notes
  
Economic hedges(3)
 7,553 5,270  (1,049)  (10,300)  (4,810)  (13,056) 643 6,414  (1,622)  (8,968)
                      
Other economic hedges
  
Interest rate caps(5)
 2,500 3,500  (3,125)  (774) 5,496 5,741 
Basis swaps(6)
 9,700 12,200  (5,345)  (5,756) 4,022  (2,569)
Interest rate caps(4)
 3,750 3,750  (28,953) 375 
Basis swaps(5)
 8,700 9,700  (554) 36,104 
Forward rate agreement(6)
     (223)
Member swaps (including offsetting swaps) 24 7   32   24 24  10 
                      
Total 12,224 15,707  (8,470)  (6,530) 9,550 3,172  12,474 13,474  (29,507) 36,266 
                      
 
Total derivatives $64,052 $70,145 $(5,587) $48,923 $81,811 $63,316  $48,759 $66,665 $(35,201) $80,716 
                      
 
Total short-cut method $9,898 $10,054 $ $ $ $  $8,573 $9,492 $ $ 
Total long-haul method 26,305 38,999 194 66,184 57,404 73,352  24,479 29,075 2,454 54,274 
Total economic hedges 27,849 21,092  (5,781)  (17,261) 24,407  (10,036) 15,707 28,098  (37,655) 26,442 
                      
  
Total derivatives $64,052 $70,145 $(5,587) $48,923 $81,811 $63,316  $48,759 $66,665 $(35,201) $80,716 
                      
 
(1) The short-cut method allows the assumption of no ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship.
 
(2) The long-haul method requires the hedge and hedged item to be marked to fair value independently.
 
(3) Interest rate derivatives that are matched to advances or consolidated obligations, but that either do not qualify for hedge accounting or were not designated in a hedging relationship for accounting purposes.
 
(4) Interest rate derivatives that were matched to investment securities designated as available-for-sale, but that did not qualify for hedge accounting.
(5)Interest rate derivatives that hedge identified portfolio risks, but that do not qualify for hedge accounting. The Bank’s interest rate caps hedge embedded caps in floating rate CMOs designated as held-to-maturity.
 
(6)(5) At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank held $9.7$8.7 billion (notional) of interest rate basis swaps that were entered into to reduce the Bank’s exposure to changes inchanging spreads between one-month and three-month LIBOR; $1.0 billion, $2.0 billion, $1.0 billion, $4.7$3.7 billion and $1.0 billion of these agreements expire in the first quarter of 2011, the second quarter of 2013, the second quarter of 2014, the fourth quarter of 2018, and the first quarter of 2024, respectively.
(6)The Bank’s forward rate agreement hedged exposure to reset risk and expired in the second quarter of 2009.
 
(7) Represents the difference in fair value adjustments for the derivatives and their hedged items. In cases involving economic hedges, the net change in fair value reflected in this table represents a one-sided mark, meaning that the net change in fair value represents the change in fair value of the derivative only. Gains and losses in the form of net interest payments on economic hedge derivatives are excluded from the amounts reflected above.
By entering into interest rate exchange agreements with highly rated financial institutions (with which it has in place master swap agreements and credit support addendums), the Bank generally exchanges a defined market risk for the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation in the future. The Bank manages this credit risk by spreading its transactions among as many highly rated counterparties as is practicable, by entering into collateral exchange agreements with all counterparties that include minimum collateral thresholds, and by monitoring its exposure to each counterparty at least monthly and as often as daily. In addition, all of the Bank’s collateral

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exchange agreements include master netting arrangements whereby the fair values of all interest rate derivatives (including accrued interest receivables and payables) with each counterparty are offset for purposes of measuring credit exposure. The collateral exchange agreements require the delivery of collateral consisting of cash or very liquid, highly rated securities (generally consisting of U.S. government guaranteed or agency debt securities) if credit risk exposures rise above the minimum thresholds. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, only cash collateral had been delivered under the terms of these collateral exchange agreements.
The notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements does not reflect the Bank’s credit risk exposure, which is much less than the notional amount. The maximum credit risk exposure is the estimated cost, on a present value basis, of replacing at current market rates all interest rate exchange agreements with a counterparty with which the Bank is in a net gain position, if the counterparty were to default. Maximum credit risk exposure, as defined in the preceding sentence, does not consider the existence of any collateral held by the Bank. The Bank’s collateral

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exchange agreements with its counterparties generally establish maximum unsecured credit exposure thresholds (typically ranging from $100,000 to $500,000) that one party may have to the other.other party. Once the counterparties agree to the valuations of the interest rate exchange agreements, and if it is determined that the unsecured credit exposure exceeds the threshold, then, upon a request made by the unsecured counterparty, the party that has the unsecured obligation to the counterparty bearing the risk of the unsecured credit exposure generally must deliver sufficient collateral to reduce the unsecured credit exposure to zero.
The following table provides information regarding the Bank’s derivative counterparty credit exposure as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
DERIVATIVES COUNTERPARTY CREDIT EXPOSURE
(Dollars in millions)
                                                
 Maximum Cash Cash    Maximum Cash Cash   
Credit Number of Notional Credit Collateral Collateral Net Exposure  Number of Notional Credit Collateral Collateral Net Exposure 
Rating(1) Counterparties Principal(2) Exposure Held Due(3) After Collateral  Counterparties Principal(2) Exposure Held Due(3) After Collateral 
September 30, 2009
 
March 31, 2010
 
Aaa 1 $895.0 $ $ $ $  1 $459.0 $ $ $ $ 
Aa(4)
 10 50,511.3 205.4 186.1 18.3 1.0  10 38,865.7 177.0 166.8 9.0 1.2 
A(5)
 4 12,633.1 20.2 12.8 7.4   4 9,422.1 22.1 18.9 3.2  
Excess collateral    4.0       0.1   
                          
Total 15 $64,039.4(6) $225.6 $202.9 $25.7 $1.0  15 $48,746.8(6) $199.1 $185.8 $12.2 $1.2 
                          
  
December 31, 2008
 
December 31, 2009
 
Aaa 3 $17,099.2 $35.2 $27.3 $7.9 $  1 $543.0 $ $ $ $ 
Aa(4)
 9 43,239.8 341.9 288.5 52.4 1.0  10 51,897.1 198.0 187.6 8.7 1.7 
A(5)
 4 9,802.8 27.8 19.1 8.7   4 14,212.7 25.9 17.0 8.9  
Excess collateral    0.1   
                          
Total 16 $70,141.8(6) $404.9 $334.9 $69.0 $1.0  15 $66,652.8(6) $223.9 $204.7 $17.6 $1.7 
                          
 
(1) Credit ratings shown in the table are obtained from Moody’s and are as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively.
 
(2) Includes amounts that had not settled as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
 
(3) Amount of collateral to which the Bank had contractual rights under counterparty credit agreements based on September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 credit exposures. Cash collateral totaling $24.8$12.2 million and $68.5$17.6 million was delivered under these agreements in early October 2009April 2010 and early January 2009,2010, respectively.
 
(4) The figures for Aa-rated counterparties as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 include transactions with a counterparty that is affiliated with a member institution. Transactions with this counterparty had an aggregate notional principal of $539$512 million and $128$753 million as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively. These transactions represented a credit exposure of $1.0$2.2 million and $3.7$1.9 million to the Bank as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively.
 
(5) The figures for A-rated counterparties as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 20082009 include transactions with one counterparty that is affiliated with a non-member shareholder of the Bank. Transactions with that counterparty had an aggregate notional principal of $1.9$3.1 billion and $1.4$3.2 billion as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008, respectively, and2009, respectively. These transactions did not represent a credit exposure to the Bank at eitheras of those dates.March 31, 2010 and represented a credit exposure of $2.2 million as of December 31, 2009.
 
(6) Excludes $12.1 million and $3.5 million (notional amounts)amount) of interest rate derivatives with members at September 30, 2009both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008,2009, respectively. This product offering is discussed in the paragraph below.

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In addition to the activities described above, the Bank offers interest rate swaps, caps and floors to its members to assist them in meeting their risk management objectives. In derivative transactions with its members, the Bank acts as an intermediary by entering into an interest rate exchange agreement with the member and then entering into an offsetting interest rate exchange agreement with one of the Bank’s derivative counterparties discussed above. When entering into interest rate exchange agreements with its members, the Bank requires the member to post eligible collateral in an amount equal to the sum of the net market value of the member’s derivative transactions with the Bank (if the value is positive to the Bank) plus a percentage of the notional amount of any interest rate swaps, with market values determined on at least a monthly basis. Eligible collateral for derivative transactions consists of collateral that is eligible to secure advances and other obligations under the member’s Advances and Security Agreement with the Bank.

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Market Value of Equity
The ratio of the Bank’s estimated market value of equity to its book value of equity was 99approximately 105 percent at September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010. In comparison, this ratio was 75approximately 100 percent as of December 31, 2008. The improvement in the Bank’s market value to book value of equity ratio was due in large part to increases in the values of its agency and, to a lesser extent, non-agency MBS. The increase in fair value of these securities was due primarily to reduced liquidity discounts in the MBS market.2009. For additional discussion, see “Part I / Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Interest Rate Risk.”
Results of Operations
Net Income
Net income for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 and 2008 was $17.6$15.6 million and $75.1$65.1 million, respectively. The Bank’s net income for the three months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 represented an annualized return on average capital stock (ROCS)(“ROCS”) of 2.592.58 percent, which was 243245 basis points above the average effective federal funds rate for the quarter. In comparison, the Bank’s ROCS was 9.858.96 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2008,March 31, 2009, which exceeded the average effective federal funds rate for that quarter by 791878 basis points. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $108.5 million and $146.9 million, respectively. The Bank’s net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 represented an ROCS of 5.14 percent, which was 497 basis points above the average effective federal funds rate for the period. In comparison, the Bank’s ROCS was 7.05 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which was 465 basis points above the average effective federal funds rate for that period. To derive the Bank’s ROCS, net income is divided by average capital stock outstanding excluding stock that is classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock. The factors contributing to the changesdecrease in ROCS compared to the average effective federal funds rate are discussed below.
While the Bank is exempt from all Federal, Statefederal, state and local taxation (except for real property taxes), it is obligated to set aside amounts for its Affordable Housing Program (“AHP”) and generally to make quarterly payments to the Resolution Funding Corporation (“REFCORP”). Assessments for AHP and REFCORP, which are more fully described below, equate to a minimum 26.5 percent effective assessment rate for the Bank. Because interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock is not deductible for purposes of computing the Bank’s AHP assessment, the effective rate may exceed 26.5 percent. The effective rate approximated 26.5 percent during bothDuring the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008.the effective rates were 26.5 percent. During these periods, the combined AHP and REFCORP assessments were $6.4$5.6 million and $27.1 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the effective rates were 26.5 percent and 26.6 percent, respectively, and the combined AHP and REFCORP assessments were $39.2 million and $53.2$23.5 million, respectively.
Income Before Assessments
During the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, the Bank’s income before assessments was $24.0$21.2 million and $102.2$88.7 million, respectively. The $78.2As discussed in more detail below, the $67.5 million decrease in income before assessments from period to period was attributable to a $40.8$155.0 million decrease in other income, a $28.6offset by an $87.0 million decreaseimprovement in net interest incomeincome/expense and an $8.8a $0.5 million increasedecrease in other expense. The decreasenegative swing in other income (loss) was due primarily to a $42.2$153.5 million decreaseadverse change in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities.
The Bank’s income before assessments was $147.7 million and $200.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. This $52.4 million decrease in income before assessments from period to period was attributable to a $136.5 million decrease in net interest income and an $11.3 million increase in other expense, offset by a $95.4 million increase in other income. The increase in other income was due largely to a $103.8 million increase in net gains(losses) on derivatives and hedging activities, partially offset byfrom a $7.4gain of $126.8 million decrease in debt extinguishment gains.the three months ended March 31, 2009 to a loss of $26.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010.
The components of income before assessments (net interest income,income/expense, other incomeincome/loss and other expense) are discussed in more detail in the following sections.

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Net Interest Income (Expense)
For the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, the Bank’s net interest income (expense) was $33.5$64.2 million and $62.1 million, respectively. The Bank’s net interest income was $25.4 million and $161.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,($22.8 million), respectively. As described further below, the Bank’s net interest income does not include net interest payments on economic hedge derivatives, which contributed significantly to the Bank’s overall income before assessments for the first nine months of 2009.both periods. If these net interest payments had been included, net interest income would have improved by $49.4 million period to period. The decreasesincrease in net interest income werewas due primarily to an increase in large partthe Bank’s net interest spread. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the average balance of earning assets from $74.3 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2009 to $61.7 billion for the corresponding period in 2010 and, to a lesser extent, by lower short-term interest rates (the average effective federal funds rate declined from 1.940.18 percent and 2.40 percent for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, to 0.16 percent and 0.17 percent for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively). The Bank’s net interest income during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was also adversely impacted by the much wider prevailing spread between one- and three-month LIBOR during the first half of the year. As further discussed below, the Bank utilizes interest rate basis swaps to mitigate the impact of these wider spreads, the income effects of which are reported in net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities. Net interest income for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2009 was also impacted (albeit to a far lesser extent) by changes in the average balances of earning assets from $76.5 billion0.13 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to $69.4 billion for the corresponding period in 2009.March 31, 2010).
For the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, the Bank’s net interest margin was 1941 basis points and 33(12) basis points, respectively. The Bank’s net interest margin was 4 basis points and 31 basis points for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Net interest margin, or net interest income as a percent of average earning assets, is a function of net interest spread and the rates of return on assets funded by the investment of the Bank’s capital. Net interest spread is the difference between the yield on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities. Due to lower short-term interest rates in 2009,period-to-period, the contribution of earnings from the Bank’s invested capital to the net interest margin (the impact of non-interest bearing funds) decreased from 14 basis points and 158 basis points for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively,March 31, 2009 to 3 basis points and 62 basis points for the comparable periodsperiod in 2009. In addition, the2010. The Bank’s net interest spread decreasedimproved from 19 basis points and 16 basis points for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, to 16 basis points and (2)(20) basis points during the first three and nine months ended September 30,of 2009 respectively.to 39 basis points during the first three months of 2010.
As noted above, the Bank’s net interest income excludes net interest payments on economic hedge derivatives. During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank used approximately $11.8$9.5 billion (average notional balance) of interest rate basis swaps to hedge the risk of changes in spreads between one-month and three-month LIBOR, and approximately $6.2$3.4 billion (average notional balance) of fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps to hedge some of its longer-term discount notes.notes and approximately $5.3 billion (average notional balance) of interest rate swaps to convert variable-rate consolidated obligations from the daily federal funds rate to three-month LIBOR (“federal funds floater swaps”). During the comparable period in 2008,2009, the Bank was a party toused approximately $4.6$12.9 billion (average notional balance) of interest rate basis swaps to hedge the risk of changes in spreads between one-month and it usedthree-month LIBOR, approximately $5.9$5.8 billion (average notional balance) of fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps to hedge some of its longer-term discount notes.notes and approximately $3.7 billion (average notional balance) of federal funds floater swaps to convert variable-rate consolidated obligations from the daily federal funds rate to three-month LIBOR. These swaps are accounted for as economic hedges. Net interest income associated with economic hedge derivatives is recorded in other income (loss) in the statements of income and therefore excluded from net interest income, net interest margin and net interest spread. Net interest income on the Bank’s economic hedge derivatives totaled $19.7$8.5 million and $93.0$46.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, compared to $7.4 million and $7.7 million for the corresponding periods in 2008.respectively. Had this interest income on economic hedge derivatives been included in net interest income, the Bank’s net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 would have been $8.5 million and $46.1 million higher, respectively, which would have made its net interest income positive for the three months ended March 31, 2009. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Bank’s net interest margin would have been 3147 basis points and 2213 basis points, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to 37 basis points and 32 basis points for the comparable periods in 2008 and its net interest spread would have been 2845 basis points and 175 basis points, respectively.
The Bank’s net interest income for the threefirst quarter of 2010 was positively impacted by higher yields on the Bank’s CMO portfolio. During the first quarter of 2010, Fannie Mae and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, comparedFreddie Mac announced plans to 23 basis pointspurchase loans that are at least 120 days delinquent from the mortgage pools underlying the CMOs guaranteed by those institutions. The initial purchases were scheduled to occur from February 2010 through May 2010, with additional purchases of delinquent loans occurring thereafter as needed. During the first quarter of 2010, Freddie Mac repurchased delinquent loans from the pools underlying its guaranteed CMOs that are owned by the Bank. The repayments resulting from these repurchases resulted in approximately $6.6 million of accelerated accretion of the purchase discounts associated with the investments. The Bank expects the yields on its CMO portfolio to remain somewhat elevated during the second quarter of 2010, as Fannie Mae is expected to repurchase the delinquent loans from the mortgage pools underlying its guaranteed CMOs that are owned by the Bank. Subsequent to the second quarter of

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2010, the impact of these repurchases by Fannie Mae and 17 basis points forFreddie Mac is not expected to significantly affect the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.Bank’s net interest income.
The Bank’s net interest spread for the first quarter of 2009 (and therefore its net interest spread for the nine months ended September 30, 2009) was adversely impacted by actions the Bank took in late 2008 to ensure its ability to provide liquidity to its members during a period of unusual market disruption. At the height of the credit market disruptions in the early part of the fourth quarter of 2008, and in order to ensure that the Bank would have sufficient liquidity on hand to fund member advances throughout the year-end period, the Bank replaced short-term liabilities with new issues of debt with maturities that extended into 2009. As yields subsequently declined sharply on the Bank’s short-term assets, including overnight federal funds sold and short-term advances to members, this debt was carried at a negative spread. The negative spread associated with the investment of this debt in low-yielding short-term assets was a significant contributor to the Bank’s negative net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2009, most of which occurred early in that period. The negative impact of this debt on the Bank’s net interest income, net interest margin

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and net interest spread was minimal in the second and third quarters of 2009,subsequent periods, as much of the relatively high cost debt issued in late 2008 matured in the first quarter of 2009.
The following table presents average balance sheet amounts together with the total dollar amounts of interest income and expense and the weighted average interest rates of major earning asset categories and the funding sources for those earning assets for the three months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and 2008.2009.

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YIELD AND SPREAD ANALYSIS
(Dollars in millions)
                                                
 Three Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2009 2008  2010 2009 
 Interest Interest    Interest Interest   
 Average Income/ Average Average Income/ Average  Average Income/ Average Average Income/ Average 
 Balance Expense(d) Rate(a)(d) Balance Expense(d) Rate(a)(d)  Balance Expense(c) Rate(a) (c) Balance Expense(c) Rate(a) (c) 
Assets
  
Interest-bearing deposits(b)
 $162 $  0.40% $85 $  2.25% $125 $  0.15% $398 $1  0.21%
Federal funds sold(c)
 3,850 1  0.13% 3,605 18  1.95% 4,256 1  0.11% 3,683 1  0.16%
Investments  
Trading 4   4    4   3   
Available-for-sale (e)(d)
    0.98% 389 3  2.84%    104   1.76%
Held-to-maturity(e)(d)
 12,471 38  1.22% 10,916 87  3.20% 11,433 38  1.34% 11,470 41  1.42%
Advances(f)(e)
 52,648 127  0.96% 61,142 435  2.84% 45,653 84  0.74% 58,304 257  1.76%
Mortgage loans held for portfolio 280 4  5.50% 346 5  5.59% 254 4  5.55% 320 4  5.54%
                          
Total earning assets 69,415 170  0.98% 76,487 548  2.86% 61,725 127  0.82% 74,282 304  1.64%
Cash and due from banks 129 105  509 21 
Other assets 342 408  332 526 
Derivatives netting adjustment(b)
  (382)  (306)   (335)  (585) 
Fair value adjustment on available-for-sale securities(e)
   (9) 
Adjustment for non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairments on held-to-maturity securities(e)
  (49)  
Adjustment for net non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairments on held-to-maturity securities(d)
  (65)  
                          
Total assets $69,455 170  0.98% $76,685 548  2.86% $62,166 127  0.82% $74,244 304  1.64%
                  
  
Liabilities and Capital
  
Interest-bearing deposits (b)
 $1,330   0.05% $2,869 13  1.84% $1,607   0.04% $1,719 1  0.18%
Consolidated obligations  
Bonds 52,820 105  0.79% 52,832 367  2.78% 50,713 59  0.47% 49,032 227  1.85%
Discount notes 12,115 32  1.05% 16,913 105  2.48% 6,603 4  0.22% 20,094 99  1.97%
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock and other borrowings 66   0.16% 55 1  1.86% 9   0.60% 78   0.12%
                          
Total interest-bearing liabilities 66,331 137  0.82% 72,669 486  2.67% 58,932 63  0.43% 70,923 327  1.84%
Other liabilities 530 1,030  819 715 
Derivatives netting adjustment(b)
  (382)  (306)   (335)  (585) 
                          
Total liabilities 66,479 137  0.82% 73,393 486  2.65% 59,416 63  0.42% 71,053 327  1.84%
                          
Total capital 2,976 3,292  2,750 3,191 
                    
Total liabilities and capital $69,455  0.79% $76,685  2.53% $62,166  0.41% $74,244  1.76%
                    
      
     
Net interest income $33 $62  $64 $(23) 
          
Net interest margin  0.19%  0.33%  0.41%  (0.12%)
Net interest spread  0.16%  0.19%  0.39%  (0.20%)
            
Impact of non-interest bearing funds  0.03%  0.14%  0.02%  0.08%
            
 
(a) Percentages are annualized figures. Amounts used to calculate average rates are based on whole dollars. Accordingly, recalculations based upon the disclosed amounts (millions) may not produce the same results.
 
(b) The Bank offsets the fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral against the fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement. The average balances of interest-bearing deposit assets for the three monthsquarters ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 and 2008 in the table above include $161$125 million and $85$210 million, respectively, which are classified inas derivative assets/liabilities on the statements of condition. In addition, interest-bearing deposit liabilities for both the three monthsquarters ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009 and 2008 in the table above include $221$210 million and $375 million, respectively, which isare classified inas derivative assets/liabilities on the statements of condition.
 
(c)Includes overnight federal funds sold to other FHLBanks.
(d) Interest income/expense and average rates include the effects of interest rate exchange agreements to the extent such agreements qualify for fair value hedge accounting. If the agreements do not qualify for hedge accounting or were not designated in a hedging relationship for accounting purposes, the net interest income/expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the statements of income and therefore excluded from the Yield and Spread Analysis. Net interest income on economic hedge derivatives totaled $19.7$8.5 million and $7.4$46.1 million for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, respectively. The net interest income on economic hedge derivatives isrespectively, the components of which are presented below in the sectionsub-section entitled “Other Income (Loss).”
 
(e)(d) Average balances for available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities are calculated based upon amortized cost.
 
(f)(e) Interest income and average rates include prepayment fees on advances.

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The following table presents average balance sheet amounts together with the total dollar amounts of interest income and expense and the weighted average interest rates of major earning asset categories and the funding sources for those earning assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
YIELD AND SPREAD ANALYSIS
(Dollars in millions)
                         
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2009  2008 
      Interest          Interest    
  Average  Income/  Average  Average  Income/  Average 
  Balance  Expense(d)  Rate(a)(d)  Balance  Expense(d)  Rate(a)(d) 
Assets
                        
Interest-bearing deposits(b)
 $396  $   0.21% $123  $3   2.78%
Federal funds sold(c)
  3,673   4   0.15%  4,701   90   2.54%
Investments                        
Trading  3         3       
Available-for-sale (e)
  37      1.70%  375   8   2.96%
Held-to-maturity(e)
  11,888   117   1.31%  9,682   259   3.57%
Advances(f)
  55,393   573   1.38%  56,179   1,339   3.18%
Mortgage loans held for portfolio  300   12   5.51%  360   15   5.59%
                   
Total earning assets  71,690   706   1.31%  71,423   1,714   3.20%
Cash and due from banks  57           102         
Other assets  425           385         
Derivatives netting adjustment(b)
  (480)          (295)        
Fair value adjustment on available-for-sale securities(e)
             (5)        
Adjustment for non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairments on held-to-maturity securities(e)
  (25)                   
                   
Total assets $71,667   706   1.31% $71,610   1,714   3.20%
                   
                         
Liabilities and Capital
                        
Interest-bearing deposits (b)
 $1,490   1   0.11% $3,176   55   2.32%
Consolidated obligations                        
Bonds  50,151   481   1.28%  46,010   1,098   3.18%
Discount notes  16,517   199   1.61%  18,805   398   2.82%
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock and other borrowings  74      0.15%  70   1   2.41%
                   
Total interest-bearing liabilities  68,232   681   1.33%  68,061   1,552   3.04%
Other liabilities  830           819         
Derivatives netting adjustment(b)
  (480)          (295)        
                   
Total liabilities  68,582   681   1.32%  68,585   1,552   3.02%
                   
Total capital  3,085           3,025         
                     
Total liabilities and capital $71,667       1.27% $71,610       2.89%
                     
                       
Net interest income     $25          $162     
                       
Net interest margin          0.04%          0.31%
Net interest spread          (0.02%)          0.16%
                       
Impact of non-interest bearing funds          0.06%          0.15%
                       
(a)Percentages are annualized figures. Amounts used to calculate average rates are based on whole dollars. Accordingly, recalculations based upon the disclosed amounts (millions) may not produce the same results.
(b)The Bank offsets the fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral against the fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement. The average balances of interest-bearing deposit assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 in the table above include $186 million and $121 million, respectively, which are classified in derivative assets/liabilities on the statements of condition. In addition, interest-bearing deposit liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 in the table above include $293 million and $174 million, respectively, which are classified in derivative assets/liabilities on the statements of condition.
(c)Includes overnight federal funds sold to other FHLBanks.
(d)Interest income/expense and average rates include the effects of interest rate exchange agreements to the extent such agreements qualify for fair value hedge accounting. If the agreements do not qualify for hedge accounting or were not designated in a hedging relationship for accounting purposes, the net interest income/expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the statements of income and therefore excluded from the Yield and Spread Analysis. Net interest income on economic hedge derivatives totaled $93.0 million and $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The net interest income on economic hedge derivatives is presented below in the section entitled “Other Income (Loss).”
(e)Average balances for available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities are calculated based upon amortized cost.
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Changes in both volume (i.e., average balances) and interest rates influence changes in net interest income and net interest margin. The following table summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense between the three-month and nine-month periods in 20092010 and 20082009 and excludes net interest income on economic hedge derivatives, as discussed above. Changes in interest income and interest expense that cannot be attributed to either volume or rate have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportion of the absolute value of the volume and rate changes.

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RATE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS
(In millions of dollars)
                                    
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended 
 September 30, 2009 vs. 2008 September 30, 2009 vs. 2008  March 31, 2010 vs. 2009 
 Volume Rate Total Volume Rate Total  Volume Rate Total 
Interest income:  
Interest-bearing deposits $ $ $ $1 $(4) $(3) $(1) $ $(1)
Federal funds sold 1  (18)  (17)  (17)  (69)  (86) 1  (1)  
Investments  
Trading       
Available-for-sale  (2)  (1)  (3)  (5)  (3)  (8)    
Held-to-maturity 11  (60)  (49) 49  (191)  (142)   (3)  (3)
Advances  (53)  (255)  (308)  (18)  (748)  (766)  (47)  (126)  (173)
Mortgage loans held for portfolio  (1)   (1)  (3)   (3)  (1) 1  
                    
Total interest income  (44)  (334)  (378) 7  (1,015)  (1,008)  (48)  (129)  (177)
                    
Interest expense:  
Interest-bearing deposits  (5)  (8)  (13)  (19)  (35)  (54)   (1)  (1)
Consolidated obligations: 
Consolidated obligations 
Bonds   (262)  (262) 91  (708)  (617) 8  (176)  (168)
Discount notes  (24)  (49)  (73)  (44)  (155)  (199)  (42)  (53)  (95)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock and other borrowings   (1)  (1)   (1)  (1)
                    
Total interest expense  (29)  (320)  (349) 28  (899)  (871)  (34)  (230)  (264)
                    
Changes in net interest income $(15) $(14) $(29) $(21) $(116) $(137) $(14) $101 $87 
                    

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Other Income (Loss)
The following table presents the various components of other income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and 2008.2009. The significant components are discussed in the narrative following the table.
OTHER INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands of dollars)
                 
  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2009  2008  2009  2008 
Net gains (losses) on trading securities $286  $(157) $464  $(290)
                 
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to available-for-sale securities     (49)     (112)
Net interest income associated with economic hedge derivatives related to consolidated obligation federal funds floater bonds  6,159      5,525    
Net interest income associated with economic hedge derivatives related to other consolidated obligation bonds     627      1,328 
Net interest income (expense) associated with economic hedge derivatives related to consolidated obligation discount notes  5,943   1,400   22,946   (87)
Net interest income associated with stand-alone economic hedge derivatives (basis swaps)  7,585   5,565   64,872   7,128 
Net interest expense associated with stand-alone economic hedge derivatives (forward rate agreement)        (304)   
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to advances  (20)  (152)  (36)  (529)
             
Total net interest income associated with economic hedge derivatives
  19,667   7,391   93,003   7,728 
             
                 
Gains (losses) related to economic hedge derivatives                
Gains (losses) related to stand-alone derivatives (basis swaps)  (5,345)  (5,756)  4,022   (2,569)
Gains on federal funds floater swaps  3,789      19,711    
Gains (losses) on interest rate caps related to held-to-maturity securities  (3,125)  (774)  5,496   5,741 
Losses on discount note swaps  (1,049)  (10,300)  (4,810)  (13,056)
Net gains on member/offsetting swaps        32    
Losses related to other economic hedge derivatives
(advance / AFS(1)/ CO(2)swaps)
  (51)  (431)  (44)  (152)
             
Total fair value gains (losses) related to economic hedge derivatives
  (5,781)  (17,261)  24,407   (10,036)
             
                 
Gains (losses) related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness                
Net gains (losses) on advances and associated hedges  (858)  2,001   (2,448)  2,180 
Net gains on CO(2) bonds and associated hedges
  1,052   60,933   59,954   67,032 
Net gains (losses) on AFS(1) securities and associated hedges
     3,250   (102)  4,140 
             
Total fair value hedge ineffectiveness
  194   66,184   57,404   73,352 
             
                 
Credit component of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities  (2,312)     (2,983)   
Gains on early extinguishment of debt        176   7,566 
Realized gains on sales of AFS(1) securities
        843   2,794 
Impairment loss on AFS(1) security
     (2,476)     (2,476)
Service fees  856   933   2,338   2,804 
Other, net  1,476   576   4,717   3,493 
             
Total other
  20   (967)  5,091   14,181 
             
Total other income
 $14,386  $55,190  $180,369  $84,935 
             
         
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2010  2009 
Net interest income (expense) associated with:        
Economic hedge derivatives related to consolidated obligation federal funds floater bonds $7,049  $(575)
Economic hedge derivatives related to consolidated obligation discount notes  1,746   8,233 
Stand-alone economic hedge derivatives (basisswaps)
  (278)  38,544 
Stand-alone economic hedge derivatives (forward rate agreement)     (84)
Member/offsetting swaps  1    
Economic hedge derivatives related to advances  (23)  (3)
       
Total net interest income associated with economic hedge derivatives
  8,495   46,115 
       
         
Gains (losses) related to economic hedge derivatives        
Gains (losses) related to stand-alone derivatives (basis swaps)  (554)  36,104 
Losses on forward rate agreement     (223)
Losses on federal funds floater swaps  (6,520)  (837)
Gains (losses) on interest rate caps related to held-to-maturity securities  (28,953)  375 
Losses on discount note swaps  (1,622)  (8,968)
Net gains on member/offsetting swaps     10 
Losses related to other economic hedge derivatives (advance swaps and caps)  (6)  (19)
       
Total fair value gains (losses) related to economic hedge derivatives
  (37,655)  26,442 
       
         
Gains (losses) related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness        
Net gains (losses) on advances and associated hedges  224   (1,385)
Net gains on CO(1)bonds and associated hedges
  2,230   55,533 
Net gains on AFS(2) securities and associated hedges
     126 
       
Total fair value hedge ineffectiveness
  2,454   54,274 
       
         
Net gains (losses) on unhedged trading securities (3)
  119   (79)
Credit component of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities  (568)  (17)
Realized gain on sale of AFS(2) security
     843 
Service fees  563   628 
Other, net  1,459   1,676 
       
Total other
  1,573   3,051 
       
Total other income (loss)
 $(25,133) $129,882 
       
 
(1) Available-for-saleConsolidated obligations
 
(2) Consolidated obligationsAvailable-for-sale
(3)Unhedged trading securities consist solely of mutual fund investments associated with the Bank’s non-qualified deferred compensation plans.

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The Bank’s trading securities consist solely of mutual fund investments associated with the Bank’s non-qualified deferred compensation plans. The value of these investments increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 due largely to increasing stock prices.
The Bank hedges some of its longer-term consolidated obligation discount notes using fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps. Net interest income (expense) associated with these interest rate swaps totaled $5.9 million and $1.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $22.9 million and ($0.1 million) during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As stand-alone derivatives, the changes in the fair values of the Bank’s discount note swaps are recorded in earnings with no offsetting changes in the fair values of the hedged consolidated obligation discount notes and therefore can be a source of volatility in the Bank’s earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the recorded fair value losses in the Bank’s discount note swaps were $1.0 million and $10.3 million, respectively. The recorded fair value losses in the Bank’s discount note swaps were $4.8 million and $13.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. At September 30, 2009, the carrying values of the Bank’s stand-alone discount note swaps totaled $4.4 million, excluding net accrued interest receivable.
From time to time, the Bank enters into interest rate basis swaps to reduce its exposure to changing spreads between one-month and three-month LIBOR. Under these agreements, the Bank generally receives three-month LIBOR and pays one-month LIBOR. As of September 30, 2009, the Bank was a party to 11 interest rate basis swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $9.7 billion. The Bank accounts for interest rate basis swaps as stand-alone derivatives and, as such, the changes in the fair values of these instruments can be a source of considerable volatility in the Bank’s earnings, particularly when one-month and/or three-month LIBOR, or spreads between these two indices, are volatile. The fair values of LIBOR basis swaps generally fluctuate based on the timing of the interest rate reset dates, the relationship between one-month LIBOR and three-month LIBOR at the time of measurement, the projected relationship between one-month LIBOR and three-month LIBOR for the remaining term of the interest rate basis swap and the relationship between the current coupon and the prevailing LIBOR rates at the valuation date. The recorded fair value changes in the Bank’s interest rate basis swaps were net gains (losses) of ($5.3 million) and ($5.8 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $4.0 million and ($2.6 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Net interest income associated with the Bank’s interest rate basis swaps totaled $7.6 million and $5.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $64.9 million and $7.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. At September 30, 2009, the carrying values of the Bank’s stand-alone interest rate basis swaps totaled $15.1 million, excluding net accrued interest receivable.
During the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first half ofyear ended December 31, 2009, the Bank issued somea number of consolidated obligation bonds that are indexed to the daily federal funds rate.rate, some of which have since matured. The Bank uses interest rate basis swaps (“federal funds floater swaps”)swaps to convert its interest payments with respect to these bonds from the daily federal funds rate to three-month LIBOR. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s federal funds floater swaps had an aggregate notional amount of $8.0$2.6 billion. The Bank accounts forNet interest income (expense) associated with these interest rate swaps astotaled $7.0 million and ($0.6 million) during the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As economic hedge derivatives.derivatives, the changes in the fair values of the federal funds floater swaps are recorded in earnings with no offsetting changes in the fair values of the hedged items (i.e., the consolidated obligation bonds) and therefore can be a source of volatility in the Bank’s earnings. The fair values of federal funds floater swaps generally fluctuate based on the timing of the interest rate reset dates, the relationship between the federal funds rate and three-month LIBOR at the time of measurement, the projected relationship between the federal funds rate and three-month LIBOR for the remaining term of the interest rate swap and the relationship between the current couponcoupons for the interest rate swap and the prevailing market rates at the valuation date. The recorded fair value losses associated with these interest rate swaps totaled $6.5 million and $0.8 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. At March 31, 2010, the carrying values of the Bank’s federal funds floater swaps totaled $3.6 million, excluding net accrued interest receivable.
The Bank hedges some of its longer-term consolidated obligation discount notes using fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps. Net interest income associated with these interest rate swaps totaled $1.7 million and $8.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As stand-alone derivatives, the changes in the fair values of the Bank’s discount note swaps are recorded in earnings with no offsetting changes in the fair values of the hedged items (i.e., the consolidated obligation discount notes) and therefore can be a source of volatility in the Bank’s earnings. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the recorded fair value losses in the Bank’s discount note swaps were $1.6 million and $9.0 million, respectively. At March 31, 2010, the carrying values of the Bank’s stand-alone discount note swaps totaled $0.2 million, excluding net accrued interest receivable.
From time to time, the Bank enters into interest rate basis swaps to reduce its exposure to changing spreads between one-month and three-month LIBOR. Under these agreements, the Bank generally receives three-month LIBOR and pays one-month LIBOR. As of March 31, 2010, the Bank was a party to 11 interest rate basis swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $8.7 billion. The Bank accounts for interest rate basis swaps as stand-alone derivatives and, as such, the fair value changes associated with these instruments can be a source of considerable volatility in the Bank’s earnings, particularly when one-month and/or three-month LIBOR, or the spreads between these two indices, are or are projected to be volatile. The fair values of one-month LIBOR to three-month LIBOR basis swaps generally fluctuate based on the timing of the interest rate reset dates, the relationship between one-month LIBOR and three-month LIBOR at the time of measurement, the projected relationship between one-month LIBOR and three-month LIBOR for the remaining term of the interest rate basis swap and the relationship between the current coupons for the interest rate swap and the prevailing LIBOR rates at the valuation date. The recorded fair value changes in the federal funds floaterBank’s interest rate basis swaps were net gains (losses) of $3.8 million($0.6 million) and $19.7$36.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Bank sold a portion of an interest rate basis swap ($1.0 billion notional balance); proceeds from this sale totaled $3.1 million, which reflected the cumulative life-to-date gain (excluding net interest settlements) realized on this transaction. Net interest income (expense) associated with thesethe Bank’s interest rate basis swaps totaled $6.2 million($0.3 million) and $5.5$38.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the carrying values of the Bank’s federal funds floaterstand-alone interest rate basis swaps totaled $19.5$16.5 million, excluding net accrued interest receivable.
BecauseIf the Bank typically holds its federal funds floater swaps, discount note swaps and interest rate basis swaps and federal funds floater swaps to maturity, the cumulative life-to-date unrealized gains associated with these instruments are expected to be transitory, meaning that they will ultimately reverse in future periods in the form of unrealized losses, which will negatively impact the Bank’s earnings in those periods. The timing of this reversal will depend upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, the level and volatility of short-term interest rates. Occasionally, in response to changing balance sheet and market conditions, the Bank may terminate one or more interest rate basis swaps (or portions thereof) prior to their scheduled maturity. The Bank typically holds its federal funds floater swaps and discount note swaps to maturity.
As discussed previously in the section entitled “Financial Condition – Long-Term Investments,” to hedge a portion of the risk associated with a significant increase in interest rates, the Bank had (as of March 31, 2010) entered into

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As discussed previously, to reduce the negative impact that rising rates could have on its portfolio of CMO LIBOR floaters with embedded caps, the Bank had (as of September 30, 2009) entered into ten13 interest rate cap agreements having a total notional amount of $2.5$3.75 billion. The premiums paid for these caps totaled $26.7 million. Five stand-alone interest rate caps, with an aggregate notional amount of $1.25 billion, were purchased during the three months ended September 30, 2009; the premiums paid for these caps totaled $17.8 million. During this same period, one interest rate cap with a notional amount of $500 million was terminated. Proceeds from the termination totaled $0.2 million. In addition, six interest rate cap agreements with a notional amount of $1.75 billion expired during the first half of 2009. At September 30, 2009, the carrying values of the Bank’s stand-alone interest rate cap agreements totaled $26.3$42.7 million. The fair values of interest rate cap agreements are dependent upon the level of interest rates, volatilities and remaining term to maturity. In general (assuming constant volatilities and no erosion in value attributable to the passage of time), interest rate caps will increase in value as market interest rates rise and will diminish in value as market interest rates decline. The value of interest rate caps will increase as volatilities increase and will decline as volatilities decrease. Absent changes in volatilities or interest rates, the value of interest rate caps will decline with the passage of time. As stand-alone derivatives, the changes in the fair values of the Bank’s interest rate cap agreements are recorded in earnings with no offsetting changes in the fair values of the hedged items (i.e., the CMO LIBOR floaters with embedded capscaps) and therefore can also be a source of considerable volatility in the Bank’s earnings.
At March 31, 2010, the carrying values of the Bank’s stand-alone interest rate cap agreements totaled $22.2 million. If these agreements are held to maturity, the value of the caps will ultimately decline to zero and be recorded as a loss in net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities in future periods. The recorded fair value changeschange in the Bank’s stand-alone caps were gains (losses)was a loss of ($3.1 million) and $5.5$29.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to gains (losses) of ($0.8 million) and $5.7 million for the corresponding periods in 2008.
During the first nine months of 2009 and 2008, market conditions were such from time to time that the Bank was able to extinguish certain consolidated obligation bonds and simultaneously terminate the associated interest rate exchange agreements at net amounts that were profitable for the Bank, while new consolidated obligations could be issued and then converted (through the use of interest rate exchange agreements) to a floating rate that approximated the cost of the extinguished debt including any associated interest rate swaps. As a result, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Bank repurchased $8.7 million and $3.6 billion, respectively, of its consolidated obligations in the secondary market and terminated the related interest rate exchange agreements. The gains on these debt extinguishments totaled $176,000 and $3,020,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Bank did not repurchase any of its consolidated obligations during the three months ended September 30, 2009 or 2008. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank transferred consolidated obligations with an aggregate par value2010, compared to a gain of $450$0.4 million to two of the other FHLBanks. Additional consolidated obligations with a par value of $15 million were transferred to another FHLBank during the three months ended June 30, 2008. In connection with these transfers (i.e., debt extinguishments), the assuming FHLBanks became the primary obligors for the transferred debt.corresponding period in 2009. The gainsloss on these transactions with the other FHLBanks totaled $4,546,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. No consolidated obligations were transferredcaps was primarily attributable to other FHLBanks during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 or the three months ended September 30, 2008.a decline in volatility.
The Bank uses interest rate swaps to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of some of its advances and consolidated obligation bonds. Prior to their sale or maturity, substantially all of the Bank’s available-for-sale securities were also hedged with interest rate swaps. These hedging relationships are (or were)were in the case of the Bank’s available-for-sale securities) designated as fair value hedges. To the extent these relationships qualify for hedge accounting, changes in the fair values of both the derivative (the interest rate swap) and the hedged item (limited to changes attributable to the hedged risk) are recorded in earnings. For those relationships that qualified for hedge accounting, the differences between the change in fair value of the hedged items and the change in fair value of the associated interest rate swaps (representing hedge ineffectiveness) were net gains of $0.2$2.5 million and $66.2$54.3 million for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, respectively, and net gains of $57.4 million and $73.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. To the extent these hedging relationships do not qualify for hedge accounting, or cease to qualify because they are determined to be ineffective, only the change in fair value of the derivative is recorded in earnings (in this case, there is no offsetting change in fair value of the hedged item). During the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, the change in fair value ofnet losses relating to derivatives associated with specific advances available-for-sale securities and consolidated obligation bonds that were not in qualifying hedging relationships (excluding consolidated obligation bonds indexed to the daily federal funds rate) was ($51,000)totaled $6,000 and ($431,000),$19,000, respectively. The change in fair value of these derivatives totaled ($44,000) and ($152,000) for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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As set forth in the table on page 73,58, the Bank’s fair value hedge ineffectiveness gains associated with its consolidated obligation bonds were significantly higher in the thirdfirst quarter of 20082009 as compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2009.2010. A substantial portion of the Bank’s fixed rate consolidated obligation bonds are hedged with fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps in long-haul hedging relationships. The floating legs of most of these interest rate swaps reset every three months and are then fixed until the next reset date. These hedging relationships have been, and are expected to continue to be, highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in fair values attributable to the hedged risk. However, during periods in which short-term rates are volatile (as they were in the latter part of 2008), the Bank can experience increased earnings variability related to differences in the timing between changes in short-term rates and interest rate resets on the floating legs of its interest rate swaps. While changes in the values of the fixed rate leg of the interest rate swap and the fixed rate bond being hedged substantially offset each other, when three-month LIBOR rates increasedecrease dramatically between the reset date and the valuation date (as they did during the thirdfourth quarter of 2008), discounting the lowerhigher coupon rate cash flows being paid on the floating rate leg at the prevailing higherlower rate until the swap’s next reset date can result in ineffectiveness-related gainslosses that, while relatively small when expressed as prices, can be significant when evaluated in the context of the Bank’s net income. As of September 30, 2008, the Bank had $40.2 billion of its consolidated obligation bonds in long-haul fair value hedging relationships. Between September 15, 2008 and September 30, 2008, three-month LIBOR rates increased by 123 basis points, from 2.82 percent to 4.05 percent, which resulted in ineffectiveness-related gains of $60.9 million and $67.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. Because the Bank typically holds its consolidated obligation bond interest rate swaps to call or maturity, the impact of these ineffectiveness-related adjustments on earnings are generally transitory, as they were in this case. As a result of the unusual (and significant) decrease in three-month LIBOR rates during the fourth quarter of 2008, the Bank recognized ineffectiveness-related losses during that periodthe year ended December 31, 2008 of $122.4$55.4 million. With relatively stable three-month LIBOR rates during the first quarter of 2009, these net ineffectiveness-related losses of $61.5 million substantially reversed (in the form of ineffectiveness-related gains) during the three months ended March 31, 2009. Three-month LIBOR rates remained relatively stable during the secondremainder of 2009 and third quartersthe first quarter of 2009,2010, resulting in significantly lower ineffectiveness-related gains during those periods. As of Decemberthe three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank had $37.8 billion of its consolidated obligation bonds in long-haul fair value hedging relationships. As a result of calls and maturities, the Bank’s consolidated obligation bonds in long-haul fair value hedging relationships had declined to $24.8 billion as of September 30, 2009.2010.

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Because the Bank has a much smaller balance of swapped assets than liabilities and a substantialsignificant portion of those assets qualify for and are designated in short-cut hedging relationships, the Bank did not experience similar offsetting variability from its asset hedging activities during the third and fourth quarters of 2008 and the first quarter ofthree months ended March 31, 2009. As of September 30, 2008, the Bank had approximately $11.0 billion of its assets in fair value hedge relationships, of which $9.7 billion qualified for the short-cut method of accounting, in which an assumption can be made that the change in fair value of the hedged item exactly offsets the change in value of the related derivative. As of September 30, 2009, the Bank had approximately $11.3 billion of its assets in fair value hedge relationships, of which $9.8 billion qualified for the short-cut method of accounting.
For a discussion of the sale of an available-for-sale security and the other-than-temporary impairment losses on sevencertain of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 3 beginning on page 7 of this report).
There were no sales of long-term investments during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2010. In March 2009, see the section above entitled “Financial Condition — Long-Term Investments.”
In April 2008, the Bank sold an available-for-sale securitiessecurity (specifically, a government-sponsored enterprise MBS) with an amortized cost (determined by the specific identification method) of $254.8$86.2 million. Proceeds from the sales totaled $257.6 million, resulting in gross realized gains of $2.8 million.
On October 29, 2008, the Bank sold a U.S. agency debenture classified as available-for-sale. Proceeds from the sale totaled $56.5$87.0 million, resulting in a gross realized loss atgain of $0.8 million. There were no other sales of long-term investments during the time of sale of $1.2 million. At September 30, 2008, the amortized cost of this asset exceeded its estimated fair value at that date by $2.5 million. Because the Bank did not have the intent as of September 30, 2008 to hold this available-for-sale security through to recovery of the unrealized loss, an other-than-temporary impairment was recognized in the third quarter of 2008 to write the security down to its estimated fair value of $57.5 million as of September 30, 2008.three months ended March 31, 2009.
In the table on page 73,58, the caption entitled “Other, net” (consistent with the term used in the statements of income) is comprised principally of letter of credit fees which, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, were partially offset by a $1.0 million charge to fully reserve amounts owed to the Bank by Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc. Letter of credit fees totaled $1.5 million for bothfees. During the three months ended September 30,

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2009March 31, 2010 and 2008. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and 2008, letter of credit fees totaled $4.6$1.4 million and $4.3$1.6 million, respectively. At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, outstanding letters of credit totaled $4.5$4.4 billion.
Other Expense
Total other expense, which includes the Bank’s compensation and benefits, other operating expenses and its proportionate share of the costs of operating the Finance Agency (previously the Finance Board) and the Office of Finance, totaled $23.9$17.8 million and $58.1$18.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, compared to $15.1 million and $46.8 million for the corresponding periods in 2008.respectively.
Compensation and benefits were $15.9 million and $34.2$10.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively,March 31, 2010, compared to $8.1 million and $25.3$9.8 million for the corresponding periods in 2008. The increases of $7.8 million and $8.9 million, respectively, were due largely to a $7.5 million supplemental contribution made in the third quarter 2009 to the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions, a multiemployer defined benefit plan in which the Bank participates. The remaining portion of the increases was due to increases in the Bank’s average headcount and cost-of-living and merit adjustments, partially offset by reductions in expenses associated with the Bank’s short-term incentive compensation plan. The Bank’s average headcount increased from 186 and 181 employees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, to 191 employees during both of the corresponding periodsperiod in 2009. At September 30, 2009, the Bank employed 191 people. The decrease in short-term incentive compensation expense is attributable to lower anticipated goal achievement.
Other operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 were $7.0$6.6 million and $20.7 million, respectively, compared to $6.1$7.5 million and $18.9 million, respectively, for the corresponding periodsperiod in 2008.2009. The decrease in other operating expenses was attributable to the costs associated with the Bank’s financial support of the relief efforts relating to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike significantly impacted the Bank’s other operating expenses in the third quarter of 2008 and the first half of 2009. During the third quarter of 2008, the Bank made charitable donations of $0.5 million each to The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross. In addition, in late September 2008, the Bank announced that it would make $5 million in funds available for special disaster relief grants for homes and businesses affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Approximately $2.6 million and $2.4$2.3 million of these funds were disbursed during the first half of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2008, respectively.
The change in2009. Similar disbursements were not made during the first quarter of 2010. Absent the impact of the hurricane relief program, other operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008increased $1.4 million quarter over quarter. This increase was also impacted by costs associated with the Bank’s potential merger with the FHLBank of Chicago. From mid-2007 to April 2008, the Bank and the FHLBank of Chicago were engaged in discussions to determine the possible benefits and feasibility of combining their business operations. On April 4, 2008, those discussions were terminated. As a result, during the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank expensed $3.1 million of direct costs associated with the potential combination. Further, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Bank incurred $0.6 million of fees associated with two third-party models that are used in its periodic OTTI evaluations.
The remaining net increases of $1.9 million and $2.7 million for the three- and nine-month periods, respectively, were attributable to general increases in many of the Bank’s other operating expenses, none of which were individually significant.
The Bank, together with the other FHLBanks, is assessed for the cost of operating the Finance Agency (previously the Finance Board) and the Office of Finance. The Bank’s share of these expenses totaled $1.0$1.2 million and $3.2$1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, compared to $0.9 million and $2.6 million for the corresponding periods in 2008.respectively.
AHP and REFCORP Assessments
As required by statute, each year the Bank contributes 10 percent of its earnings (after the REFCORP assessment discussed below and as adjusted for interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock) to its AHP. The AHP provides grants that members can use to support affordable housing projects in their communities. Generally, the Bank’s AHP assessment is derived by adding interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock to income before assessments and then subtracting the REFCORP assessment; the result of this calculation is then multiplied by 10 percent. For the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, the Bank’s AHP assessments totaled $2.0

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$1.7 million and $8.4$7.2 million, respectively. The Bank’s AHP assessments totaled $12.1 million and $16.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Also as required by statute, the Bank contributes 20 percent of its reported earnings (after its AHP contribution) toward the payment of interest on REFCORP bonds that were issued to provide funding for the resolution of failed thrifts following the savings and loan crisis in the 1980s. To compute the REFCORP assessment, the Bank’s AHP assessment is subtracted from reported income before assessments and the result is multiplied by 20 percent. During the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 and 2009, and 2008, the Bank charged $4.4$3.9 million and $18.8$16.3 million, respectively, of REFCORP assessments to earnings. The Bank’s REFCORP assessments totaled $27.1 million and $36.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
A discussion of the Bank’s critical accounting policies and the extent to which management uses judgment and estimates in applying those policies is provided in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K. There were no substantial changes to the Bank’s critical accounting policies, or the extent to which management uses judgment and estimates in applying those policies, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, except as discussed below.
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Assessments
Effective January 1, 2009, the Bank adopted guidance that, among other things, revised the recognition and reporting requirements for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities classified as either available-for-sale or held-to-maturity. The OTTI accounting guidance was issued by the FASB on April 9, 2009 and was effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009.
For debt securities, the “ability and intent to hold” provision was eliminated in the OTTI accounting guidance, and impairment is now considered to be other than temporary if an entity (i) intends to sell the security, (ii) more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovering its amortized cost basis, or (iii) does not expect to recover the security’s entire amortized cost basis (even if the entity does not intend to sell the security). In addition, the “probability” standard relating to the collectibility of cash flows was eliminated in the OTTI accounting guidance, and impairment is now considered to be other than temporary if the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the debt security is less than the amortized cost basis of the security (any such shortfall is referred to as a “credit loss”).
The Bank evaluates outstanding available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities in an unrealized loss position (i.e., impaired securities) for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis. In doing so, the Bank considers many factors including, but not limited to: the credit ratings assigned to the securities by the NRSROs; other indicators of the credit quality of the issuer; the strength of the provider of any guarantees; the duration and magnitude of the unrealized loss; and whether the Bank has the intent to sell the security or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before its anticipated recovery. In the case of its non-agency residential and commercial MBS, the Bank also considers prepayment speeds, the historical and projected performance of the underlying loans and the credit support provided by the subordinate securities. These evaluations are inherently subjective and consider a number of quantitative and qualitative factors.
In the case of its non-agency RMBS, the Bank employs third-party models to determine the cash flows that it is likely to collect from the securities. These models consider borrower characteristics and the particular attributes of the loans underlying the securities, in conjunction with assumptions about future changes in home prices and interest rates, to predict the likelihood a loan will default and the impact on default frequency, loss severity and remaining credit enhancement. In general, because the ultimate receipt of contractual payments on these securities will depend upon the credit and prepayment performance of the underlying loans and the credit enhancements for the senior securities owned by the Bank, the Bank uses these models to assess whether the credit enhancement associated with each security is sufficient to protect against potential losses of principal and interest on the underlying mortgage loans. The development of the modeling assumptions requires significant judgment and the Bank believes its assumptions are reasonable. However, the use of different assumptions could impact the Bank’s conclusions as to whether an impairment is other than temporary as well as the amount of the credit portion of any impairment.

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In addition to evaluating its non-agency RMBS under a base case (or best estimate) scenario, a cash flow analysis was also performed for each of these securities under a more stressful housing price scenario to determine the impact that such a change would have on the credit losses recorded in earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The results of that analysis are presented on page 60 of this report.
If the Bank intends to sell an impaired debt security, or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the impairment is other than temporary and is recognized currently in earnings in an amount equal to the entire difference between fair value and amortized cost.
In instances in which the Bank determines that a credit loss exists but the Bank does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis, the other-than-temporary impairment is separated into (i) the amount of the total impairment related to the credit loss and (ii) the amount of the total impairment related to all other factors (i.e., the non-credit portion). The amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss is recognized in earnings and the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to all other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income. The total other-than-temporary impairment is presented in the statement of income with an offset for the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment that is recognized in other comprehensive income. If a credit loss does not exist, any impairment is not considered to be other-than-temporary.
Regardless of whether an other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in its entirety in earnings or if the credit portion is recognized in earnings and the non-credit portion is recognized in other comprehensive income, the estimation of fair values (discussed below) has a significant impact on the amount(s) of any impairment that is recorded.
The non-credit portion of any other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income for debt securities classified as held-to-maturity is accreted over the remaining life of the debt security (in a prospective manner based on the amount and timing of future estimated cash flows) as an increase in the carrying value of the security unless and until the security is sold, the security matures, or there is an additional other-than-temporary impairment that is recognized in earnings. In instances in which an additional other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings, the amount of the credit loss is reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings. Further, if an additional other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings and the held-to-maturity security’s then-current carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an additional non-credit impairment is concurrently recognized in other comprehensive income. Conversely, if an additional other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings and the held-to-maturity security’s then-current carrying value is less than its fair value, the carrying value of the security is not increased. In periods subsequent to the recognition of an other-than-temporary impairment loss, the other-than-temporarily impaired debt security is accounted for as if it had been purchased on the measurement date of the other-than-temporary impairment at an amount equal to the previous amortized cost basis less the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings. For debt securities for which other-than-temporary impairments are recognized in earnings, the difference between the new cost basis and the cash flows expected to be collected is accreted into interest income over the remaining life of the security in a prospective manner based on the amount and timing of future estimated cash flows.
Estimation of Fair Values
Prior to September 30, 2009, the Bank obtained non-binding fair value estimates from various dealers for its mortgage-backed securities (for each MBS, one dealer estimate was received). These dealer estimates were reviewed for reasonableness using the Bank’s pricing model and/or by comparing the dealer estimates to pricing service quotations or dealer estimates for similar securities.
During the third quarter of 2009, in an effort to achieve consistency among all FHLBanks, the 12 FHLBanks collectively developed a common methodology for estimating the fair values of MBS. Based on its analysis, the Bank concluded that this common methodology (discussed below) would produce measurements that were equally representative of fair value and, accordingly, the Bank adopted the methodology effective September 30, 2009.

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The Bank’s new valuation technique incorporates prices from up to four designated third-party pricing vendors when available. A price is established for each MBS using a formula that is based upon the number of prices received (i.e., if four prices are received, the average of the middle two prices is used; if three prices are received, the middle price is used; if two prices are received, the average of the two prices is used; and if one price is received, it is used subject to some type of validation). The computed prices are tested for reasonableness using specified tolerance thresholds. Prices within the established thresholds are generally accepted unless strong evidence exists that using the formula-driven price would not be appropriate. Preliminary estimated fair values that are outside the tolerance thresholds, or that management believes may not be appropriate based on all available information, are subject to further analysis including comparison to the prices for similar securities and/or to non-binding dealer estimates. As of September 30, 2009, four vendor prices were received for substantially all of the Bank’s MBS holdings. This change in valuation technique did not have a significant impact on the estimated fair values of the Bank’s mortgage-backed securities as of September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In order to meet members’ credit needs and the Bank’s financial obligations, the Bank maintains a portfolio of money market instruments consisting of overnight federal funds and, from time-to-time, short-term commercial paper, all of which are issued by highly rated entities. Beyond those amounts that are required to meet members’ credit needs and its own obligations, the Bank typically holds additional balances of short-term investments that fluctuate as the Bank invests the proceeds of debt issued to replace maturing and called liabilities, as the balance of deposits changes, and as the returns provided by short-term investments vary relative to the costs of the Bank’s discount notes.notes, and as the level of liquidity needed to satisfy Finance Agency requirements changes. Overnight federal funds typically comprise the large majority of the portfolio. At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s short-term liquidity portfolio was comprised of $3.3$3.5 billion of overnight federal funds sold to domestic counterparties and $1.2 billion$800 million of non-interest bearing excess cash balancesdeposits maintained at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
The Bank’s primary source of funds is the proceeds it receives from the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes in the capital markets. Historically, the FHLBanks have issued debt throughout the business day in the form of discount notes and bonds with a wide variety of maturities and structures. Generally, the Bank has access to this market as needed during the business day to acquire funds to meet its needs. However, beginning in the second half of 2008, market conditions reduced investor demand for long-term debt issued by the FHLBanks, which led to substantially increased costs and significantly reduced availability of this funding source. At the same time, demand increased for short-term, high-quality assets such as FHLBank discount notes and short-term bonds. As a result, the Bank relied more heavily on the issuance of discount notes and short-term bullet and floating-rate bonds in order to meet its funding needs during the first half of 2009. The FHLBanks’ access to debt with a wider range of maturities, and the pricing of those bonds, improved somewhat during the latter part of the second quarter and the third quarter of 2009. Accordingly, the Bank has gradually increased its issuance of callable and longer-dated bonds during recent months.
In addition to the liquidity provided from the proceeds of the issuance of consolidated obligations, the Bank also maintains access to wholesale funding sources such as federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (e.g., borrowings secured by its MBS investments). Furthermore, the Bank has access to borrowings (typically short-term) from the other FHLBanks.
As discussed more fully in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K, the 12 FHLBanks and the Office of Finance entered into the Federal Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement (the “Contingency Agreement”) on June 23, 2006. The Contingency Agreement and related procedures were entered into in order to facilitate the timely funding of principal and interest payments on FHLBank System consolidated obligations in the event that a FHLBank is not able to meet its funding obligations in a timely manner. The Contingency Agreement and related procedures provide for the issuance of overnight consolidated obligations directly to one or more FHLBanks that provide funds to avoid a shortfall in the timely payment of principal and interest on any consolidated obligations for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. Specifically, in the event that one or more FHLBanks does not fund its principal and interest payments under a consolidated obligation by deadlines agreed upon by the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance (for purposes of the Contingency Agreement, a “Delinquent Bank”), the non-Delinquent Banks will be obligated to fund any shortfall in funding to the extent that any of the non-Delinquent Banks has a net positive settlement balance (i.e., the amount by which end-of-day proceeds received by such non-Delinquent Bank

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from the sale of consolidated obligations on one day exceeds payments by such non-Delinquent Bank on consolidated obligations on the same day) in its account with the Office of Finance on the day the shortfall occurs. A FHLBank that funds the shortfall of a Delinquent Bank is referred to in the Contingency Agreement as a “Contingency Bank.” The non-Delinquent Banks would fund the shortfall of the Delinquent Bank sequentially in accordance with an agreed-upon funding matrix as provided in the Contingency Agreement. Additionally, a non-Delinquent Bank could choose to voluntarily fund any shortfall not funded on a mandatory basis by another non-Delinquent Bank. To fund the shortfall of a Delinquent Bank, the Office of Finance will issue to the Contingency Bank on behalf of the Delinquent Bank a consolidated obligation with a maturity of one business day in the amount of the shortfall funded by the Contingency Bank (a “Plan CO”). Through the date of this report, no Plan COs have been issued pursuant to the terms of the Contingency Agreement.
In addition to the funding sources described above, on September 9, 2008, the Bank and each of the other 11 FHLBanks entered into separate but identical lending agreements with the Treasury in connection with the Treasury’s establishment of a Government Sponsored Enterprise Credit Facility (“GSECF”). The HER Act provided the Treasury with the authority to establish the GSECF, which is designed to serve as a contingent source of liquidity for the housing government-sponsored enterprises, including the FHLBanks. Under these lending agreements, any extensions of credit by the Treasury to one or more of the FHLBanks would be the joint and several obligations of all 12 of the FHLBanks and would be consolidated obligations (issued through the Office of Finance) pursuant to part 966 of the rules of the Finance Agency (12 C.F.R. part 966), as successor to the Finance Board. Loans under the agreements, if any, would be secured by collateral acceptable to the Treasury, which consists of FHLBank advances to members that have been collateralized in accordance with regulatory standards and mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The lending agreements terminate on December 31, 2009, but will remain in effect as to any loan outstanding on that date. For more information on the GSECF, see Item 1 — Business — Legislative and Regulatory Developments in the Bank’s 2008 10-K. To date, none of the FHLBanks have borrowed under the GSECF.
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immediate funding needs in order to facilitate better market execution for the issue. The original primary obligor might then warehouse the funds until they were needed, or make the funds available to other FHLBanks. Transfers may also occur when the original primary obligor’s funding needs change, and that FHLBank offers to transfer debt that is no longer needed to other FHLBanks. Transferred debt is typically fixed rate, fixed term, non-callable debt, and may be in the form of discount notes or bonds.
The Bank participates in such transfers of funding from other FHLBanks when the transfer represents favorable pricing relative to a new issue of consolidated obligations with similar features. The Bank did not assume any consolidated obligations from other FHLBanks during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2010 or 2009. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Bank assumed consolidated obligation bonds from the FHLBank of Seattle with a par value of $135.9 million.
The Bank manages its liquidity to ensure that, at a minimum, it has sufficient funds to meet operational and contingent liquidity requirements. When measuring its liquidity for these purposes, the Bank includes only contractual cash flows and the amount of funds it estimates would be available in the event the Bank were to use securities held in its long-term investment portfolio as collateral for repurchase agreements. While it believes purchased federal funds might be available as a source of funds, it does not include this potential source of funds in its calculations of available liquidity.
The Bank’s operational liquidity requirement stipulates that it have sufficient funds to meet its obligations due on any given day plus an amount equal to the statistically estimated (at the 99-percent confidence level) cash and credit needs of its members and associates for one business day without accessing the capital markets for the sale of consolidated obligations. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s estimated operational liquidity requirement was $1.8$2.7 billion. At that date, the Bank estimated that its operational liquidity exceeded this requirement by approximately $12.3$10.5 billion.

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The Bank’s contingent liquidity requirement further requires that it maintain adequate balance sheet liquidity and access to other funding sources should it be unable to issue consolidated obligations for five business days. The combination of funds available from these sources must be sufficient for the Bank to meet its obligations as they come due and the cash and credit needs of its members, with the potential needs of members statistically estimated at the 99-percent confidence level. As of September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s estimated contingent liquidity requirement was $5.7$4.4 billion. At that date, the Bank estimated that its contingent liquidity exceeded this requirement by approximately $8.7$8.9 billion.
In addition to the liquidity measures described above, the Bank is required, pursuant to guidance issued by the Finance Agency on March 6, 2009, to meet two daily liquidity standards, each of which assumes that the Bank is unable to access the market for consolidated obligations during a prescribed period. The first standard requires the Bank to maintain sufficient funds to meet its obligations for 15 days under a scenario in which it is assumed that members do not renew any maturing, prepaid or called advances. The second standard requires the Bank to maintain sufficient funds to meet its obligations for 5 days under a scenario in which it is assumed that members renew all maturing and called advances, with certain exceptions for very large, highly rated members. These requirements are more stringent than the 5-day contingent liquidity requirement discussed above. The Bank has been in compliance with both of these liquidity requirements since March 6, 2009.
The Bank’s access to the capital markets has never been interrupted to an extent that the Bank’s ability to meet its obligations was compromised and the Bank does not currently believe that its ability to issue consolidated obligations will be impeded to that extent in the future. If, however, the Bank were unable to issue consolidated obligations for an extended period of time, the Bank would eventually exhaust the availability of purchased federal funds (including borrowings from other FHLBanks) and repurchase agreements as sources of funds. It is also possible that an event (such as a natural disaster) that might impede the Bank’s ability to raise funds by issuing consolidated obligations would also limit the Bank’s ability to access the markets for federal funds purchased and/or repurchase agreements.
Under those circumstances, to the extent that the balance of principal and interest that came due on the Bank’s debt obligations and the funds needed to pay its operating expenses exceeded the cash inflows from its interest-earning assets and proceeds from maturing assets, and if access to the market for consolidated obligations was not again available, the Bank would seek to access funding under the Contingency Agreement to repay any principal and interest due on its consolidated obligations. However, if the Bank were unable to raise funds by issuing

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consolidated obligations, it is likely that the other FHLBanks would have similar difficulties issuing debt. If funds were not available under the Contingency Agreement, the BankBank’s ability to conduct its operations would be able to finance its operations, through December 31, 2009, only through borrowings under the GSECF. It is not clearcompromised even earlier than if or to what extent, borrowings under the GSECF would be available to fund growth in member advances. Currently, the Bank has no intention to accessthis funding under the GSECF.source was available.
A summary of the Bank’s contractual cash obligations and off-balance-sheet lending-related financial commitments by due date or remaining maturity as of December 31, 20082009 is provided in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K. There have been no substantial changes in the Bank’s contractual obligations outside the normal course of business during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009.March 31, 2010.
Risk-Based Capital Rules and Other Capital Requirements
The Bank is required to maintain at all times permanent capital (defined under the Finance Agency’s rules as retained earnings and amounts paid in for Class B stock, regardless of its classification as equity or liabilities for financial reporting purposes, as further described above in the section entitled “Financial Condition — Capital Stock”) in an amount at least equal to its risk-based capital requirement, which is the sum of its credit risk capital requirement, its market risk capital requirement, and its operations risk capital requirement, as further described in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K. At September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank’s total risk-based capital requirement was $482.6$517 million, comprised of credit risk, market risk and operations risk capital requirements of $163.0$145 million, $208.2$253 million and $111.4$119 million, respectively.
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capital is defined by Finance Agency rules and regulations as the Bank’s permanent capital and the amount of any general allowance for losses (i.e., those reserves that are not held against specific assets). Second, the Bank is required to maintain at all times a minimum leverage capital-to-assets ratio in an amount at least equal to 5.0 percent of its total assets. In applying this requirement to the Bank, leverage capital includes the Bank’s permanent capital multiplied by a factor of 1.5 plus the amount of any general allowance for losses. The Bank did not have any general reserves at September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 or December 31, 2008.2009. Under the regulatory definitions, total capital and permanent capital exclude accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). At all times during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank was in compliance with all of its regulatory capital requirements. The following table summarizes the Bank’s compliance with the Finance Agency’s capital requirements as of September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2008.2009.
REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
(In millions of dollars, except percentages)
                                
 September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009
 Required Actual Required Actual  Required Actual Required Actual
Risk-based capital $483 $2,935 $930 $3,530  $517 $2,688 $507 $2,897 
 
Total capital $2,690 $2,935 $3,157 $3,530  $2,348 $2,688 $2,604 $2,897 
Total capital-to-assets ratio  4.00%  4.36%  4.00%  4.47%  4.00%  4.58%  4.00%  4.45%
 
Leverage capital $3,363 $4,403 $3,947 $5,295  $2,935 $4,032 $3,255 $4,346 
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio  5.00%  6.55%  5.00%  6.71%  5.00%  6.87%  5.00%  6.68%
The Bank’s Risk Management Policy contains a minimum total regulatory capital-to-assets target ratio of 4.104.1 percent, higher than the 4.004.0 percent ratio required under the Finance Agency’s capital rules. At all times during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2009,March 31, 2010, the Bank was in compliance with its operating target capital ratio.

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Recently Issued Accounting Guidance
For a discussion of recently issued accounting guidance, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 2 beginning on page 5 of this report).
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The following quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk should be read in conjunction with the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk that are included in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K. The information provided herein is intended to update the disclosures made in the Bank’s 20082009 10-K.
As a financial intermediary, the Bank is subject to interest rate risk. Changes in the level of interest rates, the slope of the interest rate yield curve, and/or the relationships (or spreads) between interest yields for different instruments have an impact on the Bank’s estimated market value of equity and its net earnings. This risk arises from a variety of instruments that the Bank enters into on a regular basis in the normal course of its business. In addition, discounts in the market prices of securities held by the Bank that are related primarily to credit concerns and a lack of market liquidity rather than interest rates have recently had an impact on the Bank’s estimated market value of equity and related risk metrics.
The terms of member advances, investment securities and consolidated obligations may present interest rate risk and/or embedded option risk. As discussed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the Bank makes extensive use of interest rate derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate swaps and caps, to manage the risk arising from these sources.

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The Bank has investments in residential mortgage-related assets, such asprimarily CMOs and, to a much smaller extent, MPF mortgage loans, both of which present prepayment risk. This risk arises from the mortgagors’ option to prepay their mortgages, making the effective maturities of these mortgage-based assets relatively more sensitive to changes in interest rates and other factors that affect the mortgagors’ decisions to repay their mortgages as compared to other long-term investment securities that do not have prepayment features. Historically, a decline in interest rates has generally resulted in accelerated mortgage refinancing activity, thus increasing prepayments and thereby shortening the effective maturity of the mortgage-related assets. Conversely, rising rates generally slow prepayment activity and lengthen a mortgage-related asset’s effective maturity. Current economic and credit market conditions appear to have had an impact on mortgage prepayment activity, as borrowers whose mortgage rates are above current market rates and who might otherwise refinance or repay their mortgages more rapidly may not be able to obtain new mortgage loans at current lower rates due to reductions in their incomes, declines in the values of their homes, tighter lending standards, a general lack of credit availability, and/or delays in obtaining approval of new loans.
The Bank has managed the potential prepayment risk embedded in mortgage assets by purchasing almost exclusively floating rate securities, by purchasing highly structured tranches of mortgage securities that substantially limit the effects of prepayment risk, and/or by using interest rate derivative instruments to offset prepayment risk specific both to particular securities and to the overall mortgage portfolio. SinceBecause the Bank generally purchases mortgage-backed securities with the intent and expectation of holding them to maturity, the Bank’s risk management activities related to these securities are focused on those interest rate factors that pose a risk to the Bank’s future earnings. As currentrecent liquidity discounts in the prices for some of these securities indicate,have indicated, these interest rate factors may not necessarily be the same factors that are driving the market prices of the securities.
The Bank’s Risk Management Policy provides a risk management framework for the financial management of the Bank consistent with the strategic principles outlined in its Strategic Business Plan. The Bank develops its funding and hedging strategies to manage its interest rate risk within the risk limits established in its Risk Management Policy.
The Risk Management Policy articulates the Bank’s tolerance for the amount of overall interest rate risk the Bank will assume by limiting the maximum estimated loss in market value of equity that the Bank would incur under simulated 200 basis point changes in interest rates to 15 percent of the estimated base case market value. As discussedreflected in more detailthe table below, this risk metric exceeded the Bank’s policyBank was in compliance with this limit at five month-endseach month end during the nine monthsquarter ended September 30, 2009 due in part to factors other than interest rate risk.March 31, 2010.
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are made primarily for the purpose of analyzing and managing the Bank’s interest rate risk and, accordingly, have been designed for that purpose rather than for purposes of fair value disclosure under generally accepted accounting principles. The base case market value of equity is calculated by determining the estimated fair value of each instrument on the Bank’s balance sheet, and subtracting the estimated aggregate fair value of the Bank’s liabilities from the estimated aggregate fair value of the Bank’s assets. For purposes of these calculations, mandatorily redeemable capital stock is treated as equity rather than as a liability. The fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments (both assets and liabilities) are determined using vendor prices, dealer estimates or a pricing model. These calculations include values for MBS based on current estimated current market prices, which reflect significant discounts, the majoritysome of which have recently reflected discounts that the Bank believes are largely related to credit concerns and a lack of market liquidity rather than the level and relationships betweenof interest rates. For those instruments for which a pricing model is used, the calculations are based upon parameters derived from market conditions existing at the time of measurement, and are generally determined by discounting estimated future cash flows at the replacement (or similar) rate for new instruments of the same type with the same or very similar characteristics. The market value of equity calculations include non-financial assets and liabilities, such as premises and equipment, excess REFCORP contributions, other assets, payables for AHP and REFCORP, and other liabilities at their recorded carrying amounts.
For purposes of compliance with the Bank’s Risk Management Policy limit on estimated losses in market value, market value of equity losses are defined as the estimated net sensitivity of the value of the Bank’s equity (the net value of its portfolio of assets, liabilities and interest rate derivatives) to 200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates. The following table provides the Bank’s estimated base case market value of equity and its estimated market value of equity under up and down 200 basis point interest rate shock scenarios (and, for comparative purposes, its

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estimated market value of equity under up and down 100 basis point interest rate shock scenarios) for each monthmonth-end during the period from December 20082009 through September 2009.March 2010. In addition, the table provides the percentage change in estimated market value of equity under each of these shock scenarios for the indicated periods.
MARKET VALUE OF EQUITY
(dollars in billions)
                                     
      Up 200 Basis Points(1)  Down 200 Basis Points  Up 100 Basis Points(1)  Down 100 Basis Points 
  Base Case  Estimated  Percentage  Estimated  Percentage  Estimated  Percentage  Estimated  Percentage 
  Market  Market  Change  Market  Change  Market  Change  Market  Change 
  Value  Value  from  Value  from  Value  from  Value  from 
  of Equity  of Equity  Base Case(2)  of Equity  Base Case  of Equity  Base Case(2)  of Equity  Base Case 
December 2008  2.635   2.093   -20.57%  *   *   2.391   -9.26%  *   * 
                                     
January 2009  2.525   2.089   -17.27%  *   *   2.312   -8.44%  *   * 
February 2009  2.552   2.154   -15.60%  *   *   2.352   -7.84%  *   * 
March 2009  2.685   2.304   -14.19%  *   *   2.513   -6.41%  *   * 
                                     
April 2009  2.606   2.264   -13.12%  *   *   2.449   -6.02%  *   * 
May 2009  2.558   2.165   -15.36%  *   *   2.367   -7.47%  *   * 
June 2009  2.713   2.246   -17.21%  *   *   2.492   -8.15%  *   * 
                                     
July 2009  2.545   2.119   -16.74%  *   *   2.350   -7.66%  *   * 
August 2009  2.793   2.412   -13.64%  *   *   2.623   -6.09%  *   * 
September 2009  2.842   2.452   -13.72%  *   *   2.667   -6.16%  *   * 
                                     
                                     
      Up 200 Basis Points (1) Down 200 Basis Points (2) Up 100 Basis Points(1) Down 100 Basis Points (2)
  Base Case Estimated Percentage Estimated Percentage Estimated Percentage Estimated Percentage
  Market Market Change Market Change Market Change Market Change
  Value Value from Value from Base Value from Value from
  of Equity of Equity Base Case(3) of Equity Case(3) of Equity Base Case(3) of Equity Base Case(3)
December 2009  2.836   2.520   -11.14%  2.947   3.91%  2.700   -4.80%  2.908   2.54%
                                     
January 2010  2.727   2.466   -9.57%  2.829   3.74%  2.620   -3.92%  2.795   2.49%
February 2010  2.828   2.528   -10.61%  2.967   4.92%  2.697   -4.63%  2.920   3.25%
March 2010  2.743   2.433   -11.30%  2.873   4.74%  2.608   -4.92%  2.827   3.06%
 
*Due to the low interest rate environments that existed during these time periods, the down 100 and 200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates were not considered meaningful.
(1) In the up 100 and 200 scenarios, the estimated market value of equity is calculated under assumed instantaneous + 100+100 and + 200+200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates.
 
(2)Pursuant to guidance issued by the Finance Agency, the estimated market value of equity is calculated under assumed instantaneous -100 and -200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates, subject to a floor of 0.35 percent.
(3) Amounts used to calculate percentage changes are based on numbers in the thousands. Accordingly, recalculations based upon the disclosed amounts (billions) may not produce the same results.
As reflected in the preceding table, the percentage decrease in the estimated market value of equity exceeded the Bank’s policy limit of 15 percent on December 31, 2008, January 31, 2009, February 28, 2009, May 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and July 31, 2009, and remained relatively high compared to historical levels, but within the policy limit, as of March 31, 2009, April 30, 2009, August 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009. The Bank’s estimated market value of equity was somewhat less sensitive to large changes in interest rates at September 30, 2009 than at December 31, 2008. This reduced sensitivity is primarily attributable to modest improvements in financial market conditions.
The ongoing elevated level of sensitivity of the Bank’s estimated market value of equity to changes in interest rates, which is also reflected by a relatively high estimated duration of equity as shown in the table below, is primarily attributable to low estimated values for the Bank’s MBS, and the related sensitivity of the estimated value of the Bank’s MBS portfolio to changes in interest rates. Although the Bank’s MBS portfolio is comprised predominantly of securities with coupons that float at a fixed spread to one-month LIBOR, the estimated market value of these securities remains sensitive to changes in interest rates due to the combination of low estimated base case market values, historically wide market spreads for similar securities versus their repricing index, the low absolute level of short-term interest rates, increases in the sensitivity of estimated prepayments, and the corresponding sensitivity in market value related to the timing of the recapture of discounts in the value of embedded coupon caps to changes in interest rates.
The Bank’s analysis indicates that the elevated level of its market value sensitivity measures is due in large part to ongoing dislocations in the credit markets as opposed to an increase in its interest rate risk. Because the Bank has the intent and ability to hold the securities in its MBS portfolio to maturity, and because the elevated level of sensitivity is generally attributable to non-interest rate risk related factors, the Bank’s management and Board of Directors have determined that the recent exceptions to its policy guidelines are temporary and do not represent a significant change in the Bank’s interest rate risk profile.

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A related measure of interest rate risk is duration of equity. Duration is the weighted average maturity (typically measured in months or years) of an instrument’s cash flows, weighted by the present value of those cash flows. As such, duration provides an estimate of an instrument’s sensitivity to small changes in market interest rates. The duration of assets is generally expressed as a positive figure, while the duration of liabilities is generally expressed as a negative number. The change in value of a specific instrument for given changes in interest rates will generally vary in inverse proportion to the instrument’s duration. As market interest rates decline, instruments with a positive duration are expected to increase in value, while instruments with a negative duration are expected to decrease in value. Conversely, as interest rates rise, instruments with a positive duration are expected to decline in value, while instruments with a negative duration are expected to increase in value.
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lengthens. For instance, the value of an instrument with a duration of three years will theoretically change by three percent for every one percentage point change in interest rates, while the value of an instrument with a duration of five years will theoretically change by five percent for every one percentage point change in interest rates.
The duration of individual instruments may be easily combined to determine the duration of a portfolio of assets or liabilities by calculating a weighted average duration of the instruments in the portfolio. Such combinations provide a single straightforward metric that describes the portfolio’s sensitivity to interest rate movements. These additive properties can be applied to the assets and liabilities on the Bank’s balance sheet. The difference between the combined durations of the Bank’s assets and the combined durations of its liabilities is sometimes referred to as duration gap and provides a measure of the relative interest rate sensitivities of the Bank’s assets and liabilities.
Duration gap is a useful measure of interest rate sensitivity but does not account for the effect of leverage, or the effect of the absolute duration of the Bank’s assets and liabilities, on the sensitivity of its estimated market value of equity to changes in interest rates. The inclusion of these factors results in a measure of the sensitivity of the value of the Bank’s equity to changes in market interest rates referred to as the duration of equity. Duration of equity is the market value weighted duration of assets minus the market value weighted duration of liabilities divided by the market value of equity.
The significance of an entity’s duration of equity is that it can be used to describe the sensitivity of the entity’s market value of equity to movements in interest rates. A duration of equity equal to zero would mean, within a narrow range of interest rate movements, that the Bank had neutralized the impact of changes in interest rates on the market value of its equity.
A positive duration of equity would mean, within a narrow range of interest rate movements, that for each one year of duration the estimated market value of the Bank’s equity would be expected to decline by about 0.01 percent for every positive 0.01 percent change in the level of interest rates. A positive duration generally indicates that the value of the Bank’s assets is more sensitive to changes in interest rates than the value of its liabilities (i.e., that the duration of its assets is greater than the duration of its liabilities).
Conversely, a negative duration of equity would mean, within a narrow range of interest rate movements, that for each one year of negative duration the estimated market value of the Bank’s equity would be expected to increase by about 0.01 percent for every positive 0.01 percent change in the level of interest rates. A negative duration generally indicates that the value of the Bank’s liabilities is more sensitive to changes in interest rates than the value of its assets (i.e., that the duration of its liabilities is greater than the duration of its assets).
The following table provides information regarding the Bank’s base case duration of equity as well as its duration of equity in up and down 100 and 200 basis point interest rate shock scenarios for each monthmonth-end during the period from December 20082009 through September 2009.March 2010.

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DURATION ANALYSIS
(Expressed in Years)
                                 
  Base Case Interest Rates           
   Asset  Liability  Duration  Duration Duration of Equity 
   Duration  Duration  Gap  of Equity  Up 100(1)  Up 200(1) Down 100  Down 200 
December 2008  0.56   (0.37)  0.19   6.36   13.42   14.38   *   * 
                                 
January 2009  0.58   (0.36)  0.22   7.04   10.31   10.52   *   * 
February 2009  0.55   (0.33)  0.22   6.78   8.89   9.06   *   * 
March 2009  0.52   (0.35)  0.17   4.64   8.42   9.00   *   * 
                                 
April 2009  0.53   (0.34)  0.19   5.24   8.31   9.08   *   * 
May 2009  0.53   (0.30)  0.23   6.57   8.87   9.69   *   * 
June 2009  0.58   (0.30)  0.28   7.53   9.76   11.88   *   * 
                                 
July 2009  0.58   (0.33)  0.25   7.04   10.21   12.39   *   * 
August 2009  0.52   (0.33)  0.19   5.04   7.74   9.67   *   * 
September 2009  0.53   (0.33)  0.20   5.15   7.91   9.54   *   * 
                                 
                                 
  Base Case Interest Rates  
  Asset Liability Duration Duration Duration of Equity
  Duration Duration Gap of Equity Up 100 (1) Up 200(1) Down 100(2) Down 200(2)
December 2009  0.46   (0.31)  0.15   3.65   6.04   7.90   2.49   1.73 
                                 
January 2010  0.44   (0.33)  0.11   2.93   5.34   7.00   1.86   0.98 
February 2010  0.49   (0.33)  0.16   3.75   5.86   7.20   2.58   1.19 
March 2010  0.50   (0.33)  0.17   4.09   6.22   7.86   3.02   1.81 
 
*Due to the low interest rate environments that existed during these time periods, the down 100 and 200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates were not considered meaningful.
(1) In the up 100 and 200 scenarios, the duration of equity is calculated under assumed instantaneous + 100+100 and + 200+200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates.
(2)Pursuant to guidance issued by the Finance Agency, the duration of equity was calculated under assumed instantaneous -100 and -200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates, subject to a floor of 0.35 percent.

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As shown above, the Bank’s duration of equity decreased from 6.36 years at December 31, 2008 to 5.15 years at September 30, 2009, indicating that the Bank’s market value of equity is less sensitive to changes in interest rates at September 30, 2009. This contraction is due primarily to modest improvements in financial market conditions.
Duration of equity measures the impact of a parallel shift in interest rates on an entity’s market value of equity but may not be a good metric for measuring changes in value related to non-parallel rate shifts. An alternative measure for that purpose uses key rate durations, which measure portfolio sensitivity to changes in interest rates at particular points on a yield curve. Key rate duration is a specialized form of duration. It is calculated by estimating the change in value due to changing the market rate for one specific maturity point on the yield curve while holding all other variables constant. The sum of the key rate durations across an applicable yield curve is approximately equal to the overall portfolio duration.
The duration of equity measure represents the expected percentage change in the Bank’s market value of equity for a one percentage point (100 basis point) parallel change in interest rates. The key rate duration measure represents the expected percentage change in the Bank’s market value of equity for a one percentage point (100 basis point) parallel change in interest rates for a given maturity point on the yield curve, holding all other rates constant. The Bank has established a key rate duration limit of 7.5 years, measured as the difference between the maximum and minimum key rate durations calculated for seven defined individual maturity points on the yield curve. In addition, for the 10-year maturity point key rate duration, the Bank has established a separate limit of 15 years. The Bank calculates these metrics monthly and was in compliance with these policy limits at each month end during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.first quarter of 2010.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Bank’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in: (1) recording, processing, summarizing and reporting information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports that it files or furnishessubmits under the Exchange Act

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within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports that it files or furnishessubmits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Bank’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009March 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The following is intended to provide updated information with regard to a specific risk factorsfactor included in our 20082009 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2009.25, 2010. The balance of the risk factors contained in our 20082009 10-K also remain applicable to our business.
Exposure to credit risk on our investments and MPF loans could have a negative impact on our profitability and financial condition.
Disclosure Provided in Our 2008 10-K
We are exposed to credit risk from our secured and unsecured investment portfolio and our MPF loans held in portfolio. A worsening of the current economic downturn, further declines in real estate values (both residential and non-residential), changes in monetary policy or other events that could negatively impact the economy and the markets as a whole could lead to increased borrower defaults, which in turn could cause us to incur losses on our investments and/or MPF loans held in portfolio.
In particular, in recent months, delinquencies and losses with respect to residential mortgage loans have generally increased and residential property values have declined in many states. If delinquencies, default rates and loss severities on residential mortgage loans continue to increase, and/or there is a continued decline in residential real estate values, we could experience losses on our investments in non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and/or MPF loans held in portfolio.
In 2008, market prices for our non-agency RMBS holdings declined dramatically due in part to increasing delinquencies and higher loss severities on mortgage loans such as those underlying our securities and in part to market illiquidity. We do not consider any of our investments in non-agency RMBS to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2008. However, if the performance of the loans underlying our non-agency RMBS continues to deteriorate, we may determine in the future that certain of the securities are other-than-temporarily impaired, and we would recognize an impairment loss equal to the difference between any affected security’s then-current carrying amount and its estimated fair value, which would negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition. If we experienced losses that resulted in our not meeting required capitalization levels, we would be prohibited from paying dividends and redeeming or repurchasing capital stock without the prior approval of the Finance Agency, which could have a material adverse impact on a member’s investment in our capital stock.
On March 5, 2009, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that would allow judges in certain situations to modify the terms of mortgage loans on primary residences during bankruptcy proceedings. Under such judicial modifications of home mortgages, bankruptcy judges would have the authority to reduce mortgage loan balances for the primary residences of consumers who file for bankruptcy. Judges could also lengthen loan terms and reduce interest rates. Currently, bankruptcy judges can reduce or eliminate other types of debt for consumers, but they do not have the authority to modify mortgage debt on a primary residence. The United States Senate is expected to consider similar legislation in the near future.

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Our non-agency RMBS holdings are all self-insured by a senior/subordinate structure in which the subordinate classes of securities provide credit support for the most senior class of securities, an interest in which is owned by us. Notwithstanding this senior/subordinate structure, 16 of our 42 non-agency RMBS, all of which are backed by fixed rate collateral, contain provisions that provide for the allocation of losses resulting from bankruptcies equally among all security holders (both senior and subordinate) after a certain threshold is reached for the underlying loan pool (typically, losses in excess of $100,000). As a result, if this legislation is enacted, we would not necessarily have the same level of credit protection against losses arising from homeowner bankruptcies as we do for all other losses in the loan pools underlying our securities. As of December 31, 2008, the unpaid principal balance of the 16 securities totaled $243.6 million. We are unable at this time to predict whether this legislation will be enacted and, if so, what impact it may have on the ultimate recoverability of our investments.
Update to Disclosure in Our 2008 10-K
Due to the adverse change in actual and expected future home prices during the first nine months of 2009, our other-than-temporary impairment analysis as of September 30, 2009 indicated that it is likely that we will not fully recover the amortized cost bases of seven of our non-agency RMBS holdings and, accordingly, these securities were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired at that date.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued guidance regarding the recognition and reporting requirements for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities. This guidance, which we early adopted effective January 1, 2009, is applicable to our investments in non-agency RMBS. Under this new guidance, a credit loss exists and an impairment is considered to be other than temporary if the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from a debt security is less than the amortized cost basis of that security. In instances in which a determination is made that a credit loss exists but an entity does not intend to sell an impaired debt security and it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis, the other-than-temporary impairment (i.e., the difference between the security’s then-current carrying amount and its estimated fair value) is separated into (i) the amount of the total impairment related to the credit loss and (ii) the amount of the total impairment related to all other factors. The amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss is recognized in earnings and the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to all other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income.
Because we do not intend to sell these seven investments and it is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investments before recovery of our remaining amortized cost bases (that is, our previous amortized cost basis less the current period credit loss for each security), the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairments related to the credit losses was recognized in earnings and the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairments related to all other factors (i.e., the non-credit component) was recognized in other comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The credit and non-credit components of the total other-than-temporary impairments recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 totaled $2,983,000 and $76,959,000, respectively.
If the actual and/or projected performance of the loans underlying our non-agency RMBS deteriorates beyond our current expectations, we could experience further losses on these seven securities as well as losses on our other RMBS investments, which would negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.
On March 5, 2009, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that would allow judges in certain situations to modify the terms of mortgage loans on primary residences during bankruptcy proceedings and would allow servicers of residential mortgages in certain situations to modify the terms of those mortgages without threat of monetary damages or other equitable relief from investors or other parties to whom the servicer owes certain duties. Similar legislation was introduced in the United States Senate (the “Senate”) on April 24, 2009. The Senate did not approve the portion of the legislation allowing bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of mortgage loans. The Senate did, however, on May 6, 2009, approve the portion of the legislation regarding modifications of the terms of residential mortgages by servicers. If a servicer of residential mortgages agrees to enter into a residential loan modification, workout, or other loss mitigation plan with respect to a residential mortgage originated before the date of enactment of the legislation, including mortgages held in a securitization or other investment vehicle, to the extent that the servicer owes a duty to investors or other parties to maximize the net present value of

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such mortgages, the servicer is deemed to have satisfied that duty, and will not be liable to those investors or other parties, if certain criteria are met. Those criteria are (1) default on the mortgage has occurred, is imminent, or is reasonably foreseeable, (2) the mortgagor occupies the property securing the mortgage as his or her principal residence and (3) the servicer reasonably determined that the application of the loss mitigation plan to the mortgage will likely provide an anticipated recovery on the outstanding principal mortgage debt that will exceed the anticipated recovery through foreclosure. This legislation was enacted on May 20, 2009. We are unable at this time to predict what impact this legislation may have on the ultimate recoverability of our non-agency RMBS investments.
Loss of large members or borrowers could result in lower investment returns and higher borrowing rates for remaining members.
Disclosure Provided in Our 2008 10-K
One or more large members or large borrowers could withdraw their membership or decrease their business levels as a result of a merger with an institution that is not one of our members, or for other reasons, which could lead to a significant decrease in our total assets and capital.
As the financial services industry has consolidated, acquisitions involving some of our larger members have resulted in membership withdrawals or business level decreases. Additional acquisitions that lead to similar results are possible, including acquisitions in which the acquired institutions are merged into institutions located outside our district with which we cannot do business. We could also be adversely impacted by the reduction in business volume that would arise from the failure of one or more of our larger members.
On December 31, 2008, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) acquired Wachovia Corporation, the holding company for Wachovia Bank, FSB (“Wachovia”), our largest borrower and shareholder as of December 31, 2008. Outstanding advances to Wachovia were $22.3 billion at December 31, 2008, which represented 37.0 percent of our total outstanding advances as of that date. We are currently unable to predict whether Wells Fargo & Company (headquartered in the Eleventh District of the FHLBank System) will maintain Wachovia’s Ninth District charter and, if so, to what extent, if any, it may alter Wachovia’s relationship with us. If Wachovia’s membership in the Bank was terminated and its advances were repaid, we would be negatively impacted. For a more complete discussion of the potential impact that this proposed acquisition could have on us, see Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Advances in our 2008 10-K.
The loss of Wachovia or one or more other large borrowers that represent a significant proportion of our business could, depending on the magnitude of the impact, cause us to lower dividend rates, raise advances rates, attempt to reduce operating expenses (which could cause a reduction in service levels), or undertake some combination of these actions. The magnitude of the impact would depend, in part, on our size and profitability at the time such institution repays its advances to us.
Update to Disclosure in Our 2008 10-K
As of October 31, 2009, advances outstanding to Wachovia totaled $18.2 billion. On November 1, 2009, Wachovia’s thrift charter was converted to a national bank charter with the name Wells Fargo Bank South, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank South”). Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”) then merged Wells Fargo Bank South into an out-of-district national bank affiliate, Wells Fargo Bank South Central, National Association (“WFSC”). WFSC retained the main office of Wells Fargo Bank South in Houston, Texas as its main office. On November 2, 2009, WFSC applied for membership in the Bank and its application is currently being reviewed. While this series of events indicates that Wells Fargo intends to maintain a membership relationship with the Bank, we are currently unable to predict whether WFSC will alter its predecessor’s borrowing relationship with us.

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Changes in the regulatory environment could negatively impact our operations and financial results and condition.
Disclosure Provided in Our 20082009 10-K
On July 30, 2008, the President of the United States signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This legislation established the Finance Agency, a new independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government with responsibility for regulating us. In addition, the legislation made a number of other changes that will affect our activities. Immediately upon enactment of the legislation, all regulations, orders, directives and determinations issued by the Finance Board transferred to the Finance Agency and remain in force unless modified, terminated or set aside by the new regulatory agency. Additionally, the Finance Agency succeeded to all of the discretionary authority possessed by the Finance Board. The legislation calls for the Finance Agency to issue a number of regulations, orders and reports. The Finance Agency has issued regulations regarding certain provisions of the legislation, some of which are subject to public comments and may change. As a result, the full effect of this legislation on our activities will become known only after the Finance Agency’s required regulations, orders and reports are issued and finalized. For a more complete discussion of this legislation and its impact on us, see Item 1 — Business — Legislative and Regulatory Developments in our 20082009 10-K.
On October 3, 2008, the President of the United States signed into law the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, in response to the financial disruptions affecting the financial markets and resulting threats to investment banks and other financial institutions. The Treasury and banking regulators have implemented a number of programs authorized by this legislation, and have taken other actions, to address capital and liquidity issues in the banking system and among other financial market participants. There can be no assurance that these programs will provide long-term stability to the financial markets or the extent to which they will enhance the availability of credit in the financial markets. Furthermore, it is not possible for us to determine the impact, if any, that these programs could have on us in the future.
We could be materially adversely affected by the adoption of new laws, policies or regulations or changes in existing laws, policies or regulations, including, but not limited to, changes to theirin the interpretations or applications by the Finance Agency or as the result of judicial reviews that modify the present regulatory environment.
On August 4, 2009, the Finance Agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the composition, duties and responsibilities of the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance and its Audit Committee. As proposed and as currently exists, no FHLBank shareholders would be represented on the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance. Further, the proposed rule would give the Office of Finance Audit Committee the authority to establish common accounting policies for the information submitted by the FHLBanks to the Office of Finance for inclusion in the combined financial reports, which could potentially have an adverse impact on us.
In addition, the regulatory environment affecting our members could change in a manner that could have a negative impact on their ability to own our stock or take advantage of our products and services. In addition, asFurther, legislation affecting residential real estate and mortgage lending, including legislation regarding bankruptcy and mortgage modification programs, could negatively affect the recoverability of our non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities.
Changes to the regulatory framework for the financial services industry, including the role and structure of the housing GSEs, are currently and will likely continue to be under consideration. Since neither the timing nor outcome of the debate is known at this time, the case withimpact on us, if any, change of governmental administration or Congress, there is an increased potential for regulatory changes, some of which could adversely affect us.
Update to Disclosure in Our 2008 10-Kcannot be determined.
On June 30, 2009,March 4, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released proposedissued amendments to its rules promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which govern money market funds. The proposed amendments, would, among other things, require money market funds to maintain a portion of their portfolios in instruments that can be readily converted to cash, reduce the weighted average maturity of their portfolio holdings, impose a new weighted average life maturity limit, and limit such funds to investing in the highest quality portfolio securities. If adopted in their current form,These amendments will limit the proposed amendments would limitamount of FHLBank consolidated obligations with remaining maturities greater than 60 days that a money market fund’s ability to invest infund can hold and, therefore, could reduce money market funds’ demand for FHLBank consolidated obligations. The requirements imposed by the amendments become effective on various dates during the second quarter of 2010. Traditionally, money market funds have been significant investors in FHLBank consolidated obligations. Any limitations that significantly reduce their demand for FHLBank consolidated obligations could adversely affectAt this

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time, we are unable to determine whether the amendments will have an adverse effect on our ability to issue consolidated obligations on favorable terms, thereby adversely affecting our cost of funds, which, in turn, could negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Changes in our access to the interest rate derivatives market under acceptable terms may adversely affect our ability to maintain our current hedging strategies.
Disclosure Provided in Our 2008 10-K
We actively use derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk. The effectiveness of our interest rate risk management strategy depends to a significant extent upon our ability to enter into these instruments with acceptable counterparties in the necessary quantities and under satisfactory terms to hedge our corresponding assets and

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liabilities. We currently enjoy ready access to the interest rate derivatives market through a diverse group of highly rated counterparties. Several factors could have an adverse impact on our access to the derivatives market, including changes in our credit rating, changes in the current counterparties’ credit ratings, reductions in our counterparties’ allocation of resources to the interest rate derivatives business, and changes in the liquidity of that market created by a variety of regulatory or market factors. In addition, ongoing financial market disruptions have resulted in mergers of several of our derivatives counterparties. The increasing consolidation of the financial services industry will increase our concentration risk with respect to counterparties in this industry. Further, defaults by, or even rumors or questions about, one or more financial services institutions, or the financial services industry in general, could lead to market-wide disruptions in which it may be difficult for us to find counterparties for such transactions. If such changes in our access to the derivatives market result in our inability to manage our hedging activities efficiently and economically, we may be unable to find economical alternative means to manage our interest rate risk effectively, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.terms.
Update to Disclosure in Our 20082009 10-K
In October 2009,late March 2010, the HouseSenate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved draft legislation, the “Restoring American Financial Services CommitteeStability Act.” This legislation, a modified version of which is currently being debated by the Senate, contains several provisions that could impact us.
The proposed legislation contains a “concentration limit” that could prohibit us from making advances to any institution in an amount that exceeds 25 percent of our capital. As of March 31, 2010, over 50 percent of our advances exceeded this limit. A larger balance of advances helps to provide a critical mass of advances to support the fixed component of the Bank’s cost structure, which helps maintain returns on capital stock, dividend paying capacity and relatively low advances rates. If this legislation is enacted as proposed, the House Agriculture Committee each approved billsresulting decline in advances could cause us to lower dividend rates, raise advances rates, attempt to reduce operating expenses (which could, depending upon the magnitude of the reductions, cause a reduction in service levels), or undertake some combination of these actions. The magnitude of the impact would depend, in part, on our size and profitability at the time such reductions in advances occur.
The proposed legislation would also impose prohibitions on proprietary trading related activities of banks and bank holding companies, from which it excludes obligations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but not of the FHLBanks. Because the legislation does not clearly define the nature of the activities that would requireconstitute “proprietary trading,” banks and bank holding companies may elect to hold only the comprehensive regulationtypes of obligations that are specifically exempted by the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives market. Among other things, both versionslegislation and, accordingly, may become reluctant to purchase FHLBank debt. If this provision results in a decrease in demand for consolidated obligations, it could lead to an increase in the cost of our debt, which would negatively impact our results of operations.
Further, the proposed legislation contains provisions that would requireregulate the over-the-counter derivatives market. These provisions could impede our ability to use appropriate derivatives products as interest rate hedging tools. Increased margin, collateral and capital requirements on derivatives that all standardized swap transactions entered intoare included in the proposed legislation could increase the necessary cost of hedging our balance sheet risk, and therefore could negatively impact our results of operations.
Any legislation approved by dealers or large market participantsthe Senate would have to be cleared and traded on an exchange or electronic platform. Swap transactions that are not cleared would be reported to either a swap repository or if there is no repository that accepts the swaps, to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). Rulemaking authority would be held jointlyreconciled with legislation adopted by the CFTC and the SEC. Currently, allHouse of the derivatives we use to manage our interest rate risk are negotiatedRepresentatives in the OTC market. If enacted, it is possible that this legislation could increase our hedging costs and diminish our ability to customize derivatives to meet our hedging needs. The full House has not yet taken action on either bill and similar legislation has not been introduced in the Senate to date.November 2009 before becoming law. The content of any legislation that might be enacted intoultimately become law (and therefore its impact on us) cannot be determined at this time.
On May 3, 2010, the Finance Agency published a final rule regarding the composition, duties and responsibilities of the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance and its Audit Committee. The final rule provides that the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance will consist of the presidents of each of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, plus 5 independent directors. The 5 independent directors will comprise the Audit Committee. Under the final rule, and as currently exists, no FHLBank shareholders will be represented on the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance. Further, the final rule gives the Office of Finance Audit Committee the authority under certain circumstances to establish common accounting policies for the information submitted by the FHLBanks to the Office of Finance for inclusion in the combined financial reports. For a more complete discussion of this rule, see “Item 2 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Legislative and Regulatory Developments.”

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
   
31.1 Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
31.2 Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.1 Certification of principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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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.
     
 Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
 
 
November 12, 2009 May 13, 2010By /s/ Michael Sims 
Date  Michael Sims  
   Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President -
Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) 
 
 
 
    
November 12, 2009 May 13, 2010By /s/ Tom Lewis   
Date  Tom Lewis  
   Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer) 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
   
31.1 Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
31.2 Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.1 Certification of principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.