UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File No. 000-51401
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Federally chartered corporation | 36-6001019 | ||||||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||||||
433 West Van Buren Street, Suite 501S | |||||||||||||||||
Chicago, | IL | 60607 | |||||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 565-5700
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||||||||||
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||||||||||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No x
As of September 30, 2021, including mandatorily redeemable capital stock, registrant had 22,163,376 total outstanding shares of Class B Capital Stock.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||||||||
Item 1. | Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited) | |||||||
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||||
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements
Condensed Statements of Condition (unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in millions, except capital stock par value)
September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 933 | $ | 3,541 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing deposits | 855 | 855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold | 5,445 | 4,125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 12,990 | 10,120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment debt securities - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trading, 547 and 1,292 pledged | 2,215 | 4,621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale, 18,610 and 18,145 amortized cost | 19,056 | 18,437 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity, 812 and 1,549 fair value | 773 | 1,491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment debt securities | 22,044 | 24,549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances, 1,200 and 1,315 carried at fair value | 46,042 | 46,695 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net of (3) and (3) allowance for credit losses | 9,846 | 10,038 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative assets | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets, 119 and 105 carried at fair value | 433 | 428 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
net of (7) and (7) allowance for credit losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | $ | 98,594 | $ | 100,356 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demand and overnight - noninterest bearing | $ | 234 | $ | 394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demand and overnight - interest bearing, 13 and 18 from other FHLBs | 866 | 875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term deposits - interest bearing | — | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits | 1,100 | 1,284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations, net - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount notes, — and 2,000 carried at fair value | 40,878 | 48,643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds, 57 and 1,844 carried at fair value | 49,041 | 42,670 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations, net | 89,919 | 91,313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative liabilities | 62 | 691 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affordable Housing Program assessment payable | 81 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 247 | 279 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | 625 | 411 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities | 92,034 | 94,067 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies - see notes to the condensed financial statements | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B1 activity stock, 13 and 13 million shares issued and outstanding | 1,293 | 1,257 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B2 membership stock, 7 and 8 million shares issued and outstanding | 676 | 753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock - putable, $100 and $100 par value per share | 1,969 | 2,010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retained earnings - unrestricted | 3,509 | 3,424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retained earnings - restricted | 685 | 648 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retained earnings | 4,194 | 4,072 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) | 397 | 207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | 6,560 | 6,289 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities and capital | $ | 98,594 | $ | 100,356 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements (unaudited).
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Condensed Statements of Income (unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in millions)
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | $ | 206 | $ | 285 | $ | 623 | $ | 1,197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 67 | 116 | 221 | 744 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | 139 | 169 | 402 | 453 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for (reversal of) credit losses | (1) | 1 | — | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income after provision for (reversal of) credit losses | 140 | 168 | 402 | 446 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest income - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trading securities | (9) | (23) | (40) | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives and hedging activities | 1 | 3 | 8 | (156) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Instruments held under the fair value option | (7) | (7) | (33) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF fees, 6, 7, 19 and 23 from other FHLBs | 11 | 15 | 36 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other, net | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest income | (2) | (8) | (25) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation and benefits | 26 | 29 | 79 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonpayroll operating expenses | 19 | 22 | 59 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COVID-19 relief program | — | 5 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other, net | 7 | 9 | 27 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense | 52 | 65 | 168 | 207 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income before assessments | 86 | 95 | 209 | 242 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affordable Housing Program | 9 | 10 | 22 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 77 | $ | 85 | $ | 187 | $ | 217 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements (unaudited).
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in millions)
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 77 | $ | 85 | $ | 187 | $ | 217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gain (loss) available-for-sale debt securities | (98) | 280 | 154 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noncredit OTTI held-to-maturity debt securities | — | 3 | — | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gain (loss) cash flow hedges | 7 | 9 | 39 | (39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postretirement plans | 1 | (2) | (3) | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | (90) | 290 | 190 | (44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | $ | (13) | $ | 375 | $ | 377 | $ | 173 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements (unaudited).
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Condensed Statements of Capital (unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars and shares in millions)
Capital Stock - Putable - B1 Activity | Capital Stock - Putable - B2 Membership | Retained Earnings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | Unrestricted | Restricted | AOCI | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2021 | 13 | $ | 1,283 | 7 | $ | 724 | $ | 3,469 | $ | 670 | $ | 487 | $ | 6,633 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | 62 | 15 | (90) | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of capital stock | 1 | 49 | — | — | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases of capital stock | — | — | (1) | (87) | (87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers between classes of capital stock | (1) | (39) | 1 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B1 | (19) | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B1 annualized rate | 5.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B2 | (3) | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B2 annualized rate | 2.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total change in period, excl. cumulative effect | — | 10 | — | (48) | 40 | 15 | (90) | (73) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2021 | 13 | $ | 1,293 | 7 | $ | 676 | $ | 3,509 | $ | 685 | $ | 397 | $ | 6,560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2020 | 13 | $ | 1,323 | 5 | $ | 514 | $ | 3,274 | $ | 599 | $ | (363) | $ | 5,347 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | 68 | 17 | 290 | 375 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of capital stock | 5 | 394 | — | — | 394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases of capital stock | — | — | (2) | (190) | (190) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers between classes of capital stock | (4) | (349) | 4 | 349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B1 | (20) | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B1 annualized rate | 5.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B2 | (2) | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B2 annualized rate | 2.25 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total change in period, excl. cumulative effect | 1 | 45 | 2 | 159 | 46 | 17 | 290 | 557 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2020 | 14 | $ | 1,368 | 7 | $ | 673 | $ | 3,320 | $ | 616 | $ | (73) | $ | 5,904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Capital Stock - Putable - B1 Activity | Capital Stock - Putable - B2 Membership | Retained Earnings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | Unrestricted | Restricted | AOCI | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2020 | 13 | $ | 1,257 | 8 | $ | 753 | $ | 3,424 | $ | 648 | $ | 207 | $ | 6,289 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | 150 | 37 | 190 | 377 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of capital stock | 3 | 309 | — | 13 | 322 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases of capital stock | — | — | (4) | (357) | (357) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock reclassed to mandatorily redeemable capital stock liability | — | (1) | — | (5) | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers between classes of capital stock | (3) | (272) | 3 | 272 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B1 | (57) | (57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B1 annualized rate | 5.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B2 | (8) | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B2 annualized rate | 2.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total change in period excl. cumulative effect | — | 36 | (1) | (77) | 85 | 37 | 190 | 271 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2021 | 13 | $ | 1,293 | 7 | $ | 676 | $ | 3,509 | $ | 685 | $ | 397 | $ | 6,560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2019 | 13 | $ | 1,337 | 4 | $ | 376 | $ | 3,197 | $ | 573 | $ | (29) | $ | 5,454 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative effect adjustment - see Note 2 | (7) | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | 174 | 43 | (44) | 173 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of capital stock | 16 | 1,527 | — | 18 | 1,545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases of capital stock | — | — | (12) | (1,216) | (1,216) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock reclassed to mandatorily redeemable capital stock liability | — | — | — | (1) | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers between classes of capital stock | (15) | (1,496) | 15 | 1,496 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partial recovery of prior capital distribution to FICO - see Note 11 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B1 | (58) | (58) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B1 annualized rate | 5.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends - class B2 | (5) | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B2 annualized rate | 2.25 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total change in period excl. cumulative effect | 1 | 31 | 3 | 297 | 130 | 43 | (44) | 457 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2020 | 14 | $ | 1,368 | 7 | $ | 673 | $ | 3,320 | $ | 616 | $ | (73) | $ | 5,904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements (unaudited).
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in millions)
Nine months ended September 30, | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating | Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | 516 | $ | (1,031) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investing | Net change interest bearing deposits | — | 625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change federal funds sold | (1,320) | 1,906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change securities purchased under agreements to resell | (2,870) | 2,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trading debt securities - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | — | 1,602 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns | 3,101 | 653 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchases | (749) | (3,025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales | 20 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns | 411 | 779 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchases | (1,352) | (2,760) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity debt securities - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns | 2,661 | 2,379 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchases | (1,944) | (1,297) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal collected | 409,288 | 781,041 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issued | (409,018) | (779,666) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal collected | 2,532 | 2,939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchases | (2,405) | (3,524) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other investing activities | (11) | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (1,656) | 3,876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financing | Net change deposits, (5) and 12 from other FHLBs | (184) | 560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount notes - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance | 356,860 | 579,170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for maturing and retiring | (364,622) | (578,970) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance | 30,778 | 35,696 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for maturing and retiring | (24,164) | (38,377) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance | 322 | 1,545 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases | (357) | (1,216) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends paid | (65) | (63) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other financing activities | (36) | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (1,468) | (1,680) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks | (2,608) | 1,165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period | 3,541 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and due from banks at end of period | $ | 933 | $ | 1,194 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements (unaudited).
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 1 – Background and Basis of Presentation
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is a federally chartered corporation and one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (the FHLBs) that, with the Office of Finance, comprise the Federal Home Loan Bank System (the System). The FHLBs are government sponsored enterprises (GSE) of the United States of America and were organized under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (FHLB Act), in order to improve the availability of funds to support home ownership. We are supervised and regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), an independent federal agency in the executive branch of the United States (U.S.) government.
Each FHLB is a member-owned cooperative with members from a specifically defined geographic district. Our defined geographic district is Illinois and Wisconsin. All federally-insured depository institutions, insurance companies engaged in residential housing finance, credit unions and community development financial institutions located in our district are eligible to apply for membership with us. All our members are required to purchase our capital stock as a condition of membership. Our capital stock is not publicly traded, and is issued, repurchased or redeemed at par value, $100 per share, subject to certain statutory and regulatory limits. As a cooperative, we do business with our members, and former members (under limited circumstances). Specifically, we provide credit principally in the form of secured loans called advances. We also provide liquidity for home mortgage loans to members approved as Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) through the Mortgage Partnership Finance® (MPF®) Program.
Our accounting and financial reporting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP). Amounts in prior periods may be reclassified to conform to the current presentation and, if material, are detailed in the following notes.
In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments have been included for a fair statement of this interim financial information. These unaudited condensed financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and footnotes for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K (2020 Form 10-K) starting on page F-1, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Unless otherwise specified, references to we, us, our, and the Bank are to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. “Mortgage Partnership Finance”, “MPF”, “MPF Xtra”, "Downpayment Plus", "DPP", Downpayment Plus Advantage", "DPP Advantage", and "Community First" are registered trademarks of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. See the Glossary of Terms starting on page 62 for the definitions of certain terms used herein.
Use of Estimates and Assumptions
We are required to make estimates and assumptions when preparing our condensed financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The most significant of these estimates and assumptions applies to fair value measurements. Our actual results may differ from the results reported in our condensed financial statements due to such estimates and assumptions. This includes the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the reported amounts of income and expense, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
Basis of Presentation
The basis of presentation pertaining to the consolidation of our variable interest entities has not changed since we filed our 2020 Form 10-K. The basis of presentation pertaining to our gross versus net presentation of derivative financial instruments also has not changed since we filed our 2020 Form 10-K. Refer to Note 1- Background and Basis of Presentation to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K with respect to our basis of presentation for consolidation of variable interest entities and our gross versus net presentation of financial instruments for further details.
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Our significant accounting policies adopted through December 31, 2020, can be found in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K including details on the cumulative effect adjustments. We have not yet adopted any significant new policies in 2021.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 3 – Recently Issued but Not Yet Adopted Accounting Standards
There were no recently issued but not yet adopted accounting standards which may have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.
Note 4 – Interest Income and Interest Expense
The following table presents interest income and interest expense for the periods indicated:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trading | $ | 9 | $ | 27 | $ | 43 | $ | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale | 55 | 54 | 150 | 269 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity | 7 | 18 | 22 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment debt securities | 71 | 99 | 215 | 416 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances interest income | 61 | 87 | 192 | 455 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances prepayment fees | 7 | 27 | 19 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 68 | 114 | 211 | 497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio | 64 | 69 | 187 | 232 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | 206 | 285 | 623 | 1,197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount notes | 10 | 24 | 35 | 291 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds | 54 | 88 | 177 | 439 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 67 | 116 | 221 | 744 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | 139 | 169 | 402 | 453 |
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 5 – Investment Debt Securities
We classify debt securities as either trading, Held-to-Maturity (HTM), or Available-for-Sale (AFS). Our security disclosures within these classifications are disaggregated by major security types as shown below. Our major security types are based on the nature and risks of the security:
•U.S. Government & other government related - may consist of the sovereign debt of the United States; debt issued by GSE; debt issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority; and securities guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.
•Federal Family Education Loan Program – asset-backed-securities (FFELP ABS).
•GSE residential mortgage backed securities (MBS) - issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
•Government guaranteed residential MBS.
•SOFR Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage (SOFR SARM) MBS.
•State or local housing agency obligations.
We have no allowance for credit losses on our investment debt securities and we have elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the amortized cost in the following HTM tables. See Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses for further details on these amounts.
Pledged Collateral
We disclose the amount of investment debt securities pledged as collateral pertaining to our derivatives activity on our Condensed Statements of Condition. See Note 9 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities for further details.
Trading Debt Securities
The following table presents the fair value of our trading debt securities:
As of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | 2,209 | $ | 4,612 | ||||||||||
Residential MBS | ||||||||||||||
GSE | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Government guaranteed | — | 1 | ||||||||||||
Trading debt securities | $ | 2,215 | $ | 4,621 |
The following table presents our gains and losses on trading debt securities recorded in Noninterest income - Other, net:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities held at period end | $ | — | $ | (23) | $ | (11) | $ | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on securities sold/matured during the period | (9) | — | (29) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on trading debt securities | $ | (9) | $ | (23) | $ | (40) | $ | 39 |
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities (AFS)
The following table presents the amortized cost and fair value of our AFS debt securities:
Amortized Cost Basis | a | Gross Unrealized Gains in AOCI | Gross Unrealized (Losses) in AOCI | Net Carrying Amount and Fair Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | 1,421 | $ | 44 | $ | (9) | $ | 1,456 | |||||||||||||||||||||
State or local housing agency | 8 | 1 | — | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FFELP ABS | 2,704 | 158 | — | 2,862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential MBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GSE | 14,277 | 262 | (16) | 14,523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government guaranteed | 200 | 6 | — | 206 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 18,610 | $ | 471 | $ | (25) | $ | 19,056 | |||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | 1,535 | $ | 83 | $ | — | $ | 1,618 | |||||||||||||||||||||
State or local housing agency | 14 | 1 | — | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FFELP ABS | 2,922 | 121 | (9) | 3,034 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential MBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GSE | 13,413 | 147 | (59) | 13,501 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government guaranteed | 261 | 8 | — | 269 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 18,145 | $ | 360 | $ | (68) | $ | 18,437 |
a Includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, fair value hedge accounting adjustments, and includes accrued interest receivable of $49 million and $53 million at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
We had material sales of AFS debt securities in the fourth quarter of 2020. See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our 2020 Form 10-K for details on the amounts and accounting policies related to these transactions. Any gains or losses are determined on a specific identification basis.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities (HTM)
The following table presents the amortized cost, carrying amount, and fair value of our HTM debt securities:
Amortized Cost and Net Carrying Amount | a | Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains | Fair Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | 457 | $ | 15 | $ | 472 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Residential MBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GSE | 229 | 22 | 251 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Government guaranteed | 76 | 2 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 11 | — | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity debt securities | $ | 773 | $ | 39 | $ | 812 | ||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | 1,098 | $ | 24 | $ | 1,122 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Residential MBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GSE | 285 | 31 | 316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Government guaranteed | 94 | 2 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 14 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity debt securities | $ | 1,491 | $ | 58 | $ | 1,549 |
a Includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, and/or amortization.
We had sales of HTM debt securities in the fourth quarter of 2020. See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our 2020 Form 10-K for details on the amounts and accounting policies related to these transactions. Any gains or losses are determined on a specific identification basis.
Contractual Maturity Terms
The maturity of our AFS and HTM debt securities is detailed in the following table:
Available-for-Sale | Held-to-Maturity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2021 | Amortized Cost Basis | Net Carrying Amount and Fair Value | Amortized Cost and Net Carrying Amount | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Year of Maturity - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Due in one year or less | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 145 | $ | 145 | ||||||||||||||||||
Due after one year through five years | 7 | 8 | 25 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Due after five years through ten years | 450 | 463 | 287 | 301 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Due after ten years | 972 | 994 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ABS and MBS without a single maturity date | 17,181 | 17,591 | 316 | 340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total debt securities | $ | 18,610 | $ | 19,056 | $ | 773 | $ | 812 |
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Aging of Unrealized Temporary Losses
The following table presents unrealized temporary losses on our AFS portfolio for periods less than 12 months and for 12 months or more. We recognized no credit losses on these unrealized loss positions. Refer to the Credit Loss Analysis below. In the tables below, in cases where the gross unrealized losses for an investment category were less than $1 million, the losses are not reported.
Less than 12 Months | 12 Months or More | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized (Losses) | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized (Losses) | Fair Value | Gross Unrealized (Losses) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | 361 | $ | (9) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 361 | $ | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential MBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GSE | 887 | (12) | 55 | (4) | 942 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 1,248 | $ | (21) | $ | 55 | $ | (4) | $ | 1,303 | $ | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & other government related | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2 | $ | — | $ | 2 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FFELP ABS | 21 | — | 459 | (9) | 480 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential MBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GSE | 102 | (1) | 6,327 | (58) | 6,429 | (59) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 123 | $ | (1) | $ | 6,788 | $ | (67) | $ | 6,911 | $ | (68) |
Credit Loss Analysis
We recognized no credit losses on HTM or AFS debt securities for the periods presented. We do not intend to sell AFS securities (although in October 2020 the Bank sold private label mortgage backed securities (PLMBS), as discussed in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our 2020 Form 10-K), and we believe it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell them prior to recovering their amortized cost. We expect to recover the entire amortized cost on these securities.
Accretion on Prior Years' Other-Than-Temporary Impairment
Increases in cash flows expected to be collected and recognized into interest income on prior years' credit related other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) charges on our AFS and HTM PLMBS were $6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and $18 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. As discussed in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our 2020 Form 10-K, we sold these PLMBS during October 2020.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 6 – Advances
We offer a wide range of fixed and variable-rate advance products with different maturities, interest rates, payment characteristics and options.
We have no allowance for credit losses on our advances and we have elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the amortized cost in the following tables. See Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses for further details on these amounts.
The following table presents the remaining life of our advances by the advance’s contractual maturity and the related weighted average interest rate. For amortizing advances, remaining maturity is determined based on the advance’s amortization schedule. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because some borrowers have the right to call or prepay advances with or without penalties.
As of September 30, 2021 | Amount | Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate | |||||||||||||||
Due in one year or less | $ | 14,232 | 0.45 | % | |||||||||||||
One to two years | 5,728 | 0.77 | % | ||||||||||||||
Two to three years | 6,773 | 0.59 | % | ||||||||||||||
Three to four years | 7,036 | 0.74 | % | ||||||||||||||
Four to five years | 3,688 | 1.02 | % | ||||||||||||||
More than five years | 8,094 | 1.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
Par value | $ | 45,551 | 0.84 | % |
The following table reconciles the par value of our advances to the carrying amount on our Condensed Statements of Condition as of the dates indicated:
As of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Par value | $ | 45,551 | $ | 45,820 | ||||||||||
Fair value hedging adjustments | 364 | 760 | ||||||||||||
Other adjustments | 127 | 115 | ||||||||||||
Advances | $ | 46,042 | $ | 46,695 |
The following advance borrowers exceeded 10% of our advances outstanding:
As of September 30, 2021 | Par Value | % of Total Outstanding | ||||||||||||
One Mortgage Partners Corp. | $ | 11,000 | a | 24.1 | % | |||||||||
The Northern Trust Company | 5,505 | 12.1 | % | |||||||||||
a One Mortgage Partners Corp. (OMP) is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Effective February 19, 2021, we terminated OMP’s membership in connection with the FHFA rule that made captive insurance companies ineligible for FHLB membership.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 7 – MPF Loans Held in Portfolio
We acquire MPF Loans from a Participating Financial Institution (PFI) to hold in our portfolio and historically purchased participations in pools of eligible mortgage loans from other FHLBs (MPF Banks). MPF Loans that are held in portfolio are fixed-rate conventional and Government Loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties with maturities ranging from 5 years to 30 years or participations in pools of similar eligible mortgage loans from other MPF Banks.
The following table presents information on MPF Loans held in portfolio by contractual maturity at the time of purchase. We have an allowance for credit losses on our MPF Loans and we have elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the amortized cost in the following tables. See Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses for further details on these amounts.
As of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Medium term (15 years or less) | $ | 1,647 | $ | 1,403 | ||||||||||
Long term (greater than 15 years) | 8,035 | 8,453 | ||||||||||||
Unpaid principal balance | 9,682 | 9,856 | ||||||||||||
Net premiums, credit enhancement, and/or deferred loan fees | 175 | 177 | ||||||||||||
Fair value hedging and delivery commitment basis adjustments | (8) | 8 | ||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, before allowance for credit losses | 9,849 | 10,041 | ||||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses on MPF Loans | (3) | (3) | ||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net | $ | 9,846 | $ | 10,038 | ||||||||||
Conventional mortgage loans | $ | 8,834 | $ | 8,979 | ||||||||||
Government Loans | 848 | 877 | ||||||||||||
Unpaid principal balance | $ | 9,682 | $ | 9,856 |
The above table excludes MPF Loans acquired under the MPF Xtra® and MPF Government MBS products. See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our 2020 Form 10-K for information related to the accounting treatment of these off-balance sheet MPF Loan products.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Forbearance
Section 4013 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provides temporary relief from the accounting and reporting requirements for troubled debt restructurings (TDRs) for certain loan modifications related to COVID-19. Specifically, the CARES Act provides that a qualifying financial institution may elect to suspend (1) the requirements under U.S. GAAP for certain loan modifications that would otherwise be categorized as a TDR, and (2) any determination that such loan modifications would be considered a TDR, including the related impairment for accounting purposes. Section 4013 of the CARES Act applies to any modification related to an economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including a forbearance arrangement, an interest rate modification, a repayment plan, or any similar arrangement that defers or delays payment of principal or interest, that occurs during the period beginning on March 1, 2020 and ending on the earlier of December 31, 2020 or the date that is 60 days after the declaration of the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic ends for a loan that was not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019. On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed into law, extending the applicable end period to the earlier of January 1, 2022, or 60 days following the termination of the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have elected to suspend TDR accounting for eligible modifications under Section 4013 of the CARES Act. Such modifications to loans outstanding as of September 30, 2021 were $19 million.
Our servicers may grant a forbearance period to borrowers who have requested forbearance based on COVID-19 related difficulties regardless of the status of the loan at the time of the request. We continue to apply our accounting policy for past due loans and charge-offs to loans during the forbearance period whether it is formal or informal. A charge-off is not recognized when there is a presumption that we will collect the full contractual balance of the loan even if it is 180 days past due. The accrual status for loans under forbearance will be driven by the past due status of the loan as the legal terms of the contractual arrangement have not been modified.
As of September 30, 2021, there were $85 million in unpaid principal balance (UPB) of conventional loans in a forbearance plan as a result of COVID-19. Of these conventional loans in forbearance, $4 million in UPB had a current payment status, $8 million were 30 to 59 days past due, $4 million were 60 to 89 days past due, and $69 million were more than 90 days past due and in nonaccrual payment status. These loans represent 1% of our MPF Loans held in portfolio at September 30, 2021.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 8 – Allowance for Credit Losses
See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for further details regarding our accounting policies pertaining to allowances for credit losses.
Our allowances for credit losses are immaterial due to the nature of our credit enhancements, collateral support, and/or credit worthiness of our counterparties. See Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for more information.
Allowance for Credit Losses on MPF Loans
The following table presents the activity in our allowance for credit losses for MPF Loans:
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Allowance for MPF credit losses beginning balance | $ | 3 | 4 | $ | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF credit losses charged-off | — | �� | (2) | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit loss recovery | — | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for (reversal of) MPF for credit losses | — | — | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for MPF credit losses ending balances | $ | 3 | $ | 4 | $ | 3 | $ | 4 |
Allowance for Credit Losses on Community First Fund (the Fund)
As of September 30, 2021 we had $45 million in Fund loans outstanding, unchanged from $45 million at December 31, 2020, recorded in Other assets in our Condensed Statements of Condition.
Under the “current expected credit losses” methodology (CECL), on January 1, 2020, we recorded a $7 million allowance for credit losses on a basis of expected losses over the life of the loans. As of September 30, 2021, all Fund loans were current.
The following table details our allowance for credit losses on Fund loans. As we had not incurred any credit losses under the pre-CECL accounting standard, we had no allowance prior to 2020.
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Allowance for Fund loan credit losses beginning balance | $ | 7 | $ | 7 | $ | 7 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment for cumulative effect of accounting change | — | — | — | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund loan credit losses charged off net of recoveries | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for (reversal of) Fund loan for credit losses | (1) | — | (1) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for Fund loan credit losses ending balances | $ | 7 | $ | 7 | $ | 7 | $ | 7 |
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
The following tables summarize our conventional MPF Loans by our key credit quality indicators. See Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Forbearance in Note 7 – MPF Loans Held in Portfolio for more information on how the forbearance impacts the accounting for the below credit quality indicators.
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2017 to 2021 | Prior to 2017 | Total | 2016 to 2020 | Prior to 2016 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past due 30-59 days | $ | 26 | $ | 20 | $ | 46 | $ | 47 | $ | 23 | $ | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past due 60-89 days | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past due 90 days or more | 56 | 34 | 90 | 121 | 38 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past due | 87 | 60 | 147 | 185 | 70 | 255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current | 7,764 | 1,079 | 8,843 | 7,984 | 912 | 8,896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,851 | $ | 1,139 | $ | 8,990 | $ | 8,169 | $ | 982 | $ | 9,151 |
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As of | Conventional | Government | Total | Conventional | Government | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In process of foreclosure | $ | 7 | $ | 2 | $ | 9 | $ | 13 | $ | 5 | $ | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serious delinquency rate | 1.02 | % | 2.79 | % | 1.17 | % | 1.78 | % | 4.22 | % | 2.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest | $ | 35 | $ | 24 | $ | 59 | $ | 48 | $ | 17 | $ | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans on nonaccrual status | 60 | — | 60 | 120 | — | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans on nonaccrual status with no allowance for credit losses | 13 | — | 13 | 21 | — | 21 |
Accrued interest receivable
We present accrued interest receivable separately for loans and HTM debt securities, which are carried at amortized cost. We do not measure an allowance for credit losses on accrued interest receivables as we reverse accrued interest on a monthly basis in the event of an interest shortfall.
The following table summarizes our accrued interest receivable by portfolio segment:
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MPF Loans held in portfolio | $ | 44 | $ | 48 | ||||||||||
HTM securities | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Advances | 32 | 37 | ||||||||||||
Accrued interest receivable | $ | 80 | $ | 90 |
The above table excludes accrued interest of $49 million and $53 million on AFS securities. We elected under GAAP to include accrued interest in the carrying value of our AFS securities. See Note 5 - Investment Debt Securities for AFS carrying values.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 9 – Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Refer to Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our 2020 Form 10-K for our accounting policies for derivatives.
We transact most of our derivatives with large banks and major broker-dealers. Some of these banks and broker-dealers or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute consolidated obligations. We are not a derivatives dealer and do not trade derivatives for speculative purposes. We enter into derivative transactions through either of the following:
•A bilateral agreement with an individual counterparty for over-the-counter derivative transactions.
•Clearinghouses classified as Derivatives Clearing Organizations (DCOs) through Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), which are clearing members of the DCOs, for cleared derivative transactions.
Managing Interest Rate Risk
We use fair value hedges to manage our exposure to changes in the fair value of (1) a recognized asset or liability or (2) an unrecognized firm commitment, attributable to changes in a benchmark interest rate, such as SOFR. Our cash flow hedge strategy is to hedge the variability in the total proceeds received from rolling forecasted zero-coupon discount note issuance, attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate, by entering into pay-fixed interest rate swaps.
We may elect the fair value option for financial instruments, such as advances, MPF Loans held for sale, and consolidated obligation discount notes and bonds, in cases where hedge accounting treatment may not be achieved due to the inability to meet the hedge effectiveness testing criteria, or in certain cases where we wish to mitigate the risk associated with selecting the fair value option for other instruments. We may also use economic hedges when hedge accounting is not permitted or hedge effectiveness is not achievable.
Managing Credit Risk on Derivative Agreements
Over-the-counter (bilateral) Derivative Transactions: We are subject to credit risk due to the risk of nonperformance by counterparties to our derivative agreements. For bilateral derivative agreements, the degree of counterparty risk depends on the extent to which master netting arrangements, collateral requirements and other credit enhancements are included in such contracts to mitigate the risk. We manage counterparty credit risk through credit analysis, collateral requirements and adherence to the requirements set forth in our policies and FHFA regulations. We require collateral agreements on all over-the-counter derivatives. Additionally, collateral related to over-the-counter derivatives with member institutions includes collateral assigned to us, as evidenced by a written security agreement, and which may be held by the member institution for our benefit. As of September 30, 2021, based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, we have not recorded a credit loss on our over-the-counter derivative agreements. See Note 15 - Fair Value in our 2020 Form 10-K for discussion regarding our fair value methodology for over-the-counter derivative assets and liabilities, including an evaluation of the potential for the fair value of these instruments to be affected by counterparty credit risk.
For nearly all of our bilateral derivative transactions executed prior to March 1, 2017, and for all transactions entered into after March 1, 2017, our bilateral derivative agreements are fully collateralized with a zero unsecured threshold in accordance with variation margin requirements issued by the U.S. federal bank regulatory agencies and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). We pledged no investment securities on our bilateral derivative transactions (that can be sold or repledged by our counterparty) as of September 30, 2021.
For certain transactions executed prior to March 1, 2017, we may be required to post net additional collateral with our counterparties if there is deterioration in our credit rating. If our credit rating had been lowered from its current rating to the next lower rating by a major credit rating agency, such as Standard and Poor's or Moody’s, the amount of collateral we would have been required to deliver would have been $4 million at September 30, 2021.
Cleared Derivative Transactions: Cleared derivative transactions are subject to variation and initial margin requirements established by the DCO and its clearing members. Variation margin payments are characterized as settlement of a derivative’s mark-to-market exposure and not as collateral against the derivative’s mark-to-market exposure. See Note 1 - Background and Basis of Presentation and Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for further discussion. We post our initial margin collateral payments and make variation margin settlement payments through our FCMs, on behalf of the DCO, which could expose us to institutional credit risk in the event that the FCMs or the DCO fail to meet their obligations. Clearing derivatives through a DCO mitigates counterparty credit risk exposure because the DCO
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
is substituted for individual counterparties and variation margin settlement payments are made daily through the FCMs for changes in the value of cleared derivatives. The DCO determines initial margin requirements for cleared derivatives. We pledged $547 million of investment securities (that can be sold or repledged) as part of our initial margin related to cleared derivative transactions at September 30, 2021. Additionally, an FCM may require additional initial margin to be posted based on credit considerations, including but not limited to, if our credit rating downgrades. We had no requirement to post additional initial margin by our FCMs at September 30, 2021.
The following table presents details on the notional amounts, and cleared and bilateral derivative assets and liabilities on our Condensed Statements of Condition. The netting adjustment amount includes cash collateral (either received or paid by us) and related accrued interest in cases where we have a legal right, by contract (e.g., master netting agreement) or otherwise, to offset cash flow obligations between us and our counterparty into a single net payable or receivable.
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As of | Notional Amount | Derivative Assets | Derivative Liabilities | Notional Amount | Derivative Assets | Derivative Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives in hedge accounting relationships- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | 53,876 | $ | 58 | $ | 479 | $ | 39,493 | $ | 65 | $ | 729 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives not in hedge accounting relationships- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | 3,753 | 20 | 75 | 11,265 | 46 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage delivery commitments | 948 | 2 | 3 | 2,831 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 194 | 1 | — | 257 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives not in hedge accounting relationships | 4,895 | 23 | 78 | 14,353 | 51 | 149 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross derivative amount before netting adjustments and cash collateral | $ | 58,771 | 81 | 557 | $ | 53,846 | $ | 116 | 878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netting adjustments and cash collateral | (75) | (495) | (111) | (187) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives on Condensed Statements of Condition | $ | 6 | $ | 62 | $ | 5 | $ | 691 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash Collateral | Cash Collateral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash collateral posted and related accrued interest | $ | 430 | $ | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash collateral received and related accrued interest | 10 | 8 |
The following table presents the noninterest income - derivatives and hedging activities as presented in the Condensed Statements of Income:
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Economic hedges - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | 2 | 4 | $ | 18 | (155) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage delivery commitments | (2) | — | (14) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 1 | (1) | 4 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic hedges | 1 | 3 | 8 | (160) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variation margin on daily settled cleared derivatives | — | — | — | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest income - Derivatives and hedging activities | $ | 1 | $ | 3 | $ | 8 | $ | (156) |
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
The following tables present details regarding the offsetting of our cleared and bilateral derivatives on our Condensed Statements of Condition. The netting adjustment amount includes cash collateral (either received or paid by us) and related accrued interest in cases where we have a legal right, by contract (e.g., master netting agreement) or otherwise, to offset cash flow obligations between us and our counterparty into a single net payable or receivable.
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Bilateral | Cleared | Total | Bilateral | Cleared | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives with legal right of offset - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross recognized amount | $ | 62 | $ | 17 | $ | 79 | $ | 60 | $ | 51 | $ | 111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netting adjustments and cash collateral | (58) | (17) | (75) | (60) | (51) | (111) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives with legal right of offset - net | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives without legal right of offset | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives on Condensed Statements of Condition | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net amount | $ | 6 | $ | — | $ | 6 | $ | 5 | $ | — | $ | 5 |
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Bilateral | Cleared | Total | Bilateral | Cleared | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gross recognized amount | $ | 493 | $ | 61 | $ | 554 | $ | 812 | $ | 59 | $ | 871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netting adjustments and cash collateral | (477) | (18) | (495) | (136) | (51) | (187) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives with legal right of offset - net | 16 | 43 | 59 | 676 | 8 | 684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives without legal right of offset | 3 | — | 3 | 7 | — | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives on Condensed Statements of Condition | 19 | 43 | 62 | 683 | 8 | 691 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Noncash collateral received or pledged and cannot be sold or repledged | — | 43 | 43 | 668 | 8 | 676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net amount | $ | 19 | $ | — | $ | 19 | $ | 15 | $ | — | $ | 15 |
At September 30, 2021, we had $505 million of additional credit exposure on cleared derivatives due to pledging of noncash collateral to our DCOs (for initial margin), which exceeded our cleared net derivative liability position. We had no additional credit exposure on bilateral derivatives, which exceeded our bilateral net derivative liability position. At December 31, 2020, we had $615 million of comparable exposure on our cleared derivatives and $1 million on our bilateral derivatives.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Fair Value Hedges
The following table presents our fair value hedging results by the type of hedged item. We had no net gain or loss on hedged firm commitments that no longer qualified as a fair value hedge. Changes in fair value of the derivative and the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk for designated fair value hedges are recorded in net interest income in the same line as the earnings effect of the hedged item. Gains (losses) on derivatives include unrealized changes in fair value, as well as net interest settlements. The line for Other relates to discontinued closed fair value hedges on MPF Loans held for portfolio that are being amortized over the remaining life of the loans, as we did not have any active fair value hedges on our MPF Loans as of September 30, 2021.
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Gain (Loss) on Derivative | Gain (Loss) on Hedged Item | Amount Recorded in Net Interest Income | Gain (Loss) on Derivative | Gain (Loss) on Hedged Item | Amount Recorded in Net Interest Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 71 | $ | (137) | $ | (66) | $ | 84 | $ | (154) | $ | (70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 21 | (98) | (77) | 59 | (194) | (135) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | (6) | 64 | 58 | (6) | 49 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | — | — | (1) | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 86 | $ | (171) | $ | (85) | $ | 137 | $ | (300) | $ | (163) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gain (Loss) on Derivative | Gain (Loss) on Hedged Item | Amount Recorded in Net Interest Income | Gain (Loss) on Derivative | Gain (Loss) on Hedged Item | Amount Recorded in Net Interest Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 452 | $ | (658) | $ | (206) | $ | (1,254) | $ | 1,145 | $ | (109) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 233 | (396) | (163) | (734) | 559 | (175) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | (76) | 240 | 164 | 277 | (191) | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | — | (1) | (1) | — | (1) | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 609 | $ | (815) | $ | (206) | $ | (1,711) | $ | 1,512 | $ | (199) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table presents the cumulative basis adjustments on hedged items designated as fair value hedges and the related amortized cost of the hedged items. The line for Other relates to discontinued closed fair value hedges on MPF Loans held for portfolio that are being amortized over the remaining life of the loans, as we did not have any active fair value hedges on our MPF Loans as of September 30, 2021.
As of September 30, 2021 | Amortized cost of hedged asset/liability | Basis adjustments active hedges included in amortized cost | Basis adjustments discontinued hedges included in amortized cost | Total amount of fair value hedging basis adjustments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities | $ | 13,845 | $ | 699 | $ | 156 | $ | 855 | ||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 17,578 | 362 | 2 | 364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | 22,713 | (23) | (17) | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 284 | — | 7 | 7 |
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Cash Flow Hedges
For cash flow hedges the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument is recorded in AOCI and reclassified into earnings (net interest income) as the hedged item affects earnings. Hedge effectiveness testing is performed to determine whether hedge accounting is qualified.
We are exposed to the variability in the total net proceeds received from forecasted zero-coupon discount note issuances, which is attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. As a result, we enter into cash flow hedge relationships utilizing derivative agreements to hedge the total net proceeds received from our "rolling" forecasted zero-coupon discount note issuances attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. The maximum length of time over which we are hedging this exposure is 9 years. We reclassify amounts in AOCI into our Condensed Statements of Income in the same periods during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects our earnings. We had no discontinued cash flow hedges for the periods presented. The deferred net gains (losses) on derivative instruments in AOCI that are expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next twelve months were $21 million as of September 30, 2021.
The following table presents our cash flow hedging results by type of hedged item. Additionally, the table indicates where cash flow hedging results are classified in our Condensed Statements of Income. In this regard, the Amount Reclassified from AOCI into Net Interest Income column below includes the following:
•The amortization of closed cash flow hedging adjustments, which are reclassified from AOCI into the interest income/expense line item of the respective hedged item type.
•The effect of net interest settlements attributable to open derivative hedging instruments, which are initially recorded in AOCI and are reclassified to the interest income/expense line item of the respective hedged item type.
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Gross Amount Initially Recognized in AOCI | Amount Reclassified from AOCI into Net Interest Income | Gross Amount Initially Recognized in AOCI | Amount Reclassified from AOCI into Net Interest Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount notes | $ | 2 | $ | (5) | $ | 2 | $ | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gross Amount Initially Recognized in AOCI | Amount Reclassified from AOCI into Net Interest Income | Gross Amount Initially Recognized in AOCI | Amount Reclassified from AOCI into Net Interest Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount notes | $ | 25 | $ | (13) | $ | (56) | $ | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||
Bonds | — | (1) | — | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 25 | $ | (14) | $ | (56) | $ | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Note 10 – Consolidated Obligations
The FHLBs issue consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance as their agent. Consolidated obligations consist of discount notes and consolidated obligation bonds. Consolidated discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds, are issued at less than their face amount and redeemed at par value when they mature. The maturity of consolidated obligation bonds may range from less than one year to over 20 years, but they are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity.
The following table presents our consolidated obligation discount notes for which we are the primary obligor. All are due in one year or less.
As of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes - carrying amount | $ | 40,878 | $ | 48,643 | ||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes - par amount | 40,880 | 48,654 | ||||||||||||
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 0.04 | % | 0.10 | % |
The following table presents the remaining life of our consolidated obligation bonds by the bond’s contractual maturity and the related weighted average interest rate, for which we are the primary obligor, including callable bonds that are redeemable in whole, or in part, at our discretion on predetermined call dates.
As of September 30, 2021 | Contractual Maturity | Weighted Average Interest Rate | By Maturity or Next Call Date | |||||||||||||||||
Due in one year or less | $ | 16,933 | 0.67 | % | $ | 38,382 | ||||||||||||||
One to two years | 9,479 | 0.81 | % | 7,582 | ||||||||||||||||
Two to three years | 2,941 | 0.70 | % | 1,195 | ||||||||||||||||
Three to four years | 2,353 | 0.97 | % | 1,185 | ||||||||||||||||
Four to five years | 8,043 | 0.72 | % | 149 | ||||||||||||||||
Thereafter | 9,345 | 1.67 | % | 601 | ||||||||||||||||
Total par value | $ | 49,094 | 0.91 | % | $ | 49,094 |
The following table presents consolidated obligation bonds outstanding by call feature:
As of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Noncallable | $ | 22,447 | $ | 35,075 | ||||||||||
Callable | 26,647 | 7,397 | ||||||||||||
Par value | 49,094 | 42,472 | ||||||||||||
Fair value hedging adjustments | (40) | 200 | ||||||||||||
Other adjustments | (13) | (2) | ||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | $ | 49,041 | $ | 42,670 |
The following table summarizes the consolidated obligations of the FHLBs and those for which we are the primary obligor. We did not accrue a liability for our joint and several liability related to the other FHLBs’ share of the consolidated obligations as of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020. See Note 16 - Commitments and Contingencies in our 2020 Form 10-K for further details.
September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Par values as of | Bonds | Discount Notes | Total | Bonds | Discount Notes | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FHLB System total consolidated obligations | $ | 437,001 | $ | 204,437 | $ | 641,438 | $ | 471,919 | $ | 274,853 | $ | 746,772 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FHLB Chicago as primary obligor | 49,094 | 40,880 | 89,974 | 42,472 | 48,654 | 91,126 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As a percent of the FHLB System | 11 | % | 20 | % | 14 | % | 9 | % | 18 | % | 12 | % |
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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 11 – Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS)
Under our Capital Plan our stock consists of two sub-classes of stock, Class B1 activity stock and Class B2 membership stock (together, Class B stock), both with a par value of $100 and redeemable on five years' written notice, subject to certain conditions. Under the Capital Plan, each member is required to own capital stock in an amount equal to the greater of a membership stock requirement or an activity stock requirement. All stock that supports a member’s activity stock requirement with the Bank is classified as Class B1 activity stock. Any additional amount of stock necessary for the total amount of Class B stock held to equal a member’s minimum investment amount will be classified as Class B2 membership stock. Members purchase Class B2 membership stock to satisfy their membership stock requirement with the Bank. Stock held in excess of a member’s minimum investment requirement is classified as Class B2 excess capital stock. See Note 12 – Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for further information on our capital stock and MRCS.
Minimum Capital Requirements
For details on our minimum capital requirements, including how the ratios below were calculated, see Minimum Capital Requirements in Note 12 – Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K. We complied with our minimum regulatory capital requirements as shown below.
September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Requirement | Actual | Requirement | Actual | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total regulatory capital | $ | 3,944 | $ | 6,410 | $ | 4,014 | $ | 6,361 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total regulatory capital ratio | 4.00 | % | 6.50 | % | 4.00 | % | 6.34 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Leverage capital | $ | 4,930 | $ | 9,616 | $ | 5,018 | $ | 9,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leverage capital ratio | 5.00 | % | 9.75 | % | 5.00 | % | 9.51 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Risk-based capital | $ | 1,203 | $ | 6,410 | $ | 1,587 | $ | 6,361 |
Total regulatory capital and leverage capital includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock (MRCS) but does not include AOCI. Under the FHFA regulation on capital classifications and critical capital levels for the FHLBs, we are adequately capitalized. Additionally, an FHFA Advisory Bulletin sets forth guidance for each FHLB to maintain a ratio of at least two percent of capital stock to total assets. In accordance with this guidance, the FHFA considers the proportion of capital stock to assets, measured on a daily average basis at month end, when assessing each FHLB’s capital management practices.
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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
The following members had regulatory capital stock exceeding 10% of our total regulatory capital stock outstanding (which includes MRCS):
As of September 30, 2021 | Regulatory Capital Stock Outstanding | % of Total Outstanding | Amount of Which is Classified as a Liability (MRCS) | |||||||||||||||||
One Mortgage Partners Corp. | $ | 245 | a | 11.1 | % | $ | 245 | |||||||||||||
a One Mortgage Partners Corp. (OMP) is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Effective February 19, 2021, we terminated OMP’s membership in connection with the FHFA rule that made captive insurance companies ineligible for FHLB membership.
Dividends
Our ability to pay dividends is subject to the FHLB Act and FHFA regulations. On October 21, 2021 our Board of Directors declared a 5.00% dividend (annualized) for Class B1 activity stock and a 2.00% dividend (annualized) for Class B2 membership stock based on our preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2021. This dividend totaled $25 million (recorded as $22 million dividends on capital stock and $3 million interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock) and is scheduled for payment on November 15, 2021. Any future dividend payment remains subject to declaration by the Board and will depend on future operating results, our Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy and any other factors the Board determines to be relevant.
Repurchase of Excess Capital Stock
Members may request repurchase of excess capital stock on any business day. Additionally, on a monthly basis, the Bank repurchases excess capital stock held by each member or former member that exceeds certain limits set by the Bank. All repurchases of excess capital stock, including any monthly repurchases, will continue until otherwise announced, but remain subject to our regulatory requirements, certain financial and capital thresholds, and prudent business practices.
FICO Dissolution
In connection with the dissolution of the Financing Corporation (FICO) in July 2020, we received $19 million in June 2020 as a partial recovery of our prior capital distribution to FICO. These funds have been credited to unrestricted retained earnings in our Condensed Statements of Capital and in Other Financing Activities in our Condensed Statements of Cash Flows. See Note 12 – Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for further details.
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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 12 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table summarizes the gains (losses) in AOCI for the reporting periods indicated:
Net Unrealized - | Non-credit OTTI - | Net Unrealized - Cash Flow Hedges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale Debt Securities | Held-to-maturity Debt Securities | Post - Retirement Plans | Total in AOCI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | 544 | $ | — | $ | (33) | $ | (24) | $ | 487 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income before reclassification - recorded to the Condensed Statements of Condition | (98) | — | 2 | — | (96) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified in period to Condensed Statements of Income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | — | — | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | 446 | $ | — | $ | (26) | $ | (23) | $ | 397 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | (180) | $ | (76) | $ | (86) | $ | (21) | $ | (363) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income before reclassification - recorded to the Condensed Statements of Condition | 280 | 3 | 2 | (2) | 283 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified in period to Condensed Statements of Income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | — | — | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | 100 | $ | (73) | $ | (77) | $ | (23) | $ | (73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | 292 | $ | — | $ | (65) | $ | (20) | $ | 207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income before reclassification - recorded to the Condensed Statements of Condition | 155 | — | 25 | (10) | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified in period to Condensed Statements of Income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | (1) | — | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | 446 | $ | — | $ | (26) | $ | (23) | $ | 397 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | 104 | $ | (85) | $ | (38) | $ | (10) | $ | (29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income before reclassification - recorded to the Condensed Statements of Condition | (4) | 12 | (56) | (14) | (62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified in period to Condensed Statements of Income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | — | 0 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | 100 | $ | (73) | $ | (77) | $ | (23) | $ | (73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 13 - Fair Value
The following table is a summary of the fair value estimates and related levels in the hierarchy. The carrying amounts are per the Condensed Statements of Condition. Fair value estimates represent the exit prices that we would receive to sell assets or pay to transfer liabilities in an orderly transaction with market participants at the measurement date. They do not represent an estimate of our overall market value as a going concern, as they do not take into account future business opportunities or profitability of assets and liabilities. We measure instrument-specific credit risk attributable to our consolidated obligations based on our nonperformance risk, which includes the credit risk associated with the joint and several liability of other FHLBs (see Note 16 - Commitments and Contingencies in our 2020 Form 10-K). As a result, we did not recognize any instrument-specific credit risk attributable to our consolidated obligations that are carried at fair value. See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our 2020 Form 10-K for our fair value policies and Note 15 - Fair Value in our 2020 Form 10-K for our valuation techniques and significant inputs. See Note 9 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities for more information on the Netting and Cash Collateral amounts.
Carrying Amount | Fair Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Netting & Cash Collateral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at amortized cost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and due from banks and interest bearing deposits | $ | 1,788 | $ | 1,788 | $ | 1,788 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell | 18,435 | 18,435 | $ | 18,435 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity debt securities | 773 | 812 | 801 | $ | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 44,842 | 45,105 | 45,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net | 9,842 | 10,035 | 10,025 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | 80 | 80 | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trading debt securities | 2,215 | 2,215 | 2,215 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | 19,056 | 19,056 | 19,056 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative assets | 6 | 6 | 81 | $ | (75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | 119 | 119 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at fair value on a nonrecurring basis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial assets | 98,360 | $ | 98,855 | $ | 1,788 | $ | 97,117 | $ | 25 | $ | (75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non financial assets | 234 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | $ | 98,594 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at amortized cost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits | $ | (1,100) | $ | (1,100) | $ | (1,100) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | (40,878) | (40,878) | (40,878) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | (48,984) | (49,074) | (49,074) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (247) | (247) | $ | (247) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | (90) | (90) | (90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | (57) | (57) | (57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative liabilities | (62) | (62) | (557) | $ | 495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial liabilities | (91,418) | $ | (91,508) | $ | (247) | $ | (91,756) | $ | — | $ | 495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non financial liabilities | (616) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities | $ | (92,034) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Carrying Amount | Fair Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Netting & Cash Collateral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at amortized cost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and due from banks and interest bearing deposits | $ | 4,396 | $ | 4,396 | $ | 4,396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell | 14,245 | 14,245 | $ | 14,245 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity debt securities | 1,491 | 1,549 | 1,534 | $ | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 45,380 | 45,696 | 45,696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net | 10,020 | 10,332 | 10,327 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | 90 | 90 | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trading debt securities | 4,621 | 4,621 | 4,621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale debt securities | 18,437 | 18,437 | 18,437 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 1,315 | 1,315 | 1,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative assets | 5 | 5 | 116 | $ | (111) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | 105 | 105 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at fair value on a nonrecurring basis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net | 18 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial assets | 100,123 | $ | 100,809 | $ | 4,396 | $ | 96,486 | $ | 38 | $ | (111) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non financial assets | 233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | $ | 100,356 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at amortized cost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits | $ | (1,284) | $ | (1,284) | $ | (1,284) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | (46,643) | (46,644) | (46,644) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | (40,826) | (41,183) | (41,183) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (279) | (279) | $ | (279) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | (89) | (89) | (89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | (2,000) | (2,000) | (2,000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | (1,844) | (1,844) | (1,844) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative liabilities | (691) | (691) | (878) | 187 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial liabilities | (93,656) | $ | (94,014) | $ | (279) | $ | (93,922) | $ | — | $ | 187 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non financial liabilities | (411) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities | $ | (94,067) |
We had no transfers between levels for the periods shown.
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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Fair Value Option
We may elect the fair value option for financial instruments, such as advances, MPF Loans held for sale, and consolidated obligation discount notes and bonds, in cases where hedge accounting treatment may not be achieved due to the inability to meet the hedge effectiveness testing criteria, or in certain cases where we wish to mitigate the risk associated with selecting the fair value option for other instruments. Financial instruments for which we elected the fair value option along with their related fair value are shown on our Condensed Statements of Condition. Refer to our Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for further details.
The following table presents the gains (losses) in fair values of financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value under the fair value option, which are recognized in noninterest income - instruments held under the fair value option in our Condensed Statements of Income:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | $ | (7) | $ | (5) | $ | (33) | $ | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | — | (2) | (2) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | — | — | 2 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest income - Instruments held under the fair value option | $ | (7) | $ | (7) | $ | (33) | $ | 69 |
The following table reflects the difference between the aggregate UPB outstanding and the aggregate fair value for our long term financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected. None of the advances were 90 days or more past due and none were on nonaccrual status.
September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of | Advances | Consolidated Obligation Bonds | Advances | Consolidated Obligation Bonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Unpaid principal balance | $ | 1,131 | $ | 56 | $ | 1,213 | $ | 1,839 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fair value over (under) UPB | 69 | 1 | 102 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair value | $ | 1,200 | $ | 57 | $ | 1,315 | $ | 1,844 |
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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements - (Unaudited)
(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies
The following table shows our commitments outstanding, which represent off-balance sheet obligations:
September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of | Expire within one year | Expire after one year | Total | Expire within one year | Expire after one year | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member standby letters of credit | $ | 4,994 | $ | 8,122 | a | $ | 13,116 | $ | 10,446 | $ | 5,949 | a | $ | 16,395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF delivery commitments | 577 | — | 577 | 1,527 | — | 1,527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advance commitments | 52 | 2 | 54 | 583 | 12 | 595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Housing authority standby bond purchase agreements | 51 | 452 | 503 | 10 | 455 | 465 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unsettled consolidated obligation discount notes | 3,000 | — | 3,000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unsettled consolidated obligation bonds | 506 | — | 506 | 125 | — | 125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commitments | $ | 9,183 | $ | 8,576 | $ | 17,759 | $ | 12,694 | $ | 6,416 | $ | 19,110 |
a Contains $7.2 billion and $5.2 billion of member standby letters of credit as of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, which were renewable annually.
For a description of defined terms see Note 16 - Commitments and Contingencies to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Note 15 – Transactions with Related Parties and Other FHLBs
We define related parties as either members whose officers or directors serve on our Board of Directors, or members that control more than 10% of our total voting interests. We did not have any members that controlled more than 10% of our total voting interests for the periods presented in these condensed financial statements.
In the normal course of business, we may extend credit to or enter into other transactions with a related party. These transactions are done at market terms that are no more favorable than the terms of comparable transactions with other members who are not considered related parties.
Members
The following table summarizes material balances we had with our members who are related parties as defined above (including their affiliates) as of the dates presented. The related net income impacts to our Condensed Statements of Income were not material.
As of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Assets - Advances | $ | 206 | $ | 252 | ||||||||||
Liabilities - Deposits | 16 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Equity - Capital Stock | 18 | 17 |
Other FHLBs
From time to time, we may loan to, or borrow from, other FHLBs. These transactions are done at market terms that are no more favorable than the terms of comparable transactions with other counterparties. These transactions are overnight, maturing the following business day.
In addition, we provide programmatic and operational support in our role as the administrator of the MPF Program on behalf of the other MPF Banks for a fee.
Material transactions with other FHLBs are identified on the face of our Condensed Financial Statements.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Selected Financial Data
September 30, 2021 | June 30, 2021 | March 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | September 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected Statements of Condition data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments a | $ | 41,334 | $ | 40,586 | $ | 33,514 | $ | 39,649 | $ | 36,364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 46,042 | 46,270 | 46,975 | 46,695 | 49,771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net | 9,846 | 9,759 | 9,895 | 10,041 | 10,529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | 98,594 | 97,494 | 94,597 | 100,356 | 98,387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | 40,878 | 45,728 | 45,262 | 48,643 | 41,801 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | 49,041 | 42,922 | 40,260 | 42,670 | 47,970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock | 1,969 | 2,007 | 2,019 | 2,010 | 2,041 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retained earnings | 4,194 | 4,139 | 4,082 | 4,072 | 3,936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total capital | 6,560 | 6,633 | 6,542 | 6,289 | 5,904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other selected data at period end | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member standby letters of credit outstanding | $ | 13,116 | $ | 12,773 | $ | 10,529 | $ | 16,395 | $ | 21,666 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans par value outstanding - FHLB System b | 67,217 | 67,673 | 69,107 | 70,326 | 71,297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans par value outstanding - FHLB Chicago PFIs b | 18,716 | 18,718 | 18,922 | 18,934 | 18,957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of members | 674 | 678 | 680 | 686 | 683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total employees (full and part time) | 466 | 451 | 469 | 474 | 486 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected Statements of Income data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | $ | 140 | 152 | $ | 110 | $ | 142 | $ | 168 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest income | (2) | (10) | (13) | 101 | d | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense | 52 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 77 | 78 | 32 | 157 | d | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other selected MPF data during the periods b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans par value amounts funded - FHLB System | $ | 4,027 | $ | 4,535 | $ | 5,364 | $ | 6,672 | $ | 7,145 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterly number of PFIs funding MPF products - FHLB System | 678 | 687 | 710 | 707 | 730 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans par value amounts funded - FHLB Chicago PFIs | $ | 1,150 | $ | 1,379 | $ | 1,703 | $ | 1,999 | $ | 2,371 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterly number of PFIs funding MPF products - FHLB Chicago | 178 | 177 | 177 | 178 | 184 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected ratios (rates annualized) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total regulatory capital to assets ratio | 6.50 | % | 6.56 | % | 6.73 | % | 6.34 | % | 6.36 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Market value of equity to book value of equity | 106 | % | 106 | % | 107 | % | 105 | % | 106 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary mission asset ratio c | 70.7 | % | 70.5 | % | 70.3 | % | 71.5 | % | 71.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend rate class B1 activity stock-period paid | 5.00 | % | 5.00 | % | 5.00 | % | 5.00 | % | 5.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend rate class B2 membership stock-period paid | 2.00 | % | 2.00 | % | 2.00 | % | 2.25 | % | 2.25 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Return on average assets | 0.31 | % | 0.32 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.62 | % | d | 0.33 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Return on average equity | 4.54 | % | 4.59 | % | 1.99 | % | 10.06 | % | d | 6.13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average equity to average assets | 6.83 | % | 6.97 | % | 6.53 | % | 6.16 | % | 5.38 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net yield on average interest-earning assets | 0.58 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.67 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends-period paid | $ | 22 | $ | 21 | $ | 22 | $ | 21 | $ | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend payout ratio-period paid | 28.57 | % | 26.92 | % | 68.75 | % | 13.38 | % | 26.00 | % |
a Includes investment debt securities, interest bearing deposits, federal funds sold, and securities purchased under agreements to resell.
b Includes all MPF products, whether on or off our balance sheet. See Mortgage Partnership Finance Program on page 8 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
c Annual average year to date basis. The FHFA issued an advisory bulletin that provides guidance relating to a primary mission asset ratio by which the FHFA will assess each FHLB's core mission achievement. See Mission Asset Ratio on page 5 in our 2020 Form 10-K for more information.
d The selected line items are relatively higher when compared to the same line items in other quarters as a result of gains on our investment securities due to the sale of our AFS and HTM private label mortgage backed securities (PLMBS) during the fourth quarter of 2020. See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Form 10-K for the year ended 2020 for more information.
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Forward-Looking Information
Statements contained in this report, including statements describing the plans, objectives, projections, estimates, strategies, or future predictions of management, statements of belief, any projections or guidance on dividends or other financial items, or any statements of assumptions underlying the foregoing, may be “forward-looking statements.” These statements may use forward-looking terminology, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “could,” "plans," “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” their negatives, or other variations of these terms. We caution that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties related to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements and 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 forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following:
•the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the global and national economies and on our and our members’ businesses;
•the loss or changes in business activities with significant members; changes in the demand by our members for advances, including as a result of the Federal Reserve’s emergency actions to increase liquidity along with market conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic (or changes to, or the cessation of such actions), the impact of pricing increases, and the availability of other sources of funding for our members, such as deposits;
•regulatory limits on our investments;
•the impact of new business strategies, including our ability to develop and implement business strategies focused on maintaining net interest income; our ability to successfully maintain our balance sheet and cost infrastructure at an appropriate composition and size scaled to member demand; our ability to execute our business model, implement business process improvements and scale our size to our members' borrowing needs; the extent to which our members use our advances as part of their core financing rather than just as a back-up source of liquidity; and our ability to implement product enhancements and new products and generate enough volume in new products to cover our costs related to developing such products;
•the extent to which changes in our current capital stock requirements and/or our ability to continue to offer the Reduced Capitalization Advance Program for certain future advance borrowings, our ability to continue to pay enhanced dividends on our activity stock or our ability to maintain current levels of dividends, and any amendments to our capital plan, impact Bank product usage and activity with members;
•our ability to meet required conditions to repurchase and redeem capital stock from our members (including maintaining compliance with our minimum regulatory capital requirements and determining that our financial condition is sound enough to support such repurchases), the amount and timing of such repurchases or redemptions, any changes in our repurchase processes, and our ability to maintain compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements relating to our dividend payments;
•general economic and market conditions, including the timing and volume of market activity, inflation/deflation, unemployment rates, housing prices, the condition of the mortgage and housing markets, increased delinquencies and/or loss rates on mortgages, prolonged or delayed foreclosure processes, and the effects on, among other things, mortgage backed securities; volatility resulting from the effects of, and changes in, various monetary or fiscal policies and regulations, such as those determined by the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; impacts from various measures to stimulate the economy and help borrowers refinance home mortgages; disruptions in the credit and debt markets and the effect on future funding costs, sources, and availability; the impact of the occurrence of a major natural or other disaster, a pandemic such as the COVID-19 pandemic or other disruptive event; the impact of climate change;
•volatility of market prices, rates, and indices, or other factors, such as natural disasters, that could affect the value of our investments or collateral; changes in the value or liquidity of collateral securing advances to our members;
•changes in the value of and risks associated with our investments in mortgage loans, mortgage backed securities and the related credit enhancement protections;
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•changes in our ability or intent to hold mortgage backed securities to maturity;
•changes in mortgage interest rates and prepayment speeds on mortgage assets;
•membership changes, including the loss of members through mergers and consolidations or as a consequence of regulatory requirements; changes in the financial health of our members, including the resolution of some members; risks related to expanding our membership to include more institutions with regulators and resolution processes with which we have less experience;
•increased reliance on short-term funding and changes in investor demand and capacity for consolidated obligations and/or the terms of interest rate derivatives and similar agreements, including changes in the relative attractiveness of consolidated obligations as compared to other investment opportunities; changes in our cost of funds due to concerns over U.S. fiscal policy, and any related rating agency actions impacting FHLB consolidated obligations;
•uncertainties relating to the scheduled phase-out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR);
•political events, including legislative, regulatory, judicial, or other developments that affect us, our members, our counterparties and/or investors in consolidated obligations, including, among other things, changes in the proposals and legislation related to housing finance and GSE reform; changes in the Presidential Administration and the Congress; changes in our regulator or changes affecting our regulator and changes in the FHLB Act or applicable regulations as a result of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Housing Act) or as may otherwise be issued by our regulator; the potential designation of us as a nonbank financial company for supervision by the Federal Reserve;
•regulatory changes to FHLB membership requirements, capital requirements, MPF program requirements, and liquidity requirements by the FHFA, and increased guidance from the FHFA impacting our balance sheet management, product structures, and collateral practices;
•the ability of each of the other FHLBs to repay the principal and interest on consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor and with respect to which we have joint and several liability;
•the pace of technological change and our ability to develop and support technology and information systems, including our ability to protect the security of our information systems and manage any failures, interruptions or breaches in our information systems or technology services provided to us through third party vendors;
•our ability to attract and retain skilled employees;
•the impact of new accounting standards and the application of accounting rules, including the impact of regulatory guidance on our application of such standards and rules;
•the volatility of reported results due to changes in the fair value of certain assets and liabilities;
•our ability to identify, manage, mitigate, and/or remedy internal control weaknesses and other operational risks; and
•the reliability of our projections, assumptions, and models on our future financial performance and condition, including dividend projections.
For a more detailed discussion of the risk factors applicable to us, see Risk Factors starting on page 23 in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K (2020 Form 10-K).
These forward-looking statements are representative only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or any other reason.
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Executive Summary
Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights
•Advances outstanding declined slightly to $46.0 billion at September 30, 2021, from $46.7 billion at December 31, 2020. We believe many of our depository members experienced an inflow of deposits on their balance sheets along with reduced loan demand, while also having access to other liquidity sources as a result of certain government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited their need for advances. Although these factors continued to impact our advance balances, increased advance borrowing by insurance company members has mostly offset the decline.
•MPF Loans held in portfolio continued to remain steady at $9.8 billion at September 30, 2021, compared to $10.0 billion at December 31, 2020.
•Total investment securities decreased 10% to $22.0 billion at September 30, 2021, down from $24.5 billion at December 31, 2020, primarily due to a reduction in investment in Treasury securities that matured and were not replaced.
•Total assets decreased to $98.6 billion as of September 30, 2021, compared to $100.4 billion as of December 31, 2020, primarily due to a decrease in investment securities.
•Letters of credit commitments decreased to $13.1 billion at September 30, 2021, down from $16.4 billion at December 31, 2020, primarily due to one of our former captive insurance company members reducing its letters of credit usage in connection with its membership termination in the first quarter of 2021.
•We recorded net income of $77 million in the third quarter of 2021, down from $85 million in the third quarter of 2020, primarily due to a decrease in net interest income attributable to the lower interest rate environment. Advance prepayment fees also decreased $20 million from $27 million in the third quarter of 2020 to $7 million for the same period in 2021. Additionally, advance prepayments throughout 2020 resulted in a decline in our portfolio of high interest earning advances, which reduced the yield earned and balance outstanding on our advance portfolio in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. The decline in interest income was offset in part by lower operating expenses as information technology and employee compensation and benefits expenses decreased and by the absence of COVID-19 relief program expenses relative to the same period in the prior year.
•In the third quarter of 2021, noninterest income (loss) was ($2) million, up $6 million from ($8) million for the third quarter of 2020, primarily due to a decrease in losses on our trading securities.
•We remained in compliance with all of our regulatory capital requirements as of September 30, 2021.
Summary and Outlook
Third Quarter 2021 Dividends and Dividend Guidance
On October 21 2021, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of 5.00% (annualized) for Class B1 activity stock and a dividend of 2.00% (annualized) for Class B2 membership stock based on preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2021. The dividend for the third quarter of 2021 will be paid by crediting members’ DID accounts on November 15, 2021. The Bank pays a higher dividend per share on Class B1 activity stock to recognize members that support the entire cooperative through the use of our products. We expect to maintain a 5.00% (annualized) dividend for Class B1 activity stock through the fourth quarter 2021 and first quarter 2022, based on current projections and assumptions regarding our financial condition. We are providing this information to assist members in planning their advance, letters of credit, and MPF Program on-balance sheet product activity with us. Any future dividend payments remain subject to determination and declaration by our Board of Directors and may be impacted by further changes in financial or economic conditions, regulatory and statutory limitations, and any other relevant factors.
Market-Driven Solutions for Our Members
We continue to converse with our members and analyze the market to find new ways to help grow members’ bottom lines. As the markets have begun to rebound, we provided recent specials and strategies to best serve our members:
•Over the past quarter, we extended our most popular pricing specials until the end of the year, provided insight into balance sheet trends across Illinois and Wisconsin, and shared updated guidance of the ongoing LIBOR transition. We understand the challenges of navigating the uncertainty of the interest rate environment and seek to provide members with opportunities to manage their balance sheet strategies more effectively.
•Improved market conditions have enabled us to provide better pricing on MPF Traditional products in the MPF program. In addition, as discussed in Legislative and Regulatory Developments on page 56, the FHFA and U.S. Department of Treasury recently announced a temporary suspension of certain restrictions contained in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, which has enabled the MPF program to resume the purchase of MPF Xtra loans secured by investment property and second homes.
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•In-person and virtual events are an added benefit to membership in the Bank, as we strive to provide timely insight from industry experts, offer networking opportunities with peers, and fully leverage our products and services.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is woven into all that we do to support the diverse communities our members serve. Over the past year, our sales directors have reached out to ask some exploratory questions about members’ DEI business goals. Feedback from our members helps us identify business opportunities to partner and connect with members whose DEI goals align with ours. We are looking forward to continuing these conversations with our members in an effort to address the challenges in our society and seek new business and economic solutions that can increase equitable opportunities across our district, while enhancing members’ bottom line.
Providing Support for Members’ Communities
While our communities continue to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, we remain committed to creating and promoting equitable opportunities for underserved people and communities. In partnership with our members, we invest in programs and organizations advancing affordable housing and economic development in all parts of our district.
•AHP Awards: On October 25, 2021, we announced our 2021 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund awards. Since 1989, we have awarded $508 million in subsidies to support the construction, acquisition and/or rehabilitation of more than 86,000 affordable housing units. We believe AHP continues to be a valuable source of gap financing for affordable housing development within our district.
•Downpayment Plus Program: The 2021 Downpayment Plus® (DPP®) and Downpayment Plus Advantage® (DPP Advantage®) programs continue to provide members easy-to-access downpayment and closing cost assistance to help their income-eligible borrowers achieve homeownership. As of the third quarter of 2021, we have awarded $15.4 million in DPP grants to over 2,600 households. We expect to open the 2022 DPP programs on January 18, 2022.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
Notwithstanding increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and the easing of restrictive measures, uncertainty remains with respect to the speed and extent to which normal economic and operating conditions can resume, and with the ultimate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. For a discussion of risks relating to our financial condition and results of operation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Risk Factors starting on page 23 of our Form 10-K for the year ended 2020.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
For a detailed description of our Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates see page 44 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting estimates subsequent to December 31, 2020.
Results of Operations
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the difference between the amount we recognize into interest income on our interest earning assets and the amount we recognize into interest expense on our interest bearing liabilities. These amounts were determined in accordance with GAAP and were based on the underlying contractual interest rate terms of our interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities as well as the following items:
•Amortization of premiums;
•Accretion of discounts;
•Hedge ineffectiveness, which represents the difference between changes in fair value of the derivative hedging instrument and the related change in fair value of the hedged item is recognized into either interest income or interest expense, whichever is appropriate. For cash flow hedges, recognition occurs only when amounts are reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. Such recognition occurs when earnings are affected by the hedged item;
•Net interest paid or received on interest rate swaps that are accounted for as fair value or cash flow hedges;
•Amortization of fair value and cash flow closed hedge adjustments;
•Advance and investment prepayment fees; and
•MPF credit enhancement fees.
The following table presents the increase or decrease in interest income and expense due to volume or rate variances. The calculation of these components includes the following considerations:
•Average Balance: Average balances are calculated using daily balances. Amortized cost is used to compute the average balances for most of our financial instruments, including MPF Loans held in portfolio (including those that are on nonaccrual status) and available-for-sale debt securities. Fair value is used to compute average balances for our trading debt securities and financial instruments carried at fair value under the fair value option.
•Total Interest: Total interest includes the net interest income components, as discussed above, applicable to our interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities.
•Yield/Rate: Effective yields/rates are based on total interest and average balances as defined above. Yields/rates are calculated on an annualized basis. The calculation of the yield on our available-for-sale securities does not give effect to changes in fair value that are reflected as a component of AOCI.
•The change in volume is calculated as the change in average balance multiplied by the current year yield. The change in rate is calculated as the change in yield multiplied by the prior year average balance. Any changes due to the combined volume/rate variance have been allocated to volume.
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Increase or decrease in interest income and expense due to volume or rate variance
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Average Balance | Interest Income/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | Average Balance | Interest Income/ Expense | Yield/ Rate | Volume | Rate | Net Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Investment debt securities | $ | 21,403 | $ | 71 | 1.33 | % | $ | 24,124 | $ | 99 | 1.64 | % | $ | (9) | $ | (19) | $ | (28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 52,370 | 68 | 0.52 | % | 54,488 | 114 | 0.84 | % | (2) | (44) | (46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio | 9,811 | 64 | 2.61 | % | 10,550 | 69 | 2.62 | % | (5) | — | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold | 7,141 | 2 | 0.11 | % | 6,010 | 1 | 0.07 | % | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 3,416 | 1 | 0.12 | % | 2,845 | 1 | 0.14 | % | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other interest earning assets | 1,499 | — | — | % | 2,157 | 1 | 0.19 | % | — | (1) | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest earning assets | 95,640 | 206 | 0.86 | % | 100,174 | 285 | 1.14 | % | (9) | (70) | (79) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest earning assets | 2,535 | 2,301 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | 98,175 | 102,475 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | 42,963 | 10 | 0.09 | % | 42,387 | 24 | 0.23 | % | 1 | (15) | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | 45,722 | 54 | 0.47 | % | 51,282 | 88 | 0.69 | % | (6) | (28) | (34) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other interest bearing liabilities | 1,143 | 3 | 1.05 | % | 1,407 | 4 | 1.14 | % | (1) | — | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing liabilities | 89,828 | 67 | 0.30 | % | 95,076 | 116 | 0.49 | % | (4) | (45) | (49) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest bearing liabilities | 1,603 | 1,266 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 91,431 | 96,342 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net yield interest earning assets | $ | 95,640 | $ | 139 | 0.58 | % | $ | 100,174 | $ | 169 | 0.67 | % | $ | (7) | $ | (23) | $ | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the nine months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment debt securities | $ | 21,712 | $ | 215 | 1.32 | % | $ | 23,835 | $ | 416 | 2.33 | % | $ | (20) | $ | (181) | $ | (201) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | 51,887 | 211 | 0.54 | % | 55,086 | 497 | 1.20 | % | (13) | (273) | (286) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio | 9,828 | 187 | 2.54 | % | 10,485 | 232 | 2.95 | % | (13) | (32) | (45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold | 7,003 | 4 | 0.08 | % | 7,021 | 28 | 0.53 | % | — | (24) | (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 4,155 | 2 | 0.06 | % | 2,883 | 13 | 0.60 | % | 1 | (12) | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other interest earning assets | 1,287 | 4 | 0.41 | % | 2,326 | 11 | 0.63 | % | (3) | (4) | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest earning assets | 95,872 | 623 | 0.87 | % | 101,636 | 1,197 | 1.57 | % | (40) | (534) | (574) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest earning assets | 2,446 | 2,262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | 98,318 | 103,898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | 46,391 | 35 | 0.10 | % | 45,450 | 291 | 0.85 | % | — | (256) | (256) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | 42,513 | 177 | 0.56 | % | 49,720 | 439 | 1.18 | % | (31) | (231) | (262) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other interest bearing liabilities | 1,188 | 9 | 1.01 | % | 1,380 | 14 | 1.35 | % | (1) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing liabilities | 90,092 | 221 | 0.33 | % | 96,550 | 744 | 1.03 | % | (16) | (507) | (523) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest bearing liabilities | 1,553 | 1,295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 91,645 | 97,845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net yield on interest earning assets | $ | 95,872 | $ | 402 | 0.56 | % | $ | 101,636 | $ | 453 | 0.59 | % | $ | (28) | $ | (23) | $ | (51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following analysis and comparisons apply to the periods presented in the above table unless otherwise indicated.
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•Interest income from investment debt securities for the three months ended September 30, 2021 decreased, in part due to lower short-term market interest rates in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. In addition, average investment balances declined as Treasury securities matured and were not replaced. Interest income from investment debt securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 primarily decreased due to lower short-term market interest rates in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. In addition, the yield earned on our investment securities during 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020 declined as a result of the sale of our PLMBS in October 2020. See Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Form 10-K for the year ended 2020 for more information on these PLMBS sales.
•Interest income from advances decreased primarily due to the low interest rate environment since the Federal Reserve dramatically lowered interest rates in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lower demand for advances from our depository members, while mostly offset by increased demand from our insurance company members, have also impacted our net interest income. Additionally, advance prepayments throughout 2020 resulted in a decline in our portfolio of higher interest earning advances which reduced the yield earned and balance outstanding on our advance portfolio in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
•Interest income from MPF Loans held in portfolio declined primarily due to the lower mortgage rate environment impacting the yield earned on new loan originations, along with the recognition of premium amortization as loans prepaid during the period. In addition, the average balance of MPF Loans held in portfolio slightly decreased as new-acquisition volume was outpaced by paydown and maturity activity.
•Interest expense on our consolidated obligations decreased due to lower short-term market interest rates in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Additionally, in 2021 we replaced our more expensive callable debt with more advantageously priced funding.
•Interest income from overnight federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell decreased due to lower short-term market interest rates in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
•For details of the effect our fair value and cash flow hedge activities had on our net interest income see Total Net Effect Gain (Loss) of Hedging Activities table on page 40.
Noninterest Income
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Trading securities | $ | (9) | $ | (23) | $ | (40) | $ | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives and hedging activities | 1 | 3 | 8 | (156) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Instruments held under the fair value option | (7) | (7) | (33) | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | (15) | (27) | (65) | (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF fees, 6, 7, 19 and 23 from other FHLBs | 11 | 15 | 36 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other, net | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest income | $ | (2) | $ | (8) | (25) | $ | 3 |
The following analysis and comparisons apply to the periods presented in the above table.
Trading Securities, Derivatives and Hedging Activities, and Instruments Held Under the Fair Value Option
A decrease in losses experienced on our trading securities was the primary driver of our increase in noninterest income for the three months ended September 30, 2021. Losses on our trading securities and instruments held under the fair value option were the primary driver of our decrease in noninterest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The corresponding gains and losses were primarily driven by maturities in our Treasury Trading securities purchased at a premium and the increase in long-term interest rates and the interest rate curve steepening during in 2021.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
The following table details the effect of hedging transactions on the various line items in our Condensed Statements of Income. Hedge ineffectiveness on hedges qualifying for hedge accounting are recorded in net interest income rather than recorded in derivatives and hedging activities as noted in the table below.
Total Net Effect Gain (Loss) of Hedging Activities
Advances | Investments | MPF Loans | Discount Notes | Bonds | Other | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recorded in net interest income | $ | (77) | $ | (66) | $ | — | $ | (5) | $ | 58 | $ | 1 | $ | (89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in derivatives & hedging activities | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in trading securities | — | (9) | — | — | — | — | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded on instruments held under the fair value option | (7) | — | (1) | — | — | 1 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total net effect gain (loss) of hedging activities | $ | (83) | $ | (75) | $ | (1) | $ | (5) | $ | 58 | $ | 2 | $ | (104) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in net interest income | $ | (135) | $ | (70) | $ | (1) | $ | (7) | $ | 43 | $ | — | $ | (170) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in derivatives & hedging activities | 3 | 2 | (1) | — | (1) | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in trading securities | — | (23) | — | — | — | — | (23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded on instruments held under the fair value option | (5) | — | (2) | — | — | — | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total net effect gain (loss) of hedging activities | $ | (137) | $ | (91) | $ | (4) | $ | (7) | $ | 42 | $ | — | $ | (197) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recorded in net interest income | $ | (163) | $ | (206) | $ | (1) | $ | (13) | $ | 163 | $ | — | $ | (220) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in derivatives & hedging activities | 22 | — | (14) | — | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in trading securities | — | (37) | — | — | — | — | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded on instruments held under the fair value option | (33) | — | (3) | — | 2 | 1 | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total net effect gain (loss) of hedging activities | $ | (174) | $ | (243) | $ | (18) | $ | (13) | $ | 165 | $ | 1 | $ | (282) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in net interest income | $ | (175) | $ | (109) | $ | (1) | $ | (16) | $ | 85 | $ | — | $ | (216) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in derivatives & hedging activities | (97) | (92) | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | (156) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded in trading securities | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recorded on instruments held under the fair value option | 73 | — | — | — | (4) | — | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total net effect gain (loss) of hedging activities | $ | (199) | $ | (183) | $ | — | $ | 4 | $ | 89 | $ | 4 | $ | (285) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF fees (including from other FHLBs)
A majority of MPF fees are from other FHLBs that pay us a fixed membership fee to participate in the MPF Program and a volume-based fee for us to provide services related to MPF Loans carried on their balance sheets. MPF fees also include income from other third party off-balance sheet MPF Loan products and other related transaction fees. These fees are designed to offset a portion of the expenses we incur to administer the program for them. Fee income decreased as new-acquisition volume for MPF Loans held in portfolio was outpaced by paydown and maturity activity in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
Other, net
Other, net consists primarily of fee income earned on member standby letter of credit products, as noted in Selected Financial Data on page 32.
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Noninterest Expense
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2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation and benefits | $ | 26 | $ | 29 | $ | 79 | $ | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nonpayroll operating expenses | 19 | 22 | 59 | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COVID-19 relief program | — | 5 | 3 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other, net | 7 | 9 | 27 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest expense | $ | 52 | $ | 65 | 168 | $ | 207 |
The following analysis and comparisons apply to the periods presented in the above table.
Compensation and benefits primarily decreased due to reduced pension and other employee-related costs. We had 466 employees as of September 30, 2021, compared to 486 as of September 30, 2020.
Nonpayroll operating expenses were lower compared to prior periods due to a one-time expense in 2020 related to the termination of our building lease in addition to reduced information technology expenses. However, we continue our planned investment in information technology, specifically applications, infrastructure and resiliency.
As part of the Bank's ongoing commitment to provide support to our members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, from May 3, 2021 to May 28, 2021 we made available a zero interest-rate advance with a maximum borrowing amount up to $5 million for all member institutions. Over half of our members took advantage of this advance offering, resulting in $1.7 billion in subsidized, 0% advances to support our members and approximately $3 million recorded in expenses. In 2020, we also offered COVID-19 relief programs to support communities in Illinois and Wisconsin; for more information on these programs, see Environment, Social, and Governance on page 13 of the 2020 10-K.
Other, net expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 primarily decreased due to reduced non-qualified defined benefit plan expenses. Other, net expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 primarily increased due to increased non-qualified defined benefit plan expenses related to the retirement of our former President and CEO expensed in the first quarter of 2021. Other, net expenses also increased in 2021 compared to 2020 to a lesser extent as a result of increases in our share of the funding for the FHFA, our regulator, and the Office of Finance, which manages the consolidated obligation debt issuances of the FHLBs. In addition, Other, net expenses includes MPF related non-operating expenses/gains on the sale of real estate owned.
As noted in Noninterest Income on pages 39 and 40, we earn MPF fees from the MPF Program, a majority of which are from other FHLBs, but also include income from other third party investors. These fees are designed to offset a portion of the expenses we incur to administer the program. Our expenses relating to the MPF fees earned are included in the relevant line items in the noninterest expense table shown above. The following table summarizes MPF related fees and expenses:
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2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPF fees earned | $ | 11 | $ | 15 | $ | 36 | $ | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses related to MPF fees earned | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessments
We record the AHP assessment expense at a rate of 10% of income before assessments, excluding interest expense on MRCS. See Note 11 - Affordable Housing Program to the financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K for further details.
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Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | Balance remaining in AOCI as of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | September 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gain (loss) available-for-sale debt securities | $ | (98) | $ | 280 | $ | 154 | $ | (4) | $ | 446 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Noncredit OTTI held-to-maturity debt securities | — | 3 | — | 12 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized gain (loss) cash flow hedges | 7 | 9 | 39 | (39) | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postretirement plans | 1 | (2) | (3) | (13) | (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (90) | $ | 290 | $ | 190 | $ | (44) | $ | 397 |
The following analysis and comparisons apply to the periods presented in the above table.
Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale debt securities
The net unrealized loss on our available-for-sale (AFS) portfolio for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily due to long-term interest rates finishing slightly higher during the third quarter of 2021. The net unrealized gain on our available-for-sale (AFS) portfolio for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily due to spreads to swaps reversing the widening (losses) initially experienced in the first quarter of 2020 resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial markets. As these securities approach maturity, we expect these net unrealized gains to reverse over the remaining life of these securities (since we expect to receive par value at maturity).
Noncredit OTTI on held-to-maturity debt securities
We recorded unrealized noncredit impairments on held-to-maturity debt securities during the last financial crisis of 2008. From our sale of HTM PLMBS in October 2020 our remaining loss balance in AOCI went to zero. See Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our 2020 Form 10-K for more details on our sale of PLMBS during October 2020.
Net unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges
The net unrealized gain on cash flow hedges for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily driven by long-term interest rates finishing slightly higher during the third quarter of 2021. The net unrealized gain on cash flow hedges for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily driven by the overall increase in long-term interest rates and the interest rate curve steepening during 2021.
Postretirement plans
The loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was recorded in the first quarter of 2021 primarily due to an actuarial adjustment resulting from a decline in the discount rate used to calculate postretirement benefits.
We did not recognize any instrument-specific credit risk in our Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income as of September 30, 2021 due to our credit standing. For further details on the activity in our Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) see Note 12 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to the condensed financial statements.
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Statement of Condition
September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||
Cash and due from banks, interest bearing deposits, federal funds sold, and securities purchased under agreements to resell | $ | 20,223 | $ | 18,641 | |||||||
Investment debt securities | 22,044 | 24,549 | |||||||||
Advances | 46,042 | 46,695 | |||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses | 9,846 | 10,038 | |||||||||
Other, net of allowance for credit losses | 439 | 433 | |||||||||
Assets | 98,594 | 100,356 | |||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | 40,878 | 48,643 | |||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | 49,041 | 42,670 | |||||||||
Other | 2,115 | 2,754 | |||||||||
Liabilities | 92,034 | 94,067 | |||||||||
Capital stock | 1,969 | 2,010 | |||||||||
Retained earnings | 4,194 | 4,072 | |||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 397 | 207 | |||||||||
Capital | 6,560 | 6,289 | |||||||||
Total liabilities and capital | $ | 98,594 | $ | 100,356 |
The following is an analysis of the above table and comparisons apply to September 30, 2021 compared to December 31, 2020.
Cash and due from banks, interest bearing deposits, federal funds sold, and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Amounts held in these typically overnight accounts will vary each day based on the following:
•Interest rate spreads between federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell and our debt;
•Liquidity requirements;
•Counterparties available; and
•Collateral availability on securities purchased under agreements to resell.
In the third quarter of 2021, we maintained a sufficient pool of liquidity to support anticipated member demand for advances and letters of credit.
Investment Debt Securities
Investment debt securities decreased primarily due to Treasury securities that matured and were not replaced during 2021.
Advances
Advance balances slightly declined at the end of third quarter 2021 compared to year end 2020. We believe many of our depository members experienced an inflow of deposits on their balance sheets along with reduced loan demand, while also having access to other liquidity sources as a result of certain government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020. Although these factors continued to limit our depository members’ need for advances, increased advance borrowing by insurance company members has mostly offset the decline. Advance balances will vary based primarily on member demand or need for wholesale funding and the underlying cost of the advance to the member. It is possible that member demand for our advances could decline further in future periods should their funding needs change, or to the extent they elect alternative funding resources. In addition, as our advances with captive insurance companies mature, our total advance levels may decrease. For a discussion of risks relating to our captive insurance companies, and of risks relating to our advance levels as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Risk Factors starting on page 23 of our Form 10-K for the year ended 2020.
MPF Loans Held in Portfolio, Net of Allowance for Credit Losses
MPF Loans held in portfolio slightly decreased as new-acquisition volume was outpaced by paydown and maturity activity. In addition to our MPF Loans held in portfolio, we have MPF off-balance sheet products, where we buy and concurrently resell MPF Loans to Fannie Mae or other third party investors or pool and securitize them into Ginnie Mae MBS.
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Liquidity, Funding, & Capital Resources
Liquidity
For the period ending September 30, 2021, we maintained a liquidity position in accordance with FHFA regulations and guidance, and policies established by our Board of Directors. Based upon our excess liquidity position described below, we anticipate remaining in compliance with our current liquidity requirements. See Liquidity, Funding, & Capital Resources on page 54 in our 2020 Form 10-K for a detailed description of our current liquidity requirements. We use different measures of liquidity as follows:
Overnight Liquidity – Our policy requires us to maintain overnight liquid assets at least equal to 3.5% or $3.5 billion of total assets. As of September 30, 2021, our overnight liquidity was $22.6 billion or 23% of total assets, giving us an excess overnight liquidity of $19.1 billion.
Deposit Coverage – To support our member deposits, FHFA regulations require us to have an amount equal to the current deposits invested in obligations of the U.S. Government, deposits in eligible banks or trust companies, or advances with maturities not exceeding five years. As of September 30, 2021, we had excess liquidity of $40.0 billion to support member deposits.
Liquidity Reserves – As discussed on page 54 in the Liquidity, Funding, & Capital Resources section of our 2020 Form 10-K, FHFA guidance on liquidity (the “Liquidity AB”) requires that we hold positive cash flow assuming no access to the capital markets for a period of between ten to thirty calendar days, and assuming the renewal of all maturing advances. The Liquidity AB also requires the Bank to maintain liquidity reserves between one and 20 percent of our outstanding letter of credit commitments.
The Liquidity AB requires the Bank to hold an additional amount of liquid assets, which could reduce the Bank’s ability to invest in higher-yielding assets, and may in turn negatively impact net interest income. To the extent that the Bank adjusts pricing for its short-term advances and letters of credit, these products may become less competitive, which may adversely affect advance and capital stock levels as well as letters of credit levels. For additional discussion of how our liquidity requirements may impact our earnings, see Risk Factors section starting on page 23 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
In addition, we fund certain shorter-term or overnight investments and advances with debt that has a maturity that extends beyond the maturities of the related investments or advances. The Liquidity AB provides guidance on maintaining appropriate funding gaps for three-month (-10% to -20%) and one-year (-25% to -35%) maturity horizons. Subject to market conditions, our cost of funding may increase if we are required to achieve the appropriate funding gap by using longer term funding, on which we generally pay higher interest than on our short-term funding.
We are sensitive to maintaining an appropriate liquidity and funding balance between our financial assets and liabilities, and we measure and monitor the risk of refunding such assets as liabilities mature (refunding risk). In measuring the level of assets requiring refunding, we take into account their contractual maturities, as further described in the notes to the condensed financial statements. In addition, we make certain assumptions about their expected cash flows. These assumptions include: calls for assets with such features, projected prepayments and scheduled amortizations for our MPF Loans held in portfolio, MBS and ABS investments.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
The following table presents the unpaid principal balances of (1) MPF Loans held in portfolio, (2) AFS securities, and (3) HTM securities (including ABS and MBS investments), by expected principal cash flows. The table is illustrative of our assumptions about the expected cash flow of our assets, including prepayments made in advance of maturity.
MPF Loans Held in Portfolio | Investment Debt Securities | |||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2021 | Available-for Sale | Held-to-Maturity | ||||||||||||||||||
Year of Expected Principal Cash Flows | ||||||||||||||||||||
One year or less | $ | 2,263 | $ | 834 | $ | 344 | ||||||||||||||
After one year through five years | 3,511 | 2,751 | 301 | |||||||||||||||||
After five years through ten years | 2,119 | 10,747 | 119 | |||||||||||||||||
After ten years | 1,789 | 3,184 | 110 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 9,682 | $ | 17,516 | $ | 874 |
We consider our liabilities available to fund assets until their contractual maturity. For further discussion of the liquidity risks related to our access to funding, see the Risk Factors section starting on page 23 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Funding
Conditions in Financial Markets
In July 2021, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) maintained the target range for the federal funds rate between 0.00 and 0.25 percent and committed to continuing use of its full range of tools, including asset purchases, to support the economy. The FOMC also announced in July 2021 the details of a Standing Repo Facility for Primary Dealers and a Foreign International Monetary Authority Repo facility. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s Jackson Hole symposium speech in August 2021 affirmed the view expressed in the July 2021 FOMC minutes that most participants believed they could start reducing the pace of asset purchases later in 2021. At its September 2021 meeting, the FOMC maintained the federal funds rate at the same range and signaled a likely announcement about tapering the pace of asset purchases to come at the November 2021 FOMC meeting. U.S. Treasury yields in the third quarter of 2021 were generally lower than prevailing yields at the end of the second quarter of 2021, with the exception of the very short end of the curve. The U.S. stock market declined in the latter part of the third quarter 2021, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 33,844 points on September 30, 2021 versus 34,503 points on June 30, 2021. Uncertainty regarding the U.S. Government's debt ceiling became a significant concern in the third quarter of 2021. In preparation for the possibility of disorderly markets caused by potential debt defaults of the U.S. Government, we will be monitoring our liquidity position.
We maintained ready access to funding throughout the third quarter of 2021.
LIBOR Transition
Following the United Kingdom's (U.K.) Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s 2017 announcement of its intention to cease sustaining the LIBOR indices after 2021, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) identified the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as its recommended alternative rate. SOFR is based on a broad segment of the overnight Treasuries repurchase market and is intended to be a measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by Treasury securities. The FHLB System issued its first SOFR-linked debt in the market on November 13, 2018.
On March 5, 2021, the FCA announced that with respect to USD LIBOR the 1 week and 2 month USD LIBOR would cease to be provided after December 31, 2021, and the remaining USD LIBOR tenors will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023. The FCA announced that it would consult whether to require LIBOR’s administrator (the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Limited) to publish certain frequently used USD LIBOR tenors on a non-representative, synthetic basis after such date. FCA’s announcement constitutes an index cessation event under the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's (ISDA) 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and IBOR Fallbacks Supplement, and as a result, the fallback spread adjustment is fixed as of the date of the announcement. We do not have assets indexed to the 1 week and 2 month USD LIBOR, and many of our assets and liabilities are indexed to the remaining USD LIBOR tenors, which will no longer be provided after June 30, 2023.
Additionally, in accordance with a 2019 FHFA supervisory letter, we ceased entering into option embedded advance products that reference LIBOR and ceased purchasing investments that reference LIBOR and mature after December 31, 2021. We have also suspended transactions in certain structured advances and advances with terms directly linked to LIBOR that mature after December 31, 2021 and we no longer enter into consolidated obligation bonds and derivatives with swaps, caps, or floors
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indexed to LIBOR that terminate after December 31, 2021. Further, on July 1, 2021, the FHFA issued an additional supervisory letter setting forth its expectations that the FHLBs should be prudent in their use of non-SOFR based alternative reference rates, and should avoid use of alternative reference rates that are not based on underlying transactions or that introduce further model risk. The letter also provides that an FHLB provide advance notice to its examiner-in-charge of its plans to use a non-SOFR alternative reference rate. For further discussion of the risks related to the replacement of LIBOR, see the Risk Factors section starting on page 23 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
We continue to evaluate and plan for the eventual replacement of the LIBOR benchmark interest rate, including the likelihood of SOFR as the primary replacement rate for investments and advances. We have developed a LIBOR transition action plan and convened a project team to implement the transition, which is led by a senior executive and comprised of representatives from various areas across the Bank. Our Asset-Liability Management Committee (ALCO) is the management committee responsible for overseeing the transition from LIBOR. In assessing our current exposure to LIBOR, we developed an inventory of financial instruments impacted and identified contracts that would require adding or adjusting the "fallback" language which provides for contractual alternatives to the use of LIBOR when LIBOR cannot be determined based on the method provided in the agreement. We have amended the terms of certain advance products to include fallback language and the Office of Finance has added or adjusted fallback language applicable to FHLB consolidated obligations.
For over-the-counter derivatives, we adhered to the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol. For cleared derivatives, as part of the transition from LIBOR to SOFR, our clearinghouses revised their discounting methodology used to calculate the present value of future cash flows and price alignment on variation margin for USD cleared swaps from the daily effective federal funds rate (EFFR) to SOFR. Both of our clearinghouses have implemented their own unique cash and basis swap compensation mechanisms for market participants to neutralize any value transfer discrepancies from the LIBOR to SOFR conversion. Further, each clearinghouse announced its own proposals for the conversion process of LIBOR-linked cleared derivatives to risk-free rates, which is expected to occur at or shortly before the effective date of LIBOR discontinuation. We continue to monitor the market-wide efforts to address fallback language related to cleared derivatives and investment securities as well as fallback language for new activities and issuances of financial instruments. We continue to assess our operational readiness, including updating our processes and information technology systems to support the transition from LIBOR to an alternative reference rate.
Market activity in SOFR-indexed financial instruments continues to increase, including the emergence of a SOFR-based derivative market, and we continue to participate in the issuance of SOFR-indexed consolidated bonds. We are using federal funds overnight index swap (Fed Funds OIS) swaps and SOFR indexed swaps as an interest rate hedging strategy for financial instruments that do not have embedded options, as an alternative to using LIBOR when entering into new derivative transactions. We are offering SOFR-linked advances to our members, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, have issued $895 million in SOFR-linked advances. For a discussion of risks relating to our use of SOFR-linked consolidated obligations and advances, see Risk Factors starting on page 23 of our 2020 Form 10-K. We also offer Discount Note-index floater advances, which some members have used as alternatives to LIBOR-linked advance products.
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Variable-Rate Financial Instruments by Interest-Rate Index and LIBOR-Indexed Financial Instruments
We have advances, investment securities, consolidated bonds, and derivatives with interest rates indexed to LIBOR. The following tables present our variable rate financial instruments by interest-rate index at September 30, 2021 and may not include instruments that indirectly incorporate LIBOR or another interest rate index. The tables also do not consider the impact of any fallback language contained in our financial products. ABS and MBS are presented by contractual maturity; however, their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities as borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.
As of September 30, 2021 | Advances | Investments | Consolidated Obligations | |||||||||||||||||
Principal amount of variable rate instruments outstanding a | ||||||||||||||||||||
LIBOR | $ | 701 | $ | 2,947 | $ | 250 | ||||||||||||||
SOFR | 897 | 500 | 18,070 | |||||||||||||||||
Treasury | — | 118 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Other | 17,412 | b | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 19,010 | $ | 3,566 | $ | 18,320 | ||||||||||||||
Overnight, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 12-Month US Dollar LIBOR that cease or will no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Due in 2021 | $ | 10 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||
Due in 2022 | 301 | — | 250 | |||||||||||||||||
Due through June 30, 2023 | 36 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Due thereafter | 354 | 2,947 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 701 | $ | 2,947 | $ | 250 | ||||||||||||||
Principal amount of SOFR-linked instruments issued YTD through | ||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2021 | $ | 895 | $ | — | $ | 12,465 |
a With respect to advances, includes fixed rate advances that have cap/floor optionality linked to an interest rate index.
b Consists primarily of advances indexed to consolidated obligation yields.
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The following table details our variable rate financial instruments by pay or receive leg and whether cleared or uncleared:
As of September 30, 2021 | Derivative Notional Amount Outstanding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pay Leg | Receive Leg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps outstanding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed rate | $ | 34,331 | $ | 23,297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LIBOR | 4,385 | 17,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOFR | 441 | 1,574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
OIS | 18,472 | 15,443 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total interest rate swaps | $ | 57,629 | $ | 57,629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Breakdown of above LIBOR interest rate swaps by termination date and type | Pay Leg | Receive Leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleared | Uncleared | Cleared | Uncleared | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Overnight, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 12 month US Dollar LIBOR that cease or will no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Terminates in 2021 | $ | 876 | $ | 315 | $ | 417 | $ | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Terminates in 2022 | 1,768 | 45 | 408 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Terminates through June 30, 2023 | 767 | 35 | 474 | 166 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Terminates thereafter | 416 | 163 | 8,949 | 6,621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 3,827 | $ | 558 | $ | 10,248 | $ | 7,067 |
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
Net cash flows from operating activities
Nine months ended September 30, | 2021 | 2020 | Change | |||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | 516 | $ | (1,031) | $ | 1,547 |
The majority of our operating cash outflows in 2020 were related to cash sent daily to clearinghouses to settle mark-to-market derivative positions due to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on market volatility, which occurred primarily in the first quarter of 2020. Since then these cash flows have partially reversed during 2021.
Net cash flows from investing activities with significant activity
Nine months ended September 30, | 2021 | 2020 | Change | |||||||||||||||||
Liquid assets (federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell, and interest bearing deposits) | $ | (4,190) | $ | 4,781 | $ | (8,971) | ||||||||||||||
Investment debt securities | 2,148 | (1,669) | 3,817 | |||||||||||||||||
Advances | 270 | 1,375 | (1,105) | |||||||||||||||||
MPF Loans held in portfolio | 127 | (585) | 712 | |||||||||||||||||
Other | (11) | (26) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | $ | (1,656) | $ | 3,876 | $ | (5,532) |
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Our investing activities consist predominantly of liquid assets, investment debt securities, advances, and MPF Loans in portfolio. The changes in net cash provided by (used in) investing activities and changes in allocation within investing activities are discussed below for the nine months ended September 30, unless otherwise stated.
•In 2021, the cash inflow from investment debt securities was primarily due to Treasury securities that matured and were not replaced. Starting at the end of September, we increased our liquid assets as we continue to monitor our liquidity position in connection with uncertainty relating to the U.S. Government debt ceiling. In 2020 we reduced our liquid assets as we funded increased investment debt securities after we achieved regulatory requirements related to liquidity, our mission asset ratio and MBS and ABS investments at the beginning of the year. We maintain a sufficient pool of liquidity to support anticipated member demand for advances and letters of credit.
•Our cash inflows from advances resulted from outstanding advances decreasing slightly in 2021 as member demand for funding remained steady. We experienced a significantly larger decrease in advances during the same period in 2020 as members had reduced need for advances as a result of an inflow of deposits on their balance sheets along with reduced loan demand, as well as access to other liquidity sources as a result of certain government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
•In 2021, cash inflows from MPF Loans held in portfolio resulted from a slight decline in net investment due to customer paydowns in mortgage loans as a result of refinancing opportunities relative to an increase in mortgage loans in 2020 due to new-acquisition volume outpacing paydowns and maturities.
Net cash flows from financing activities with significant activity
Nine months ended September 30, | 2021 | 2020 | Change | |||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation discount notes | $ | (7,762) | $ | 200 | $ | (7,962) | ||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligation bonds | 6,614 | (2,681) | 9,295 | |||||||||||||||||
Other | (320) | 801 | (1,121) | |||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | $ | (1,468) | $ | (1,680) | $ | 212 |
Our financing activities primarily reflect cash flows related to issuing and repaying consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes. The change in net cash provided by (used in) financing activities and change in funding allocations are discussed below for the nine months ended September 30, unless otherwise stated.
•In 2021, we paid down discount notes and increased our use of bonds to align with advantageous funding opportunities and our smaller balance sheet. In 2020, while our use of discount notes remained relatively stable, we paid down bonds to align with our smaller balance sheet.
•The change in Other primarily reflects changes in member deposits at our Bank. In 2021, members withdrew a small amount of deposits compared to a large increase in deposits in 2020.
Capital Resources
Capital Rules
We implemented the Capital Plan of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, effective as of May 3, 2021 (the Capital Plan).
Under the Capital Plan our stock consists of two sub-classes of stock, Class B1 activity stock and Class B2 membership stock (together, Class B stock), both with a par value of $100 per share and redeemable on five years' written notice, subject to certain conditions. Each member is required to own capital stock in an amount equal to the greater of a membership stock requirement or an activity stock requirement. All stock that supports a member’s activity stock requirement with the Bank is classified as Class B1 activity stock. Any additional amount of stock necessary for the total amount of Class B stock held to equal a member’s minimum investment amount will be classified as Class B2 membership stock. Members purchase Class B2 membership stock to satisfy their membership stock requirement with the Bank. Stock held in excess of a member’s minimum investment requirement is classified as Class B2 excess capital stock. Any dividend declared on Class B1 activity stock must be greater than or equal to the dividend on Class B2 membership stock for the same period. The higher dividend paid on Class B1 activity
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stock since late 2013 acknowledges that members, through their utilization of Bank products, provide support to the entire cooperative.
Under the Capital Plan, each member’s activity stock requirement is set at 4.5% for advances other than those borrowed under the Reduced Capitalization Advance Program (RCAP) as further discussed below. The Capital Plan provides that the Board of Directors may periodically adjust members' activity stock requirement for advances between a range of 2% and 5% of a member's outstanding advances.
Additionally, for MPF on-balance sheet products (which includes MPF Original, MPF 125, MPF 35, and MPF Government loans), the activity stock requirement is 2% of the principal loan amount sold into new master commitments executed on or after May 3, 2021. Under the Capital Plan, the range within which our Board may adjust this requirement is between 0% and 5%. For letters of credit, the activity stock requirement is 0.10% of the notional amount of all new letters of credit issued on or after May 3, 2021, and all existing letters of credit renewed, extended or increased on or after May 3, 2021. Under the Capital Plan, the range for the letter of credit activity stock requirement is 0.10% to 2%.
Under the Capital Plan, each member’s membership stock requirement is the greater of either $10,000 or 0.40% of a member's mortgage assets. The Capital Plan provides that the Board may periodically adjust members’ membership stock requirement between a range of 0.20% to 1% of a member’s mortgage assets. A member’s investment in membership stock is capped at $5 million, subject to adjustment by the Board within a range between $1 million and $25 million.
Membership stock requirements are recalculated annually, whereas the activity stock requirement and any automatic conversion between Class B2 membership stock and Class B1 activity stock related to activity continue to apply on a daily basis.
We may only redeem or repurchase capital stock from a member if, following the redemption or repurchase, the member continues to meet its minimum investment requirement and we remain in compliance with our regulatory capital requirements as discussed in Note 11 - Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the condensed financial statements. Members that withdraw from membership must wait at least five years after their membership was terminated and all of their capital stock was redeemed or repurchased before being readmitted to membership in any FHLB.
For details on our capital stock requirements under our capital plan for year-end 2019 and 2020, see Capital Resources on page 62 of our 2020 Form 10-K. Under the terms of our Capital Plan, our Board of Directors is authorized to amend the Capital Plan, and the FHFA must approve all such amendments before they become effective.
For details on our minimum regulatory capital requirements see Note 11 - Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the condensed financial statements in this Form 10-Q, and Minimum Capital Requirements in Note 12 - Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the financial statements of our 2020 Form 10-K.
Reduced Capitalization Advance Program (RCAP)
RCAP allows members to borrow one or more advances with an activity stock requirement of only 2% for the life of the advance instead of the current 4.5% requirement under our Capital Plan’s general provisions. At September 30, 2021, RCAP advances outstanding total $21.0 billion to 376 members compared to $21.9 billion to 449 members at December 31, 2020. The advances issued through our COVID-19 relief program are all RCAP advances. We may implement future programs for advances with a reduced activity stock requirement that may or may not have the same characteristics as current RCAP offerings.
Repurchase of Excess Capital Stock
Members may request repurchase of excess capital stock on any business day. Additionally, starting on March 15, 2021, and continuing on a monthly basis, the Bank plans to repurchase excess capital stock held by each member or former member that exceeds certain limits set by the Bank. All repurchases of excess capital stock, including any monthly repurchases, will continue until otherwise announced, but remain subject to our regulatory requirements, certain financial and capital thresholds, and prudent business practices. For details on the financial and capital thresholds relating to repurchases, see Repurchase of Excess Capital Stock on page 65 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
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Capital Amounts
The following table reconciles our capital reported in our Condensed Statements of Condition to the amount of capital stock reported for regulatory purposes. MRCS is included in the calculation of the regulatory capital and leverage ratios but is recorded in other liabilities in our Condensed Statements of Condition.
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Capital Stock | $ | 1,969 | $ | 2,010 | ||||||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (MRCS) recorded as a liability | 247 | 279 | ||||||||||||
Regulatory capital stock | 2,216 | 2,289 | ||||||||||||
Retained earnings | 4,194 | 4,072 | ||||||||||||
Regulatory capital | $ | 6,410 | $ | 6,361 | ||||||||||
Capital stock | $ | 1,969 | $ | 2,010 | ||||||||||
Retained earnings | 4,194 | 4,072 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 397 | 207 | ||||||||||||
GAAP capital | $ | 6,560 | $ | 6,289 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the above table consists of changes in market value of various balance sheet accounts where the change is not recorded in earnings but are instead recorded in equity capital as the income (loss) is not yet realized. For details on these changes please see Note 12 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to the condensed financial statements.
We may not pay dividends if we fail to satisfy our minimum capital and liquidity requirements under the FHLB Act and FHFA regulations. On October 21, 2021, our Board of Directors declared a 5.00% dividend (annualized) for Class B1 activity stock and a 2.00% dividend (annualized) for Class B2 membership stock based on our preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2021. This dividend totaled $25 million (recorded as $22 million dividends on capital stock and $3 million interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock) and is scheduled for payment on November 15, 2021.
Although we continue to work to maintain our financial strength to support a reasonable dividend, any future dividend payment remains subject to declaration by our Board and will depend on future operating results, our Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy and any other factors the Board determines to be relevant. For further information see Retained Earnings & Dividends on page 66 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
We continue to allocate 20% of our net income each quarter to a restricted retained earnings account in accordance with the Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement that we entered into with the other FHLBs, as further discussed in Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement in Note 12 - Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the financial statements of our 2020 Form 10-K.
Additionally, an FHFA Advisory Bulletin sets forth guidance for each FHLB to maintain a ratio of at least two percent of capital stock to total assets. In accordance with this guidance, the FHFA considers the proportion of capital stock to assets, measured on a daily average basis at month end, when assessing each FHLB’s capital management practices.
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Credit Risk Management
In light of the economic and financial disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are closely monitoring our credit risk exposure. Notwithstanding increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and the easing of restrictive measures, uncertainty remains with respect to the speed and extent to which normal economic and operating conditions can resume, and with the ultimate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. For a discussion of the credit risks facing the Bank as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including as a result of increased forbearances granted by Bank members or PFIs or a decline in the fair value of Bank investments, see Risk Factors starting on page 23 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
Managing Our Credit Risk Exposure Related to Member Credit Products
Our credit risk rating system focuses primarily on our members' overall financial health and takes into account the member's asset quality, earnings, and capital position. For further information please see Credit Risk starting on page 69 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
The following table presents the number of members and related credit outstanding to them by credit risk rating. Credit outstanding consists primarily of outstanding advances and letters of credit. MPF credit enhancement obligations, member derivative exposures, and other obligations make up the rest. Of the total credit outstanding, $45.6 billion were advances (par value) and $13.1 billion were letters of credit at September 30, 2021, compared to $45.8 billion and $16.4 billion at December 31, 2020.
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Rating | Borrowing Members | Credit Outstanding | Collateral Loan Value | Borrowing Members | Credit Outstanding | Collateral Loan Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-3 | 546 | $ | 58,163 | $ | 132,123 | 556 | $ | 62,021 | $ | 149,125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 7 | 523 | 817 | 9 | 573 | 790 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 7 | 31 | 45 | 9 | 28 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 560 | $ | 58,717 | $ | 132,985 | 574 | $ | 62,622 | $ | 149,976 |
Members assigned a 4 rating in the above table were required to submit specific collateral listings and the members assigned a 5 rating were required to deliver collateral to us or to a third party custodian on our behalf.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we began accepting Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans as eligible collateral. In addition, as many of our members assist borrowers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are accepting as eligible collateral loans temporarily granted forbearance due to the pandemic as long as the loans continue to meet all other eligibility requirements as defined in our collateral guidelines. To the extent that these loans become delinquent or do not meet the Bank’s eligibility guidelines in the future, the value of collateral pledged to secure member credit may be negatively impacted.
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MPF Loans and Related Exposures
For details on our allowance for credit losses on MPF Loans, please see Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses to the condensed financial statements.
Credit Risk Exposure - Our credit risk exposure on conventional MPF Loans held in portfolio is the potential for financial loss due to borrower default and depreciation in the value of the real estate collateral securing the MPF Loan, offset by our ability to recover losses from PMI, Recoverable CE Fees, and the CE Amount which may include SMI. The PFI is required to pledge collateral to secure any portion of its CE Amount that is a direct obligation of the PFI. For further details see Loss Structure for Credit Risk Sharing Products on page 9 of our 2020 Form 10-K, and Credit Risk Exposure and Setting Credit Enhancement Levels starting on page 72 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
Under our MPF Program for non-government insured/guaranteed loans held in our portfolio, the loan payment forbearance offered to borrowers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic allows a borrower to defer loan payments for up to 180 days without requiring documentation from the borrower to support the relief requested. Borrowers that continue to be impacted by COVID-19 may request extensions of the loan payment forbearance for additional periods of up to a total cumulative forbearance period of 21 months. A hardship certification from the borrower supporting the continued hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic is required for approval of additional payment forbearance. During forbearance, late fees are not assessed. At the end of forbearance, borrowers are presented with options for bringing their mortgage loan to a current status.
For government insured or guaranteed loans held in our portfolio, the forbearance plan requirements of the insuring or guaranteeing agency must be followed. For MPF Xtra loans that are serviced by PFIs or a servicing aggregator approved by the MPF Program, Fannie Mae’s forbearance plan requirements must be followed. The CARES Act requires that servicers servicing government insured or guaranteed loans and loans purchased by Fannie Mae offer their borrowers a payment forbearance plan with an initial forbearance period of up to 180 days with the availability of an additional 180 days for COVID-19 related hardship. Fannie Mae has amended its plan from the CARES Act requirements to offer their borrowers initial forbearance period of up to 180 days with the availability of additional periods of up to 365 days, not exceeding a total cumulative forbearance period of 18 months.
Borrowers in forbearance plans who have resolved their COVID-19 related financial hardships, and who are able to resume making their original monthly payments, but are unable to reinstate the loan by repaying the arrears, may be offered deferral plans allowing them to resume making those payments while deferring the COVID-19 related forbearance arrears to the earlier of the loan being paid off, the loan maturity date, or the sale of the property.
In addition, the foreclosure moratorium will continue until at least December 31, 2021, in accordance with the recently published Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) “Protections for Borrowers Affected by the COVID–19 Emergency Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X”. This CFPB rulemaking extends the foreclosure moratorium through the end of 2021; however, it permits the foreclosure of certain loans such as those on vacant property and those that were in a delinquency status prior to March 2020. Other than the foreclosure moratorium exceptions noted in the CFPB’s rule, barring any extensions of the CFPB’s requirements or other regulatory limitations, foreclosures are expected to fully resume on January 1, 2022.
Mortgage Repurchase Risk
For details on our mortgage repurchase risk in connection with our sale of MPF Loans to third party investors and MPF Loans securitized into MBS when a loan eligibility requirement or other warranty is breached, see Mortgage Repurchase Risk on page 74 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
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Investment Debt Securities
We hold a variety of investment securities, mostly government backed or insured securities, and we believe these investments are currently low risk. Except for an immaterial amount, all are rated at least AA and there were no material changes in the credit ratings of these securities since December 31, 2020. For further details see Investment Debt Securities on page 76 in our 2020 Form 10-K.
Unsecured Short-Term Investments
See Unsecured Short-Term Investments on page 77 in our 2020 Form 10-K for further details on our unsecured short-term investments as well as policies and procedures to limit and monitor our unsecured credit risk exposure.
The following table presents the credit ratings of our unsecured investment counterparties, organized by the domicile of the counterparty or, where the counterparty is a U.S. branch or agency office of a foreign commercial bank, by the domicile of the counterparty's parent. This table does not reflect the foreign sovereign government's credit rating. The rating used was the lowest rating among the three largest NRSROs. The unsecured investment credit exposure presented in the table may not reflect the average or maximum exposure during the period as the table reflects only the balances at period end.
As of September 30, 2021 | AA | A | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest-Bearing Deposits | $ | — | $ | 855 | $ | 855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks - federal funds sold: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | — | 1,000 | 1,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada | — | 1,675 | 1,675 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 970 | — | 970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
France | — | 200 | 200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | — | 700 | 700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | 600 | — | 600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | — | 300 | 300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks | 1,570 | 3,875 | 5,445 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total unsecured credit exposure | $ | 1,570 | $ | 4,730 | $ | 6,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All $6.300 billion of the unsecured credit exposure shown in the above table were overnight investments.
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Managing Our Credit Risk Exposure Related to Derivative Agreements
See Note 9 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities to the condensed financial statements for a discussion of how we manage our credit risk exposure related to derivative agreements. We have credit exposure on net asset positions where we have not received adequate collateral from our counterparties. We also have credit exposure on net liability positions where we have pledged collateral in excess of our liability to a counterparty.
The following table presents our derivative positions where we have such credit exposures. The rating used was the lowest rating among the three largest NRSROs. Non-cash collateral pledged consists of initial margin we posted through our FCMs, on behalf of the DCOs for cleared derivatives and is included in our derivative positions with credit exposure. We had no material concentration of credit risk with any one bilateral derivative counterparty.
Net Derivative Fair Value Before Collateral | Cash Collateral Pledged | Noncash Collateral Pledged | Net Credit Exposure to Counterparties a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nonmember counterparties - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Undercollateralized asset positions - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilateral derivatives - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A | $ | 1 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Overcollateralized liability positions - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilateral derivatives - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A | $ | (29) | $ | 32 | $ | — | $ | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
BBB | (115) | 116 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleared derivatives | (43) | — | 547 | 504 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonmember counterparties | (186) | 148 | 547 | 509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Member institutions | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | (184) | $ | 148 | $ | 547 | $ | 511 | ||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonmember counterparties - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Undercollateralized asset positions - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilateral derivatives - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A | $ | 2 | $ | (2) | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Overcollateralized liability positions - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilateral derivatives - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A | (125) | 6 | 120 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BBB | (147) | — | 147 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleared derivatives | (8) | — | 623 | 615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonmember counterparties | (278) | 4 | 890 | 616 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Member counterparties | 5 | — | — | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | (273) | $ | 4 | $ | 890 | $ | 621 |
a Less than $1 million is shown as zero.
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Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Significant regulatory actions and developments are summarized below.
Regulatory Interpretation on Eligibility of Mortgage Participations as Collateral for FHLB Advances
On October 4, 2021, the FHFA published a Regulatory Interpretation on Eligibility of Mortgage Loan Participations as Collateral for FHLB Advances. The Regulatory Interpretation addresses whether an FHLB can accept as collateral to secure advances mortgage loan participations that cannot be readily liquidated in the form in which they are to be pledged. The Regulatory Interpretation concludes that mortgage loan participations must meet the requirements of FHFA regulation 12 CFR 1266.7(a)(4), including the requirement that the collateral can be “liquidated in due course” in order to be eligible to secure FHLB advances. It further concludes that participations for which there would be a known impediment to liquidation do not meet such requirement and therefore are not eligible collateral for advances. Finally, the Regulatory Interpretation rescinds prior guidance from FHLB System regulators that provided mortgage loan participations may be eligible as collateral under regulatory provisions other than 12 CFR 1266.7(a)(4). The Regulatory Interpretation becomes effective on December 13, 2021.
Although we do not currently expect the Regulatory Interpretation to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations, this restriction on collateral may negatively impact future borrowing by certain members.
FHLBank Membership
On September 9, 2021, the FHFA published a Supervisory Letter on FHLB Membership Issues covering five issues, including (1) Requirements for De Novo Community Development Financial Institutions, (2) Automatic Transfer of Membership, (3) Large Non-Member Institution Merging with a Small Member, (4) Applicant’s Compliance with “Financial Condition” Requirement, and (5) Definition of Insurance Company. This Supervisory Letter is intended to provide uniform guidance to the FHLBs in the event they encounter similar circumstances.
We continue to evaluate this Supervisory Letter and its expected effect on Bank membership.
Fair Housing and Fair Lending Enforcement
On July 9, 2021, the FHFA published a Policy Statement on Fair Lending to communicate the FHFA’s general position on monitoring and information gathering, supervisory examinations, and administrative enforcement related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act. This Policy Statement became effective on the date of publication.
On August 12, 2021, the FHFA and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced they had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding regarding fair housing and fair lending enforcement. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, the two agencies will focus on enhancing their enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and their oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHLBs.
We continue to monitor these actions and guidance as they evolve and to evaluate their potential impact on us.
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U.S. Treasury and Fannie Mae Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Treasury and Fannie Mae entered into a letter agreement amending the terms of their Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, which could impact PFIs that participate in the MPF Program’s MPF Xtra product (where MPF loans acquired are concurrently sold to Fannie Mae). Under the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, the U.S. Treasury provides liquidity to Fannie Mae in exchange for senior preferred stock. Under the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement amendment, which was to take effect January 1, 2022, the FHFA (acting as conservator for Fannie Mae) and the U.S. Treasury agreed to limit the dollar volume of loans Fannie Mae could purchase from a single seller through Fannie Mae’s cash window to $1.5 billion per year. As administrator of the MPF Program, we purchase MPF Xtra loans from PFIs and sell them to Fannie Mae via the cash window process. Based on recent volumes for the MPF Xtra product, the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement amendment would significantly curtail MPF Xtra cash window sales. On September 14, 2021, the FHFA and the U.S. Treasury temporarily suspended certain provisions of the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, including limits on Fannie Mae’s cash window limits, until at least September 14, 2022.
Although we do not currently expect the cash window limits to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations, they may negatively impact the volume of loans that PFIs are able to sell through the MPF Program unless we are successful in our efforts to develop a solution prior to reinstatement of the limits.
COVID-19 Developments
COVID-19 Presidential, Legislative and Regulatory Developments
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Presidents of the United States, through executive orders, governmental agencies, including the SEC, OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, National Credit Union Administration, CFTC and the FHFA, as well as state governments and agencies, have taken and may continue to take actions to provide various forms of relief from, and guidance regarding, the financial, operational, credit, market, and other effects of the pandemic, and Congress has enacted, and may continue to enact, pandemic relief legislation, some of which may have a direct or indirect impact on the Bank or its members. Many of these actions are temporary in nature. We continue to monitor these actions and guidance as they evolve and to evaluate their potential impact on us.
For further discussion of the risks and potential risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, see Risk Factors starting on page 23 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Our Asset/Liability Management Committee and its subcommittees provide oversight of our risk management practices and policies. This includes routine reporting to senior Bank management and the Board of Directors, as well as maintaining the Income and Market Value Risk Policy, which defines our interest rate risk limits. The table below reflects the expected change in market value of equity for the stated increase or decrease in interest rates based on our models and related loss limit for each scenario established in the policy. For our down scenario shock analysis, the down shocks are constrained by scenarios provided by our regulator so that shocked rates will not go negative. As a result, we floored the down shock scenario at 10 bps. Due to the low rate environment, this floor setting was triggered for some down shock scenarios presented below.
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Scenario as of | Change in Market Value of Equity | Loss Limit | Change in Market Value of Equity | Loss Limit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-200 bp | $ | 398 | $ | (450) | $ | 421 | $ | (450) | ||||||||||||||||||
-100 bp | 83 | (200) | 225 | (200) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-50 bp | 37 | (90) | 140 | (90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-25 bp | 17 | (45) | 96 | (45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
+25 bp | (26) | (45) | (11) | (45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
+50 bp | (52) | (90) | (31) | (90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
+100 bp | (103) | (200) | (84) | (200) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
+200 bp | (197) | (450) | (187) | (450) |
Measurement of Market Risk Exposure
To measure our exposure, we discount the cash flows generated from modeling the terms and conditions of all interest rate-sensitive securities using current interest rates to determine their fair values or spreads to the swap curve for securities where third party prices are used. This includes considering explicit and embedded options using a lattice model or Monte Carlo simulation. We estimate yield curve, option, and basis risk exposures by calculating the fair value change in relation to various parallel changes in interest rates, implied volatility, prepayment speeds, spreads to the swap curve and mortgage rates.
The table below summarizes our sensitivity to various interest rate risk exposures in terms of changes in market value:
As of September 30, 2021 | As of December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Yield Curve Risk | $ | (1) | $ | — | ||||||||||
Option Risk | ||||||||||||||
Implied Volatility | (1) | (1) | ||||||||||||
Prepayment Speeds | (2) | (4) | ||||||||||||
Basis Risk | ||||||||||||||
Spread to Swap Curve | (18) | (25) | ||||||||||||
Mortgage Spread | — | 1 |
Yield curve risk – Change in market value for a one basis point parallel increase in the swap curve.
Option risk (implied volatility) – Change in market value for a one percent parallel increase in the swaption volatility.
Option risk (prepayment speeds) – Change in market value for a one percent increase in prepayment speeds.
Basis risk (spread to swap curve) – Change in market value for a one basis point parallel increase in the spread to the swap curve.
Basis risk (mortgage spread) – Change in market value for a one basis point increase in mortgage rates.
As of September 30, 2021, our sensitivity to changes in implied volatility using these models was $(1) million, unchanged from $(1) million at December 31, 2020. These sensitivities are limited in that they do not incorporate other risks, including but not limited to non-parallel changes in yield curves, prepayment speeds, and basis risk related to differences between the swap and the other curves. Option positions embedded in our mortgage assets and callable debt impact our yield curve risk profile, such that swap curve changes significantly greater than one basis point cannot be linearly interpolated from the table above.
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(U.S. Dollars in tables in millions except per share amounts unless otherwise indicated)
Duration of equity is another measure to express interest rate sensitivity. We report the results of our duration of equity calculations to the FHFA each quarter. We measure duration of equity in a base case using the actual yield curve as of a specified date and then shock it with an instantaneous shift of the entire curve.
The following table presents the duration of equity reported by us to the FHFA in accordance with the FHFA's guidance, which prescribes that down and up interest-rate shocks equal 200 basis points. The results are shown by duration of equity in years.
Duration of equity in years | ||||||||||||||
Scenario as of | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Down 200 bps | 0.9 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||
Base | 1.5 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||
Up 200 bps | 1.3 | 1.4 |
As of September 30, 2021, on a U.S. GAAP basis, our fair value surplus (relative to book value) was $404 million, and our market value of equity to book value of equity ratio was 106%, compared to $330 million and 105% at December 31, 2020. Our market to book value of total capital for regulatory risk-based capital purposes differs from this GAAP calculation, as discussed in Note 11 - Capital and Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (MRCS) to the condensed financial statements.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this report (the Evaluation Date). Based on this evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded as of the Evaluation Date that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective such that information relating to us that is required to be disclosed in reports filed with the SEC (i) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
For the most recent quarter presented in this Form 10-Q, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Consolidated Obligations
Our disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures for accumulating and communicating information relating to our joint and several liability for the consolidated obligations of other FHLBs. For further information, see Item 9A. Controls and Procedures on page 88 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
For a discussion of the litigation relating to PLMBS bonds purchased by the Bank, see Item 3. Legal Proceedings on page 36 of our 2020 Form 10-K.
The Bank may also be subject to various other legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management is not aware of any other proceedings that might have a material effect on the Bank's financial condition or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
In addition to the information presented in this report, readers should carefully consider the factors set forth in the Risk Factors section starting on page 23 in our 2020 Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition, or future results. These risks are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also severely affect us.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Not applicable.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
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Glossary of Terms
Advances: Secured loans to members.
ABS: Asset backed securities.
AFS: Available-for-sale debt securities.
AOCI: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.
Capital Plan: Capital Plan of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, effective May 3, 2021.
CARES Act: The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, enacted March 27, 2020.
CE Amount: A PFI's assumption of credit risk, beyond any Recoverable CE Fees in the FLA, on conventional MPF Loan products held in an MPF Bank's portfolio that are funded by, or sold to, an MPF Bank by providing credit enhancement either through a direct liability to pay credit losses up to a specified amount or through a contractual obligation to provide SMI. Does not apply to the MPF Government, MPF Xtra, MPF Direct or MPF Government MBS product.
CE Fee: Credit enhancement fee. PFIs are paid a credit enhancement fee for managing credit risk and in some instances, all or a portion of the CE Fee may be performance based.
CFTC: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Consolidated Obligations (CO): FHLB debt instruments (bonds and discount notes) which are the joint and several liability of all FHLBs; issued by the Office of Finance.
Consolidated obligation bonds: Consolidated obligations that make periodic interest payments with a term generally over one year, although we have issued for terms of less than one year.
DCO: Derivatives Clearing Organization. A clearinghouse, clearing association, clearing corporation, or similar entity that enables each party to an agreement, contract, or transaction to substitute, through novation or otherwise, the credit of the DCO for the credit of the parties; arranges or provides, on a multilateral basis, for the settlement or netting of obligations; or otherwise provides clearing services or arrangements that mutualize or transfer credit risk among participants.
Discount notes: Consolidated obligations with a term of one year or less, which sell at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.
Excess capital stock: Capital stock held by members in excess of their minimum investment requirement.
Fannie Mae: Federal National Mortgage Association.
FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board.
FCM: Futures Commission Merchant.
FFELP: Federal Family Education Loan Program.
FHFA: Federal Housing Finance Agency - The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 enacted on July 30, 2008 created the Federal Housing Finance Agency which became the regulator of the FHLBs.
FHLB Act: The Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended.
FHLBs: The 11 Federal Home Loan Banks or subset thereof.
FHLB System: The 11 FHLBs and the Office of Finance.
FHLB Chicago: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
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FLA: First loss account is a memo account used to track the MPF Bank's exposure to losses until the CE Amount is available to cover losses.
Freddie Mac: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America.
Ginnie Mae: Government National Mortgage Association.
Ginnie Mae MBS: Mortgage backed securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae.
Government Loans: Mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) or Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (RHS).
GSE: Government sponsored enterprise.
HFS: Held for sale.
HTM: Held-to-maturity debt securities.
LIBOR: London Interbank Offered Rate.
Liquidity AB: Advisory Bulletin 2018-07 Liquidity Guidance, issued by the FHFA on August 23, 2018.
Master Commitment (MC): Pool of MPF Loans purchased or funded by an MPF Bank.
MBS: Mortgage backed securities.
Moody's: Moody's Investors Service.
MPF®: Mortgage Partnership Finance.
MPF Banks: FHLBs that participate in the MPF program.
MPF Direct product: The MPF Program product under which we acquire non-conforming (jumbo) MPF Loans from PFIs without any CE Amount and concurrently resell them to a third party investor.
MPF Government MBS product: The MPF Program product under which we aggregate Government Loans acquired from PFIs in order to issue securities guaranteed by the Ginnie Mae that are backed by such Government Loans.
MPF Loans: Conventional and government mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties with maturities from five to 30 years or participations in such mortgage loans that are acquired under the MPF Program.
MPF Program: A secondary mortgage market structure that provides liquidity to FHLB members that are PFIs through the purchase or funding by an FHLB of MPF Loans.
MPF Xtra® product: The MPF Program product under which we acquire MPF Loans from PFIs without any CE Amount and concurrently resell them to Fannie Mae.
MRCS: Mandatorily redeemable capital stock.
NRSRO: Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.
Office of Finance: A joint office of the FHLBs established by the Finance Board to facilitate issuing and servicing of consolidated obligations.
OIS: Overnight Index Swap.
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OTTI: Other-than-temporary impairment.
PFI: Participating Financial Institution. A PFI is a member (or eligible housing associate) of an MPF Bank that has applied to and been accepted to do business with its MPF Bank under the MPF Program.
PLMBS: Private label mortgage backed securities.
PMI: Primary Mortgage Insurance.
PPP: Paycheck Protection Program.
RCAP: Reduced Capitalization Advance Program.
Recorded Investment: Recorded investment in a loan is its amortized cost plus related accrued interest receivable, if any. Recorded investment is not net of an allowance for credit losses but is net of any direct charge-off on a loan. Amortized cost is defined as either the amount funded or the cost to purchase MPF Loans. Specifically, the amortized cost includes the initial fair value amount of the delivery commitment as of the purchase or settlement date, agent fees (i.e., market risk premiums or discounts paid to or received from PFIs), if any, subsequently adjusted, if applicable, for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, charge-offs, and cumulative basis adjustments related to fair value hedges.
Recoverable CE Fee: Under the MPF Program, the PFI may receive a contingent performance based credit enhancement fee whereby such fees are reduced up to the amount of the FLA by losses arising under the Master Commitment.
Regulatory capital: Regulatory capital stock plus retained earnings.
Regulatory capital stock: The sum of the paid-in value of capital stock and mandatorily redeemable capital stock.
REO: Real estate owned.
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOFR: Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
SOFR SARM MBS: SOFR Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage MBS.
SMI: Supplemental mortgage insurance.
System or FHLB System: The Federal Home Loan Bank System consisting of the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks and the Office of Finance.
UPB: Unpaid Principal Balance.
U.S.: United States.
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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 CHICAGO | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Michael A. Ericson | ||||||||||||||
Name: | Michael A. Ericson | |||||||||||||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||||
Date: | November 4, 2021 | (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||||||
/s/ Roger D. Lundstrom | ||||||||||||||
Name: | Roger D. Lundstrom | |||||||||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||
Date: | November 4, 2021 | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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