UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________ TO ________ .
Commission file number: 000-51402
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Federally chartered corporation of the United States | | 04-6002575 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. employer identification number) | |
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| 800 Boylston Street, | Boston | MA | | 02199 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) | |
(617) 292-9600
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No 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 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. (Check one):
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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 Act). Yes ☐ No x
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| | | Shares outstanding as of July 31, 2023 |
Class B Stock, par value | $100 | | 19,109,354 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Form 10-Q
Table of Contents
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CONDITION (dollars and shares in thousands, except par value) (unaudited) |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
ASSETS | | | |
Cash and due from banks | $ | 249,690 | | | $ | 7,593 | |
Interest-bearing deposits | 1,693,881 | | | 1,485,290 | |
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Federal funds sold | 3,003,000 | | | 2,706,000 | |
Loans to other FHLBanks | 200,000 | | | — | |
Investment securities: | | | |
Trading securities | 1,555 | | | 1,507 | |
Available-for-sale securities (amortized cost of $14,672,972 and $13,977,197 at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively) | 14,332,895 | | | 13,626,916 | |
Held-to-maturity securities (a) | 88,029 | | | 99,068 | |
Total investment securities | 14,422,479 | | | 13,727,491 | |
Advances | 40,245,829 | | | 41,599,581 | |
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $2,000 and $1,900 at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively | 2,807,299 | | | 2,758,429 | |
Accrued interest receivable | 168,036 | | | 134,268 | |
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Derivative assets, net | 411,533 | | | 430,744 | |
Other assets | 79,800 | | | 48,153 | |
Total Assets | $ | 63,281,547 | | | $ | 62,897,549 | |
LIABILITIES | | | |
Deposits | | | |
Interest-bearing | $ | 1,000,331 | | | $ | 634,502 | |
Non-interest-bearing | 21,642 | | | 20,985 | |
Total deposits | 1,021,973 | | | 655,487 | |
Consolidated obligations (COs): | | | |
Bonds | 40,878,480 | | | 31,565,543 | |
Discount notes | 17,460,907 | | | 26,975,260 | |
Total consolidated obligations | 58,339,387 | | | 58,540,803 | |
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 5,303 | | | 10,290 | |
Accrued interest payable | 280,278 | | | 130,515 | |
Affordable Housing Program (AHP) payable | 85,258 | | | 76,622 | |
Derivative liabilities, net | 9,547 | | | 25,640 | |
Other liabilities | 69,949 | | | 42,871 | |
Total liabilities | 59,811,695 | | | 59,482,228 | |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13) | | | |
CAPITAL | | | |
Capital stock – Class B – putable ($100 par value), 20,060 shares and 20,312 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively | 2,006,046 | | | 2,031,178 | |
Retained earnings: | | | |
Unrestricted | 1,328,645 | | | 1,290,873 | |
Restricted | 426,846 | | | 399,695 | |
Total retained earnings | 1,755,491 | | | 1,690,568 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (291,685) | | | (306,425) | |
Total capital | 3,469,852 | | | 3,415,321 | |
Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 63,281,547 | | | $ | 62,897,549 | |
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(a) Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $87,419 and $98,591 at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) |
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 |
INTEREST INCOME | | | | | | | |
Advances | $ | 599,883 | | | $ | 69,277 | | | $ | 1,101,089 | | | $ | 103,270 | |
Prepayment fees on advances, net | 39 | | | 2,364 | | | 448 | | | 3,278 | |
Interest-bearing deposits | 34,900 | | | 2,369 | | | 67,502 | | | 2,529 | |
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 32,524 | | | 9,109 | | | 58,205 | | | 9,280 | |
Federal funds sold | 37,900 | | | 6,758 | | | 90,845 | | | 7,572 | |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | |
Trading securities | 18 | | | 17 | | | 35 | | | 551 | |
Available-for-sale securities | 208,695 | | | 62,405 | | | 376,375 | | | 107,138 | |
Held-to-maturity securities | 1,126 | | | 683 | | | 2,188 | | | 1,279 | |
Total investment securities | 209,839 | | | 63,105 | | | 378,598 | | | 108,968 | |
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 21,712 | | | 21,419 | | | 42,900 | | | 42,947 | |
Other | 297 | | | — | | | 431 | | | — | |
Total interest income | 937,094 | | | 174,401 | | | 1,740,018 | | | 277,844 | |
INTEREST EXPENSE | | | | | | | |
Consolidated obligations: | | | | | | | |
Bonds | 493,996 | | | 78,242 | | | 872,090 | | | 122,142 | |
Discount notes | 324,842 | | | 26,109 | | | 661,525 | | | 26,716 | |
Total consolidated obligations | 818,838 | | | 104,351 | | | 1,533,615 | | | 148,858 | |
Deposits | 8,405 | | | 326 | | | 14,437 | | | 348 | |
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 104 | | | 97 | | | 296 | | | 166 | |
Other borrowings | 120 | | | 310 | | | 122 | | | 313 | |
Total interest expense | 827,467 | | | 105,084 | | | 1,548,470 | | | 149,685 | |
NET INTEREST INCOME | 109,627 | | | 69,317 | | | 191,548 | | | 128,159 | |
(Reduction of) provision for credit losses | (1) | | | (99) | | | 93 | | | (199) | |
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER (REDUCTION OF) PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES | 109,628 | | | 69,416 | | | 191,455 | | | 128,358 | |
OTHER INCOME (LOSS) | | | | | | | |
Service fees | 3,475 | | | 3,943 | | | 7,208 | | | 6,495 | |
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Loss on early extinguishment of debt | — | | | — | | | — | | | (432) | |
Net (losses) gains on trading securities | (30) | | | (252) | | | 49 | | | (887) | |
Net losses on derivatives | (416) | | | (114) | | | (349) | | | (787) | |
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Other, net | 611 | | | 241 | | | 1,096 | | | 495 | |
Total other income | 3,640 | | | 3,818 | | | 8,004 | | | 4,884 | |
OTHER EXPENSE | | | | | | | |
Compensation and benefits | 10,746 | | | 10,773 | | | 21,958 | | | 22,012 | |
Other operating expenses | 7,007 | | | 6,249 | | | 13,877 | | | 12,668 | |
Federal Housing Finance Agency (the FHFA) | 1,652 | | | 1,014 | | | 3,305 | | | 2,103 | |
Office of Finance | 978 | | | 1,532 | | | 2,068 | | | 2,035 | |
AHP voluntary contribution | 2,000 | | | 5,455 | | | 2,000 | | | 13,980 | |
Discretionary housing and community investment programs | 2,480 | | | 1,432 | | | 3,252 | | | 1,735 | |
Other | 1,095 | | | 1,212 | | | 2,127 | | | 2,207 | |
Total other expense | 25,958 | | | 27,667 | | | 48,587 | | | 56,740 | |
INCOME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS | 87,310 | | | 45,567 | | | 150,872 | | | 76,502 | |
AHP assessments | 8,742 | | | 4,567 | | | 15,117 | | | 7,667 | |
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NET INCOME | $ | 78,568 | | | $ | 41,000 | | | $ | 135,755 | | | $ | 68,835 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
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| | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Net income | | $ | 78,568 | | | $ | 41,000 | | | $ | 135,755 | | | $ | 68,835 | |
Other comprehensive income: | | | | | | | | |
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Net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities | | (450) | | | (150,748) | | | 10,204 | | | (292,034) | |
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Net unrealized gains relating to hedging activities | | 15,419 | | | 23,637 | | | 4,791 | | | 47,133 | |
Pension and postretirement benefits | | (255) | | | (498) | | | (255) | | | (475) | |
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | | 14,714 | | | (127,609) | | | 14,740 | | | (245,376) | |
Comprehensive income (loss) | | $ | 93,282 | | | $ | (86,609) | | | $ | 150,495 | | | $ | (176,541) | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 and 2022 (dollars and shares in thousands) (unaudited)
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| Shares | | Par Value | | Unrestricted | | Restricted | | Total | | | Total Capital |
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2022 | 9,295 | | | $ | 929,482 | | | $ | 1,202,685 | | | $ | 368,420 | | | $ | 1,571,105 | | | $ | (88,800) | | | $ | 2,411,787 | |
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Comprehensive income (loss) | | | | | 32,800 | | | 8,200 | | | 41,000 | | | (127,609) | | | (86,609) | |
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock | 19,394 | | | 1,939,415 | | | | | | | | | | | 1,939,415 | |
Repurchase of capital stock | (13,027) | | | (1,302,693) | | | | | | | | | | | (1,302,693) | |
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (90) | | | (8,961) | | | | | | | | | | | (8,961) | |
Cash dividends on capital stock | | | | | (4,927) | | | | | (4,927) | | | | | (4,927) | |
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 2022 | 15,572 | | | $ | 1,557,243 | | | $ | 1,230,558 | | | $ | 376,620 | | | $ | 1,607,178 | | | $ | (216,409) | | | $ | 2,948,012 | |
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BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2023 | 24,044 | | | $ | 2,404,394 | | | $ | 1,305,619 | | | $ | 411,133 | | | $ | 1,716,752 | | | $ | (306,399) | | | $ | 3,814,747 | |
Comprehensive income | | | | | 62,855 | | | 15,713 | | | 78,568 | | | 14,714 | | | 93,282 | |
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock | 10,818 | | | 1,081,798 | | | | | | | | | | | 1,081,798 | |
Repurchase of capital stock | (14,799) | | | (1,479,865) | | | | | | | | | | | (1,479,865) | |
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (3) | | | (281) | | | | | | | | | | | (281) | |
Cash dividends on capital stock | | | | | (39,829) | | | | | (39,829) | | | | | (39,829) | |
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 2023 | 20,060 | | | $ | 2,006,046 | | | $ | 1,328,645 | | | $ | 426,846 | | | $ | 1,755,491 | | | $ | (291,685) | | | $ | 3,469,852 | |
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2021 | 9,536 | | | $ | 953,638 | | | $ | 1,179,986 | | | $ | 368,420 | | | $ | 1,548,406 | | | $ | 28,967 | | | $ | 2,531,011 | |
Comprehensive income (loss) | | | | | 60,635 | | | 8,200 | | | 68,835 | | | (245,376) | | | (176,541) | |
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock | 20,613 | | | 2,061,275 | | | | | | | | | | | 2,061,275 | |
Repurchase of capital stock | (14,487) | | | (1,448,709) | | | | | | | | | | | (1,448,709) | |
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (90) | | | (8,961) | | | | | | | | | | | (8,961) | |
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Cash dividends on capital stock | | | | | (10,063) | | | | | (10,063) | | | | | (10,063) | |
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 2022 | 15,572 | | | $ | 1,557,243 | | | $ | 1,230,558 | | | $ | 376,620 | | | $ | 1,607,178 | | | $ | (216,409) | | | $ | 2,948,012 | |
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2022 | 20,312 | | | $ | 2,031,178 | | | $ | 1,290,873 | | | $ | 399,695 | | | $ | 1,690,568 | | | $ | (306,425) | | | $ | 3,415,321 | |
Comprehensive income | | | | | 108,604 | | | 27,151 | | | 135,755 | | | 14,740 | | | 150,495 | |
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock | 27,627 | | | 2,762,692 | | | | | | | | | | | 2,762,692 | |
Repurchase of capital stock | (27,876) | | | (2,787,543) | | | | | | | | | | | (2,787,543) | |
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (3) | | | (281) | | | | | | | | | | | (281) | |
Cash dividends on capital stock | | | | | (70,832) | | | | | (70,832) | | | | | (70,832) | |
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 2023 | 20,060 | | | $ | 2,006,046 | | | $ | 1,328,645 | | | $ | 426,846 | | | $ | 1,755,491 | | | $ | (291,685) | | | $ | 3,469,852 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES | | | | | |
Net income | $ | 135,755 | | | $ | 68,835 | | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization/(accretion) | 37,464 | | | (21,913) | | | |
Provision for (reduction of) credit losses | 93 | | | (199) | | | |
Net change in derivatives and hedging activities | (33,770) | | | 1,126,266 | | | |
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | — | | | 432 | | | |
Other adjustments, net | 3,716 | | | 2,170 | | | |
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Net change in: | | | | | |
Market value of trading securities | (49) | | | 887 | | | |
Accrued interest receivable | (33,768) | | | (17,007) | | | |
Other assets | (1,297) | | | 3,805 | | | |
Accrued interest payable | 149,771 | | | 25,754 | | | |
Other liabilities | 10,321 | | | 5,202 | | | |
Total adjustments | 132,481 | | | 1,125,397 | | | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | 268,236 | | | 1,194,232 | | | |
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES | | | | | |
Net change in: | | | | | |
Interest-bearing deposits | (98,124) | | | (1,228,327) | | | |
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | — | | | (10,450,000) | | | |
Federal funds sold | (297,000) | | | (1,054,000) | | | |
Loans to other FHLBanks | (200,000) | | | — | | | |
Trading securities: | | | | | |
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Proceeds | — | | | 500,000 | | | |
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Available-for-sale securities: | | | | | |
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Proceeds | 160,276 | | | 382,354 | | | |
Purchases | (820,961) | | | (2,205,484) | | | |
Held-to-maturity securities: | | | | | |
Proceeds | 10,918 | | | 32,920 | | | |
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Advances to members: | | | | | |
Repaid | 565,412,053 | | | 114,877,033 | | | |
Originated | (564,078,065) | | | (133,007,490) | | | |
Mortgage loans held for portfolio: | | | | | |
Proceeds | 109,277 | | | 276,785 | | | |
Purchases | (160,759) | | | (60,013) | | | |
Other investing activities, net | (4,265) | | | (86) | | | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 33,350 | | | (31,936,308) | | | |
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS — (Continued) (dollars in thousands) (unaudited) |
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES | | | | | |
Net change in deposits | 370,356 | | | 182,427 | | | |
Net proceeds on derivatives with a financing element | 7,202 | | | 94,558 | | | |
Net proceeds from issuance of consolidated obligations: | | | | | |
Discount notes | 75,735,199 | | | 121,903,886 | | | |
Bonds | 23,979,780 | | | 10,444,334 | | | |
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Payments for maturing and retiring consolidated obligations: | | | | | |
Discount notes | (85,311,668) | | | (99,096,517) | | | |
Bonds | (14,739,385) | | | (3,516,301) | | | |
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Payment of financing lease | (22) | | | (22) | | | |
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock | 2,762,692 | | | 2,061,275 | | | |
Payments for repurchase of capital stock | (2,787,543) | | | (1,448,709) | | | |
Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (5,268) | | | (11,820) | | | |
Cash dividends paid | (70,832) | | | (10,063) | | | |
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (59,489) | | | 30,603,048 | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks | 242,097 | | | (139,028) | | | |
Cash and due from banks at beginning of the period | 7,593 | | | 204,993 | | | |
Cash and due from banks at end of the period | $ | 249,690 | | | $ | 65,965 | | | |
Supplemental disclosures: | | | | | |
Interest paid | $ | 1,368,888 | | | $ | 122,494 | | | |
AHP payments | $ | 6,115 | | | $ | 6,708 | | | |
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Noncash transfers of mortgage loans held for portfolio to other assets | $ | 92 | | | $ | 306 | | | |
Noncash lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets | $ | 26,314 | | | $ | — | | | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary have been included. All such adjustments consist of normal recurring accruals. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023. These interim financial statements do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements and accordingly should be read in conjunction with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston's audited financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 17, 2023 (the 2022 Annual Report). Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, all references in this discussion to “the Bank,” "we," "us," "our," or similar references mean the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.
Note 2 — Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Guidance
Effective Beginning in 2020
Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. On March 12, 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released temporary optional guidance that provides transition relief for reference rate reform. The guidance contains optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contract modifications, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or a reference rate that is expected to be discontinued as a result of reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. This update also provided a one-time election to sell, transfer, or both sell and transfer debt securities classified as held-to-maturity that reference a rate affected by reference rate reform and that were classified as held-to-maturity before January 1, 2020. This standard was effective upon issuance and the provisions generally can be applied prospectively as of January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2024.
In 2020, we adopted the provision of this guidance which allowed a one-time election to sell, transfer, or both sell and transfer debt securities classified as held-to-maturity. See Part II — Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 5 — Investments in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 19, 2021, for additional information related to these sales and transfers.
Also in 2020, we retrospectively elected to adopt the provision of this guidance specific to the modification of interest rates used for the discounting of derivative instruments. This did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
As of June 30, 2023, the Bank has transitioned all outstanding contracts indexed to LIBOR, such that immediately following June 30, 2023, the U.S. dollar LIBOR rates referenced in these instruments either converted to the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) or became static and will convert to SOFR at the beginning of the instruments’ next reset period. As a result of this transition, we elected to adopt the provision within this guidance for qualifying contract modifications related to reference rate reform. The adoption of this provision did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
Note 3 — Investments
Interest-Bearing Deposits, Federal Funds Sold, and Loans to Other FHLBanks
As of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, we invested in interest-bearing deposits, federal funds sold, or loans to other FHLBanks to provide short-term liquidity. These investments are generally transacted with counterparties that have received, or whose guarantors have received, a credit rating of triple-B or greater (investment grade) by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or the equivalent. At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, none of these investments were made to counterparties or, if applicable, guaranteed by entities rated below single-A.
Federal funds sold and loans to other FHLBanks are unsecured loans that are transacted on an overnight term or short-term basis. FHFA regulations include a limit on the amount of unsecured credit we may extend to a counterparty. All investments in
interest-bearing deposits, federal funds sold, and loans to other FHLBanks outstanding as of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, have been repaid according to the contractual terms. No allowance for credit losses was recorded for these assets at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
Debt Securities
We invest in debt securities, which are classified as either trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity. We are prohibited by FHFA regulations from investing in certain higher-risk securities, such as equity securities and debt instruments that are not investment quality, other than certain investments targeted at low-income persons or communities. We are not required to divest instruments that experience credit deterioration after their purchase.
Trading Securities
Table 3.1 - Trading Securities by Major Security Type
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Corporate bonds | $ | 1,555 | | | $ | 1,507 | |
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Table 3.2 - Net Gains (Losses) on Trading Securities
(dollars in thousands)
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| For the Three Months Ended June 30, | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Net (losses) gains on trading securities held at period end | $ | (30) | | | $ | (252) | | | $ | 49 | | | $ | (462) | |
Net losses on trading securities sold or matured during the period | — | | | — | | | — | | | (425) | |
Net (losses) gains on trading securities | $ | (30) | | | $ | (252) | | | $ | 49 | | | $ | (887) | |
We do not participate in speculative trading practices and typically hold these investments over a longer time horizon.
Available-for-sale Securities
Table 3.3 - Available-for-Sale Securities by Major Security Type
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 |
| | | Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | | |
| Amortized Cost (1) | | Unrealized Gains | | Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value |
United States (U.S.) Treasury obligations | $ | 5,759,541 | | | $ | 1,951 | | | $ | (5,399) | | | $ | 5,756,093 | |
State housing-finance-agency obligations (HFA securities) | 33,670 | | | — | | | (1,279) | | | 32,391 | |
Supranational institutions | 348,545 | | | 80 | | | (3,043) | | | 345,582 | |
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U.S. government-owned corporations | 252,516 | | | — | | | (20,407) | | | 232,109 | |
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) | 103,628 | | | — | | | (4,977) | | | 98,651 | |
| 6,497,900 | | | 2,031 | | | (35,105) | | | 6,464,826 | |
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family | 18,064 | | | — | | | (2,857) | | | 15,207 | |
U.S. government guaranteed – multifamily | 526,468 | | | — | | | (51,448) | | | 475,020 | |
GSE – single-family | 1,041,715 | | | 193 | | | (73,876) | | | 968,032 | |
GSE – multifamily | 6,588,825 | | | 2,840 | | | (181,855) | | | 6,409,810 | |
| 8,175,072 | | | 3,033 | | | (310,036) | | | 7,868,069 | |
Total | $ | 14,672,972 | | | $ | 5,064 | | | $ | (345,141) | | | $ | 14,332,895 | |
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| December 31, 2022 |
| | | Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | | |
| Amortized Cost (1) | | Unrealized Gains | | Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value |
U.S. Treasury obligations | $ | 5,732,249 | | | $ | 2,784 | | | $ | (11,471) | | | $ | 5,723,562 | |
HFA securities | 34,580 | | | — | | | (1,806) | | | 32,774 | |
Supranational institutions | 355,767 | | | 33 | | | (5,448) | | | 350,352 | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | 253,490 | | | — | | | (26,290) | | | 227,200 | |
GSE | 104,530 | | | — | | | (6,864) | | | 97,666 | |
| 6,480,616 | | | 2,817 | | | (51,879) | | | 6,431,554 | |
MBS | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family | 18,737 | | | — | | | (2,589) | | | 16,148 | |
U.S. government guaranteed – multifamily | 531,184 | | | — | | | (54,454) | | | 476,730 | |
GSE – single-family | 831,304 | | | 251 | | | (66,029) | | | 765,526 | |
GSE – multifamily | 6,115,356 | | | 322 | | | (178,720) | | | 5,936,958 | |
| 7,496,581 | | | 573 | | | (301,792) | | | 7,195,362 | |
Total | $ | 13,977,197 | | | $ | 3,390 | | | $ | (353,671) | | | $ | 13,626,916 | |
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(1) Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments. Amortized cost excludes accrued interest receivable of $42.4 million and $43.1 million at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Table 3.4 - Available-for-Sale Securities in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 |
| Continuous Unrealized Loss Less than 12 Months | | Continuous Unrealized Loss 12 Months or More | | Total |
| Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses |
U.S. Treasury obligations | $ | 240,696 | | | $ | (154) | | | $ | 3,224,805 | | | $ | (5,245) | | | $ | 3,465,501 | | | $ | (5,399) | |
HFA securities | — | | | — | | | 32,391 | | | (1,279) | | | 32,391 | | | (1,279) | |
Supranational institutions | — | | | — | | | 250,479 | | | (3,043) | | | 250,479 | | | (3,043) | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | — | | | — | | | 232,109 | | | (20,407) | | | 232,109 | | | (20,407) | |
GSE | — | | | — | | | 98,651 | | | (4,977) | | | 98,651 | | | (4,977) | |
| 240,696 | | | (154) | | | 3,838,435 | | | (34,951) | | | 4,079,131 | | | (35,105) | |
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MBS | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family | 641 | | | (5) | | | 14,566 | | | (2,852) | | | 15,207 | | | (2,857) | |
U.S. government guaranteed – multifamily | — | | | — | | | 475,020 | | | (51,448) | | | 475,020 | | | (51,448) | |
GSE – single-family | 301,450 | | | (2,314) | | | 638,864 | | | (71,562) | | | 940,314 | | | (73,876) | |
GSE – multifamily | 1,201,664 | | | (6,979) | | | 4,525,083 | | | (174,876) | | | 5,726,747 | | | (181,855) | |
| 1,503,755 | | | (9,298) | | | 5,653,533 | | | (300,738) | | | 7,157,288 | | | (310,036) | |
Total | $ | 1,744,451 | | | $ | (9,452) | | | $ | 9,491,968 | | | $ | (335,689) | | | $ | 11,236,419 | | | $ | (345,141) | |
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| December 31, 2022 |
| Continuous Unrealized Loss Less than 12 Months | | Continuous Unrealized Loss 12 Months or More | | Total |
| Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Unrealized Losses |
U.S. Treasury obligations | $ | 2,792,558 | | | $ | (7,428) | | | $ | 1,077,821 | | | $ | (4,043) | | | $ | 3,870,379 | | | $ | (11,471) | |
HFA securities | 10,383 | | | (77) | | | 22,391 | | | (1,729) | | | 32,774 | | | (1,806) | |
Supranational institutions | — | | | — | | | 337,485 | | | (5,448) | | | 337,485 | | | (5,448) | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | — | | | — | | | 227,200 | | | (26,290) | | | 227,200 | | | (26,290) | |
GSE | — | | | ��� | | | 97,666 | | | (6,864) | | | 97,666 | | | (6,864) | |
| 2,802,941 | | | (7,505) | | | 1,762,563 | | | (44,374) | | | 4,565,504 | | | (51,879) | |
MBS | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family | 16,148 | | | (2,589) | | | — | | | — | | | 16,148 | | | (2,589) | |
U.S. government guaranteed – multifamily | 310,447 | | | (36,177) | | | 166,283 | | | (18,277) | | | 476,730 | | | (54,454) | |
GSE – single-family | 657,378 | | | (52,285) | | | 77,892 | | | (13,744) | | | 735,270 | | | (66,029) | |
GSE – multifamily | 4,516,466 | | | (124,136) | | | 1,210,970 | | | (54,584) | | | 5,727,436 | | | (178,720) | |
| 5,500,439 | | | (215,187) | | | 1,455,145 | | | (86,605) | | | 6,955,584 | | | (301,792) | |
Total | $ | 8,303,380 | | | $ | (222,692) | | | $ | 3,217,708 | | | $ | (130,979) | | | $ | 11,521,088 | | | $ | (353,671) | |
Table 3.5 - Available-for-Sale Securities by Contractual Maturity
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Year of Maturity | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value |
Due in one year or less | $ | 254,366 | | | $ | 254,491 | | | $ | 250,015 | | | $ | 250,198 | |
Due after one year through five years | 5,670,750 | | | 5,663,213 | | | 5,011,292 | | | 4,998,056 | |
Due after five years through 10 years | 255,697 | | | 255,153 | | | 900,988 | | | 897,913 | |
Due after 10 years | 317,087 | | | 291,969 | | | 318,321 | | | 285,387 | |
| 6,497,900 | | | 6,464,826 | | | 6,480,616 | | | 6,431,554 | |
MBS (1) | 8,175,072 | | | 7,868,069 | | | 7,496,581 | | | 7,195,362 | |
Total | $ | 14,672,972 | | | $ | 14,332,895 | | | $ | 13,977,197 | | | $ | 13,626,916 | |
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(1) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.
Held-to-Maturity Securities
Table 3.6 - Held-to-Maturity Securities by Major Security Type
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 |
| Amortized Cost(1) | | Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains | | Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses | | Fair Value |
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MBS | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family | $ | 3,371 | | | $ | 12 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 3,383 | |
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GSE – single-family | 84,658 | | | 358 | | | (980) | | | 84,036 | |
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Total | $ | 88,029 | | | $ | 370 | | | $ | (980) | | | $ | 87,419 | |
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| December 31, 2022 |
| Amortized Cost(1) | | Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains | | Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses | | Fair Value |
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MBS | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family | $ | 3,614 | | | $ | 29 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 3,643 | |
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GSE – single-family | 95,454 | | | 420 | | | (926) | | | 94,948 | |
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Total | $ | 99,068 | | | $ | 449 | | | $ | (926) | | | $ | 98,591 | |
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(1) Amortized cost of held-to-maturity securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, and collection of cash. Amortized cost excludes accrued interest receivable of $379 thousand and $323 thousand at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Gains and Losses on Sales. We compute gains and losses on sales of investment securities using the specific identification method and include these gains and losses in other income (loss). The following table summarizes the proceeds from sale and gains and losses on sales of securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. There were no sales of investment securities during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Table 3.7 - Proceeds and Gains (Losses) from Sales of Investment Securities
(dollars in thousands)
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| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
Available-for-Sale Securities | | | | |
Proceeds from sale | | $ | — | | | $ | 142,733 | |
Amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses | | — | | | 142,735 | |
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Gross realized gains from sale | | $ | — | | | $ | 124 | |
Gross realized losses from sale | | — | | | (126) | |
Realized net loss from sale | | $ | — | | | $ | (2) | |
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Held-to-Maturity Securities(1) | | | | |
Proceeds from sale | | $ | — | | | $ | 10,405 | |
Carrying value | | — | | | 10,385 | |
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Gross realized gains from sale | | $ | — | | | $ | 22 | |
Gross realized loss from sale | | — | | | (2) | |
Realized net gain from sale | | $ | — | | | $ | 20 | |
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(1) Held-to-maturity securities sold had less than 15 percent of the acquired principal outstanding at the time of sale. Such sales are treated as maturities for the purposes of security classification. The sale does not impact our ability and intent to hold the remaining investments classified as held-to-maturity through their stated maturity dates.
Allowance for Credit Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities and Held-to-Maturity Securities
We evaluate available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment securities for credit losses on a quarterly basis. Our available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities are principally debt securities of GSE or U.S. government-owned corporations, supranational institutions, and state housing finance agency obligations, and MBS issued by Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) that are backed by single-family or multifamily mortgage loans. We only purchase investment-grade securities. At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, all available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities were rated single-A, or above, by an NRSRO, based on the lowest long-term credit rating for each security.
We evaluate individual available-for-sale securities for impairment by comparing the security’s fair value to its amortized cost. Impairment may exist when the fair value of the investment is less than its amortized cost (i.e. in an unrealized loss position). At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, certain available-for-sale securities were in an unrealized loss position. These losses are considered temporary as we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis on these available-for-sale investment securities and we neither intend to sell these securities nor do we consider it more likely than not that we will be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of each security's remaining amortized cost basis. Further, we have not experienced any material payment defaults on the instruments.
We evaluate held-to-maturity securities for impairment on a collective or pooled basis unless an individual assessment is deemed necessary because the securities do not possess similar risk characteristics. We have not experienced and do not anticipate any payment defaults on these securities.
Based on our assessment of the credit worthiness of the issuers or guarantors, no allowance for credit losses was recorded on available-for-sale securities or held-to-maturity securities at June 30, 2023, or December 31, 2022.
Note 4 — Advances
General Terms. At both June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, we had advances outstanding with interest rates ranging from 0.00 percent to 6.23 percent, respectively.
Table 4.1 - Advances Outstanding by Year of Contractual Maturity
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| Amount | | Weighted Average Rate | | Amount | | Weighted Average Rate |
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts | $ | 4,780 | | | 5.47 | % | | $ | 2,000 | | | 4.48 | % |
Due in one year or less | 20,698,333 | | | 5.11 | | | 24,563,604 | | | 4.26 | |
Due after one year through two years | 8,737,596 | | | 4.65 | | | 10,260,956 | | | 4.05 | |
Due after two years through three years | 3,445,631 | | | 3.14 | | | 2,034,070 | | | 2.10 | |
Due after three years through four years | 2,020,222 | | | 4.08 | | | 775,951 | | | 2.35 | |
Due after four years through five years | 3,339,362 | | | 3.32 | | | 1,775,923 | | | 3.76 | |
Due after five years through fifteen years | 2,205,472 | | | 2.86 | | | 2,377,747 | | | 2.53 | |
Thereafter | 45,391 | | | 1.50 | | | 40,525 | | | 1.41 | |
Total par value | 40,496,787 | | | 4.52 | % | | 41,830,776 | | | 3.94 | % |
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Discounts | (35,816) | | | | | (34,257) | | | |
Fair value of bifurcated derivatives (1) | 252 | | | | | 400 | | | |
Hedging adjustments | (215,394) | | | | | (197,338) | | | |
Total (2) | $ | 40,245,829 | | | | | $ | 41,599,581 | | | |
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(1) At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, we had certain advances with embedded features that met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and designated as stand-alone derivatives.
(2) Excludes accrued interest receivable of $106.3 million and $72.9 million at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
We offer advances to members and eligible nonmembers that provide the borrower the right, based upon predetermined option exercise dates, to repay the advance prior to maturity without incurring prepayment or termination fees (callable advances). We also offer certain floating-rate advances that may be contractually prepaid by the borrower on a floating-rate reset date without incurring prepayment or termination fees. Other advances may only be prepaid by paying a fee (prepayment fee) that makes us financially indifferent to the prepayment of the advance.
Table 4.2 - Advances Outstanding by Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts | $ | 4,780 | | | $ | 2,000 | |
Due in one year or less | 26,683,328 | | | 33,919,899 | |
Due after one year through two years | 3,647,821 | | | 1,718,681 | |
Due after two years through three years | 3,409,131 | | | 1,986,570 | |
Due after three years through four years | 1,182,472 | | | 711,351 | |
Due after four years through five years | 3,318,392 | | | 1,078,603 | |
Due after five years through fifteen years | 2,205,472 | | | 2,373,147 | |
Thereafter | 45,391 | | | 40,525 | |
Total par value | $ | 40,496,787 | | | $ | 41,830,776 | |
We currently hold putable advances that provide us with the right to require repayment prior to maturity of the advance (and thereby extinguish the advance) on predetermined exercise dates (put dates). Generally, we would exercise the put options when interest rates increase relative to contractual rates.
Table 4.3 - Advances Outstanding by Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts | $ | 4,780 | | | $ | 2,000 | |
Due in one year or less | 25,139,254 | | | 25,751,204 | |
Due after one year through two years | 8,503,596 | | | 10,525,456 | |
Due after two years through three years | 2,502,811 | | | 2,000,070 | |
Due after three years through four years | 1,647,222 | | | 750,951 | |
Due after four years through five years | 1,571,861 | | | 1,184,423 | |
Due after five years through fifteen years | 1,081,872 | | | 1,576,147 | |
Thereafter | 45,391 | | | 40,525 | |
Total par value | $ | 40,496,787 | | | $ | 41,830,776 | |
Table 4.4 - Advances by Current Interest Rate Terms
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Fixed-rate | $ | 33,744,012 | | | $ | 31,976,911 | |
Variable-rate | 6,752,775 | | | 9,853,865 | |
Total par value | $ | 40,496,787 | | | $ | 41,830,776 | |
Credit Risk Exposure and Security Terms. Our advances are primarily made to member financial institutions, including commercial banks, insurance companies, savings institutions, and credit unions. We manage our credit exposure to secured member credit products through an integrated approach that generally includes credit limits for borrowers based on the amount and value of available collateral, ongoing reviews of each borrower's financial condition, and collateral and lending policies that are intended to limit risk of loss while balancing borrowers' needs for a reliable source of funding. For additional information on credit risk exposure and security terms see Part II — Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 6 — Advances in the 2022 Annual Report.
Using a risk-based approach and taking into consideration each borrower's financial strength, we consider the types and level of collateral to be the primary indicator of credit quality on our credit products. At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, we had rights to collateral, on a borrower-by-borrower basis, with an estimated value in excess of our outstanding extensions of credit.
We continue to evaluate and make changes to our collateral guidelines based on market conditions. At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, none of our advances were past due, on nonaccrual status, or considered impaired. In addition, there were
no modifications for borrowers experiencing financial difficulties related to advances during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Based upon the collateral held as security, our credit extension and collateral policies, management's credit analysis, and the repayment history on advances, we have not recorded any allowance for credit losses on our advances at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
Note 5 — Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
We invest in mortgage loans through the Mortgage Partnership Finance® (MPF®) program. These mortgage loans are either guaranteed or insured by federal agencies, as is the case with government mortgage loans, or are credit-enhanced, directly or indirectly, by the related entity that sold the loan (a participating financial institution), as is the case with conventional mortgage loans. All such investments are held for portfolio.
Table 5.1 - Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Real estate | | | |
Fixed-rate 15-year single-family mortgages | $ | 204,841 | | | $ | 224,307 | |
Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages | 2,566,098 | | | 2,496,044 | |
Premiums | 39,075 | | | 40,305 | |
Discounts | (1,747) | | | (1,660) | |
Deferred derivative gains, net | 1,032 | | | 1,333 | |
Total mortgage loans held for portfolio(1) | 2,809,299 | | | 2,760,329 | |
Less: allowance for credit losses | (2,000) | | | (1,900) | |
Total mortgage loans, net of allowance for credit losses | $ | 2,807,299 | | | $ | 2,758,429 | |
________________________(1) Excludes accrued interest receivable of $14.7 million and $14.3 million at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Table 5.2 - Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio by Collateral/Guarantee Type
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Conventional mortgage loans | $ | 2,615,749 | | | $ | 2,557,230 | |
Government mortgage loans | 155,190 | | | 163,121 | |
Total par value | $ | 2,770,939 | | | $ | 2,720,351 | |
Credit-Enhancements. Our allowance for credit losses factors in the credit-enhancements associated with conventional mortgage loans under the MPF program. These credit-enhancements apply after the homeowner's equity is exhausted and can include primary and/or supplemental mortgage insurance or other kinds of credit-enhancement. The credit risk analysis of our conventional loans is performed at the individual master commitment level to determine the credit-enhancements available to recover losses on loans under each individual master commitment. For additional information on credit enhancements see Part II — Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 7 — Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio — Credit-Enhancements in the 2022 Annual Report.
Payment Status of Mortgage Loans. Payment status is a key credit quality indicator for conventional mortgage loans and allows us to monitor borrower performance. A past due loan is one for which the borrower has failed to make a full payment of principal and interest within 30 days of its due date. Other delinquency statistics include nonaccrual loans and loans in process of foreclosure. Tables 5.3 and 5.4 present the payment status for conventional mortgage loans and other delinquency statistics for all mortgage loans at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
Table 5.3 - Credit Quality Indicator for Conventional Mortgage Loans
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | June 30, 2023 |
| | Year of Origination | | |
Payment Status at Amortized Cost(1) | | Prior to 2019 | | 2019 to 2023 | | Total |
Past due 30-59 days delinquent | | $ | 9,333 | | | $ | 6,247 | | | $ | 15,580 | |
Past due 60-89 days delinquent | | 4,116 | | | 601 | | | 4,717 | |
Past due 90 days or more delinquent | | 7,151 | | | 1,596 | | | 8,747 | |
Total past due | | 20,600 | | | 8,444 | | | 29,044 | |
Total current loans | | 1,243,680 | | | 1,378,531 | | | 2,622,211 | |
Total conventional mortgage loans | | $ | 1,264,280 | | | $ | 1,386,975 | | | $ | 2,651,255 | |
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| | December 31, 2022 |
| | Year of Origination | | |
Payment Status at Amortized Cost(1) | | Prior to 2018 | | 2018 to 2022 | | Total |
Past due 30-59 days delinquent | | $ | 9,640 | | | $ | 9,274 | | | $ | 18,914 | |
Past due 60-89 days delinquent | | 2,844 | | | 1,554 | | | 4,398 | |
Past due 90 days or more delinquent | | 9,638 | | | 5,444 | | | 15,082 | |
Total past due | | 22,122 | | | 16,272 | | | 38,394 | |
Total current loans | | 1,161,468 | | | 1,394,290 | | | 2,555,758 | |
Total conventional mortgage loans | | $ | 1,183,590 | | | $ | 1,410,562 | | | $ | 2,594,152 | |
_________________________(1) Amortized cost excludes accrued interest receivable.
Table 5.4 - Other Delinquency Statistics of Mortgage Loans
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 |
| Amortized Cost in Conventional Mortgage Loans | | Amortized Cost in Government Mortgage Loans | | Total |
In process of foreclosure (1) | $ | 2,045 | | | $ | 559 | | | $ | 2,604 | |
Serious delinquency rate (2) | 0.33 | % | | 1.41 | % | | 0.39 | % |
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest | $ | — | | | $ | 2,229 | | | $ | 2,229 | |
Loans on nonaccrual status (3) | $ | 8,747 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 8,747 | |
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| December 31, 2022 |
| Amortized Cost in Conventional Mortgage Loans | | Amortized Cost in Government Mortgage Loans | | Total |
In process of foreclosure (1) | $ | 2,898 | | | $ | 891 | | | $ | 3,789 | |
Serious delinquency rate (2) | 0.58 | % | | 1.42 | % | | 0.63 | % |
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest | $ | — | | | $ | 2,359 | | | $ | 2,359 | |
Loans on nonaccrual status (3) | $ | 15,246 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 15,246 | |
_______________________(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.
(2) Loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure expressed as a percentage of the amortized cost of the total loan portfolio class.
(3) As of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, $4.5 million and $8.7 million, respectively, of conventional mortgage loans on nonaccrual status did not have an associated allowance for credit losses because either these loans were charged off or the fair value of the underlying collateral, including any credit enhancements, is greater than the amortized cost of the loans.
Allowance for Credit Losses for Mortgage Loans.
Conventional Mortgage Loans. Conventional loans are evaluated collectively when similar risk characteristics exist. Conventional loans that do not share risk characteristics with other loans are evaluated for expected credit losses on an individual basis. We determine our allowance for credit losses on conventional loans through analyses that include consideration of various loan portfolio and collateral-related characteristics, such as past performance, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of expected economic conditions. We use a discounted cash flow model to project our expected losses. We use a third-party model to project cash flows to estimate the expected credit losses over the life of the loans. The model relies on a number of inputs, such as both current and forecasted property values and interest rates as well as historical borrower behavior. We incorporate associated credit enhancements and expected recoveries, if any, to determine our estimate of expected credit losses.
Certain conventional loans may be evaluated for credit losses by using the practical expedient for collateral dependent assets. A mortgage loan is considered collateral dependent when the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and repayment is expected to be substantially through the sale of the underlying collateral. We estimate the fair value of this collateral by using a third-party property valuation model. The expected credit loss of a collateral dependent mortgage loan is equal to the difference between the amortized cost of the loan and the estimated fair value of the collateral, less estimated selling costs. We reserve for these estimated losses or record a direct charge-off of the loan balance if certain triggering criteria are met.
Table 5.5 presents a roll forward of the allowance for credit losses on conventional mortgage loans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Table 5.5 - Allowance for Credit Losses on Conventional Mortgage Loans
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Allowance for credit losses (1) | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 2,000 | | | $ | 1,600 | | | $ | 1,900 | | | $ | 1,700 | |
Recoveries (charge offs) | 1 | | | (1) | | | 7 | | | (1) | |
| | | | | | | |
(Reduction of) provision for credit losses | (1) | | | (99) | | | 93 | | | (199) | |
Balance, end of period | $ | 2,000 | | | $ | 1,500 | | | $ | 2,000 | | | $ | 1,500 | |
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(1) These amounts exclude government mortgage loans because we make no allowance for credit losses based on our investments in government mortgage loans, as discussed below under — Government Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.
Government Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio. We invest in government mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residential properties. Government mortgage loans are mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration (the FHA), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA), the Rural Housing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (RHS), or by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The servicer provides and maintains insurance or a guarantee from the applicable government agency. The servicer is responsible for compliance with all government agency requirements and for obtaining the benefit of the applicable insurance or guaranty with respect to defaulted government-guaranteed mortgage loans. Any losses incurred on these loans that are not recovered from the insurer or guarantor are absorbed by the related servicer. Therefore, we only have credit risk for these loans if the servicer fails to pay for losses not covered by insurance or guarantees, but in such instances we would have recourse against the servicer for such failure. Due to government guarantees or insurance on our government loans, there is no allowance for credit losses for the government mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022. Additionally, government mortgage loans are not placed on nonaccrual status due to the government guarantee or insurance on these loans and the contractual obligation of the loan servicers to repurchase their related loans when certain criteria are met.
"Mortgage Partnership Finance," "MPF," "eMPF" and "MPF Xtra" are registered trademarks of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Table 6.1 - Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| Notional Amount of Derivatives | | Derivative Assets | | Derivative Liabilities | | Notional Amount of Derivatives | | Derivative Assets | | Derivative Liabilities |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate swaps | $ | 48,364,880 | | | $ | 90,527 | | | $ | (1,325,898) | | | $ | 38,356,160 | | | $ | 47,000 | | | $ | (1,394,051) | |
Forward-start interest-rate swaps | 1,391,000 | | | 275 | | | (360) | | | 1,391,000 | | | 756 | | | (40) | |
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments | 49,755,880 | | | 90,802 | | | (1,326,258) | | | 39,747,160 | | | 47,756 | | | (1,394,091) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate swaps | 102,000 | | | 39 | | | (130) | | | 107,000 | | | 1 | | | (226) | |
CO bond firm commitments | — | | | — | | | — | | | 35,000 | | | 50 | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1) | 44,145 | | | 28 | | | (176) | | | 3,454 | | | 47 | | | (2) | |
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | 146,145 | | | 67 | | | (306) | | | 145,454 | | | 98 | | | (228) | |
Total notional amount of derivatives | $ | 49,902,025 | | | | | | | $ | 39,892,614 | | | | | |
Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments | | | 90,869 | | | (1,326,564) | | | | | 47,854 | | | (1,394,319) | |
Netting adjustments and cash collateral, including related accrued interest (2) | | | 320,664 | | | 1,317,017 | | | | | 382,890 | | | 1,368,679 | |
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities | | | $ | 411,533 | | | $ | (9,547) | | | | | $ | 430,744 | | | $ | (25,640) | |
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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.
(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty. Cash collateral posted, including accrued interest, was $1.6 billion and $1.8 billion at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively. The change in cash collateral posted is included in the net change in interest-bearing deposits in the statement of cash flows. Cash collateral received, including accrued interest, was $3.9 million at June 30, 2023.
Changes in fair value of the derivative hedging instrument 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. For designated cash-flow hedges, the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument (assuming it is included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness) is reported in other comprehensive income until the hedged transaction affects earnings. At that time, this amount is reclassified from other comprehensive income and recorded in net interest income in the same line as the earnings effect of the hedged item.
Tables 6.2 presents the net gains (losses) on qualifying fair-value hedging relationships.
Table 6.2 - Net Gains (Losses) on Fair Value Hedging Relationships
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
| | Advances | | Available-for-sale Securities | | CO Bonds |
Total interest income (expense) presented on the statements of operations | | $ | 599,883 | | | $ | 208,695 | | | $ | (493,996) | |
| | | | | | |
Gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships | | | | | | |
Changes in fair value: | | | | | | |
Derivatives | | $ | 88,549 | | | $ | 209,363 | | | $ | (160,253) | |
Hedged items | | (87,147) | | | (206,139) | | | 160,213 | |
Net changes in fair value before price alignment interest | | 1,402 | | | 3,224 | | | (40) | |
Price alignment interest(1) | | (1,829) | | | (10,299) | | | 257 | |
Net interest settlements on derivatives(2)(3) | | 43,516 | | | 114,828 | | | (156,932) | |
Net gains (losses) on qualifying hedging relationships | | 43,089 | | | 107,753 | | | (156,715) | |
Amortization/accretion of discontinued hedging relationships | | (471) | | | — | | | 316 | |
Net gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships recorded in net interest income | | $ | 42,618 | | | $ | 107,753 | | | $ | (156,399) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
| | Advances | | Available-for-sale Securities | | CO Bonds |
Total interest income (expense) presented on the statements of operations | | $ | 69,277 | | | $ | 62,405 | | | $ | (78,242) | |
| | | | | | |
Gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships | | | | | | |
Changes in fair value: | | | | | | |
Derivatives | | $ | 48,392 | | | $ | 350,986 | | | $ | (238,288) | |
Hedged items | | (47,489) | | | (334,705) | | | 238,516 | |
Net changes in fair value before price alignment interest | | 903 | | | 16,281 | | | 228 | |
Price alignment interest(1) | | (185) | | | (949) | | | 31 | |
Net interest settlements on derivatives(2)(3) | | (5,205) | | | (21,256) | | | 15,049 | |
Net (losses) gains on qualifying hedging relationships | | (4,487) | | | (5,924) | | | 15,308 | |
Amortization/accretion of discontinued hedging relationships | | (273) | | | — | | | 510 | |
Net gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships recorded in net interest income | | $ | (4,760) | | | $ | (5,924) | | | $ | 15,818 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
| | Advances | | Available-for-sale Securities | | CO Bonds |
Total interest income (expense) presented on the statements of operations | | $ | 1,101,089 | | | $ | 376,375 | | | $ | (872,090) | |
| | | | | | |
Gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships | | | | | | |
Changes in fair value: | | | | | | |
Derivatives | | $ | 19,963 | | | $ | (23,952) | | | $ | 81,654 | |
Hedged items | | (19,629) | | | 21,072 | | | (81,844) | |
Net changes in fair value before price alignment interest | | 334 | | | (2,880) | | | (190) | |
Price alignment interest(1) | | (3,583) | | | (20,357) | | | 540 | |
Net interest settlements on derivatives(2)(3) | | 71,971 | | | 212,054 | | | (297,742) | |
| | | | | | |
Net gains (losses) on qualifying hedging relationships | | 68,722 | | | 188,817 | | | (297,392) | |
Amortization/accretion of discontinued hedging relationships | | (983) | | | — | | | 842 | |
Net gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships recorded in net interest income | | $ | 67,739 | | | $ | 188,817 | | | $ | (296,550) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
| | Advances | | Available-for-sale Securities | | CO Bonds |
Total interest income (expense) presented on the statements of operations | | $ | 103,270 | | | $ | 107,138 | | | $ | (122,142) | |
| | | | | | |
Gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships | | | | | | |
Changes in fair value: | | | | | | |
Derivatives | | $ | 144,241 | | | $ | 987,668 | | | $ | (807,521) | |
Hedged items | | (141,985) | | | (957,045) | | | 808,226 | |
Net changes in fair value before price alignment interest | | 2,256 | | | 30,623 | | | 705 | |
Price alignment interest(1) | | (207) | | | (1,000) | | | 33 | |
Net interest settlements on derivatives(2)(3) | | (15,131) | | | (58,647) | | | 41,840 | |
| | | | | | |
Net (losses) gains on qualifying hedging relationships | | (13,082) | | | (29,024) | | | 42,578 | |
Amortization/accretion of discontinued hedging relationships | | (536) | | | — | | | 1,012 | |
Net gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationships recorded in net interest income | | $ | (13,618) | | | $ | (29,024) | | | $ | 43,590 | |
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(1) Relates to derivatives for which variation margin payments are characterized as daily settled contracts.
(2) Represents interest income/expense on derivatives in qualifying fair-value hedging relationships. Net interest settlements on derivatives that are not in qualifying fair-value hedging relationships are reported in other income.
(3) Excludes the interest income/expense of the respective hedged items recorded in net interest income.
Tables 6.3 presents the net gains (losses) on qualifying cash flow hedging relationships.
Table 6.3 - Net Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Forward-start interest rate swaps - CO Bonds | | | | | | | | |
Losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into interest expense | | $ | (1,117) | | | $ | (1,455) | | | $ | (2,244) | | | $ | (2,893) | |
Gains recognized in other comprehensive income | | 14,302 | | | 22,182 | | | 2,547 | | | 44,240 | |
For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, there were no reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash-flow hedges because the original forecasted transactions were not expected to occur by the end of the originally specified period or within a two-month period thereafter. As of June 30, 2023, the maximum length of time over which we are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions is six years.
As of June 30, 2023, the amount of deferred net losses on derivatives accumulated in other comprehensive income related to cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next 12 months is $4.1 million.
Table 6.4 - Cumulative Basis Adjustments for Fair-Value Hedges
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | June 30, 2023 |
Line Item in Statement of Condition | | Amortized Cost of Hedged Asset/ Liability(1) | | Cumulative Basis Adjustments for Active Hedging Relationships Included in Amortized Cost | | Cumulative Basis Adjustments for Discontinued Hedging Relationships Included in Amortized Cost | | Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Basis Adjustments |
Advances | | $ | 8,042,136 | | | $ | (218,579) | | | $ | 3,185 | | | $ | (215,394) | |
Available-for-sale securities | | 11,320,952 | | | (1,169,183) | | | — | | | (1,169,183) | |
Consolidated obligation bonds | | 26,257,803 | | | (1,301,048) | | | 28,661 | | | (1,272,387) | |
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(1) Includes only the amortized cost of hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships.
Impacts on Statement of Cash Flows. Cash paid or received for cleared derivatives variation margin is included on the statement of cash flows in either net change in derivatives and hedging activities as an operating activity or net payments on derivatives with a financing element, as a financing activity. The table below shows the impact of variation margin for cleared derivatives on the statement of cash flows:
Table 6.5 - Impact of Variation Margin for Cleared Derivatives on the Statement of Cash Flows
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Increase (Decrease) on Cash Flow Statement |
| | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | |
Operating activity - net change in derivatives and hedging activities | | $ | 161,218 | | | $ | 1,142,853 | | | |
Financing activity - net proceeds on derivatives with a financing element | | 15,607 | | | 107,216 | | | |
Total variation margin received on cleared derivatives | | $ | 176,825 | | | $ | 1,250,069 | | | |
Managing Credit Risk on Derivatives.
We enter into derivatives that we clear (cleared derivatives) with a derivatives clearing organization (DCO), our counterparty for such derivatives. We also enter into derivatives that are not cleared (uncleared derivatives) under master-netting agreements. Derivatives that contain any optionality are not currently eligible for clearing. Accordingly, such derivatives, including the derivatives used to hedge issuance of callable CO bonds, are executed with our uncleared derivatives counterparties.
Certain of our uncleared derivatives master-netting agreements contain provisions that require us to post additional collateral with our uncleared derivatives counterparties if our credit ratings are lowered. Under the terms that govern such agreements, if our credit rating is lowered by Moody's Investors Service Inc. (Moody's) or Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P) to a certain level, we are required to deliver additional collateral on uncleared derivatives. In the event of a split between such credit ratings, the lower rating governs. The aggregate fair value of all uncleared derivatives with these provisions that were in a net-liability position (before cash collateral and related accrued interest) at June 30, 2023, was $1.2 billion for which we had delivered collateral with a post-haircut value of $1.2 billion in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. Securities collateral is subject to valuation haircuts in accordance with the terms of the master-netting arrangements. Table 6.6 sets forth the post-haircut value of incremental collateral that certain uncleared derivatives counterparties could have required us to deliver based on incremental credit rating downgrades at June 30, 2023.
Table 6.6 - Post-Haircut Value of Incremental Collateral to be Delivered as of June 30, 2023
(dollars in thousands)
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Ratings Downgrade (1) | | | |
From | | To | | Incremental Collateral | |
AA+ | | AA or AA- | | $ | — | | |
AA- | | A+, A or A- | | — | | |
A- | | below A- | | 72,847 | | |
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(1) Ratings are expressed in this table according to S&P's conventions but include the equivalent of such rating by Moody's. If there is a split rating, the lower rating is used.
For cleared derivatives, the DCO is our counterparty. The DCO notifies the clearing member of the required initial and variation margin and our agent (clearing member) in turn notifies us. We utilize one of two DCOs, for each cleared derivative transaction, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME Inc.) or LCH Limited (LCH Ltd). Each DCO's rulebook characterizes variation margin payments as daily settlement payments, rather than as collateral. At both DCOs, posted initial margin is considered collateral. We post initial margin and exchange variation margin through a clearing member of the DCO which clears our trades, acts as our agent to the DCO and guarantees our performance to the DCO, subject to the terms of relevant agreements. These arrangements expose us to credit risk in the event that one of our clearing members or one of the DCOs fails to meet its obligations. The use of cleared derivatives is intended to mitigate credit risk exposure because the DCO, which is fully secured at all times through margin received from its clearing members, is substituted for the credit risk exposure of individual counterparties in uncleared derivatives, and collateral is posted at least once daily for changes in the fair value of cleared derivatives through a clearing member.
For cleared derivatives, the DCO determines initial margin requirements. Our clearing members, which are U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered futures commission merchants, may require us to post margin in excess of DCO requirements based on our credit or other considerations, including but not limited to, credit rating downgrades. We were not required to post any such excess margin by our clearing members based on credit or any other considerations at June 30, 2023.
Offsetting of Certain Derivatives. We present derivatives, any related cash collateral received or pledged, and associated accrued interest, on a net basis by counterparty.
We have analyzed the rights, rules, and regulations governing our cleared and uncleared derivatives and determined that those rights, rules, and regulations should result in a net claim with each of our counterparties (which, in the context of cleared derivatives is through each of our clearing members with the related DCO) upon an event of default of our counterparty (solely in the case of uncleared derivatives) or the bankruptcy, insolvency or a similar proceeding involving our counterparty (and/or one of our clearing members, in the case of cleared derivatives). For this purpose, "net claim" generally means a single net amount reflecting the aggregation of all amounts owed by us to the relevant counterparty and payable to us from the relevant counterparty.
Table 6.7 presents separately the fair value of derivatives that are subject to netting due to a legal right of offset based on the terms of our master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, which includes cleared and uncleared interest rate swaps, and the fair value of derivatives that are not subject to such netting, which includes mortgage delivery commitments and CO bond firm commitments. Derivatives subject to netting include any related cash collateral received from or pledged to counterparties.
Table 6.7 - Netting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 |
| Derivative Instruments Meeting Netting Requirements | | | | | | | | |
| Gross Recognized Amount | Gross Amounts of Netting Adjustments (1) | | Derivative Instruments Not Meeting Netting Requirements | | Total Derivative Assets and Total Derivative Liabilities | | | | |
Derivative Assets | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate swaps | | | | | | | | | | | |
Uncleared | $ | 82,948 | | $ | (82,253) | | | | | $ | 695 | | | | | | |
Cleared | 7,893 | | 402,917 | | | | | 410,810 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | | | $ | 28 | | | 28 | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | $ | 411,533 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate swaps | | | | | | | | | | | |
Uncleared | $ | (1,321,288) | | $ | 1,311,917 | | | | | $ | (9,371) | | | | | | |
Cleared | (5,100) | | 5,100 | | | | | — | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | | | $ | (176) | | | (176) | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | $ | (9,547) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2022 |
| Derivative Instruments Meeting Netting Requirements | | | | | | | | |
| Gross Recognized Amount | Gross Amounts of Netting Adjustments (1) | | Derivative Instruments Not Meeting Netting Requirements | | Total Derivative Assets and Total Derivative Liabilities | | | | |
Derivative Assets | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate swaps | | | | | | | | | | | |
Uncleared | $ | 23,782 | | $ | (23,782) | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | |
Cleared | 23,975 | | 406,672 | | | | | 430,647 | | | | | | |
CO bond firm commitments | | | | $ | 50 | | | 50 | | | | | | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | | | 47 | | | 47 | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | $ | 430,744 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate swaps | | | | | | | | | | | |
Uncleared | $ | (1,393,633) | | $ | 1,367,995 | | | | | $ | (25,638) | | | | | | |
Cleared | (684) | | 684 | | | | | — | | | | | | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | | | $ | (2) | | | (2) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | $ | (25,640) | | | | | | |
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(1) Includes gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral.
Note 7 — Deposits
We offer demand and overnight deposits for members and qualifying nonmembers. Members that service mortgage loans may deposit funds collected in connection with mortgage loans pending disbursement of such funds to the owners of the mortgage loans, which we classify as "other" in the following table.
Table 7.1 - Deposits
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Interest-bearing | | | |
Demand and overnight | $ | 1,000,331 | | | $ | 632,635 | |
Other | — | | | 1,867 | |
Noninterest-bearing | | | |
Other | 21,642 | | | 20,985 | |
Total deposits | $ | 1,021,973 | | | $ | 655,487 | |
Note 8 — Consolidated Obligations
CO Bonds. CO bonds for which we have received issuance proceeds and are primarily liable were as follows:
Table 8.1 - CO Bonds Outstanding by Contractual Maturity
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| Amount | | Weighted Average Rate (1) | | Amount | | Weighted Average Rate (1) |
Due in one year or less | $ | 16,586,715 | | | 4.45 | % | | $ | 10,616,385 | | | 3.15 | % |
Due after one year through two years | 8,319,620 | | | 2.75 | | | 5,321,650 | | | 1.85 | |
Due after two years through three years | 6,522,915 | | | 1.78 | | | 4,993,600 | | | 1.70 | |
Due after three years through four years | 4,706,670 | | | 1.82 | | | 5,951,355 | | | 1.10 | |
Due after four years through five years | 2,286,480 | | | 3.29 | | | 2,099,000 | | | 2.24 | |
Thereafter | 3,698,975 | | | 2.39 | | | 3,916,865 | | | 2.09 | |
Total par value | 42,121,375 | | | 3.16 | % | | 32,898,855 | | | 2.17 | % |
Premiums | 40,715 | | | | | 27,902 | | | |
Discounts | (11,223) | | | | | (8,033) | | | |
Hedging adjustments | (1,272,387) | | | | | (1,353,181) | | | |
Total | $ | 40,878,480 | | | | | $ | 31,565,543 | | | |
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(1) The CO bonds' weighted-average rate excludes concession fees.
Table 8.2 - CO Bonds Outstanding by Call Feature
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Noncallable and nonputable | $ | 20,143,435 | | | $ | 15,039,805 | |
Callable | 21,977,940 | | | 17,859,050 | |
Total par value | $ | 42,121,375 | | | $ | 32,898,855 | |
Table 8.3 - CO Bonds Outstanding by Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Due in one year or less | | $ | 31,513,215 | | | $ | 26,319,885 | |
Due after one year through two years | | 4,314,620 | | | 1,843,150 | |
Due after two years through three years | | 2,705,915 | | | 1,952,600 | |
Due after three years through four years | | 1,220,170 | | | 1,370,355 | |
Due after four years through five years | | 1,130,480 | | | 438,000 | |
Thereafter | | 1,236,975 | | | 974,865 | |
Total par value | | $ | 42,121,375 | | | $ | 32,898,855 | |
Table 8.4 - CO Bonds by Interest Rate-Payment Type
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Fixed-rate | $ | 31,523,985 | | | $ | 22,667,605 | |
Step-up (1) | 5,992,390 | | | 6,031,250 | |
Simple variable-rate | 4,605,000 | | | 4,200,000 | |
Total par value | $ | 42,121,375 | | | $ | 32,898,855 | |
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(1) Step-up bonds pay interest at increasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the CO bond and can be called at our option on the step-up dates.
CO Discount Notes. Outstanding CO discount notes for which we were primarily liable, all of which are due within one year, were as follows:
Table 8.5 - CO Discount Notes Outstanding
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Book Value | | Par Value | | Weighted Average Rate (1) |
June 30, 2023 | $ | 17,460,907 | | | $ | 17,613,723 | | | 5.09 | % |
December 31, 2022 | $ | 26,975,260 | | | $ | 27,109,244 | | | 4.22 | % |
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(1) CO discount notes' weighted-average rate represents the yield to maturity excluding concession fees.
Note 9 — Affordable Housing Program
Table 9.1 - AHP Liability
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 76,622 | | | $ | 70,503 | |
AHP expense for the period | 15,117 | | | 20,521 | |
AHP voluntary contribution | 2,000 | | | 5,479 | |
AHP direct grant disbursements | (6,115) | | | (17,683) | |
AHP subsidy for AHP advance disbursements | (2,366) | | | (3,155) | |
Return of previously disbursed grants and subsidies | — | | | 957 | |
Balance at end of period | $ | 85,258 | | | $ | 76,622 | |
Note 10 — Capital
We are subject to capital requirements under our capital plan, the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932 (as amended, the FHLBank Act), and FHFA regulations and guidance:
1. Risk-based capital. We are required to maintain at all times permanent capital, defined as the amounts paid-in for Class B stock and retained earnings, in an amount at least equal to the sum of our credit-risk capital requirement, market-risk capital requirement, and operational-risk capital requirement, calculated in accordance with FHFA rules and regulations, referred to herein as the risk-based capital requirement.
2. Total regulatory capital. We are required to maintain at all times a total capital-to-assets ratio of at least four percent. Total regulatory capital is the sum of permanent capital, the amount of any general loss allowance if consistent with GAAP and not established for specific assets, and other amounts from sources determined by the FHFA as available to absorb losses.
3. Leverage capital. We are required to maintain at all times a leverage capital-to-assets ratio of at least five percent. Leverage capital is calculated by multiplying permanent capital by 1.5 and adding to this product all other components of total capital.
The FHFA has authority to require us to maintain a greater amount of permanent capital than is required as defined by the risk-based capital requirements.
Table 10.1 - Regulatory Capital Requirements
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Risk-Based Capital Requirements | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| | | |
Permanent capital | | | |
Class B capital stock | $ | 2,006,046 | | | $ | 2,031,178 | |
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 5,303 | | | 10,290 | |
Retained earnings | 1,755,491 | | | 1,690,568 | |
Total permanent capital | $ | 3,766,840 | | | $ | 3,732,036 | |
Risk-based capital requirement | | | |
Credit-risk capital | $ | 137,656 | | | $ | 130,875 | |
Market-risk capital | 439,835 | | | 225,813 | |
Operations-risk capital | 173,247 | | | 107,006 | |
Total risk-based capital requirement | $ | 750,738 | | | $ | 463,694 | |
Permanent capital in excess of risk-based capital requirement | $ | 3,016,102 | | | $ | 3,268,342 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| | Required | | Actual | | Required | | Actual |
Capital Ratio | | | | | | | | |
Risk-based capital | | $ | 750,738 | | | $ | 3,766,840 | | | $ | 463,694 | | | $ | 3,732,036 | |
Total regulatory capital | | $ | 2,531,262 | | | $ | 3,766,840 | | | $ | 2,515,902 | | | $ | 3,732,036 | |
Total capital-to-asset ratio | | 4.0 | % | | 6.0 | % | | 4.0 | % | | 5.9 | % |
| | | | | | | | |
Leverage Ratio | | | | | | | | |
Leverage capital | | $ | 3,164,077 | | | $ | 5,650,260 | | | $ | 3,144,877 | | | $ | 5,598,054 | |
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio | | 5.0 | % | | 8.9 | % | | 5.0 | % | | 8.9 | % |
We are a cooperative whose members own most of our capital stock. Former members, including certain nonmembers that own our capital stock as a result of merger or acquisition, relocation, or involuntary termination of membership, own the remaining capital stock to support business transactions still carried on our statement of condition or, for a small amount of capital stock held by former members, until the five-year redemption period applicable to their membership stock is complete. Shares of
capital stock cannot be purchased or sold except between us and our members at $100 per share par value. Each member is required to purchase Class B stock equal to 0.05 percent of the value of the member's total assets measured as of December 31 of the preceding year, subject to a current minimum balance of $10 thousand and a current maximum balance of $5 million (the membership stock investment requirement), and 3.00 percent for overnight advances, 4.00 percent for all other advances, 0.25 percent for outstanding letters of credit, and 4.50 percent of the par value of certain mortgages we purchased through the MPF program (collectively, the activity-based stock-investment requirement). The sum of the membership stock investment requirement and the activity-based stock investment requirement, rounded up to the nearest whole share, represents the total stock investment requirement.
Restricted Retained Earnings. At June 30, 2023, our total required contribution to the restricted retained earnings account was $694.6 million. At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, restricted retained earnings totaled $426.8 million and $399.7 million, respectively. These restricted retained earnings are not available to pay dividends.
Note 11 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Table 11.1 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities | | Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) Relating to Hedging Activities | | Pension and Postretirement Benefits | | Total |
Balance, March 31, 2022 | | $ | (83,273) | | | $ | (2,795) | | | $ | (2,732) | | | $ | (88,800) | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications: | | | | | | | | |
Net unrealized (losses) gains | | (150,748) | | | 22,182 | | | — | | | (128,566) | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net actuarial loss | | — | | | — | | | (685) | | | (685) | |
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amortization - hedging activities (1) | | — | | | 1,455 | | | — | | | 1,455 | |
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (2) | | — | | | — | | | 187 | | | 187 | |
Other comprehensive (loss) income | | (150,748) | | | 23,637 | | | (498) | | | (127,609) | |
Balance, June 30, 2022 | | $ | (234,021) | | | $ | 20,842 | | | $ | (3,230) | | | $ | (216,409) | |
| | | | | | | | |
Balance, March 31, 2023 | | $ | (339,627) | | | $ | 31,854 | | | $ | 1,374 | | | $ | (306,399) | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications: | | | | | | | | |
Net unrealized (losses) gains | | (450) | | | 14,302 | | | — | | | 13,852 | |
Net actuarial loss | | — | | | — | | | (255) | | | (255) | |
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amortization - hedging activities (1) | | — | | | 1,117 | | | — | | | 1,117 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other comprehensive (loss) income | | (450) | | | 15,419 | | | (255) | | | 14,714 | |
Balance, June 30, 2023 | | $ | (340,077) | | | $ | 47,273 | | | $ | 1,119 | | | $ | (291,685) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Available-for-sale Securities | | Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) Relating to Hedging Activities | | Pension and Postretirement Benefits | | Total |
Balance, December 31, 2021 | | $ | 58,013 | | | $ | (26,291) | | | $ | (2,755) | | | $ | 28,967 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications: | | | | | | | | |
Net unrealized (losses) gains | | (292,036) | | | 44,240 | | | — | | | (247,796) | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net actuarial loss | | — | | | — | | | (685) | | | (685) | |
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amortization - hedging activities (1) | | — | | | 2,893 | | | — | | | 2,893 | |
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (2) | | — | | | — | | | 210 | | | 210 | |
Reclassification of realized net loss included in net income(3) | | 2 | | | — | | | — | | | 2 | |
Other comprehensive (loss) income | | (292,034) | | | 47,133 | | | (475) | | | (245,376) | |
Balance, June 30, 2022 | | $ | (234,021) | | | $ | 20,842 | | | $ | (3,230) | | | $ | (216,409) | |
| | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2022 | | $ | (350,281) | | | $ | 42,482 | | | $ | 1,374 | | | $ | (306,425) | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications: | | | | | | | | |
Net unrealized gains | | 10,204 | | | 2,547 | | | — | | | 12,751 | |
Net actuarial loss | | — | | | — | | | (255) | | | (255) | |
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amortization - hedging activities (1) | | — | | | 2,244 | | | — | | | 2,244 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | | 10,204 | | | 4,791 | | | (255) | | | 14,740 | |
Balance, June 30, 2023 | | $ | (340,077) | | | $ | 47,273 | | | $ | 1,119 | | | $ | (291,685) | |
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(1) Recorded in CO bond interest expense in the statement of operations.
(2) Recorded in other expenses in the statement of operations.
(3) Recorded in other income (loss), other, net in the statement of operations.
Note 12 — Fair Values
A fair-value hierarchy is used to prioritize the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. A description of the application of the fair-value hierarchy, valuation techniques, and significant inputs is disclosed in Part II — Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 15 — Fair Values in the 2022 Annual Report. There have been no material changes in the fair-value hierarchy classification of financial assets and liabilities, valuation techniques, or significant inputs during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Table 12.1 presents the carrying value, fair value, and fair value hierarchy of our financial assets and liabilities at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022. We record trading securities, available-for-sale securities, derivative assets, derivative liabilities, and certain other assets at fair value on a recurring basis and certain mortgage loans at fair value on a non-recurring basis. We record all other financial assets and liabilities at amortized cost. Refer to Table 12.2 for further details about the financial assets and liabilities held at fair value on either a recurring or non-recurring basis.
Table 12.1 - Fair Value Summary
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 |
| Carrying Value | | Total Fair Value | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral(2) |
Financial instruments | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and due from banks | $ | 249,690 | | | $ | 249,690 | | | $ | 249,690 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Interest-bearing deposits | 1,693,881 | | | 1,693,881 | | | 1,693,881 | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal funds sold | 3,003,000 | | | 3,002,987 | | | — | | | 3,002,987 | | | — | | | — | |
Loans to other FHLBanks | 200,000 | | | 199,999 | | | — | | | 199,999 | | | — | | | — | |
Trading securities(1) | 1,555 | | | 1,555 | | | — | | | 1,555 | | | — | | | — | |
Available-for-sale securities(1) | 14,332,895 | | | 14,332,895 | | | — | | | 14,300,504 | | | 32,391 | | | — | |
Held-to-maturity securities | 88,029 | | | 87,419 | | | — | | | 87,419 | | | — | | | — | |
Advances | 40,245,829 | | | 40,014,406 | | | — | | | 40,014,406 | | | — | | | — | |
Mortgage loans, net | 2,807,299 | | | 2,523,325 | | | — | | | 2,508,180 | | | 15,145 | | | — | |
Accrued interest receivable | 168,036 | | | 168,036 | | | — | | | 168,036 | | | — | | | — | |
Derivative assets(1) | 411,533 | | | 411,533 | | | — | | | 90,869 | | | — | | | 320,664 | |
Other assets (1) | 27,073 | | | 27,073 | | | 13,161 | | | 13,912 | | | — | | | — | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deposits | (1,021,973) | | | (1,021,900) | | | — | | | (1,021,900) | | | — | | | — | |
COs: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds | (40,878,480) | | | (40,331,409) | | | — | | | (40,331,409) | | | — | | | — | |
Discount notes | (17,460,907) | | | (17,454,891) | | | — | | | (17,454,891) | | | — | | | — | |
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (5,303) | | | (5,303) | | | (5,303) | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Accrued interest payable | (280,278) | | | (280,278) | | | — | | | (280,278) | | | — | | | — | |
Derivative liabilities(1) | (9,547) | | | (9,547) | | | — | | | (1,326,564) | | | — | | | 1,317,017 | |
Other: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Commitments to extend credit for advances | — | | | (6,247) | | | — | | | (6,247) | | | — | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Standby letters of credit | (1,315) | | | (1,315) | | | — | | | (1,315) | | | — | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2022 |
| Carrying Value | | Total Fair Value | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral(2) |
Financial instruments | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and due from banks | $ | 7,593 | | | $ | 7,593 | | | $ | 7,593 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Interest-bearing deposits | 1,485,290 | | | 1,485,290 | | | 1,485,290 | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal funds sold | 2,706,000 | | | 2,705,992 | | | — | | | 2,705,992 | | | — | | | — | |
Trading securities(1) | 1,507 | | | 1,507 | | | — | | | 1,507 | | | — | | | — | |
Available-for-sale securities(1) | 13,626,916 | | | 13,626,916 | | | — | | | 13,594,142 | | | 32,774 | | | — | |
Held-to-maturity securities | 99,068 | | | 98,591 | | | — | | | 98,591 | | | — | | | — | |
Advances | 41,599,581 | | | 41,378,357 | | | — | | | 41,378,357 | | | — | | | — | |
Mortgage loans, net | 2,758,429 | | | 2,483,271 | | | — | | | 2,462,257 | | | 21,014 | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Accrued interest receivable | 134,268 | | | 134,268 | | | — | | | 134,268 | | | — | | | — | |
Derivative assets(1) | 430,744 | | | 430,744 | | | — | | | 47,854 | | | — | | | 382,890 | |
Other assets(1) | 25,504 | | | 25,504 | | | 11,950 | | | 13,554 | | | — | | | — | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deposits | (655,487) | | | (655,425) | | | — | | | (655,425) | | | — | | | — | |
COs: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds | (31,565,543) | | | (30,981,391) | | | — | | | (30,981,391) | | | — | | | — | |
Discount notes | (26,975,260) | | | (26,972,926) | | | — | | | (26,972,926) | | | — | | | — | |
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (10,290) | | | (10,290) | | | (10,290) | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Accrued interest payable | (130,515) | | | (130,515) | | | — | | | (130,515) | | | — | | | — | |
Derivative liabilities(1) | (25,640) | | | (25,640) | | | — | | | (1,394,319) | | | — | | | 1,368,679 | |
Other: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Commitments to extend credit for advances | — | | | (13,327) | | | — | | | (13,327) | | | — | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Standby letters of credit | (1,168) | | | (1,168) | | | — | | | (1,168) | | | — | | | — | |
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(1)Carried at fair value and measured on a recurring basis.
(2)These amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing member and/or counterparty.
Fair Value Measured on a Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis.
Table 12.2 - Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2023 |
| Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral (1) | | Total |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | | | | | | | | | |
Trading securities: | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate bonds | $ | — | | | $ | 1,555 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,555 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total trading securities | — | | | 1,555 | | | — | | | — | | | 1,555 | |
Available-for-sale securities: | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury obligations | — | | | 5,756,093 | | | — | | | — | | | 5,756,093 | |
HFA securities | — | | | — | | | 32,391 | | | — | | | 32,391 | |
Supranational institutions | — | | | 345,582 | | | — | | | — | | | 345,582 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | — | | | 232,109 | | | — | | | — | | | 232,109 | |
GSE | — | | | 98,651 | | | — | | | — | | | 98,651 | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family MBS | — | | | 15,207 | | | — | | | — | | | 15,207 | |
U.S. government guaranteed – multifamily MBS | — | | | 475,020 | | | — | | | — | | | 475,020 | |
GSE – single-family MBS | — | | | 968,032 | | | — | | | — | | | 968,032 | |
GSE – multifamily MBS | — | | | 6,409,810 | | | — | | | — | | | 6,409,810 | |
Total available-for-sale securities | — | | | 14,300,504 | | | 32,391 | | | — | | | 14,332,895 | |
Derivative assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate-exchange agreements | — | | | 90,841 | | | — | | | 320,664 | | | 411,505 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | — | | | 28 | | | — | | | — | | | 28 | |
Total derivative assets | — | | | 90,869 | | | — | | | 320,664 | | | 411,533 | |
Other assets | 13,161 | | | 13,912 | | | — | | | — | | | 27,073 | |
Total assets carried at fair value on a recurring basis | $ | 13,161 | | | $ | 14,406,840 | | | $ | 32,391 | | | $ | 320,664 | | | $ | 14,773,056 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | |
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative liabilities | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate-exchange agreements | $ | — | | | $ | (1,326,388) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,317,017 | | | $ | (9,371) | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | — | | | (176) | | | — | | | — | | | (176) | |
Total liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis | $ | — | | | $ | (1,326,564) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,317,017 | | | $ | (9,547) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2022 |
| Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral(1) | | Total |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | | | | | | | | | |
Trading securities: | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate bonds | $ | — | | | $ | 1,507 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,507 | |
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Total trading securities | — | | | 1,507 | | | — | | | — | | | 1,507 | |
Available-for-sale securities: | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury obligations | — | | | 5,723,562 | | | — | | | — | | | 5,723,562 | |
HFA securities | — | | | — | | | 32,774 | | | — | | | 32,774 | |
Supranational institutions | — | | | 350,352 | | | — | | | — | | | 350,352 | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | — | | | 227,200 | | | — | | | — | | | 227,200 | |
GSE | — | | | 97,666 | | | — | | | — | | | 97,666 | |
U.S. government guaranteed – single-family MBS | — | | | 16,148 | | | — | | | — | | | 16,148 | |
U.S. government guaranteed – multifamily MBS | — | | | 476,730 | | | — | | | — | | | 476,730 | |
GSE – single-family MBS | — | | | 765,526 | | | — | | | — | | | 765,526 | |
GSE – multifamily MBS | — | | | 5,936,958 | | | — | | | — | | | 5,936,958 | |
Total available-for-sale securities | — | | | 13,594,142 | | | 32,774 | | | — | | | 13,626,916 | |
Derivative assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate-exchange agreements | — | | | 47,757 | | | — | | | 382,890 | | | 430,647 | |
CO Bond firm commitments | — | | | 50 | | | — | | | — | | | 50 | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | — | | | 47 | | | — | | | — | | | 47 | |
Total derivative assets | — | | | 47,854 | | | — | | | 382,890 | | | 430,744 | |
Other assets | 11,950 | | | 13,554 | | | — | | | — | | | 25,504 | |
Total assets carried at fair value on a recurring basis | $ | 11,950 | | | $ | 13,657,057 | | | $ | 32,774 | | | $ | 382,890 | | | $ | 14,084,671 | |
Carried at fair value on a nonrecurring basis(2) | | | | | | | | | |
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Mortgage loans held for portfolio | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 90 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 90 | |
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Total assets carried at fair value on a nonrecurring basis | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 90 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 90 | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | |
Carried at fair value on a recurring basis | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative liabilities | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-rate-exchange agreements | $ | — | | | $ | (1,394,317) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,368,679 | | | $ | (25,638) | |
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Mortgage delivery commitments | — | | | (2) | | | — | | | — | | | (2) | |
Total liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis | $ | — | | | $ | (1,394,319) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,368,679 | | | $ | (25,640) | |
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(1) These amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing member and/or counterparty.
(2) We measure certain mortgage loans held for portfolio at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, that is, they are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair-value adjustments only in certain circumstances. The fair values presented are as of the date the fair value adjustment was recorded.
Table 12.3 presents a reconciliation of available-for-sale securities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Table 12.3 - Roll Forward of Level 3 Available-for-Sale HFA Securities
(dollars in thousands)
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| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Balance at beginning of period | | $ | 33,105 | | | $ | 61,444 | | | $ | 32,774 | | | $ | 62,265 | |
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Total gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income | | | | | | | | |
Net unrealized gains (losses) | | 196 | | | (51) | | | 527 | | | (872) | |
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Sales, maturities, and settlements | | | | | | | | |
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Settlements | | (910) | | | (860) | | | (910) | | | (860) | |
Balance at end of period | | $ | 32,391 | | | $ | 60,533 | | | $ | 32,391 | | | $ | 60,533 | |
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Total amount of unrealized gains (losses) for the period included in other comprehensive income relating to securities held at period end | | $ | 196 | | | $ | (51) | | | $ | 527 | | | $ | (872) | |
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Note 13 — Commitments and Contingencies
Joint and Several Liability. COs are backed by the financial resources of the 11 district Federal Home Loan Banks (the FHLBanks or the FHLBank System). The FHFA has authority to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal and interest on COs for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. No FHLBank has ever been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any CO on behalf of another FHLBank. We evaluate the financial condition of the other FHLBanks primarily based on known regulatory actions, publicly available financial information, and individual long-term credit-rating actions as of each period-end presented. Based on this evaluation, we do not believe it is likely that we will be required to repay the principal or interest on any CO on behalf of another FHLBank.
We have considered applicable FASB guidance and determined it is not necessary to recognize a liability for the fair value of our joint and several liability for all of the COs. The joint and several obligation is mandated by the FHLBank Act, as implemented by FHFA regulations, and is not the result of an arms-length transaction among the FHLBanks. The FHLBanks have no control over the amount of the guaranty or the determination of how each FHLBank would perform under the joint and several obligation. Because the FHLBanks are subject to the authority of the FHFA as it relates to decisions involving the allocation of the joint and several liability for the FHLBanks' COs, the FHLBanks' joint and several obligation is excluded from the initial recognition and measurement provisions. Accordingly, we have not recognized a liability for our joint and several obligation related to other FHLBanks' COs at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022. The par amounts of other FHLBanks' outstanding COs for which we are jointly and severally liable totaled $1.3 trillion and $1.1 trillion at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively. See Note 8 — Consolidated Obligations for additional information.
Off-Balance-Sheet Commitments
Table 13.1 - Off-Balance Sheet Commitments (1)
(dollars in thousands)
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| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| | Expire within one year | | Expire after one year | | Total | | Expire within one year | | Expire after one year | | Total |
Standby letters of credit outstanding (2) | | $ | 8,737,974 | | | $ | 220,606 | | | $ | 8,958,580 | | | $ | 10,148,761 | | | $ | 77,521 | | | $ | 10,226,282 | |
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Commitments for unused lines of credit - advances (3) | | 1,138,895 | | | — | | | 1,138,895 | | | 1,123,269 | | | — | | | 1,123,269 | |
Commitments to make additional advances | | 224,090 | | | 18,002 | | | 242,092 | | | 57,024 | | | 29,010 | | | 86,034 | |
Commitments to invest in mortgage loans | | 44,145 | | | — | | | 44,145 | | | 3,454 | | | — | | | 3,454 | |
Unsettled CO bonds, at par | | 175,500 | | | — | | | 175,500 | | | 172,140 | | | — | | | 172,140 | |
Unsettled CO discount notes, at par | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 32,480 | | | — | | | 32,480 | |
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(1) We have determined that it is unnecessary to record any liability for credit losses on these agreements.
(2) The amount of standby letters of credit outstanding excludes commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year. At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, these amounts totaled $85.4 million and $22.0 million, respectively. Also, excluded are commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire after one year totaling $22.8 million at June 30, 2023.
(3) Commitments for unused line-of-credit advances are generally for periods of up to 12 months. Since many of these commitments are not expected to be drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily indicate future liquidity requirements.
Standby Letters of Credit. For a fee we issue standby letters of credit on behalf of our members to support certain obligations of the members to third-party beneficiaries. These standby letters of credit are generally subject to the same collateralization and borrowing limits similar to advances. Standby letters of credit may be offered to assist members and nonmember housing associates in facilitating residential housing finance, community lending, and asset-liability management, and to provide liquidity. In particular, members often use standby letters of credit as collateral for deposits from state and local government agencies. If we are required to make payment for a beneficiary's draw, our strategy is to take prompt action to recover the funds paid to the third-party beneficiary, including converting the payment amount into a collateralized advance to the primary obligor, withdrawing the payment amount from the primary obligor's demand deposit account with us, or selling collateral pledged by the primary obligor in a commercially reasonable manner to offset the payment amount. Historically, standby letters of credit usually expire without being drawn upon. At June 30, 2023, the outstanding standby letters of credit issued expire no later than 2032. Currently, we offer new standby letters of credit with terms typically up to 10 years, while terms greater than 10 years may be available on an exception basis. Unearned fees for the value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit are recorded in other liabilities and totaled $1.3 million and $1.2 million at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Commitments to Invest in Mortgage Loans. Commitments to invest in mortgage loans are generally for periods not to exceed 60 business days. Such commitments are recorded as derivatives at their fair values on the statement of condition.
Pledged Collateral. We have pledged securities as collateral related to derivatives. See Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities for additional information about our pledged collateral and other credit-risk-related contingent features.
Legal Proceedings. We are subject to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business from time to time. We would record an accrual for a loss contingency when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
Note 14 — Transactions with Shareholders
Shareholder Concentrations. We consider shareholder concentrations as holdings of capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) by individual members or nonmembers in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding at each period end.
Table 14.1 - Shareholder Concentrations, Balance Sheet
(dollars in thousands)
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| Capital Stock Outstanding | | Percent of Total Capital Stock | | Par Value of Advances | | Percent of Total Par Value of Advances | | Total Accrued Interest Receivable | | Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances |
June 30, 2023 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Citizens Bank, N.A. | $ | 221,841 | | | 11.0 | % | | $ | 5,028,933 | | | 12.4 | % | | $ | 11,504 | | | 10.8 | % |
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December 31, 2022 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Citizens Bank, N.A. | $ | 363,769 | | | 17.8 | % | | $ | 8,519,007 | | | 20.4 | % | | $ | 5,662 | | | 7.8 | % |
Webster Bank, N.A. | 221,408 | | | 10.8 | | | 5,460,552 | | | 13.1 | | | 9,942 | | | 13.6 | |
We held sufficient collateral to support the advances to the above institutions such that we do not expect to incur any credit losses on these advances.
Transactions with Directors' Institutions. We provide, in the ordinary course of business, products and services to members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors. In accordance with FHFA regulations, transactions with directors' institutions are conducted on the same terms as those with any other member.
Table 14.2 - Transactions with Directors' Institutions
(dollars in thousands)
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| Capital Stock Outstanding | | Percent of Total Capital Stock | | Par Value of Advances | | Percent of Total Par Value of Advances | | Total Accrued Interest Receivable | | Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances |
June 30, 2023 | $ | 239,027 | | | 11.9 | % | | $ | 5,351,077 | | | 13.2 | % | | $ | 12,022 | | | 11.3 | % |
December 31, 2022 | 374,123 | | | 18.3 | | | 8,683,521 | | | 20.8 | | | 5,803 | | | 8.0 | |
Note 15 — Subsequent Events
On July 21, 2023, the board of directors declared a cash dividend at an annualized rate of 8.04 percent based on daily average capital stock balances outstanding during the first quarter of 2023. The dividend, including dividends classified as interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock, amounted to $46.5 million and was paid on August 2, 2023.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Index to Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
This report includes statements describing anticipated developments, projections, estimates, or predictions of ours that are “forward-looking statements.” These statements may involve matters related to, but not limited to, projections of revenues, income, earnings, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure, or other financial items; repurchases of excess stock, our minimum retained earnings target, or the interest-rate environment in which we do business; statements of management’s plans or objectives for future operations; expectations of effects or changes in fiscal and monetary policies and our future economic performance; or statements of assumptions underlying certain of the foregoing types of statements. These statements may use forward-looking terminology such as, but not limited to, “anticipates,” “believes,” “continued,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “should,” “will,” “likely,” or their negatives or other variations on these terms. We caution that, by their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks or uncertainties, including the risk factors set forth in Part I — Item 1A — Risk Factors in the 2022 Annual Report and Part II — Item 1A — Risk Factors of this report and the risks set forth below. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement herein or that may be made from time to time on our behalf.
Some of the risks and uncertainties that could affect our forward-looking statements include the following:
•the effects of economic, financial, credit, and market conditions on our financial and regulatory condition and results of operations, including changes in economic growth, general liquidity conditions, inflation and deflation, employment rates, interest rates, interest rate spreads, interest rate volatility, mortgage originations, prepayment activity, housing prices, and asset delinquencies; members’ deposit flows, liquidity needs, and loan demand; changes in benchmark interest rates, including but not limited to the development of SOFR and other alternative rates to LIBOR, and the adverse consequences these could have for market participants, including the Bank and its members; changes in the general economy, including changes resulting from U.S. fiscal and monetary policy, actions of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), or changes in credit ratings of the U.S. federal government, including any effects of Fitch's recent downgrade of the U.S. federal government; and the condition of the mortgage and housing markets on our mortgage-related assets; and the condition of the capital markets on our COs;
•issues and events across the FHLBank System and in the political arena that may lead to executive branch, legislative, regulatory, judicial, or other developments impacting the scope of our business, investor demand for COs, our financial obligations with respect to COs, our ability to access the capital markets, our members, our counterparties, the manner in which we operate, or the organization and structure of the FHLBank System;
•our ability to declare and pay dividends consistent with past practices as well as any plans to repurchase excess capital stock, and any amendments to our capital plan;
•competitive forces including, without limitation, other sources of funding available to our members and other entities borrowing funds in the capital markets;
•changes in the value and liquidity of collateral we hold as security for obligations of our members and counterparties;
•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;
•changes in the fair value and economic value of, impairments of, and risks, including risks related to changes in or cessation of benchmark interest rates such as the overnight index swap rate based on the federal funds effective rate (OIS), and SOFR, associated with the Bank’s investments in mortgage loans and MBS or other assets and the related credit-enhancement protections;
•membership conditions and changes, including changes resulting from member failures, mergers or changing financial health, changes due to member eligibility, changes in the principal place of business of members, or the addition of new members;
•external events, such as general economic and financial instabilities, political instability, wars, including hostilities and sanctions related to the war between Russia and Ukraine, pandemics and other health emergencies, and natural disasters, including disasters caused by significant climate change, which, among other things, could damage our facilities or the facilities of our members, damage or destroy collateral that members have pledged to secure advances or mortgages that we hold for our portfolio, and which could cause us to experience losses or be exposed to a greater risk that pledged collateral would be inadequate in the event of a default;
•the pace of technological change and our ability to develop and support internal controls, information systems, and other operating technologies that effectively manage the risks we face, including but not limited to, failures, interruptions, or security breaches and other cyber-attacks; and
•our ability to attract and retain skilled employees, including our key personnel.
These risk factors are not exhaustive. New risk factors emerge from time to time. We cannot predict such new risk factors nor can we assess the impact, if any, of such new risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by any forward-looking statements.
The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our interim financial statements and notes, which begin on page three, and the 2022 Annual Report.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Net income for the quarter ending June 30, 2023, was $78.6 million, compared with net income of $41.0 million for the same period in 2022. The increase was primarily the result of an increase of $40.2 million in net interest income after provision for credit losses and a decrease of $3.5 million in AHP voluntary expense.
Net interest income after provision for credit losses for the three months ended June 30, 2023, was $109.6 million, compared with $69.4 million for the same period in 2022. The $40.2 million increase in net interest income after provision for credit losses was primarily driven by growth in our average advances and average investments portfolios, growth in capital, and an increase in yields in the three months ended June 30, 2023, resulting from higher market interest rates compared to the same period of the prior year. These improvements to net interest income were moderated by a decline of hedge ineffectiveness net gains which totaled $4.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to a $17.4 million net gain for the three months ended June 30, 2022, with such difference primarily driven by a lesser increase of intermediate-term interest rates during the quarter versus the increase in interest rates in the comparable quarter one year ago.
Our retained earnings grew to $1.8 billion at June 30, 2023, an increase of $64.9 million from December 31, 2022, and equals 2.8 percent of total assets at June 30, 2023. We continue to satisfy all regulatory capital requirements as of June 30, 2023.
On July 21, 2023, our board of directors declared a cash dividend that was equivalent to an annual yield of 8.04 percent, the approximate daily average of SOFR for the second quarter of 2023 plus 300 basis points.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Bank contributed $8.7 million to its Affordable Housing Program as required by statute, and in support of our housing and community investment mission the Bank made a voluntary contribution of $2.0 million to the Affordable Housing Program and contributed $2.5 million to its Jobs for New England and Housing our Workforce programs. Additional information on the AHP and other targeted affordable housing and community investment programs is provided in the 2022 Annual Report.
Our overall results of operations are influenced by the economy and financial markets, and, in particular, by members’ demand for liquidity and our ability to maintain sufficient access to funding at relatively favorable costs. Despite modest increases in
both short-term and intermediate-term interest rates, the yield-curve inversion continued during the quarter, reflecting
concerns over a potential economic downturn. However, the prospect of a high outflow of deposits in the banking industry largely dissipated. As of June 30, 2023, advances decreased to $40.2 billion, a decrease of 3.3 percent from $41.6 billion at December 31, 2022. Advances significantly increased beginning in mid-March 2023, and remained elevated through May 2023, as a result of an increase in liquidity needs our depository members experienced at that time. Beginning in June 2023 advances returned to levels similar to those seen during December 2022, as demand for wholesale funding at member institutions decreased.
Generally, investor demand for high credit quality, fixed-income investments, including COs, continued to be strong relative to other investments. Investor appetite for FHLBank System COs remains relatively strong including during periods of high volume of debt issuance used to keep pace with advance growth that we experienced in the first quarter of 2023. The historically large volume of debt that the FHLBank System issued in March 2023 to satisfy member advance demand remained at elevated levels through April and May 2023 before beginning to decline during June 2023 in response to lower advances balances. Yields on CO debt relative to benchmark yields for comparable debt remained slightly elevated as compared to periods prior to mid-March 2023 before beginning to decline during June 2023. Our flexibility in utilizing various funding tools, in combination with a diverse investor base and our status as a government-sponsored enterprise, have helped provide reliable market access and demand for consolidated obligations throughout fluctuating market environments and regulatory
changes affecting dealers of and investors in COs. The Bank has continued to meet all funding needs during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Net Interest Income, Margin, and Spread
Net interest spread was 0.27 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a 27 basis point decrease from 2022, and net interest margin was 0.59 percent, a two basis point decrease from 2022. The decrease of net interest spread and margin was primarily attributable to the impact of higher concentrations of advances and short-term investments on our balance sheet, which tend to have lower spreads to funding costs, in addition to the decreases in unrealized net gains on fair value hedges and decreases of net accretion of MBS premium.
Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Legislative or regulatory developments that may affect the way we conduct business or impact how we satisfy our mission, as well as the value of our membership, that have been proposed or enacted are further described in — Legislative and Regulatory Developments. Such developments affect the way we conduct business and could impact how we satisfy our mission as well as the value of our membership.
LIBOR Transition
During the quarter ending June 30, 2023, the Bank had variable-rate LIBOR exposure related to outstanding investment securities with interest rates indexed to LIBOR, and as of June 30, 2023, we had $348.9 million of investment securities with remaining LIBOR reset periods ending after June 30, 2023. As of June 30, 2023, the Bank has transitioned all outstanding LIBOR-indexed contracts, such that, immediately following June 30, 2023, the U.S. dollar LIBOR rates referenced in these instruments either converted to SOFR or became static and will convert to SOFR at the beginning of the instruments’ next reset period. As a result, we have no further variable-rate LIBOR exposure after June 30, 2023. The LIBOR transition did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
Cyber Incident
On April 17, 2023, a Bank vendor that provides software services to the Bank notified us that it had been the subject of a ransomware event. The vendor and the Bank are coordinating to notify affected individuals in order to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. The event did not impact our operations, and we do not expect that the event will have a material impact on our financial condition.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Economic Environment
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2023. The expansion in the second quarter was driven mainly by consumer spending, business investment, and government spending. The increase in personal consumption expenditures reflected an increase in spending on both goods and services.
Employment continued to improve with job gains of 185,000 and 187,000 in June and July, respectively. In July 2023, the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent. The unemployment rate for the New England region in June 2023 was 3.5 percent, ranging from 1.9 percent in New Hampshire to 3.7 percent in Connecticut.
In June 2023, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.2 percent from the preceding month, after increasing 0.1 percent in May. CPI inflation over the previous month was driven mainly by the cost of shelter and motor vehicle insurance. The FHFA reported that housing prices rose 2.8 percent across the U.S. from May 2022 to May 2023. Over the same period, housing prices in New England rose 3.7 percent.
Interest-Rate Environment
On July 26, 2023, the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate to between 525 and 550 basis points and stated that in determining the extent of additional rate increases it will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation, and economic and financial developments. The
FOMC also stated that it would continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities, agency debt, and agency mortgage-backed securities by reinvesting principal payments from its securities holdings only if they exceed monthly caps.
As the Federal Reserve continued with a tightening policy stance, short-term rates rose commensurate with the magnitude of the increase in the federal funds rate. At the end of the second quarter of 2023, 5- and 10-year Treasury rates were lower than overnight and 3-month rates, consistent with expectations of softening economic activity leading to a fall in interest rates over a longer term.
Table 1 - Key Interest Rates(1)
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| Three Month Daily Average | | Six Month Daily Average | | Ending Rate | | |
| June 30, 2023 | | June 30, 2022 | | June 30, 2023 | | June 30, 2022 | | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 | | | | |
SOFR | 4.97% | | 0.71% | | 4.73% | | 0.40% | | 5.09% | | 4.30% | | | | |
Federal funds effective rate | 4.99% | | 0.76% | | 4.76% | | 0.44% | | 5.08% | | 4.33% | | | | |
3-month U.S. Treasury yield | 5.15% | | 1.05% | | 4.92% | | 0.67% | | 5.28% | | 4.34% | | | | |
2-year U.S. Treasury yield | 4.28% | | 2.71% | | 4.32% | | 2.09% | | 4.90% | | 4.43% | | | | |
5-year U.S. Treasury yield | 3.70% | | 2.95% | | 3.75% | | 2.39% | | 4.16% | | 4.00% | | | | |
10-year U.S. Treasury yield | 3.59% | | 2.92% | | 3.62% | | 2.44% | | 3.84% | | 3.87% | | | | |
________________(1) Source: Bloomberg
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following financial highlights for the statement of condition and statement of operations for December 31, 2022, have been derived from our audited financial statements. Financial highlights for the quarter-ends have been derived from our unaudited financial statements.
Table 2 - Selected Financial Data
(dollars in thousands)
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| | As of and for the Three Months Ended |
| | June 30, 2023 | | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 | | September 30, 2022 | | June 30, 2022 |
Statement of Condition | | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 63,281,547 | | | $ | 80,163,644 | | | $ | 62,897,549 | | | $ | 58,869,539 | | | $ | 62,063,994 | |
Investments(1) | | 19,319,360 | | | 27,151,119 | | | 17,918,781 | | | 21,748,784 | | | 28,254,534 | |
Advances | | 40,245,829 | | | 49,622,282 | | | 41,599,581 | | | 33,665,311 | | | 30,318,486 | |
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net(2) | | 2,807,299 | | | 2,724,612 | | | 2,758,429 | | | 2,820,696 | | | 2,897,373 | |
Deposits and other borrowings | | 1,021,973 | | | 872,356 | | | 655,487 | | | 938,551 | | | 1,066,459 | |
Consolidated obligations: | | | | | | | | | | |
Bonds | | 40,878,480 | | | 41,669,836 | | | 31,565,543 | | | 32,818,095 | | | 32,721,605 | |
Discount notes | | 17,460,907 | | | 33,448,155 | | | 26,975,260 | | | 21,684,635 | | | 25,096,230 | |
Total consolidated obligations | | 58,339,387 | | | 75,117,991 | | | 58,540,803 | | | 54,502,730 | | | 57,817,835 | |
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | | 5,303 | | | 10,290 | | | 10,290 | | | 10,397 | | | 10,703 | |
Class B capital stock outstanding-putable(3) | | 2,006,046 | | | 2,404,394 | | | 2,031,178 | | | 1,717,748 | | | 1,557,243 | |
Unrestricted retained earnings | | 1,328,645 | | | 1,305,619 | | | 1,290,873 | | | 1,267,192 | | | 1,230,558 | |
Restricted retained earnings | | 426,846 | | | 411,133 | | | 399,695 | | | 388,621 | | | 376,620 | |
Total retained earnings | | 1,755,491 | | | 1,716,752 | | | 1,690,568 | | | 1,655,813 | | | 1,607,178 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | (291,685) | | | (306,399) | | | (306,425) | | | (244,075) | | | (216,409) | |
Total capital | | 3,469,852 | | | 3,814,747 | | | 3,415,321 | | | 3,129,486 | | | 2,948,012 | |
Results of Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | | $ | 109,628 | | | $ | 81,827 | | | $ | 70,813 | | | $ | 83,120 | | | $ | 69,416 | |
Other income, net | | 3,640 | | | 4,364 | | | 4,470 | | | 4,290 | | | 3,818 | |
Other expense | | 25,958 | | | 22,629 | | | 13,742 | | | 20,721 | | | 27,667 | |
AHP assessments | | 8,742 | | | 6,375 | | | 6,172 | | | 6,682 | | | 4,567 | |
Net income | | $ | 78,568 | | | $ | 57,187 | | | $ | 55,369 | | | $ | 60,007 | | | $ | 41,000 | |
Other Information | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends declared | | $ | 39,829 | | | $ | 31,003 | | | $ | 20,614 | | | $ | 11,372 | | | $ | 4,927 | |
Dividend payout ratio | | 50.69 | % | | 54.21 | % | | 37.23 | % | | 18.95 | % | | 12.02 | % |
Weighted-average dividend rate(4) | | 7.55 | | | 6.67 | | | 5.16 | | | 3.72 | | | 2.09 | |
Return on average equity(5) | | 8.44 | | | 6.50 | | | 6.86 | | | 7.97 | | | 6.13 | |
Return on average assets | | 0.42 | | | 0.32 | | | 0.35 | | | 0.41 | | | 0.35 | |
Net interest margin(6) | | 0.59 | | | 0.47 | | | 0.45 | | | 0.58 | | | 0.60 | |
Average equity to average assets | | 4.96 | | | 4.93 | | | 5.04 | | | 5.18 | | | 5.78 | |
Total regulatory capital ratio(7) | | 5.95 | | | 5.15 | | | 5.93 | | | 5.75 | | | 5.12 | |
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(1)Investments include available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, trading securities, interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell, federal funds sold and loans to other FHLBanks.
(2)The allowance for credit losses for mortgage loans amounted to $2.0 million as of June 30, 2023, $2.0 million as of March 31, 2023, $1.9 million as of December 31, 2022, $2.0 million as of September 30, 2022, and $1.5 million as of June 30, 2022, respectively.
(3)Capital stock is putable at the option of a member upon five years' written notice, subject to applicable restrictions.
(4)Weighted-average dividend rate is the dividend amount declared divided by the average daily balance of capital stock eligible for dividends.
(5)Return on average equity is net income divided by the total of the average daily balance of outstanding Class B capital stock, accumulated other comprehensive income and total retained earnings.
(6)Net interest margin is net interest income before provision for credit losses as a percentage of average earning assets.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Second Quarter of 2023 Compared with the Second Quarter of 2022
Net income increased to $78.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, from $41.0 million for the same period in 2022. The primary reasons for the increase are discussed under — Executive Summary.
Net interest income after provision for credit losses for the three months ended June 30, 2023, was $109.6 million, compared with $69.4 million for the same period in 2022. The $40.2 million increase in net interest income after provision for credit losses was driven by an increase in yields, a $26.6 billion increase in the average balance of advances, a $1.4 billion increase in the average balance of investments securities, a $783.3 million increase in the average balance of money market investments, a $1.0 billion increase in the average balance of total capital. These positive factors were partially offset by a $194.0 million decrease in the average balance of mortgage loans, a $12.8 million reduction to net interest income due a decline to $4.6 million net gain from hedge ineffectiveness for the three months ended June 30, 2023, from a $17.4 million net gain from hedge ineffectiveness for the three months ended June 30, 2022. Net interest spread was 0.27 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of 27 basis points from the same period in 2022, and net interest margin was 0.59 percent, a decrease of two basis points from the same period in 2022. See — Executive Summary for additional information.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2023, Compared with the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
Net income increased to $135.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, from $68.8 million for the same period in 2022. The increase was primarily the result of an increase of $63.1 million in net interest income after provision for credit losses and a decrease of $12.0 million in AHP voluntary expense.
Net interest income after provision for credit losses for the six months ended June 30, 2023, was $191.5 million, compared with $128.4 million for the same period in 2022. The $63.1 million increase in net interest income after provision for credit losses was driven by an increase in yields, a $29.2 billion increase in the average balance of advances, a $3.8 billion increase in the average balance of money market investments, a $1.0 billion increase in the average balance of investments securities, a $1.1 billion increase in the average balance of total capital. These positive factors were partially offset by a $250.9 million decrease in the average balance of mortgage loans, a $36.3 million year-over-year reduction to net interest income due to a $2.7 million net loss from hedge ineffectiveness for the six months ended June 30, 2023, versus a $33.6 million net gain from hedge ineffectiveness for the six months ended June 30, 2022, and a $14.5 million decrease in net accretion of MBS premium. Net interest spread was 0.22 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of 38 basis points from the same period in 2022, and net interest margin was 0.53 percent, a decrease of 14 basis points from the same period in 2022.
Table 3 presents major categories of average balances, related interest income/expense, and average yields/rates for interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Our primary source of earnings is net interest income, which is the interest earned on advances, mortgage loans, and investments less interest paid on COs, deposits, and other sources of funds.
Table 3 - Net Interest Spread and Margin
(dollars in thousands)
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| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | |
| | Average Balance | | Interest Income / Expense | | Average Yield/Rate(1) | | Average Balance | | Interest Income / Expense | | Average Yield/Rate(1) | | | | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advances | | $ | 48,189,251 | | | $ | 599,922 | | | 4.99 | % | | $ | 21,603,313 | | | $ | 71,641 | | | 1.33 | % | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing deposits | | 2,762,445 | | | 34,900 | | | 5.07 | | | 1,100,763 | | | 2,369 | | | 0.86 | | | | | | | |
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | | 2,639,011 | | | 32,524 | | | 4.94 | | | 3,313,187 | | | 9,109 | | | 1.10 | | | | | | | |
Federal funds sold | | 2,991,264 | | | 37,900 | | | 5.08 | | | 3,219,637 | | | 6,758 | | | 0.84 | | | | | | | |
Investment securities(2) | | 14,774,844 | | | 209,839 | | | 5.70 | | | 13,360,380 | | | 63,105 | | | 1.89 | | | | | | | |
Mortgage loans (2)(3) | | 2,752,824 | | | 21,712 | | | 3.16 | | | 2,946,838 | | | 21,419 | | | 2.92 | | | | | | | |
Other earning assets | | 24,176 | | | 297 | | | 4.93 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | |
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Total interest-earning assets | | 74,133,815 | | | 937,094 | | | 5.07 | | | 45,544,118 | | | 174,401 | | | 1.54 | | | | | | | |
Other non-interest-earning assets | | 1,431,237 | | | | | | | 1,045,205 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fair-value adjustments on investment securities | | (336,897) | | | | | | | (135,646) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 75,228,155 | | | $ | 937,094 | | | 5.00 | % | | $ | 46,453,677 | | | $ | 174,401 | | | 1.51 | % | | | | | | |
Liabilities and capital | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Consolidated obligations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Discount notes | | $ | 26,286,215 | | | $ | 324,842 | | | 4.96 | % | | $ | 12,500,939 | | | $ | 26,109 | | | 0.84 | % | | | | | | |
Bonds | | 42,058,941 | | | 493,996 | | | 4.71 | | | 28,809,891 | | | 78,242 | | | 1.09 | | | | | | | |
Other interest-bearing liabilities | | 822,913 | | | 8,629 | | | 4.21 | | | 883,627 | | | 733 | | | 0.33 | | | | | | | |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | 69,168,069 | | | 827,467 | | | 4.80 | | | 42,194,457 | | | 105,084 | | | 1.00 | | | | | | | |
Other non-interest-bearing liabilities | | 2,326,106 | | | | | | | 1,574,763 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total capital | | 3,733,980 | | | | | | | 2,684,457 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and capital | | $ | 75,228,155 | | | $ | 827,467 | | | 4.41 | % | | $ | 46,453,677 | | | $ | 105,084 | | | 0.91 | % | | | | | | |
Net interest income | | | | $ | 109,627 | | | | | | | $ | 69,317 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest spread | | | | | | 0.27 | % | | | | | | 0.54 | % | | | | | | |
Net interest margin | | | | | | 0.59 | % | | | | | | 0.61 | % | | | | | | |
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| | For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | |
| | Average Balance | | Interest Income / Expense | | Average Yield(1) | | Average Balance | | Interest Income / Expense | | Average Yield(1) | | | | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advances | | $ | 46,233,267 | | | $ | 1,101,537 | | | 4.80 | % | | $ | 17,029,474 | | | $ | 106,548 | | | 1.26 | % | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing deposits | | 2,823,071 | | | 67,502 | | | 4.82 | | | 760,103 | | | 2,529 | | | 0.67 | | | | | | | |
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | | 2,450,851 | | | 58,205 | | | 4.79 | | | 1,937,580 | | | 9,280 | | | 0.97 | | | | | | | |
Federal funds sold | | 3,853,635 | | | 90,845 | | | 4.75 | | | 2,677,276 | | | 7,572 | | | 0.57 | | | | | | | |
Investment securities(2) | | 14,469,410 | | | 378,598 | | | 5.28 | | | 13,458,237 | | | 108,968 | | | 1.63 | | | | | | | |
Mortgage loans | | 2,746,491 | | | 42,900 | | | 3.15 | | | 2,997,353 | | | 42,947 | | | 2.89 | | | | | | | |
Other earning assets | | 17,680 | | | 431 | | | 4.92 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | |
Total interest-earning assets | | 72,594,405 | | | 1,740,018 | | | 4.83 | | | 38,860,023 | | | 277,844 | | | 1.44 | | | | | | | |
Other non-interest-earning assets | | 1,543,805 | | | | | | | 759,297 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fair-value adjustments on investment securities | | (329,482) | | | | | | | (60,809) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 73,808,728 | | | $ | 1,740,018 | | | 4.75 | % | | $ | 39,558,511 | | | $ | 277,844 | | | 1.42 | % | | | | | | |
Liabilities and capital | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Consolidated obligations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Discount notes | | $ | 28,104,807 | | | $ | 661,525 | | | 4.75 | % | | $ | 7,430,874 | | | 26,716 | | | 0.73 | % | | | | | | |
Bonds | | 38,869,940 | | | 872,090 | | | 4.52 | | | 27,673,026 | | | 122,142 | | | 0.89 | | | | | | | |
Other interest-bearing liabilities | | 751,655 | | | 14,855 | | | 3.99 | | | 844,392 | | | 827 | | | 0.20 | | | | | | | |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | 67,726,402 | | | 1,548,470 | | | 4.61 | | | 35,948,292 | | | 149,685 | | | 0.84 | | | | | | | |
Other non-interest-bearing liabilities | | 2,431,364 | | | | | | | 1,014,557 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total capital | | 3,650,962 | | | | | | | 2,595,662 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and capital | | $ | 73,808,728 | | | $ | 1,548,470 | | | 4.23 | % | | $ | 39,558,511 | | | $ | 149,685 | | | 0.76 | % | | | | | | |
Net interest income | | | | $ | 191,548 | | | | | | | $ | 128,159 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest spread | | | | | | 0.22 | % | | | | | | 0.60 | % | | | | | | |
Net interest margin | | | | | | 0.53 | % | | | | | | 0.67 | % | | | | | | |
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(1) Yields are annualized.
(2) Average balances are reflected at amortized cost.
(3) Nonaccrual loans are included in the average balances used to determine average yield.
Rate and Volume Analysis
Changes in both average balances (volume) and interest rates influence changes in net interest income and net interest margin. Table 4 summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. Changes in interest income and interest expense that are not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related, but are equally attributable to both volume and rate changes, have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportion of the absolute value of the volume and rate changes.
Table 4 - Rate and Volume Analysis
(dollars in thousands)
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| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 vs. 2022 | | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 vs. 2022 |
| | Increase (Decrease) due to | | Increase (Decrease) due to |
| | Volume | | Rate | | Total | | Volume | | Rate | | Total |
Interest income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advances | | $ | 163,155 | | | $ | 365,126 | | | $ | 528,281 | | | $ | 377,257 | | | $ | 617,732 | | | $ | 994,989 | |
Interest-bearing deposits | | 7,697 | | | 24,834 | | | 32,531 | | | 19,812 | | | 45,161 | | | 64,973 | |
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | | (2,210) | | | 25,625 | | | 23,415 | | | 3,069 | | | 45,856 | | | 48,925 | |
Federal funds sold | | (513) | | | 31,655 | | | 31,142 | | | 4,706 | | | 78,567 | | | 83,273 | |
Investment securities | | 7,353 | | | 139,381 | | | 146,734 | | | 8,782 | | | 260,848 | | | 269,630 | |
Mortgage loans | | (1,463) | | | 1,756 | | | 293 | | | (3,750) | | | 3,703 | | | (47) | |
Other earning assets | | 297 | | | — | | | 297 | | | 431 | | | — | | | 431 | |
Total interest income | | 174,316 | | | 588,377 | | | 762,693 | | | 410,307 | | | 1,051,867 | | | 1,462,174 | |
Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Consolidated obligations | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Discount notes | | 54,725 | | | 244,008 | | | 298,733 | | | 212,047 | | | 422,762 | | | 634,809 | |
Bonds | | 50,518 | | | 365,236 | | | 415,754 | | | 67,614 | | | 682,334 | | | 749,948 | |
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Other interest-bearing liabilities | | (54) | | | 7,950 | | | 7,896 | | | (101) | | | 14,129 | | | 14,028 | |
Total interest expense | | 105,189 | | | 617,194 | | | 722,383 | | | 279,560 | | | 1,119,225 | | | 1,398,785 | |
Change in net interest income | | $ | 69,127 | | | $ | (28,817) | | | $ | 40,310 | | | $ | 130,747 | | | $ | (67,358) | | | $ | 63,389 | |
Average Balance of Advances Outstanding
The average balance of total advances increased $29.2 billion, or 171.5 percent, for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared with the same period in 2022. This increase in the average balance of advances was concentrated in short-term fixed rate advances and variable-rate advances. While average advances remained elevated for the six months ended June 30, 2023, total advances at June 30, 2023 returned to levels seen prior to the March 2023 liquidity crisis and are now $1.4 billion below the balance as of December 31, 2022. We cannot predict future member demand for advances.
Average Balance of Investments
Average short-term money-market investments, consisting of interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell, federal funds sold, and loans to other FHLBanks, increased $3.8 billion, or 70.1 percent, for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared with the same period in 2022, as liquidity needs were greater in 2023 compared to 2022 due to increased advances borrowing activity. The yield earned on short-term money-market investments is highly correlated to short-term market interest rates. As a result of the FOMC’s increase in the target range for the federal funds rate, average yields on overnight federal funds sold increased from 0.57 percent during the six months ended June 30, 2022, to 4.75 percent during the six months ended June 30, 2023, while average yields on securities purchased under agreements to resell increased from 0.97 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to 4.79 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2023. These investments are used for liquidity management.
Average investment-securities balances increased $1.0 billion, or 7.5 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared with the same period in 2022.
Average Balance of COs
Average CO balances increased $31.9 billion, or 90.8 percent, for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared with the same period in 2022, resulting from our increased funding needs principally due to the increase in our average advances balances. This increase consisted of $20.7 billion in CO discount notes and $11.2 billion in CO bonds.
The average balance of CO discount notes represented approximately 42.0 percent of total average COs for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared with 21.2 percent of total average COs for the same period in 2022. The average balance of CO bonds represented 58.0 percent and 78.8 percent of total average COs outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Net interest income includes interest accrued on interest-rate-exchange agreements that are associated with advances, investments, and debt instruments that qualify for hedge accounting. The fair value gains and losses of derivatives and hedged items designated in fair-value hedge relationships are also recognized as interest income or interest expense. We enter into derivatives to manage the interest-rate-risk exposures inherent in otherwise unhedged assets and liabilities and to achieve our risk-management objectives. We generally use derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting as interest-rate risk-management tools. These derivatives serve to stabilize net income when interest rates fluctuate. Accordingly, the impact of derivatives on net interest income and net interest margin, as well as other income, should be viewed in the overall context of our risk-management strategy. Table 5 below provides a summary of the impact of derivatives and hedging activities on our earnings.
Table 5 - Effect of Derivative and Hedging Activities
(dollars in thousands)
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| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities | | Advances | | Investments | | Mortgage Loans | | | | CO Bonds | | | | Total |
Net interest income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities (1) | | $ | (471) | | | $ | — | | | $ | (64) | | | | | $ | (801) | | | | | $ | (1,336) | |
Gains (losses) on designated fair-value hedges | | 1,402 | | | 3,224 | | | — | | | | | (40) | | | | | 4,586 | |
Net interest settlements on derivatives(2) | | 43,516 | | | 114,828 | | | — | | | | | (156,932) | | | | | 1,412 | |
Price alignment interest(3) | | (1,829) | | | (10,299) | | | — | | | | | 257 | | | | | (11,871) | |
Total net interest income | | 42,618 | | | 107,753 | | | (64) | | | | | (157,516) | | | | | (7,209) | |
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Net losses on derivatives and hedging activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Mortgage delivery commitments | | — | | | — | | | (416) | | | | | — | | | | | (416) | |
Net losses on derivatives and hedging activities | | — | | | — | | | (416) | | | | | — | | | | | (416) | |
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Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities | | $ | 42,618 | | | $ | 107,753 | | | $ | (480) | | | | | $ | (157,516) | | | | | $ | (7,625) | |
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| | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities | | Advances | | Investments | | Mortgage Loans | | | | CO Bonds | | Total |
Net interest income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1) | | $ | (273) | | | $ | — | | | $ | (144) | | | | | $ | (945) | | | $ | (1,362) | |
Gains on designated fair-value hedges | | 903 | | | 16,281 | | | — | | | | | 228 | | | 17,412 | |
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2) | | (5,205) | | | (21,256) | | | — | | | | | 15,049 | | | (11,412) | |
Price alignment interest(3) | | (185) | | | (949) | | | — | | | | | 31 | | | (1,103) | |
Total net interest income | | (4,760) | | | (5,924) | | | (144) | | | | | 14,363 | | | 3,535 | |
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Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Gains on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting | | 4 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 1 | | | $ | 5 | |
CO bond firm commitments | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | (1) | | | (1) | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | — | | | — | | | (118) | | | | | — | | | (118) | |
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities | | 4 | | | — | | | (118) | | | | | — | | | (114) | |
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Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities | | $ | (4,756) | | | $ | (5,924) | | | $ | (262) | | | | | $ | 14,363 | | | $ | 3,421 | |
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| | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities | | Advances | | Investments | | Mortgage Loans | | | | CO Bonds | | | | Total |
Net interest income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1) | | $ | (983) | | | $ | — | | | $ | (146) | | | | | $ | (1,402) | | | | | $ | (2,531) | |
Gains (losses) on designated fair-value hedges | | 334 | | | (2,880) | | | — | | | | | (190) | | | | | (2,736) | |
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2) | | 71,971 | | | 212,054 | | | — | | | | | (297,742) | | | | | (13,717) | |
Price alignment interest(3) | | (3,583) | | | (20,357) | | | — | | | | | 540 | | | | | (23,400) | |
Total net interest income | | 67,739 | | | 188,817 | | | (146) | | | | | (298,794) | | | | | (42,384) | |
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Net losses on derivatives and hedging activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Mortgage delivery commitments | | — | | | — | | | (349) | | | | | — | | | | | (349) | |
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Net losses on derivatives and hedging activities | | — | | | — | | | (349) | | | | | — | | | | | (349) | |
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Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities | | $ | 67,739 | | | $ | 188,817 | | | $ | (495) | | | | | $ | (298,794) | | | | | $ | (42,733) | |
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| | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities | | Advances | | Investments | | Mortgage Loans | | | | CO Bonds | | | | Total |
Net interest income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1) | | $ | (536) | | | $ | — | | | $ | (300) | | | | | $ | (1,881) | | | | | $ | (2,717) | |
Gains on designated fair-value hedges | | 2,256 | | | 30,623 | | | — | | | | | 705 | | | | | 33,584 | |
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2) | | (15,131) | | | (58,647) | | | — | | | | | 41,840 | | | | | (31,938) | |
Price alignment interest(3) | | (207) | | | (1,000) | | | — | | | | | 33 | | | | | (1,174) | |
Total net interest income | | (13,618) | | | (29,024) | | | (300) | | | | | 40,697 | | | | | (2,245) | |
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Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Gains (losses) on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting | | 5 | | | (1) | | | — | | | | | (520) | | | | | (516) | |
CO bond firm commitments | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 520 | | | | | 520 | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | — | | | — | | | (791) | | | | | — | | | | | (791) | |
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Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities | | 5 | | | (1) | | | (791) | | | | | — | | | | | (787) | |
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Net losses on trading securities | | — | | | (425) | | | — | | | | | — | | | | | (425) | |
Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities | | $ | (13,613) | | | $ | (29,450) | | | $ | (1,091) | | | | | $ | 40,697 | | | | | $ | (3,457) | |
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(1) Represents the amortization/accretion of hedging fair-value adjustments and cash-flow hedge amortization reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income.
(2) Represents interest income/expense on derivatives included in net interest income.
(3) Relates to derivatives for which variation margin payments are characterized as daily settled contracts.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Advances
At June 30, 2023, the advances portfolio totaled $40.2 billion, a decrease of $1.4 billion from $41.6 billion at December 31, 2022. The decrease in advances was concentrated in overnight advances, short-term fixed-rate advances, and variable-rate advances, partially offset by increases in fixed-rate putable advances and long-term advances.
During the second quarter of 2023, advances decreased to $40.2 billion as of June 30, 2023, a decrease of $9.4 billion from March 31, 2023. While advances balances remained at elevated levels through the months of April and May 2023, they declined in June 2023 as the banking sector liquidity needs moderated.
Table 6 - Advances Outstanding by Product Type
(dollars in thousands)
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| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| Par Value | | Percent of Total | | Par Value | | Percent of Total |
Fixed-rate advances | | | | | | | |
Short-term | $ | 15,448,257 | | | 38.1 | % | | $ | 18,789,061 | | | 44.9 | % |
Long-term | 10,044,155 | | | 24.8 | | | 7,045,651 | | | 16.8 | |
Putable | 4,782,920 | | | 11.8 | | | 1,428,100 | | | 3.4 | |
Overnight | 2,635,689 | | | 6.5 | | | 3,959,973 | | | 9.5 | |
Amortizing | 832,991 | | | 2.1 | | | 754,126 | | | 1.8 | |
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| 33,744,012 | | | 83.3 | | | 31,976,911 | | | 76.4 | |
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Variable-rate advances | | | | | | | |
Simple variable (1) | 6,637,995 | | | 16.4 | | | 9,729,865 | | | 23.3 | |
Putable | 110,000 | | | 0.3 | | | 122,000 | | | 0.3 | |
All other variable-rate indexed advances | 4,780 | | | — | | | 2,000 | | | — | |
| 6,752,775 | | | 16.7 | | | 9,853,865 | | | 23.6 | |
Total par value | $ | 40,496,787 | | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 41,830,776 | | | 100.0 | % |
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(1) Includes floating-rate advances that may be contractually prepaid by the borrower on a floating-rate reset date without incurring prepayment or termination fees.
Advances Credit Risk
We manage credit risk on advances by monitoring the financial condition of our borrowers and by holding sufficient collateral to protect the Bank from credit losses. All pledged collateral is subject to collateral discounts, or haircuts, to the market value or par value, as applicable, based on our opinion of the risk that such collateral presents. We are prohibited by Section 10(a) of the FHLBank Act from making advances without sufficient collateral. We have never experienced a credit loss on an advance.
We assign each depository borrower to one of the following three credit status categories based on our assessment of the borrower's overall financial condition and other factors:
Category-1 Members that are generally in satisfactory financial condition.
Category-2 Members that show financial weakness or weakening financial trends in key financial indices and/or regulatory findings.
Category-3 Members with financial weaknesses that present an elevated level of concern.
We lend to our non-depository company members based on our assessment of their financial condition and their pledge and delivery of sufficient amounts of eligible collateral.
Table 7 - Advances Outstanding by Borrower Credit Status Category
(dollars in thousands)
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| As of June 30, 2023 |
| Number of Borrowers | | Par Value of Advances Outstanding | | Discounted Collateral | | Ratio of Discounted Collateral to Advances |
Category-1 | 230 | | | $ | 35,280,955 | | | $ | 123,956,180 | | | 351.3 | % |
Category-2 | 20 | | | 599,104 | | | 1,289,954 | | | 215.3 | |
Category-3 | 14 | | | 150,262 | | | 274,565 | | | 182.7 | |
Insurance companies | 23 | | | 4,466,466 | | | 5,393,042 | | | 120.7 | |
Total | 287 | | | $ | 40,496,787 | | | $ | 130,913,741 | | | 323.3 | % |
The method by which a borrower pledges collateral depends upon the type of borrower (depository vs. non-depository), the category to which the borrower is assigned, and the type of collateral that the borrower pledges. Moreover, borrowers in Category-1 are eligible to specifically list and identify single-family owner-occupied residential mortgage loans at a lower discount than is allowed if the collateral is not specifically listed and identified.
The Bank may adjust the credit status category of a member from time to time based on the financial reviews and other circumstances of the member.
Table 8 - Top Five Advance-Borrowing Institutions
(dollars in thousands)
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| | June 30, 2023 | |
Name | | Par Value of Advances | | Percent of Total Par Value of Advances | | Weighted-Average Rate (1) | |
Citizens Bank, N.A. | | $ | 5,028,933 | | | 12.4 | % | | 5.31 | % | |
Webster Bank, N.A. | | 4,310,371 | | | 10.6 | | | 5.26 | | |
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company | | 2,100,000 | | | 5.2 | | | 1.78 | | |
Hingham Institution for Savings | | 1,470,000 | | | 3.6 | | | 4.37 | | |
The Washington Trust Company | | 1,040,000 | | | 2.6 | | | 4.86 | | |
Total of top five advance-borrowing institutions | | $ | 13,949,304 | | | 34.4 | % | | | |
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| | December 31, 2022 |
Name | | Par Value of Advances | | Percent of Total Par Value of Advances | | Weighted-Average Rate (1) |
Citizens Bank, N.A. | | $ | 8,519,007 | | | 20.4 | % | | 4.28 | % |
Webster Bank, N.A. | | 5,460,552 | | | 13.1 | | | 4.39 | |
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company | | 2,100,000 | | | 5.0 | | | 1.78 | |
State Street Bank and Trust Company | | 2,000,000 | | | 4.8 | | | 4.18 | |
Hingham Institution for Savings | | 1,276,000 | | | 3.0 | | | 4.23 | |
Total of top five advance-borrowing institutions | | $ | 19,355,559 | | | 46.3 | % | | |
_______________________(1) Weighted-average rates are based on the contract rate of each advance without taking into consideration the effects of interest-rate-exchange agreements that we may use as hedging instruments.
Investments
At June 30, 2023, investment securities and short-term money-market instruments totaled $19.3 billion, an increase of $1.4 billion from $17.9 billion at December 31, 2022.
Short-term money-market investments increased $705.6 million to $4.9 billion at June 30, 2023, compared with December 31, 2022. The increase was attributable to increases of $297.0 million in federal funds sold, $208.6 million in interest bearing deposits, and $200.0 million in loans to other FHLBanks.
Investment securities increased $695.0 million to $14.4 billion at June 30, 2023, compared with $13.7 billion at December 31, 2022.
Investments Credit Risk
We are subject to credit risk on unsecured investments consisting primarily of short-term (meaning one year and under to maturity) money-market instruments issued by high-quality financial institutions and long-term (original maturity in excess of one year) debentures issued or guaranteed by U.S. agencies, U.S. government-owned corporations, GSEs, and supranational institutions.
We place short-term funds with large, high-quality financial institutions that must be rated in at least the third-highest internal rating category on a rating scale of FHFA1 through FHFA7, reflecting progressively lower credit quality. The internal rating categories of FHFA1 through FHFA4 are considered to be investment quality. As of June 30, 2023, all of these placements either expired within one day or were payable upon demand. See Part 1 — Item 1 — Business — Business Lines — Investments in the 2022 Annual Report for additional information.
In addition to these unsecured investments, we also make secured investments in the form of securities purchased under agreements to resell secured by U.S. Treasury, U.S. government guaranteed, or agency obligations, with current terms to maturity up to 95 days and in MBS and HFA securities that are directly or indirectly supported by underlying mortgage loans.
We actively monitor our investment credit exposures and the credit quality of our counterparties, including assessments of each counterparty's financial performance, capital adequacy, sovereign support, and collateral quality and performance, as well as related market signals such as securities prices and credit default swap spreads. We may reduce or suspend credit limits and/or seek to reduce existing exposures, as appropriate, as a result of these monitoring activities.
Table 9 - Credit Ratings of Investments at Carrying Value
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | As of June 30, 2023 |
| | Long-Term Credit Rating |
Investment Category | | Triple-A | | Double-A | | Single-A | | | | | | Unrated |
Money-market instruments: (1) | | | �� | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing deposits | | $ | — | | | $ | 149 | | | $ | 1,693,732 | | | | | | | $ | — | |
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Federal funds sold | | — | | | 619,000 | | | 2,384,000 | | | | | | | — | |
Loans to other FHLBanks | | — | | | 200,000 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
Total money-market instruments | | — | | | 819,149 | | | 4,077,732 | | | | | | | — | |
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Investment securities:(2) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Non-MBS: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury obligations | | — | | | 5,756,093 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
Corporate bonds | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | 1,555 | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | | — | | | 232,109 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
GSE | | — | | | 98,651 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
Supranational institutions | | 345,582 | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
HFA securities | | 24,174 | | | 8,217 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
Total non-MBS | | 369,756 | | | 6,095,070 | | | — | | | | | | | 1,555 | |
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MBS: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. government guaranteed - single-family | | — | | | 18,578 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
U.S. government guaranteed - multifamily | | — | | | 475,020 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
GSE – single-family | | — | | | 1,052,690 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
GSE – multifamily | | — | | | 6,409,810 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
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Total MBS | | — | | | 7,956,098 | | | — | | | | | | | — | |
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Total investment securities | | 369,756 | | | 14,051,168 | | | — | | | | | | | 1,555 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total investments | | $ | 369,756 | | | $ | 14,870,317 | | | $ | 4,077,732 | | | | | | | $ | 1,555 | |
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(1) The counterparty NRSRO rating is used for money-market instruments. Counterparty ratings are obtained from Moody's, Fitch, Inc. (Fitch), and S&P and are each as of June 30, 2023. If there is a split rating, the lowest rating is used. In certain instances where a counterparty is unrated, the Bank may assign a deemed rating to the counterparty and that deemed rating is used.
(2) The issue rating is used for investment securities. Issue ratings are obtained from Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. If there is a split rating, the lowest rating is used.
FHFA regulations include limits on the amount of unsecured credit we may extend to a counterparty or to a group of affiliated counterparties based on a percentage of regulatory capital and an internal credit rating determined by each FHLBank. See Part 1 — Item 1 — Business — Business Lines — Investments in the 2022 Annual Report for additional information. Under these regulations, the level of regulatory capital is determined as the lesser of our total regulatory capital or the regulatory capital of the counterparty. The applicable regulatory capital is then multiplied by a specified percentage for each counterparty, the product of which is the maximum amount of unsecured credit exposure we may extend to that counterparty. The percentage that we may offer for extensions of unsecured credit other than overnight sales of federal funds ranges from one to 15 percent based on the counterparty's credit rating. Extensions of unsecured credit for overnight sales of federal funds range from one to 30 percent based on the counterparty’s credit rating. From time to time, we may establish internal credit limits lower than permitted by regulation for individual counterparties.
Table 10 - Unsecured Credit Related to Money-Market Instruments and Debentures by Carrying Value
(dollars in thousands)
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| | Carrying Value |
| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Interest bearing deposits | | $ | 1,693,881 | | | $ | 1,485,290 | |
Federal funds sold | | 3,003,000 | | | 2,706,000 | |
Loans to other FHLBanks | | 200,000 | | | — | |
Supranational institutions | | 345,582 | | | 350,352 | |
U.S. government-owned corporations | | 232,109 | | | 227,200 | |
GSEs | | 98,651 | | | 97,666 | |
Corporate bonds | | 1,555 | | | 1,507 | |
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Mortgage Loans
We invest in mortgages through the MPF program. The MPF program is further described under — Mortgage Loans Credit Risk and in Part I — Item 1 — Business — Business Lines — Mortgage Loan Finance in the 2022 Annual Report.
As of June 30, 2023, our mortgage loan investment portfolio totaled $2.8 billion, an increase of $48.9 million from December 31, 2022. This increase is the result of both a decline in mortgage loan repayments and an increase in mortgage loan purchase volumes during the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to the same period of the prior year. We expect continued competition from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as from private mortgage loan acquirers, for loan investment opportunities.
Mortgage Loans Credit Risk
We are subject to credit risk from the mortgage loans in which we invest due to our exposure to the credit risk of the underlying borrowers and the credit risk of the participating financial institutions when the participating financial institutions retain credit-enhancement and/or servicing obligations. For additional information on the credit risks arising from our participation in the MPF program, see Part II — Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Mortgage Loans — Mortgage Loans Credit Risk in the 2022 Annual Report. For information on the credit performance of our mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2023, see Item I — Financial Statements — Note 5 — Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio in this report.
Although our mortgage loan portfolio includes loans throughout the U.S., concentrations of 5 percent or greater of the par value of our conventional mortgage loan portfolio are shown in Table 11.
Table 11 - State Concentrations by Par Value
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Percentage of Total Par Value of Conventional Mortgage Loans |
| June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Massachusetts | 62 | % | | 63 | % |
Maine | 11 | | | 10 | |
Connecticut | 8 | | | 9 | |
Vermont | 6 | | | 6 | |
| | | |
All others | 13 | | | 12 | |
Total | 100 | % | | 100 | % |
We place conventional mortgage loans on nonaccrual status when the collection of interest or principal is doubtful or contractual principal or interest is 90 days or more past due. Accrued interest on nonaccrual loans is excluded from interest income. We monitor the delinquency levels of the mortgage loan portfolio on a monthly basis.
Table 12 - Mortgage Loans - Risk Elements and Credit Losses
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2023 | | 2022 |
Average par value of mortgage loans outstanding during the period ending | $ | 2,707,397 | | | $ | 2,951,330 | |
Net recoveries (charge offs) | 7 | | | (1) | |
Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding during the period ending | — | % | | — | % |
| | | |
| As of June 30, 2023 | | As of December 31, 2022 |
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, par value | $ | 2,770,939 | | | $ | 2,720,351 | |
Nonaccrual loans, par value | 8,692 | | | 15,034 | |
Allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans | 2,000 | | | 1,900 | |
Allowance for credit losses to mortgage loans held for portfolio | 0.07 | % | | 0.07 | % |
Nonaccrual loans to mortgage loans held for portfolio | 0.31 | | | 0.55 | |
Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans | 23.01 | | | 12.64 | |
Mortgage Insurance Companies. We are exposed to credit risk from primary mortgage insurance coverage (PMI) on individual loans. As of June 30, 2023, we were the beneficiary of PMI coverage of $60.9 million on $231.9 million of conventional mortgage loans. These amounts relate to loans originated with PMI and for which current loan-to-value ratios exceed 78 percent (determined by recalculating the original loan-to-value ratio using the current par value divided by the appraised home value at the time of loan origination).
We have analyzed our potential loss exposure to all of the mortgage insurance companies and do not expect incremental losses based on these exposures at this time.
Consolidated Obligations
Derivative Instruments
All derivatives are recorded on the statement of condition at fair value and classified as either derivative assets or derivative liabilities. Bilateral and cleared derivatives outstanding are classified as assets or liabilities according to the net fair value of derivatives aggregated by each counterparty. Derivative assets' net fair value, net of cash collateral and accrued interest, totaled $411.5 million and $430.7 million as of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively. Derivative liabilities' net fair value, net of cash collateral and accrued interest, totaled $9.5 million and $25.6 million as of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The following table presents a summary of the notional amounts and estimated fair values of our outstanding derivatives, excluding accrued interest, and related hedged item by product and type of accounting treatment as of June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022. The notional amount represents the hypothetical principal basis used to determine periodic interest payments received and paid. However, the notional amount does not represent an actual amount exchanged or our overall exposure to credit and market risk.
Table 13 - Derivatives and Hedge-Accounting Treatment
(dollars in thousands)
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| | | | | | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Hedged Item | | Derivative | | Designation(2) | | Notional Amount | | Fair Value | | Notional Amount | | Fair Value |
Advances (1) | | Swaps | | Fair value | | $ | 8,257,530 | | | $ | (19,018) | | | $ | 4,052,810 | | | $ | (11,112) | |
| | Swaps | | Economic | | 102,000 | | | (251) | | | 107,000 | | | (400) | |
Total associated with advances | | | | | | 8,359,530 | | | (19,269) | | | 4,159,810 | | | (11,512) | |
Available-for-sale securities | | Swaps | | Fair value | | 12,577,160 | | | (190,512) | | | 12,577,160 | | | (24,233) | |
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COs | | Swaps | | Fair value | | 27,530,190 | | | (1,275,332) | | | 21,726,190 | | | (1,353,541) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Forward starting swaps | | Cash Flow | | 1,391,000 | | | (85) | | | 1,391,000 | | | 716 | |
Total associated with COs | | | | | | 28,921,190 | | | (1,275,417) | | | 23,117,190 | | | (1,352,825) | |
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Total | | | | | | 49,857,880 | | | (1,485,198) | | | 39,854,160 | | | (1,388,570) | |
CO bond firm commitments | | | | | | — | | | — | | | 35,000 | | | 50 | |
Mortgage delivery commitments | | | | | | 44,145 | | | (148) | | | 3,454 | | | 45 | |
Total derivatives | | | | | | $ | 49,902,025 | | | (1,485,346) | | | $ | 39,892,614 | | | (1,388,475) | |
Accrued interest | | | | | | | | 249,651 | | | | | 42,010 | |
Cash collateral, including related accrued interest | | | | | | | | 1,637,681 | | | | | 1,751,569 | |
Net derivatives | | | | | | | | $ | 401,986 | | | | | $ | 405,104 | |
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Derivative asset | | | | | | | | $ | 411,533 | | | | | $ | 430,744 | |
Derivative liability | | | | | | | | (9,547) | | | | | (25,640) | |
Net derivatives | | | | | | | | $ | 401,986 | | | | | $ | 405,104 | |
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(1) As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, embedded derivatives separated from certain advance contracts with notional amounts of $102.0 million and $107.0 million, respectively, and fair values of $252 thousand and $400 thousand, respectively, are not included in the table.
(2) The hedge designation “fair value” represents the hedge classification for transactions that qualify for hedge-accounting treatment and hedge changes in fair value attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate. The hedge designation "cash flow" represents the hedge classification for transactions that qualify for hedge-accounting treatment and hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows. The hedge designation “economic” represents derivatives hedging specific or nonspecific assets, liabilities, or firm commitments that do not qualify or were not documented as fair-value or cash-flow hedges but are documented as serving a non-speculative use and are hedging strategies under our risk-management policy.
Derivative Instruments Credit Risk. We are subject to credit risk on derivatives. This risk arises from the risk of counterparty default on the derivative contract. The amount of unsecured credit exposure to a derivative counterparty default is the amount by which the replacement cost of the defaulted derivative contract exceeds the value of any collateral held by us (if the counterparty is the net obligor on the derivative contract) or is exceeded by the value of collateral pledged by us to counterparties (if we are the net obligor on the derivative contract). We accept cash and securities collateral in accordance with the terms of the applicable master netting agreement for uncleared derivatives (principal-to-principal derivatives that are not centrally cleared) from counterparties with whom we are in a current positive fair-value position. We pledge cash and securities collateral in accordance with the terms of the applicable master netting agreement for uncleared derivatives to counterparties with whom we are in a current negative fair-value position. We currently pledge only cash collateral, including initial and variation margin, for cleared derivatives, but may also pledge securities for initial margin as allowed by the applicable DCO and clearing member.
Additionally, for uncleared derivatives transactions executed on or after September 1, 2022, we are subject to two-way initial margin obligations as required by the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. For such uncleared derivatives transactions, a party whose initial margin requirement exceeds a specified threshold (which may not exceed $50 million) would
be required to deliver collateral in the amount by which the initial margin requirement exceeds such specified threshold. Initial margin is required to be held at a third-party custodian for the benefit of the secured party, which can only assert ownership of such collateral upon the occurrence of certain events, which may include an event of default due to bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar proceeding. However, as of June 30, 2023, all initial margin requirements owed to our uncleared derivatives counterparties by us or owed to us by our uncleared derivatives counterparties were less than specified delivery thresholds.
From time to time, due to timing differences or derivatives-valuation differences, between our calculated derivatives values and those of our counterparties, and to the contractual haircuts applied to securities, we receive from (or pledge to) our counterparties cash or securities collateral whose fair value is less (or more) than the current net positive (or net negative) fair-value of derivatives positions outstanding with them.
Table 14 - Credit Exposure to Derivatives Counterparties
(dollars in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | As of June 30, 2023 |
Credit Rating (1) | | Notional Amount | | Net Derivatives Fair Value Before Collateral | | Cash Collateral Pledged to (from) Counterparty | | | | Net Credit Exposure to Counterparties |
Asset positions with credit exposure: | | | | | | | | | | |
Uncleared derivatives | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
Single-A | | $ | 1,327,000 | | | $ | 1,925 | | | $ | (1,765) | | | | | $ | 160 | |
Cleared derivatives | | 20,120,269 | | | 2,793 | | | 408,017 | | | | | 410,810 | |
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Liability positions with credit exposure: | | | | | | | | | | |
Uncleared derivatives | | | | | | | | | | |
Single-A | | 5,682,000 | | | (278,690) | | | 279,225 | | | | | 535 | |
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Total interest-rate swap positions with nonmember counterparties to which we had credit exposure | | 27,129,269 | | | (273,972) | | | 685,477 | | | | | 411,505 | |
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Mortgage delivery commitments (2) | | 44,145 | | | 28 | | | — | | | | | 28 | |
Total | | $ | 27,173,414 | | | $ | (273,944) | | | $ | 685,477 | | | | | $ | 411,533 | |
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(1) Uncleared derivatives counterparty ratings are obtained from Moody's, Fitch, and S&P. Each rating classification includes all rating levels within that category. If there is a split rating, the lowest rating is used. In the case where the obligations are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, the rating of the guarantor or the counterparty is used.
(2) Total fair-value exposures related to commitments to invest in mortgage loans are offset by certain pair-off fees. Commitments to invest in mortgage loans are reflected as derivatives. We do not collateralize these commitments. However, should the participating financial institution fail to deliver the mortgage loans as agreed, the participating financial institution is charged a fee to compensate us for the nonperformance.
For information on our approach to the credit risks arising from our use of derivatives, see Part II — Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Derivative Instruments — Derivative Instruments Credit Risk in the 2022 Annual Report.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our financial structure is designed to enable us to expand and contract our assets, liabilities, and capital in response to changes in membership composition and member credit needs. Our primary source of liquidity is our access to the capital markets through CO issuance, which is described in Part I — Item 1 — Business — Consolidated Obligations of the 2022 Annual Report. Outstanding COs and the condition of the market for COs are discussed below under — Debt Financing — Consolidated Obligations. Our equity capital resources are governed by our capital plan, certain portions of which are described under — Capital below as well as by applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Liquidity
We are required to maintain liquidity in accordance with the FHLBank Act, FHFA regulations and guidance, and policies established by our management and board of directors. We seek to be in a position to meet the credit and liquidity needs of our members and to meet all current and future financial commitments by managing liquidity positions to maintain stable, reliable,
and cost-effective sources of funds while taking into account market conditions, member demand, and the maturity profile of our assets and liabilities.
We may not be able to predict future trends in member credit needs because they are driven by complex interactions among a number of factors, including members' asset growth or reductions, deposit growth or reductions, and the attractiveness of advances compared to other wholesale borrowing alternatives. We regularly monitor current trends and anticipate future debt issuance needs and maintain a portfolio of highly liquid assets in an effort to be prepared to fund our members' credit needs and our investment opportunities. We are generally able to expand our CO debt issuance in response to our members' increased credit needs for advances and to increase our acquisitions of mortgage loans. Alternatively, in response to reduced member credit needs, we may allow our COs to mature without replacement, transfer debt to another FHLBank, or repurchase and retire outstanding COs, or redeem callable COs on eligible redemption dates, allowing our balance sheet to shrink.
Sources and Uses of Liquidity. Our primary sources of liquidity are proceeds from the issuance of COs and advance repayments, and maturing short-term investments, as well as cash and investment holdings that are primarily high-quality, short- and intermediate-term financial instruments that can be sold or pledged as collateral under a repurchase agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we maintained continuous access to funding and adapted our debt issuance to meet the needs of our members.
Our primary uses of liquidity are advance originations and consolidated obligation payments. Other uses of liquidity are mortgage loan and investment purchases, dividend payments, general operating expenses, and other contractual payments. We also maintain liquidity to redeem or repurchase excess capital stock, through our daily excess stock repurchases, upon the request of a member or as required under our capital plan.
Secondary sources of liquidity include payments collected on mortgage loans, proceeds from the issuance of capital stock, and deposits from members. In addition, under the FHLBank Act, the U.S. Treasury may purchase up to $4 billion of FHLBank COs. The terms, conditions, and interest rates in such a purchase would be determined by the U.S. Treasury. This authority may be exercised at the discretion of the U.S. Treasury with the agreement of the FHFA only if alternative means cannot be effectively employed to permit members of the FHLBanks to continue to supply reasonable amounts of funds to the mortgage market, and the ability to supply such funds is substantially impaired because of monetary stringency and a high level of interest rates. There were no such purchases by the U.S. Treasury during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
For information and discussion of our guarantees and other commitments we may have, see below — Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations. For further information and discussion of the joint and several liability for FHLBank COs, see below — Debt Financing — Consolidated Obligations.
Internal Liquidity Sources / Liquidity Management
We have developed a methodology and policies by which we measure and manage the Bank’s short-term liquidity needs based on projected net cash flow and contingent obligations.
Projected Net Cash Flow. We define projected net cash flow as projected sources of funds less projected uses of funds based on contractual maturities or expected option exercise periods, and settlement of committed assets and liabilities, as applicable. For mortgage-related cash flows and callable debt, we incorporate projected prepayments and call exercise.
Liquidity Management Action Trigger. We maintain a liquidity management action trigger pertaining to projected net cash flow: if projected net cash flow falls below zero on or before the 21st day following the measurement date, then management of the Bank is notified and determines whether any corrective action is necessary. We did not breach this threshold at any time during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Table 15 - Projected Net Cash Flow
(dollars in thousands)
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| As of June 30, 2023 |
| 21 Days |
Uses of funds | |
Interest payable | $ | 133,630 | |
Maturing liabilities | 7,324,128 | |
Committed asset settlements | 201,835 | |
Capital outflow | 61,991 | |
MPF delivery commitments | 44,145 | |
Other | 9,853 | |
Gross uses of funds | 7,775,582 | |
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Sources of funds | |
Interest receivable | 194,554 | |
Maturing or projected amortization of assets | 14,648,514 | |
Committed liability settlements | 160,249 | |
Cash and due from banks and interest bearing deposits | 1,939,622 | |
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Gross sources of funds | 16,942,939 | |
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Projected net cash flow | $ | 9,167,357 | |
Base Case Liquidity Requirement. The Bank is subject to FHFA guidance on liquidity, Advisory Bulletin 2018-07 (Liquidity Guidance AB), which communicates the FHFA’s expectations with respect to the maintenance of sufficient liquidity to enable us to provide advances and letters of credit for members for a specified time without access to the capital markets or other unsecured funding sources.
The Liquidity Guidance AB provides guidance on the level of on-balance sheet liquid assets related to base case liquidity. As part of the base case liquidity measure, the guidance also includes a separate provision covering off-balance sheet commitments from standby letters of credit. In addition, the Liquidity Guidance AB provides guidance related to asset/liability maturity funding gap limits.
Under the Liquidity Guidance AB, FHLBanks are required to maintain sufficient liquid assets to achieve positive projected net cash flow while rolling over maturing advances to all members and assuming no access to capital markets for a period of time between 10 and 30 calendar days, with a specific measurement period set forth in a supervisory letter. The Liquidity Guidance AB also sets forth the initial cash flow assumptions and formula to calculate base case liquidity. With respect to standby letters of credit, the guidance states that FHLBanks should maintain a liquidity reserve of between 1 percent and 20 percent of its outstanding standby letters of credit commitments, as specified in a supervisory letter.
We were in compliance with the Base Case Liquidity Requirement at all times during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Balance Sheet Funding Gap Policy. We may use a portion of the short-term COs issued to fund assets with longer terms, including longer-term floating-rate assets. Funding longer-term floating-rate assets with shorter-term liabilities generally does not expose us to significant interest-rate risk because the interest rates on both the floating-rate assets and liabilities typically reset similarly (either through rate resets or re-issuance of the obligations). However, deviations in the cost of our short-term liabilities relative to resetting assets can cause fluctuations in our net interest margin.
Additionally, the Bank is exposed to refinancing risk since, over certain time horizons, it has more liabilities than assets maturing. In order to manage the Bank’s refinancing risk, we maintain a policy that limits the potential difference between the amount of financial assets and the amount of financial liabilities expected to mature within three-month and one-year time horizons inclusive of projected mortgage-related prepayment activity. We measure this difference, or gap, as a percentage of total assets under two different measurement horizons - three months and one year. In conformity with the provisions of the
Liquidity Guidance AB, the Bank has instituted a limit and management action trigger framework around these metrics as follows:
Table 16 - Funding Gap Metric
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Funding Gap Metric (1) | | Limit | | Management Action Trigger | | Three-Month Average June 30, 2023 | | Three-Month Average December 31, 2022 |
3-month Funding Gap (2) | | 15% | | 13% | | (2.4) | % | | 7.7 | % |
1-year Funding Gap | | 30% | | 25% | | 12.7 | % | | 12.2 | % |
_______________________(1) The funding gap metric is a positive value when maturing liabilities exceed maturing assets, as defined, within the given period. Compliance with Limits and Management Action Triggers are evaluated against the rolling three-month average of the month-end funding gaps.
(2) The reduction in the three-month average of the three-month funding gap between June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, is primarily due to the period over period reduction in floating-rate advances which have a contractual maturity beyond three months but are funded with borrowings with maturities of three months or less to match the borrower’s option to prepay on the reset date.
External Sources of Liquidity
Amended and Restated FHLBanks P&I Funding Contingency Plan Agreement. We have a source of emergency external liquidity through the Amended and Restated FHLBanks P&I Funding Contingency Plan Agreement. Under the terms of that agreement, in the event we do not fund principal and interest payments due with respect to any CO for which issuance proceeds were allocated to us within deadlines established in the agreement, the other FHLBanks will be obligated to fund any shortfall to the extent that any of the other FHLBanks has a net positive settlement balance (that is, the amount by which end-of-day proceeds received by such FHLBank from the sale of COs on that day exceeds payments by such FHLBank on COs on the same day) in its account with the Office of Finance on the day the shortfall occurs. We would then be required to repay the funding to the other FHLBanks. We have never drawn funding under this agreement, nor have we ever been required to provide funding to another FHLBank under this agreement.
Debt Financing — Consolidated Obligations
At June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, outstanding COs for which we are primarily liable, including both CO bonds and CO discount notes, totaled $58.3 billion and $58.5 billion, respectively. CO bonds outstanding for which we are primarily liable at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, include issued callable bonds totaling $22.0 billion and $17.9 billion, respectively.
CO discount notes comprised 29.9 percent and 46.1 percent of the outstanding COs for which we are primarily liable at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively, but accounted for 76.0 percent and 92.1 percent of the proceeds from the issuance of such COs during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Overall, we continued to experience strong demand for COs among investors. We have been able to issue debt in the amounts and structures required to meet our funding and risk-management needs. Capital markets have stabilized considerably during the period covered by this report, and, as a result, member demand for advances has decreased. Correspondingly, the need to issue debt to satisfy the demand for advances and fund our balance sheet has decreased during the period covered by this report.
The Federal Reserve continues to signal its vigilance over persistently high inflation. As such, the Federal Reserve has continued to reduce its repurchase agreement offerings and sell U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities. These actions remain important factors that could continue to shape investor demand for debt, including COs. Moreover, increases in U.S. Treasury security issuance in response to high fiscal deficits following fiscal stimulus programs underlying the CARES Act, American Rescue Plan Act, and any similar future legislation or any change or roll back of regulations governing money market investors may also have an impact on our funding costs.
Capital
Total capital at June 30, 2023, was $3.5 billion compared with $3.4 billion at year-end 2022.
Capital stock decreased by $25.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily resulting from the slight decrease in advances that we experienced during the first half of the year.
Table 17 - Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock by Expiry of Redemption Notice Period
(dollars in thousands)
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| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Past redemption date (1) | | $ | 2,879 | | | $ | 2,980 | |
Due in one year or less | | 59 | | | 59 | |
Due after one year through two years | | 435 | | | — | |
Due after two years through three years | | 689 | | | 435 | |
Due after three years through four years | | 960 | | | 689 | |
Due after four years through five years | | 281 | | | 6,127 | |
Total | | $ | 5,303 | | | $ | 10,290 | |
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(1) Amount represents mandatorily redeemable capital stock that has reached the end of the five-year redemption-notice period but the member-related activity (for example, advances) remains outstanding. Accordingly, these shares of stock will not be redeemed until the activity is no longer outstanding.
Capital Rule
The FHFA's regulation on FHLBank capital classification and critical capital levels (the Capital Rule), among other things, establishes criteria for four capital classifications and corrective action requirements for FHLBanks that are classified in any classification other than adequately capitalized. The Capital Rule requires the Director of the FHFA to determine on no less than a quarterly basis the capital classification of each FHLBank. By letter dated June 16, 2023, the Director of the FHFA notified us that, based on March 31, 2023, financial information, we met the definition of adequately capitalized under the Capital Rule.
Internal Capital Practices and Policies
We also take steps as we believe prudent beyond legal or regulatory requirements in an effort to ensure capital adequacy, reflected in our internal minimum capital requirement, which exceeds regulatory requirements, our minimum retained earnings target, and limitations on our dividends.
Internal Minimum Capital Requirement in Excess of Regulatory Requirements
To provide protection for our capital base, we maintain an internal minimum capital requirement whereby the amount of paid-in capital stock and retained earnings (together, our actual regulatory capital) must be at least equal to the sum of 4 percent of our total assets plus an amount we measure as our risk exposure with 99 percent confidence using our economic capital model (together, our internal minimum capital requirement). As of June 30, 2023, this internal minimum capital requirement equaled $3.2 billion, which was satisfied by our actual regulatory capital of $3.8 billion.
Minimum Retained Earnings Target
At June 30, 2023, we had total retained earnings of $1.8 billion compared with our minimum retained earnings target of $700.0 million. We generally view our minimum retained earnings target as a floor for retained earnings rather than as a retained earnings limit and expect to continue to grow our retained earnings modestly even though we exceed the target.
For information on limitations on dividends, including limitations when we are under our minimum retained earnings target, see Part II — Item 5 — Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities in the 2022 Annual Report.
Repurchases of Excess Stock
We have the authority, but are not obliged, to repurchase excess stock, as discussed under Part I — Item 1 — Business — Capital Resources — Repurchase of Excess Stock in the 2022 Annual Report.
Table 18 - Capital Stock Requirements and Excess Capital Stock
(dollars in thousands)
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| Membership Stock Investment Requirement | | Activity-Based Stock Investment Requirement | | Total Stock Investment Requirement (1) | | Outstanding Class B Capital Stock (2) | | Excess Class B Capital Stock |
June 30, 2023 | $ | 334,026 | | | $ | 1,615,310 | | | $ | 1,949,358 | | | $ | 2,011,349 | | | $ | 61,991 | |
December 31, 2022 | 325,870 | | | 1,658,654 | | | 1,984,546 | | | 2,041,468 | | | 56,922 | |
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(1) Total stock investment requirement is rounded up to the nearest $100 on an individual member basis.
(2) Class B capital stock outstanding includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock.
To facilitate our ability to maintain a prudent level of capitalization and an efficient capital structure, while providing for an equitable allocation of excess stock ownership among members, we conduct daily repurchases of excess stock from any shareholder whose excess stock exceeds the lesser of $3 million or 3 percent of the shareholder’s total stock investment requirement, subject to the minimum repurchase of $100,000. We plan to continue with this practice, subject to regulatory requirements and our anticipated liquidity or capital management needs, although continued repurchases remain at our sole discretion, and we retain authority to adjust our excess stock repurchase practices subject to notice requirements defined in our Capital Plan, or to suspend repurchases of excess stock from any shareholder or all shareholders without prior notice.
Restricted Retained Earnings and the Joint Capital Agreement
At June 30, 2023, our total required contribution to the restricted retained earnings account was $694.6 million compared with the current restricted retained earnings account balance of $426.8 million.
Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements
Our significant off-balance-sheet arrangements consist of the following:
• commitments that obligate us for additional advances;
• standby letters of credit;
• commitments for unused lines-of-credit advances; and
• unsettled COs.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities (if applicable), and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported periods. Although management believes these judgments, estimates, and assumptions to be reasonably accurate, actual results may differ.
We have identified three accounting estimates that we believe are critical because they require us to make subjective or complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain, and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. These estimates include accounting for derivatives, the use of fair-value estimates, and accounting for deferred premiums and discounts on prepayable assets. The Audit Committee of our board of directors has reviewed these estimates. The assumptions involved in applying these policies are discussed in Part II — Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates in the 2022 Annual Report.
As of June 30, 2023, we have not made any significant changes to the estimates and assumptions used in applying our critical accounting policies and estimates from those used to prepare our audited financial statements.
RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS
LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
We summarize certain significant legislative and regulatory actions and related developments for the period covered by this report below.
Finance Agency’s Review and Analysis of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. In the Fall of 2022, and over a period of several months thereafter, the FHFA undertook a review and analysis of the FHLBank System, in part through a series of public listening sessions and regional roundtable discussions and the receipt of comments from stakeholders. This review covered such areas as the FHLBanks’ mission and purpose in a changing marketplace; their organization, operational efficiency, and effectiveness; their role in promoting affordable, sustainable, equitable, and resilient housing and community investment; their role in addressing the unique needs of rural and financially vulnerable communities; member products, services, collateral requirements; and membership eligibility and requirements. The FHFA has stated that this review and analysis will culminate in a written report issued by September 30, 2023. The report is expected to (i) summarize the feedback received; (ii) identify actions the FHFA plans to take; and (iii) outline any recommendations for consideration by Congress.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Sources and Types of Market and Interest-Rate Risk
Our balance sheet is comprised of different portfolios that require different types of market- and interest-rate-risk management strategies. The majority of our balance sheet is comprised of assets that can be funded individually or collectively without imposing significant residual interest-rate risk on ourselves. Sources and types of market and interest-rate risk are described in Part II — Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Sources and Types of Market and Interest-Rate Risk in the 2022 Annual Report.
Strategies to Manage Market and Interest-Rate Risk
General
We use various strategies and techniques in an effort to manage our market and interest-rate risk including the following and combinations of the following:
•the issuance of COs that can be used to match interest-rate-risk exposures of our assets;
•the issuance of COs with embedded call options to mitigate interest-rate and prepayment risks of our mortgage loans and certain MBS;
•the issuance of CO bonds together with interest-rate swaps (either cleared if containing no embedded optionality or uncleared if containing optionality) that receive a coupon rate that offsets the bond coupon rate and any optionality embedded in the bond, thereby effectively creating a floating-rate liability;
•the issuance of advances together with interest-rate swaps that pay a coupon rate that offsets the advance coupon rate and any optionality embedded in the advance, thereby effectively creating a floating-rate asset;
•the purchase of available-for-sale securities together with interest-rate swaps that pay a coupon rate that offsets the security’s coupon rate, thereby effectively creating a floating-rate asset;
•contractual provisions for certain advances that require borrowers to pay us prepayment fees, to make us financially indifferent if the borrower prepays such advances prior to maturity; and
•the use of derivatives to hedge the interest-rate risk of anticipated future CO debt issuance.
The following table provides the outstanding balances for the strategies noted above.
Table 19 - Interest-Rate Risk Management
(dollars in thousands)
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| | Outstanding Par Value/Notional Balance as of |
| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Fixed-rate noncallable debt, not hedged by interest-rate swaps | | $ | 9,169,685 | | | $ | 6,454,805 | |
Fixed-rate callable debt not hedged by interest-rate swaps | | 881,500 | | | 595,000 | |
CO bond debt used in conjunction with interest-rate-exchange agreements (1) | | 27,530,190 | | | 21,726,190 | |
Advances used in conjunction with interest-rate-exchange agreements, including both fair-value hedge relationships and economic hedge relationships | | 8,359,530 | | | 4,159,810 | |
Available-for-sale securities used in conjunction with interest-rate-exchange agreements | | 12,577,160 | | | 12,577,160 | |
Notional principal balance of forward starting interest-rate swaps hedging the anticipated future issuance of CO debt | | 1,391,000 | | | 1,391,000 | |
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(1) Includes unsettled CO bonds with a par value of $65.0 million and $77.1 million at June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Our strategies and techniques are more fully discussed under Part II — Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Strategies to Manage Market and Interest-Rate Risk in the 2022 Annual Report.
Measurement of Market and Interest-Rate Risk and Related Policy Constraints
We measure our exposure to market and interest-rate risk using several techniques applied to the balance sheet and to certain portfolios within the balance sheet. Principal among these measurements as applied to the balance sheet is the potential change in market value of equity (MVE) and interest income due to potential changes in interest rates, interest-rate volatility, spreads, and market prices. We also measure VaR, duration of equity, MVE sensitivity, and the other metrics discussed below.
MVE is the net economic value of total assets and liabilities, including any derivative transactions. In contrast to the GAAP-based shareholder's equity account, MVE represents the shareholder's equity account in present-value terms. Specifically, MVE equals the difference between the estimated market value of our assets and the estimated market value of our liabilities, net of derivative transactions.
MVE and, in particular, the ratio of MVE to the book value of equity (BVE), is a measure of the current value of shareholder investment based on market rates, spreads, prices, and volatility at the reporting date. However, these valuations may not be fully representative of future realized prices. Valuations are based on market yields and prices of individual assets, liabilities, and derivatives, and therefore embed elements of option, credit, and liquidity risk which may not be representative of future net income to be earned from the spread between asset yields and funding costs. Further, MVE does not consider future new business activities, or income or expense derived from sources other than financial assets or liabilities. For purposes of measuring this ratio, the BVE is equal to the par value of capital stock including mandatorily redeemable capital stock, retained earnings, and accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income.
We measure our exposure to market and interest-rate risk using several metrics, including:
•the ratio of MVE to BVE;
•the ratio of MVE to the par value of our Class B Stock (Par Stock), which we refer to as the MVE to Par Stock ratio;
•the ratio of MVE to the market value of assets, which we refer to as the economic capital ratio;
•VaR, which measures the potential change in our MVE, based on a set of stress scenarios (VaR Stress Scenarios) using historically-based interest-rate, volatility and Option Adjusted Spread (OAS) movements starting at the most recent month-end and going back monthly to 1998. For risk-based capital purposes and compliance with our internal management action trigger, VaR is reported as the average of the five worst case scenarios.
•duration of equity, which is calculated as the estimated percentage change to MVE for a 100 basis point parallel shift in rates;
•MVE sensitivity, which is the estimated percent change in MVE in various shocked interest rate scenarios versus base case MVE;
•the duration gap of our assets and liabilities, which is the difference between the estimated durations (percentage change in market value for a 100 basis point shift in rates) of assets and liabilities (including the effect of related hedges) and reflects the extent to which estimated sensitivities to market changes, including, but not limited to, maturity and repricing cash flows for assets and liabilities are matched; and
•the use of an income-simulation model that projects net interest income over a range of potential interest-rate scenarios, including parallel interest-rate shocks, nonparallel interest-rate shocks, and basis changes.
We maintain limits and management action triggers in connection with some of the foregoing metrics. Those limits, management action triggers, and the foregoing market and interest-rate risk metrics are more fully discussed under Part II — Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Measurement of Market and Interest-Rate Risk and Related Policy Constraints in the 2022 Annual Report.
Table 20 - Interest-Rate / Market-Rate Risk Metrics
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| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 | | Target, Limit or Management Action Trigger |
MVE | | $3.5 billion | | $3.5 billion | | None |
MVE/BVE | | 101% | | 102% | | None |
MVE/Par Stock | | 174% | | 171% | | Maintain above 130% (management action trigger) and 125% (limit) |
Economic Capital Ratio | | 5.4% | | 5.5% | | Maintain above 4.5% (management action trigger) and 4.0% (limit) |
VaR | | 12.6% of MVE | | 6.5% of MVE | | Maintain below 12% of MVE (management action trigger) |
Duration of Equity (1) | | +1.42 years | | +2.15 years | | Maintain between +/- 3.5 years (management action trigger) and +/- 4.0 years (limit) |
MVE Sensitivity: (1) | | | | | | |
Down 200 basis point parallel rate shock | | 2.2% | | 3.0% | | Maintain above -10% (management action trigger) and -15% (limit) |
Up 200 basis point parallel rate shock | | (3.7)% | | (5.0)% | |
Duration Gap (1) | | +0.93 months | | +1.41 months | | None |
_______________________(1) Metrics for measuring against the management action triggers and limits are calculated using a methodology which does not constrain interest rates to a minimum of zero percent. Additional metrics are calculated in accordance with guidance from the FHFA, which requires that we constrain projected future interest rates and discounting yields to a minimum of zero percent. Due to the significant increase in interest rates for the periods ended June 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the results of the constrained and unconstrained metrics were the same.
Value at Risk. VaR, which measures the potential change in our MVE, is based on a set of stress scenarios using historically based interest-rate, volatility and option-adjusted spread (OAS) movements starting at the most recent month-end and going back monthly to 1998. For risk-based capital purposes and compliance with our internal management action trigger, VaR is reported as the average of the five worst scenarios.
As of June 30, 2023, our VaR measured 12.55 percent of the base case MVE, or 0.55 percentage points above our management action trigger of 12 percent. The VaR calculation is based on a combination of interest rate, volatility and OAS shocks provided by the FHFA for establishment of the market risk component of our risk-based capital requirement. As of June 30, 2023, the OAS shocks as provided by the FHFA were significantly increased from prior months, which resulted in an increased VaR absent an equivalent change in the composition of the balance sheet or exposures as measured by other market risk metrics. The higher OAS shocks are a result of changes made by the FHFA to the assumption underlying this calculation in connection with the cessation of LIBOR. The potential exists for the FHFA to further change the OAS, interest rate and volatility shocks in the future. The Bank decided to not take any action at this time because the OAS shocks are limited to only assets and capital levels are sufficient relative to the metric.
The table below presents the VaR estimate as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and represents the estimates of potential reduction to our MVE from potential future changes in interest rates and other market factors, as described above. Estimated potential market value loss exposures are expressed as a percentage of the current MVE. The table is intended to represent a statistically based range of VaR exposures.
Table 21 - Value-at-Risk
(dollars in millions)
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| | Value-at-Risk (Gain) Loss Exposure |
| | June 30, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Confidence Level | | % of MVE (1) | | Amount | | % of MVE (1) | | Amount |
50% | | 6.96 | % | | $ | 244.1 | | | 2.50 | % | | $ | 87.0 | |
75% | | 8.35 | | | 292.6 | | | 3.89 | | | 135.7 | |
95% | | 10.83 | | | 379.6 | | | 5.46 | | | 190.1 | |
99% | | 11.98 | | | 419.8 | | | 6.31 | | | 219.9 | |
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Average of five worst scenarios - as of period end | | 12.55 | | | 439.8 | | | 6.48 | | | 225.8 | |
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(1) Loss exposure is expressed as a percentage of base MVE.
Income Simulation. To provide an additional perspective on market and interest-rate risks, we have an income-simulation model that projects adjusted net income over the ensuing 12-month period using a range of potential interest-rate scenarios, including parallel interest-rate shocks, nonparallel interest-rate shocks, and changes in basis risk. The income simulation metric is based on projections of adjusted net income divided by capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock). Projections of adjusted net income exclude: a) projected prepayment of advances and prepayment penalties; b) loss on early extinguishment of debt; c) changes in fair values from hedging activities; and d) changes in fair values of trading securities. The simulations are solely based on simulated movements in interest rates and do not reflect potential impacts of credit events, including, but not limited to, potential provision for credit losses.
Management has put in place management action triggers whereby senior management is explicitly informed of instances where our projected return on capital stock (ROCS) falls below the average yield on SOFR plus our dividend spread over a twelve-month horizon in a variety of interest-rate shock scenarios limited to +/- 200 basis points. The results of this analysis for June 30, 2023, showed that in the base case our projected ROCS was 814 basis points over SOFR, and in the worst case modeled, the down 200 basis points scenario, our projected ROCS fell 199 basis points to 615 basis points over SOFR. For December 31, 2022, the results of this analysis showed in the base case our projected ROCS was 628 basis points over SOFR, and in the worst case modeled, the down 200 basis point scenario, our projected ROCS fell 74 basis points to 554 basis points over SOFR. Our projected ROCS spread to SOFR remained above the management action trigger minimum during the period covered by this report.
Certain Market and Interest-Rate Risk Metrics under Potential Interest-Rate Scenarios
We also monitor the sensitivities of MVE and the duration of equity to potential interest-rate scenarios. The following table presents certain market and interest-rate risk metrics under different interest-rate scenarios.
Table 22 - Market and Interest-Rate Risk Metrics
(dollars in millions)
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| | June 30, 2023 |
| | Down 300(1) | | Down 200(1) | | Down 100(1) | | Base | | Up 100 | | Up 200 | | Up 300 |
MVE | | $3,604 | | $3,582 | | $3,548 | | $3,505 | | $3,447 | | $3,376 | | $3,301 |
Percent change in MVE from base | | 2.8% | | 2.2% | | 1.2% | | —% | | (1.7)% | | (3.7)% | | (5.8)% |
MVE/BVE | | 104% | | 103% | | 102% | | 101% | | 99% | | 97% | | 95% |
MVE/Par Stock | | 179% | | 178% | | 176% | | 174% | | 171% | | 168% | | 164% |
Duration of Equity | | +0.44 years | | +0.80 years | | +1.09 years | | +1.42 years | | +1.90 years | | +2.15 years | | +2.24 years |
ROCS less SOFR | | 5.05% | | 6.15% | | 7.09% | | 8.14% | | 8.98% | | 9.64% | | 10.30% |
Net income percent change from base | | (45.13)% | | (29.52)% | | (15.15)% | | —% | | 13.58% | | 25.78% | | 38.02% |
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| | December 31, 2022 |
| | Down 300(1) | | Down 200(1) | | Down 100(1) | | Base | | Up 100 | | Up 200 | | Up 300 |
MVE | | $3,609 | | $3,592 | | $3,551 | | $3,486 | | $3,403 | | $3,312 | | $3,218 |
Percent change in MVE from base | | 3.5% | | 3.0% | | 1.9% | | —% | | (2.4)% | | (5.0)% | | (7.7)% |
MVE/BVE | | 105% | | 105% | | 104% | | 102% | | 99% | | 97% | | 94% |
MVE/Par Stock | | 177% | | 176% | | 174% | | 171% | | 167% | | 162% | | 158% |
Duration of Equity | | +0.27 years | | +0.81 years | | +1.51 years | | +2.15 years | | +2.58 years | | +2.80 years | | +2.88 years |
ROCS less SOFR | | 4.92% | | 5.54% | | 6.09% | | 6.28% | | 6.39% | | 6.53% | | 6.67% |
Net income percent change from base | | (37.88)% | | (23.73)% | | (10.15)% | | —% | | 9.44% | | 19.09% | | 28.75% |
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(1) In an environment of low interest rates, downward rate shocks are floored as they approach zero, and therefore may not be fully representative of the indicated rate shock.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our senior management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Our disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our senior management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the period covered by this report, we filed a report on Form 8-K one day after its required filing date. The late submission did not trigger any additional disclosure or reporting obligations. We implemented new processes designed to avoid similar occurrences in the future. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our senior management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of controls and procedures.
Our senior management has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, with the participation of the president and chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as of June 30, 2023. Based on that evaluation, our president and chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of June 30, 2023.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, 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.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are subject to various pending legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, we do not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
In addition to the information presented in this report, readers should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the 2022 Annual Report, which could materially impact 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 immaterial may also materially impact us.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
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Number | | Exhibit Description | | Reference |
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31.1 | | Certification of the president and chief executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | |
31.2 | | Certification of the chief financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | |
32.1 | | Certification of the president and chief executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | |
32.2 | | Certification of the chief financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | |
101.INS | | XBRL Instance Document | | The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
101.SCH | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | | Filed within this Form 10-Q |
101.CAL | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | | Filed within this Form 10-Q |
101.LAB | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | | Filed within this Form 10-Q |
101.PRE | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | | Filed within this Form 10-Q |
101.DEF | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | | Filed within this Form 10-Q |
104 | | The cover page of the Bank’s Quarterly report on Form 10-Q, formatted in Inline XBRL | | Included within the Exhibit 101 attachments |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
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Date | | FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON (Registrant) |
August 9, 2023 | | By: | /s/ | Timothy J. Barrett | |
| | | | Timothy J. Barrett President and Chief Executive Officer |
August 9, 2023 | | By: | /s/ | Frank Nitkiewicz | |
| | | | Frank Nitkiewicz Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |