Estimated Fair Values | Estimated Fair Values The Bank records available-for-sale securities, derivative assets and liabilities, and grantor trust assets (publicly-traded mutual funds) at estimated fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is defined under GAAP as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability is a hypothetical transaction at the measurement date, considered from the perspective of a market participant that holds the asset or owes the liability. In general, the transaction price will equal the exit price and therefore, represents the fair value of the asset or liability at initial recognition. In determining whether a transaction price represents the fair value of the asset or liability at initial recognition, each reporting entity is required to consider factors specific to the transaction, the asset or liability, the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability, and market participants with whom the entity would transact in the market. A fair value hierarchy is used to prioritize the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The inputs are evaluated, and an overall level for the fair value measurement is determined. This overall level is an indication of how market-observable the fair value measurement is and defines the level of disclosure. In order to determine the fair value or the exit price, entities must determine the unit of account, highest and best use, principal market, and market participants. These determinations allow the reporting entity to define the inputs for fair value and level of hierarchy. Outlined below is the application of the “fair value hierarchy” to the Bank’s financial assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value or disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which the transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. The Bank carried grantor trust assets at fair value hierarchy Level 1 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Level 2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. The Bank carried available-for-sale securities and derivatives at fair value hierarchy Level 2 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Level 3 - unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Valuations are derived from techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market, which include pricing models, discounted cash flow models, or similar techniques. The Bank did not carry any financial assets or liabilities, measured on a recurring basis, at fair value Level 3 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Bank utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. For financial instruments carried at fair value, the Bank reviews the fair value hierarchy classification of financial assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of the valuation attributes may result in a reclassification of certain financial assets or liabilities within the fair value hierarchy. There were no such transfers during the periods presented. Described below are the Bank’s fair value measurement methodologies for financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring or nonrecurring basis on the Statements of Condition and categorized within the fair value hierarchy. Investment securities . The Bank obtains prices from multiple designated third-party pricing vendors, when available, to estimate the fair value of its investment securities. The pricing vendors use various proprietary models to price investment securities. The inputs to those models are derived from various sources including, but not limited to, the following: benchmark yields, reported trades, dealer estimates, issuer spreads, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and other market-related data. Since many investment securities do not trade on a daily basis, the pricing vendors use available information as applicable, such as benchmark curves, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings, and matrix pricing to determine the prices for individual securities. Each pricing vendor has an established challenge process in place for all investment securities valuations, which facilitates resolution of potentially erroneous prices identified by the Bank. The Bank periodically conducts reviews of its pricing vendors to confirm and further augment its understanding of the vendors’ pricing processes, methodologies, and control procedures for U.S. agency MBS. The Bank’s valuation technique for estimating the fair value of its investment securities first requires the establishment of a “median” price for each security. All prices that are within a specified tolerance threshold of the median price are included in the “cluster” of prices that are averaged to compute a “resultant” price. All prices that are outside the threshold (outliers) are subject to further analysis (including, but not limited to, comparison to prices provided by an additional third-party valuation service, prices for similar securities, and/or non-binding dealer estimates) to determine if an outlier is a better estimate of fair value. If an outlier (or some other price identified in the analysis) is determined to be a better estimate of fair value, then the outlier (or the other price as appropriate) is used as the final price rather than the resultant price. Alternatively, if the analysis does not provide evidence that an outlier is more representative of the fair value, and the resultant price is the best estimate, then the resultant price is used as the final price. In all cases, the final price is used to determine the fair value of the security. If all prices received for a security are outside the tolerance threshold level of the median price, then there is no resultant price, and the final price is determined by an evaluation of all outlier prices as described above. Multiple third-party vendor prices were received for a majority of the Bank’s investment securities holdings, and the final prices for those securities were computed by averaging the prices received as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Based on the Bank’s review of the pricing methods and controls employed by the third-party pricing vendors and the relative lack of dispersion among the vendor prices (or the Bank’s additional analysis in those instances in which there were outliers or significant yield variances), the Bank believes that its final prices are representative of the prices that would have been received if the assets had been sold at the measurement date (i.e., exit prices) and further, that the fair value measurements are classified appropriately in the fair value hierarchy. Derivative assets and liabilities. The Bank calculates the fair values of interest-rate related derivatives using a discounted cash flow analysis which utilizes market-observable inputs. The significant assumptions used in this model are based on management’s best estimate of discount rates, market indices, and market volatility. The inputs for interest-rate related derivatives uses the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swap curve for the discounting of cleared derivatives and the Overnight Index Swap (OIS) curve for the discounting of collateralized derivatives. Derivative instruments are transacted primarily in the institutional dealer market and priced with observable market assumptions at a mid-market valuation point. The Bank does not provide a credit valuation adjustment based on aggregate exposure by derivative counterparty when measuring the fair value of its derivatives. This is because the collateral provisions pertaining to the Bank’s derivatives should obviate the need to provide such a credit valuation adjustment. The fair values of the Bank’s derivatives take into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements, where applicable, that allow the Bank to settle positive and negative positions and offset cash collateral with the same counterparty on a net basis. The following estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Bank using available market information and the Bank’s best judgment of appropriate valuation methods. These estimates are based on pertinent information available to the Bank as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Although the Bank uses its best judgment in estimating the fair values of these financial instruments, there are inherent limitations in any estimation technique or valuation methodology. For example, because an active secondary market does not exist for a portion of the Bank’s financial instruments, in certain cases, fair values are not subject to precise quantification or verification and may change as economic and market factors and evaluation of those factors change. Therefore, these estimated fair values are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized in current market transactions although they do reflect the Bank’s judgment of how a market participant would estimate the fair value. The fair value tables presented below do not represent an estimate of the overall fair value of the Bank as a going concern, which would take into account future business opportunities and the net profitability of assets versus liabilities. The following tables present the carrying values and estimated fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments. As of March 31, 2022 Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Total Level 1 Level 2 Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral (2) Assets: Cash and due from banks $ 938 $ 938 $ 938 $ — $ — Interest-bearing deposits 689 689 — 689 — Securities purchased under agreements to resell 3,750 3,750 — 3,750 — Federal funds sold 8,736 8,736 — 8,736 — Available-for-sale securities (1) 2,616 2,616 — 2,616 — Held-to-maturity securities 15,614 15,492 — 15,492 — Advances 51,538 51,553 — 51,553 — Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net 139 144 — 144 — Accrued interest receivable 56 56 — 56 — Derivative (1) 289 289 — 13 276 Grantor trust assets (included in Other assets) (1) 29 29 29 — — Liabilities: Interest-bearing deposits 2,158 2,158 — 2,158 — Consolidated obligations, net: Discount notes 27,228 27,226 — 27,226 — Bonds 49,407 49,253 — 49,253 — Accrued interest payable 80 80 — 80 — Derivative liabilities (1) 10 10 — 1,332 (1,322) ____________ (1) Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis. (2) Amounts represent the application of the netting requirements that allow the Bank to settle positive and negative positions, and also cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agents and/or counterparty. As of December 31, 2021 Estimated Fair Value Carrying Value Total Level 1 Level 2 Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral (2) Assets: Cash and due from banks $ 879 $ 879 $ 879 $ — $ — Interest-bearing deposits 688 688 — 688 — Securities purchased under agreements to resell 7,000 7,000 — 7,000 — Federal funds sold 6,420 6,420 — 6,420 — Available-for-sale securities (1) 2,639 2,639 — 2,639 — Held-to-maturity securities 15,074 15,099 — 15,099 — Advances 45,415 45,635 — 45,635 — Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net 149 161 — 161 — Accrued interest receivable 57 57 — 57 — Derivative assets (1) 331 331 — 4 327 Grantor trust assets (included in Other assets) (1) 35 35 35 — — Liabilities: Interest-bearing deposits 2,054 2,054 — 2,054 — Consolidated obligations, net: Discount notes 25,506 25,506 — 25,506 — Bonds 46,186 46,338 — 46,338 — Mandatorily redeemable capital stock 1 1 1 — — Accrued interest payable 72 72 — 72 — Derivative liabilities (1) 22 22 — 455 (433) ____________ (1) Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis. (2) Amounts represent the application of the netting requirements that allow the Bank to settle positive and negative positions, and also cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agents and/or counterparty. |