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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008
OR
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 000-51405
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Federally chartered corporation   71-6013989
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
     
8500 Freeport Parkway South, Suite 600
Irving, TX

(Address of principal executive offices)
  75063-2547
(Zip code)
(214) 441-8500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant [1] has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and [2] has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ           No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer þ   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o           No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
At April 30, 2008, the registrant had outstanding 27,891,599 shares of its Class B Capital Stock, $100 par value per share.
 
 

 


 

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 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302
 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302
 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF CONDITION
(Unaudited; in thousands, except share data)
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
ASSETS
               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 47,929     $ 74,699  
Interest-bearing deposits (Note 8)
    1,741       974  
Federal funds sold
    5,290,000       7,100,000  
Trading securities (Note 11)
    3,552       2,924  
Available-for-sale securities (Notes 3, 11 and 14)
    589,800       362,090  
Held-to-maturity securities (a) (Notes 4 and 13)
    8,564,103       8,534,667  
Advances (Note 5)
    53,633,279       46,298,158  
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $266 and $263 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    367,439       381,468  
Loan to other FHLBank (Note 14)
          400,000  
Accrued interest receivable
    160,622       188,835  
Premises and equipment, net
    21,745       22,341  
Derivative assets (Notes 8 and 11)
    24,418       65,963  
Other assets
    18,492       26,137  
 
           
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 68,723,120     $ 63,458,256  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
               
Deposits
               
Interest-bearing
  $ 2,965,546     $ 3,087,748  
Non-interest bearing
    75       75  
 
           
Total deposits
    2,965,621       3,087,823  
 
           
 
               
Consolidated obligations, net (Note 6)
               
Discount notes
    22,024,001       24,119,433  
Bonds
    40,213,341       32,855,379  
 
           
Total consolidated obligations, net
    62,237,342       56,974,812  
 
           
 
               
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    70,490       82,501  
Accrued interest payable
    380,062       341,326  
Affordable Housing Program (Note 7)
    47,341       47,440  
Payable to REFCORP
    7,866       8,301  
Derivative liabilities (Notes 8 and 11)
    17,168       23,239  
Other liabilities
    117,168       287,642  
 
           
Total liabilities
    65,843,058       60,853,084  
 
           
 
               
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
               
 
               
CAPITAL (Note 9)
               
Capital stock — Class B putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares:
               
26,682,501 and 23,939,801 shares at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    2,668,250       2,393,980  
Retained earnings
    217,156       211,762  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
               
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of unrealized gains and losses relating to hedged interest rate risk included in net income
    (5,727 )     (962 )
Postretirement benefits
    383       392  
 
           
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    (5,344 )     (570 )
 
           
Total capital
    2,880,062       2,605,172  
 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
  $ 68,723,120     $ 63,458,256  
 
           
 
(a)   Fair values: $8,272,206 and $8,489,962 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                 
    For the Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2008     2007  
INTEREST INCOME
               
Advances
  $ 488,094     $ 525,176  
Prepayment fees on advances, net
    328       538  
Interest-bearing deposits
    1,144       2,125  
Federal funds sold
    47,409       81,444  
Trading securities
          387  
Available-for-sale securities
    3,364       7,920  
Held-to-maturity securities
    91,248       106,804  
Mortgage loans held for portfolio
    5,247       6,164  
Other
    138       223  
 
           
Total interest income
    636,972       730,781  
 
           
 
               
INTEREST EXPENSE
               
Consolidated obligations
               
Bonds
    389,300       519,997  
Discount notes
    173,305       119,098  
Deposits
    26,350       33,129  
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    541       1,902  
Other borrowings
    27       22  
 
           
Total interest expense
    589,523       674,148  
 
           
 
               
NET INTEREST INCOME
    47,449       56,633  
 
               
OTHER INCOME (LOSS)
               
Service fees
    855       833  
Net loss on trading securities
    (133 )     (19 )
Net gains on derivatives and hedging activities
    4,904       2,125  
Gains on early extinguishment of debt
    5,656       97  
Other, net
    1,449       1,139  
 
           
Total other income
    12,731       4,175  
 
           
 
               
OTHER EXPENSE
               
Compensation and benefits
    8,873       7,522  
Other operating expenses
    7,853       4,497  
Finance Board
    432       492  
Office of Finance
    421       512  
 
           
Total other expense
    17,579       13,023  
 
           
 
               
INCOME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS
    42,601       47,785  
 
           
 
Affordable Housing Program
    3,533       4,095  
REFCORP
    7,814       8,738  
 
           
Total assessments
    11,347       12,833  
 
           
 
               
NET INCOME
  $ 31,254     $ 34,952  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                                         
                            Accumulated        
    Capital Stock             Other        
    Class B - Putable     Retained     Comprehensive     Total  
    Shares     Par Value     Earnings     Income (Loss)     Capital  
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2008
    23,940     $ 2,393,980     $ 211,762     $ (570 )   $ 2,605,172  
 
                                       
Proceeds from sale of capital stock
    4,890       489,000                   489,000  
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock
    (2,281 )     (228,101 )                 (228,101 )
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    (123 )     (12,320 )                 (12,320 )
Comprehensive income
                                       
Net income
                31,254             31,254  
Other comprehensive income (loss)
                                       
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
                      (4,765 )     (4,765 )
Postretirement benefit plan
                                       
Amortization of prior service benefit included in net periodic benefit cost
                      (8 )     (8 )
Amortization of net actuarial benefit included in net periodic benefit cost
                      (1 )     (1 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
Total comprehensive income
                            26,480  
 
                                     
 
                                       
Dividends on capital stock (at 4.50 percent annualized rate)
                                       
Cash
                (44 )           (44 )
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock
                (125 )           (125 )
Stock
    257       25,691       (25,691 )            
 
                             
 
                                       
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2008
    26,683     $ 2,668,250     $ 217,156     $ (5,344 )   $ 2,880,062  
 
                             
 
                                       
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2007
    22,481     $ 2,248,147     $ 190,625     $ 748     $ 2,439,520  
 
Proceeds from sale of capital stock
    763       76,254                   76,254  
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock
    (2,496 )     (249,615 )                 (249,615 )
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    (60 )     (6,016 )                 (6,016 )
Comprehensive income
                                       
Net income
                34,952             34,952  
Other comprehensive income (loss)
                                       
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities
                      901       901  
Postretirement benefit plan
                                       
Amortization of prior service benefit included in net periodic benefit cost
                      (8 )     (8 )
Amortization of net actuarial benefit included in net periodic benefit cost
                      (1 )     (1 )
 
                                     
 
                                       
Total comprehensive income
                            35,844  
 
                                     
 
                                       
Dividends on capital stock (at 5.25 percent annualized rate)
                                       
Cash
                (46 )           (46 )
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock
                (75 )           (75 )
Stock
    292       29,241       (29,241 )            
 
                             
 
                                       
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2007
    20,980     $ 2,098,011     $ 196,215     $ 1,640     $ 2,295,866  
 
                             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
                 
    For the Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2008     2007  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
               
Net income
  $ 31,254     $ 34,952  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
               
Depreciation and amortization
               
Net premiums and discounts on advances, consolidated obligations, investments and mortgage loans
    (43,324 )     (14,214 )
Concessions on consolidated obligation bonds
    6,638       2,914  
Premises, equipment and computer software costs
    1,022       1,180  
Non-cash interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    929       2,227  
Gains on early extinguishment of debt
    (5,656 )     (97 )
Net increase in trading securities
    (628 )     (169 )
Loss due to change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities
    25,917       15,507  
Decrease in accrued interest receivable
    28,077       7,065  
Decrease in other assets
    2,933       1,015  
Increase (decrease) in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) liability
    (99 )     2,516  
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable
    38,789       (28,547 )
Increase (decrease) in payable to REFCORP
    (435 )     656  
Decrease in other liabilities
    (1,474 )     (1,010 )
 
           
Total adjustments
    52,689       (10,957 )
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    83,943       23,995  
 
           
 
               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Net decrease (increase) in interest-bearing deposits
    (74,412 )     16,865  
Net decrease (increase) in federal funds sold
    1,810,000       (2,178,000 )
Net decrease in loans to other FHLBanks
    400,000        
Net decrease in short-term held-to-maturity securities
    442,718        
Proceeds from maturities of long-term held-to-maturity securities
    293,882       332,021  
Purchases of long-term held-to-maturity securities
    (938,997 )     (183,312 )
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
    31,128       60,641  
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
    (257,189 )      
Proceeds from maturities of trading securities held for investment purposes
          4,007  
Principal collected on advances
    152,677,379       132,216,530  
Advances made
    (159,790,401 )     (127,886,400 )
Principal collected on mortgage loans held for portfolio
    13,982       16,823  
Purchases of premises, equipment and computer software
    (589 )     (652 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    (5,392,499 )     2,398,523  
 
           
 
               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Net increase (decrease) in deposits and pass-through reserves
    (26,697 )     1,119,733  
Net proceeds from derivative contracts with financing elements
    7,585        
Net proceeds from issuance of consolidated obligations
               
Discount notes
    255,022,737       217,392,401  
Bonds
    17,804,235       7,385,000  
Debt issuance costs
    (1,872 )     (3,112 )
Proceeds from assumption of debt from other FHLBanks
          285,350  
Payments for maturing and retiring consolidated obligations
               
Discount notes
    (257,086,150 )     (216,628,413 )
Bonds
    (10,202,142 )     (11,774,096 )
Payments to other FHLBanks for assumption of debt
    (471,380 )      
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock
    489,000       76,254  
Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    (25,385 )     (44,420 )
Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock
    (228,101 )     (249,615 )
Cash dividends paid
    (44 )     (46 )
 
           
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    5,281,786       (2,440,964 )
 
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (26,770 )     (18,446 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
    74,699       96,360  
 
           
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
  $ 47,929     $ 77,914  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental Disclosures:
               
Interest paid
  $ 596,600     $ 695,631  
 
           
AHP payments, net
  $ 3,632     $ 1,579  
 
           
REFCORP payments
  $ 8,249     $ 8,082  
 
           
Stock dividends issued
  $ 25,691     $ 29,241  
 
           
Dividends paid through issuance of mandatorily redeemable capital stock
  $ 125     $ 75  
 
           
Capital stock reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock
  $ 12,320     $ 6,016  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
NOTES TO INTERIM UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1—Basis of Presentation
     The accompanying interim financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (the “Bank”) are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions provided by Article 10, Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The financial statements contain all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the Bank’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments were of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other interim period.
     The Bank’s significant accounting policies and certain other disclosures are set forth in the notes to the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007. The interim financial statements presented herein should be read in conjunction with the Bank’s audited financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2008 (the “2007 10-K”). The notes to the interim financial statements update and/or highlight significant changes to the notes included in the 2007 10-K.
     The Bank is one of 12 district Federal Home Loan Banks, each individually a “FHLBank” and collectively the “FHLBanks,” and, together with the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks, the “FHLBank System.” The Office of Finance manages the sale and servicing of the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations. The Federal Housing Finance Board (“Finance Board”), an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government, supervises and regulates the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance.
     On August 8, 2007, the Bank and the FHLBank of Chicago jointly announced that the two institutions were engaged in discussions to determine the possible benefits and feasibility of combining their business operations. On April 4, 2008, those discussions were terminated. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank expensed $3,105,000 of direct costs associated with the potential combination. These costs are included in other operating expenses in the Bank’s statement of income for such period.
     Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of income and expenses. Significant estimates include the valuations of the Bank’s investment securities classified as available-for-sale, as well as its derivative instruments and any associated hedged items. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Note 2—Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Interpretations
     Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 157 and SFAS 159. Effective January 1, 2008, the Bank adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”) and SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Under SFAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal (or most advantageous) market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. SFAS 157 applies whenever other accounting pronouncements require or permit fair value measurements. The adoption of SFAS 157 has not had a material effect on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition. SFAS 159 allows entities to irrevocably elect fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain financial assets and financial liabilities that are not otherwise required to be measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings as they occur. To date, the Bank has not

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elected the fair value option for any of its financial assets or liabilities; as a result, the adoption of SFAS 159 has not had any effect on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition.
     SFAS 159 also amended SFAS No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows” (“SFAS 95”), and SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities” (“SFAS 115”), to specify that cash flows from trading securities should be classified in the statement of cash flows based on the nature of and purpose for which the securities were acquired. Prior to this amendment, SFAS 115 required that all cash flows from trading securities be classified as cash flows from operating activities. As a result, beginning January 1, 2008, the Bank classifies purchases, sales and maturities of trading securities held for investment purposes as cash flows from investing activities. Cash flows related to trading securities held for trading/operating purposes continue to be reported as cash flows from operating activities. Previously, all cash flows associated with trading securities were reflected in the Bank’s statement of cash flows as operating activities. The Bank has retrospectively adjusted the statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to classify activities related to trading securities held for investment purposes as cash flows from investing activities. This adjustment resulted in an increase in net cash provided by investing activities of $4,007,000, from $2,394,516,000 to $2,398,523,000, and a corresponding decrease in net cash provided by operating activities, from $28,002,000 to $23,995,000, for the three months ended March 31, 2007.
     FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) FIN 39-1. FSP FIN 39-1, “Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39” (“FSP FIN 39-1”) permits an entity to offset fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral (a receivable) or the obligation to return cash collateral (a payable) against fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement. Upon adoption of FSP FIN 39-1, an entity is required to make an accounting policy decision to offset or not offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments under master netting arrangements in its balance sheet. This policy, once adopted, must be applied consistently (i.e., either both the fair value amounts of the derivative assets and liabilities and the fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral must be offset or all of these amounts must be presented on a gross basis in the balance sheet). The effects of applying FSP FIN 39-1 are required to be recognized as a change in accounting principle through retrospective application for all financial statements presented unless it is impracticable to do so. Prior to the adoption of FSP FIN 39-1 on January 1, 2008, the Bank offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement pursuant to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 39, “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.” Beginning January 1, 2008, the Bank elected to offset both the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities and the fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral. Accordingly, a portion of the Bank’s interest-bearing deposits (both assets and liabilities) and the interest accrued thereon have been reclassified to derivative assets and derivative liabilities in the statement of condition as of December 31, 2007 presented herein. These reclassifications had no effect on the Bank’s results of operations. The retrospective adjustments that were made to the Bank’s statement of condition as of December 31, 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
                         
    As Presented in   Retrospective   As Presented
    the 2007 10-K   Adjustment   Herein
Interest-bearing deposits
  $ 120,021     $ (119,047 )   $ 974  
Accrued interest receivable
    189,005       (170 )     188,835  
Derivative assets
    123,165       (57,202 )     65,963  
Total assets
    63,634,675       (176,419 )     63,458,256  
 
Interest-bearing deposits
    3,192,085       (104,337 )     3,087,748  
Accrued interest payable
    341,729       (403 )     341,326  
Derivative liabilities
    94,918       (71,679 )     23,239  
Total liabilities
    61,029,503       (176,419 )     60,853,084  
Total liabilities and capital
    63,634,675       (176,419 )     63,458,256  

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     Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. 23 (“Issue E23”). In January 2008, the FASB issued Issue E23, “Issues Involving Application of the Shortcut Method under Paragraph 68,” which is effective for hedging relationships designated on or after January 1, 2008. Issue E23 amends SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended and interpreted (“SFAS 133”), to explicitly permit use of the shortcut method for those hedging relationships in which (1) the interest rate swap has a non-zero fair value at the inception of the hedging relationship that is attributable solely to differing prices within the bid-ask spread between the entry transaction and a hypothetical exit transaction, and/or (2) the hedged item has a trade date that differs from its settlement date because of generally established conventions in the marketplace in which the transaction to acquire or issue the hedged item is executed. At adoption, preexisting hedging relationships utilizing the shortcut method which did not meet the requirements of Issue E23 as of the inception of the hedging relationship were required to be dedesignated prospectively. A hedging relationship that did not qualify for the shortcut method based on Issue E23 could be redesignated without the application of the shortcut method if that hedging relationship met the applicable requirements of SFAS 133. The Bank did not have any preexisting hedging relationships utilizing the shortcut method which required dedesignation upon the adoption of Issue E23. Further, the adoption of Issue E23 has not had any effect on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition and is not expected to have any effect on the Bank’s future results of operations or financial condition.
     SFAS 161. In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative instruments and hedging activities including: (1) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; (2) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS 133 and its related interpretations; and (3) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with earlier application encouraged. The adoption of SFAS 161 is not expected to have any impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition. The Bank has not yet determined the extent to which these requirements will modify or augment its existing disclosures, nor has it determined whether it will early adopt this standard.
Note 3—Available-for-Sale Securities
     Major Security Types. Available-for-sale securities as of March 31, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
                                 
            Gross     Gross     Estimated  
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Fair  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Value  
Government-sponsored enterprises
  $ 318,591     $ 2,133     $ 5,600     $ 315,124  
FHLBank consolidated obligations
                               
FHLBank of Boston (primary obligor)
    35,665       17             35,682  
FHLBank of San Francisco (primary obligor)
    6,527       321             6,848  
 
                       
 
    360,783       2,471       5,600       357,654  
 
                       
Mortgage-backed securities
                               
Government-sponsored enterprises
    158,678       525       1,536       157,667  
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
    76,066             1,587       74,479  
 
                       
 
    234,744       525       3,123       232,146  
 
                       
 
Total
  $ 595,527     $ 2,996     $ 8,723     $ 589,800  
 
                       

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     Available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
                                 
            Gross     Gross     Estimated  
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Fair  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Value  
Government-sponsored enterprises
  $ 57,057     $     $ 127     $ 56,930  
FHLBank consolidated obligations
                               
FHLBank of Boston (primary obligor)
    35,406       17             35,423  
FHLBank of San Francisco (primary obligor)
    6,455       311             6,766  
 
                       
 
    98,918       328       127       99,119  
 
                       
Mortgage-backed securities
                               
Government-sponsored enterprises
    169,611       561       992       169,180  
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
    94,523             732       93,791  
 
                       
 
    264,134       561       1,724       262,971  
 
                       
 
                               
Total
  $ 363,052     $ 889     $ 1,851     $ 362,090  
 
                       
     The amortized cost of the Bank’s available-for-sale securities includes hedging adjustments. The FHLBank investments shown in the tables above represent consolidated obligations acquired in the secondary market for which the named FHLBank is the primary obligor, and for which each of the FHLBanks, including the Bank, is jointly and severally liable. See Notes 12 and 14 for a discussion of these investments and the Bank’s joint and several liability on consolidated obligations.
     As of March 31, 2008, the unrealized losses on the Bank’s available-for-sale securities totaled $8,723,000, which represented less than 1.5 percent of the amortized cost of all available-for-sale securities at that date. These unrealized losses were due in large part to the recent widespread deterioration in credit market conditions and, in the Bank’s opinion, did not reflect a deterioration in the credit performance of the Bank’s individual holdings. Based upon the Bank’s assessment of the creditworthiness of the issuers of the agency debt securities held by the Bank, the fact that all of the Bank’s available-for-sale securities retain the highest investment grade rating from one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the Bank’s holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities and, in the case of its non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities, the performance of the underlying loans and the credit support provided by the subordinate securities, the Bank does not believe it is probable that it will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the individual securities. Because the Bank has the ability and intent to hold these investments through to recovery of the unrealized losses, it does not consider any of the investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2008.
     Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 are presented below (in thousands). The expected maturities of some securities could differ from the contractual maturities presented because issuers may have the right to call such securities prior to their final stated maturities.
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Estimated             Estimated  
    Amortized     Fair     Amortized     Fair  
Maturity   Cost     Value     Cost     Value  
Due in one year or less
  $ 42,192     $ 42,530     $ 41,861     $ 42,189  
Due after one year through five years
    207,985       209,659              
Due after five years through ten years
    49,492       49,951              
Due after ten years
    61,114       55,514       57,057       56,930  
                         
 
    360,783       357,654       98,918       99,119  
Mortgage-backed securities
    234,744       232,146       264,134       262,971  
                         
 
Total
  $ 595,527     $ 589,800     $ 363,052     $ 362,090  
 
                       

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     The amortized cost of the Bank’s mortgage-backed securities classified as available-for-sale includes net discounts of $31,000 and $43,000 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
     Interest Rate Payment Terms. The following table provides interest rate payment terms for investment securities classified as available-for-sale at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands):
                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities other than mortgage-backed securities:
               
Fixed-rate
  $ 354,256     $ 92,463  
Variable-rate
    6,527       6,455  
 
           
 
    360,783       98,918  
 
           
Amortized cost of available-for-sale mortgage-backed securities:
               
Fixed-rate pass-through securities
    229,537       255,475  
Fixed-rate collateralized mortgage obligations
    5,207       8,659  
 
           
 
    234,744       264,134  
 
           
Total
  $ 595,527     $ 363,052  
 
           
     Gains and Losses. There were no sales of available-for-sale securities during the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007.
Note 4—Held-to-Maturity Securities
     Major Security Types. Held-to-maturity securities as of March 31, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
                                 
            Gross     Gross        
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Estimated  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Fair Value  
Commercial paper
  $ 549,689     $     $ 54     $ 549,635  
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
    70,829       290       164       70,955  
State or local housing agency obligations
    4,300       2             4,302  
 
                       
 
    624,818       292       218       624,892  
 
                       
Mortgage-backed securities
                               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
    32,628       8       462       32,174  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    6,458,719       8,722       160,866       6,306,575  
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities
    777,013             145,725       631,288  
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
    670,925       6,411       59       677,277  
 
                       
 
    7,939,285       15,141       307,112       7,647,314  
 
                       
 
                               
Total
  $ 8,564,103     $ 15,433     $ 307,330     $ 8,272,206  
 
                       

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     Held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Amortized     Gross
Unrealized
    Gross
Unrealized
    Estimated  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Fair Value  
Commercial paper
  $ 993,629     $     $ 164     $ 993,465  
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
    75,342       173       411       75,104  
State or local housing agency obligations
    4,810       2             4,812  
 
                       
 
    1,073,781       175       575       1,073,381  
 
                       
Mortgage-backed securities
                               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
    34,066       133       6       34,193  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    5,910,467       3,243       32,507       5,881,203  
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities
    821,493             25,603       795,890  
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities
    694,860       10,435             705,295  
 
                       
 
    7,460,886       13,811       58,116       7,416,581  
 
                       
 
                               
Total
  $ 8,534,667     $ 13,986     $ 58,691     $ 8,489,962  
 
                       
     As of March 31, 2008, the unrealized losses on the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities totaled $307,330,000, which represented 3.6 percent of the amortized cost of all held-to-maturity securities at that date. These unrealized losses were generally attributable to the recent widespread deterioration in credit market conditions and, in the Bank’s opinion, did not reflect a deterioration in the credit performance of the Bank’s individual holdings. Based upon the Bank’s assessment of the creditworthiness of the issuers of the debt obligations held by the Bank, the fact that all of the Bank’s held-to-maturity securities retain the highest investment grade rating from one or more of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the Bank’s holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities and, in the case of its non-agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, the performance of the underlying loans and the credit support provided by the subordinate securities, the Bank does not believe it is probable that it will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the individual securities. Because the Bank has the ability and intent to hold these investments to maturity, it does not consider any of the investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2008. In the case of the Bank’s commercial paper holdings, all of which have 30-day terms, the ratings referred to above reflect the issuers’ short-term debt ratings.
     Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and estimated fair value of held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 are presented below (in thousands). The expected maturities of some securities could differ from the contractual maturities presented because issuers may have the right to call such securities prior to their final stated maturities.
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    Amortized     Estimated     Amortized     Estimated  
Maturity   Cost     Fair Value     Cost     Fair Value  
Due in one year or less
  $ 549,689     $ 549,635     $ 996,044     $ 995,874  
Due after one year through five years
    1,112       1,118       1,112       1,120  
Due after five years through ten years
    25,447       25,666       26,504       26,600  
Due after ten years
    48,570       48,473       50,121       49,787  
 
                       
 
    624,818       624,892       1,073,781       1,073,381  
Mortgage-backed securities
    7,939,285       7,647,314       7,460,886       7,416,581  
 
                       
 
                               
Total
  $ 8,564,103     $ 8,272,206     $ 8,534,667     $ 8,489,962  
 
                       
     The amortized cost of the Bank’s mortgage-backed securities classified as held-to-maturity includes net discounts of $22,858,000 and $5,404,000 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

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     Interest Rate Payment Terms. The following table provides interest rate payment terms for investment securities classified as held-to-maturity at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands):
                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity securities other than mortgage-backed securities
               
Fixed-rate
  $ 549,689     $ 993,629  
Variable-rate
    75,129       80,152  
 
           
 
    624,818       1,073,781  
 
           
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity mortgage-backed securities
               
Fixed-rate pass-through securities
    1,625       1,769  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
               
Fixed-rate
    673,967       698,027  
Variable-rate
    7,263,693       6,761,090  
 
           
 
    7,939,285       7,460,886  
 
           
 
               
Total
  $ 8,564,103     $ 8,534,667  
 
           
     All of the Bank’s variable-rate collateralized mortgage obligations classified as held-to-maturity securities have coupon rates that are subject to interest rate caps, none of which were reached during 2007 or the three months ended March 31, 2008.
Note 5—Advances
     Redemption Terms. At both March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank had advances outstanding at interest rates ranging from 1.00 percent to 8.66 percent. These advances are summarized below (in thousands).
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Weighted             Weighted  
            Average             Average  
Contractual Maturity   Amount     Interest Rate     Amount     Interest Rate  
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts
  $ 3,535       6.24 %   $ 251       6.78 %
 
Due in one year or less
    18,024,555       2.77       21,384,332       4.42  
Due after one year through two years
    6,192,833       3.81       5,011,113       5.02  
Due after two years through three years
    5,563,407       3.37       3,688,931       4.96  
Due after three years through four years
    6,264,423       3.24       3,283,452       4.96  
Due after four years through five years
    10,943,012       3.01       7,169,089       4.91  
Due after five years
    2,727,230       4.00       2,187,667       4.46  
Amortizing advances
    3,533,385       4.63       3,414,523       4.71  
 
                           
Total par value
    53,252,380       3.24 %     46,139,358       4.67 %
 
Deferred prepayment fees
    (941 )             (964 )        
Commitment fees
    (28 )             (28 )        
Hedging adjustments
    381,868               159,792          
 
                           
 
                               
Total
  $ 53,633,279             $ 46,298,158          
 
                           
     The balance of overdrawn demand deposit accounts was fully collateralized at March 31, 2008 and was repaid on April 1, 2008.
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     The Bank offers advances to members that may be prepaid on specified dates without the member incurring prepayment or termination fees (prepayable and callable advances). The prepayment of other advances requires the payment of a fee to the Bank (prepayment fee) if necessary to make the Bank financially indifferent to the prepayment of the advance. At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank had aggregate prepayable and callable advances totaling $166,272,000 and $162,745,000, respectively.
     The following table summarizes advances at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, by the earlier of contractual maturity, next call date, or the first date on which prepayable advances can be repaid without a prepayment fee (in thousands):
                 
Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date   March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts
  $ 3,535     $ 251  
 
Due in one year or less
    18,068,672       21,423,839  
Due after one year through two years
    6,203,519       5,025,303  
Due after two years through three years
    5,603,166       3,724,857  
Due after three years through four years
    6,298,844       3,315,639  
Due after four years through five years
    10,963,430       7,197,090  
Due after five years
    2,577,829       2,037,856  
Amortizing advances
    3,533,385       3,414,523  
 
           
Total par value
  $ 53,252,380     $ 46,139,358  
 
           
     The Bank also offers putable advances. With a putable advance, the Bank purchases a put option from the member that allows the Bank to terminate the fixed rate advance on specified dates and offer, subject to certain conditions, replacement funding at prevailing market rates. At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank had putable advances outstanding totaling $3,717,031,000 and $2,817,671,000, respectively.
     The following table summarizes advances at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, by the earlier of contractual maturity or next possible put date (in thousands):
                 
Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date   March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts
  $ 3,535     $ 251  
 
Due in one year or less
    20,205,615       22,936,682  
Due after one year through two years
    6,843,354       5,477,833  
Due after two years through three years
    5,346,856       3,426,631  
Due after three years through four years
    6,185,423       3,201,452  
Due after four years through five years
    10,438,162       7,013,839  
Due after five years
    696,050       668,147  
Amortizing advances
    3,533,385       3,414,523  
 
           
Total par value
  $ 53,252,380     $ 46,139,358  
 
           
     Interest Rate Payment Terms. The following table provides interest rate payment terms for advances at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands, based upon par amount):
                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Fixed-rate
  $ 27,780,016     $ 26,465,393  
Variable-rate
    25,472,364       19,673,965  
 
           
Total par value
  $ 53,252,380     $ 46,139,358  
 
           
     Prepayment Fees. The Bank records prepayment fees received from members/borrowers on prepaid advances net of any associated hedging adjustments on those advances. These fees are reflected as interest income in the statements of income either immediately (as prepayment fees on advances) or over time (as interest income on advances) as further described below. In cases in which the Bank funds a new advance concurrent with or within a

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short period of time before or after the prepayment of an existing advance and the advance meets the accounting criteria to qualify as a modification of the prepaid advance, the net prepayment fee on the prepaid advance is deferred, recorded in the basis of the modified advance, and amortized into interest income over the life of the modified advance using the level-yield method. Gross advance prepayment fees received from members/borrowers during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 were $277,000 and $629,000, respectively, none of which were deferred.
Note 6—Consolidated Obligations
     Consolidated obligations are the joint and several obligations of the FHLBanks and consist of consolidated bonds and discount notes. Consolidated obligations are backed only by the financial resources of the 12 FHLBanks. Consolidated obligations are not obligations of, nor are they guaranteed by, the United States Government. The FHLBanks issue consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance as their agent. In connection with each debt issuance, one or more of the FHLBanks specifies the amount of debt it wants issued on its behalf; the Bank receives the proceeds only of the debt issued on its behalf and is the primary obligor only for the portion of bonds and discount notes for which it has received the proceeds. The Bank records on its balance sheet only that portion of the consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor. Consolidated obligation bonds are issued primarily to raise intermediate- and long-term funds for the FHLBanks and are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity. Consolidated obligation discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds and have maturities of one year or less. These notes are issued at a price that is less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature. For additional information regarding the FHLBanks’ joint and several liability on consolidated obligations, see Note 12.
     The par amounts of the 12 FHLBanks’ outstanding consolidated obligations were approximately $1.220 trillion and $1.190 trillion at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The Bank was the primary obligor on $62.0 billion and $57.0 billion (at par value), respectively, of these consolidated obligations.
     Interest Rate Payment Terms. The following table summarizes the Bank’s consolidated bonds outstanding by interest rate payment terms at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands, at par value).
                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Fixed-rate
  $ 29,385,497     $ 26,281,720  
Simple variable-rate
    9,230,000       2,418,000  
Step-up
    1,031,795       3,774,175  
Step-down
    150,000       150,000  
Comparative-index
    80,000       80,000  
Variable that converts to fixed
    20,000       20,000  
Step-up/step-down
          15,000  
 
           
Total par value
  $ 39,897,292     $ 32,738,895  
 
           

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     Redemption Terms. The following is a summary of the Bank’s consolidated bonds outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, by contractual maturity (in thousands):
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Weighted             Weighted  
            Average             Average  
            Interest             Interest  
Contractual Maturity   Amount     Rate     Amount     Rate  
Due in one year or less
  $ 18,759,795       3.69 %   $ 9,904,335       4.27 %
Due after one year through two years
    9,468,522       3.98       6,266,025       4.69  
Due after two years through three years
    2,494,800       4.67       4,196,210       4.76  
Due after three years through four years
    1,923,685       5.03       1,881,685       5.28  
Due after four years through five years
    2,591,000       4.93       3,900,800       4.95  
Thereafter
    4,659,490       5.51       6,589,840       5.54  
 
                           
Total par value
    39,897,292       4.18 %     32,738,895       4.81 %
 
                               
Premiums
    45,754               48,179          
Discounts
    (9,867 )             (11,784 )        
Hedging adjustments
    285,262               85,189          
 
                           
 
    40,218,441               32,860,479          
Bonds held in treasury
    (5,100 )             (5,100 )        
 
                           
 
                               
Total
  $ 40,213,341             $ 32,855,379          
 
                           
     At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank’s consolidated bonds outstanding included the following (in thousands, at par value):
                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Non-callable bonds
  $ 21,027,547     $ 10,457,610  
Callable bonds
    18,869,745       22,281,285  
 
           
Total par value
  $ 39,897,292     $ 32,738,895  
 
           
     The following table summarizes the Bank’s consolidated bonds outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, by the earlier of contractual maturity or next possible call date (in thousands, at par value):
                 
Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date   March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Due in one year or less
  $ 27,913,890     $ 22,122,330  
Due after one year through two years
    8,272,407       5,486,295  
Due after two years through three years
    743,500       1,712,525  
Due after three years through four years
    666,305       661,005  
Due after four years through five years
    1,266,000       1,711,300  
Thereafter
    1,035,190       1,045,440  
 
           
Total par value
  $ 39,897,292     $ 32,738,895  
 
           
     Discount Notes. At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank’s consolidated discount notes, all of which are due within one year, were as follows (in thousands):
                         
                    Weighted
                    Average
    Book Value   Par Value   Interest Rate
 
                       
March 31, 2008
  $ 22,024,001     $ 22,126,333       2.46 %
 
                   
 
                       
December 31, 2007
  $ 24,119,433     $ 24,221,414       4.20 %
 
                   

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Note 7—Affordable Housing Program (“AHP”)
     The following table summarizes the changes in the Bank’s AHP liability during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2007  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 47,440     $ 43,458  
AHP assessment
    3,533       4,095  
Grants funded, net of recaptured amounts
    (3,632 )     (1,579 )
 
           
Balance, end of period
  $ 47,341     $ 45,974  
 
           
     Note 8—Derivatives and Hedging Activities
     During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank recorded net gains on derivatives and hedging activities of $4,904,000 and $2,125,000, respectively, in other income. Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 were comprised of the following (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2007  
Gains related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness
  $ 1,525     $ 3,714  
Gains on economic hedge derivatives related to discount notes
    6,153        
Losses related to stand-alone economic hedge derivatives (interest rate caps)
    (1,596 )     (1,397 )
Gains (losses) related to other economic hedge derivatives
    709       (22 )
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to discount notes
    (1,770 )      
Net interest expense associated with other economic hedge derivatives
    (117 )     (170 )
 
           
Net gains on derivatives and hedging activities
  $ 4,904     $ 2,125  
 
           

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     The following table summarizes the notional balances and estimated fair values of the Bank’s outstanding derivatives at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands). The net derivative balances as of December 31, 2007 have been adjusted to reflect the retrospective application of FSP FIN 39-1.
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Estimated             Estimated  
    Notional     Fair Value     Notional     Fair Value  
Interest rate swaps
                               
Fair value hedges
  $ 38,603,602     $ (130,295 )   $ 34,025,303     $ (97,276 )
Economic hedges
    6,067,889       7,142       188,294       285  
Interest rate caps
                               
Fair value hedges
    200,000       93       255,000       688  
Economic hedges
    6,500,000       1,377       6,500,000       2,972  
 
                       
 
  $ 51,371,491     $ (121,683 )   $ 40,968,597     $ (93,331 )
 
                       
 
                               
Total derivative contracts excluding accrued interest
          $ (121,683 )           $ (93,331 )
Net accrued interest receivable/payable on derivative contracts
            133,119               121,578  
Cash collateral pledged/remitted to counterparties
            192,692               119,047  
Interest receivable on cash collateral pledged/remitted to counterparties
            306               170  
Cash collateral received from counterparties
            (196,728 )             (104,337 )
Interest payable on cash collateral received from counterparties
            (456 )             (403 )
 
                           
 
                               
Net derivative balances
          $ 7,250             $ 42,724  
 
                           
 
                               
Net derivative asset balances
          $ 24,418             $ 65,963  
Net derivative liability balances
            (17,168 )             (23,239 )
 
                           
 
                               
Net derivative balances
      $ 7,250             $ 42,724  
 
                           
     The notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements does not measure the Bank’s credit risk exposure, and the maximum credit exposure for the Bank is substantially less than the notional amount. The maximum credit risk exposure is the estimated cost, on a present value basis, of replacing at current market rates all interest rate exchange agreements with a counterparty with whom the Bank is in a net gain position, if the counterparty were to default. In determining its maximum credit exposure to a counterparty, the Bank, as permitted under master netting provisions of its interest rate exchange agreements, nets its obligations to the counterparty (i.e., derivative liabilities) against the counterparty’s obligations to the Bank (i.e., derivative assets). Maximum credit risk, as defined above, does not consider the existence of any collateral held by the Bank.
     At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank’s maximum credit risk, as defined above, was approximately $212,940,000 and $133,610,000, respectively. The Bank held as collateral cash balances of $196,728,000 and $104,337,000 as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. In early January 2008 and early April 2008, additional cash collateral of $29,924,000 and $13,689,000, respectively, was delivered to the Bank pursuant to counterparty credit arrangements.
     Generally, the Bank reports cash flows associated with derivatives as cash flows from operating activities in the statements of cash flows. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank entered into three derivative contracts which contained up-front fees that were determined to be other-than-insignificant financing elements. The net cash inflows associated with these derivative contracts, totaling $7,585,000, are reflected as cash flows from financing activities.

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Note 9—Capital
     At all times during the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank was in compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory capital requirements. The following table summarizes the Bank’s compliance with those capital requirements as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    March 31, 2008   December 31, 2007
    Required   Actual   Required   Actual
Regulatory capital requirements:
                               
Risk-based capital
  $ 512,330     $ 2,955,896     $ 437,643     $ 2,688,243  
 
Total capital
  $ 2,748,925     $ 2,955,896     $ 2,538,330 (1)   $ 2,688,243  
Total capital-to-assets ratio
    4.00 %     4.30 %     4.00 %     4.24 %(1)
 
Leverage capital
  $ 3,436,156     $ 4,433,844     $ 3,172,913 (1)   $ 4,032,365  
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio
    5.00 %     6.45 %     5.00 %     6.35 %(1)
 
(1) The Bank’s actual capital-to-assets ratios and required total capital and leverage capital amounts as of December 31, 2007 have been revised to reflect the retrospective application of FSP FIN 39-1, as described in Note 2.
     Shareholders are required to maintain an investment in Class B stock equal to the sum of a membership investment requirement and an activity-based investment requirement. Currently, the membership investment requirement is 0.06 percent of each member’s total assets as of the previous calendar year-end, subject to a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $25,000,000. The activity-based investment requirement is currently 4.10 percent of outstanding advances, plus 4.10 percent of the outstanding principal balance of any Mortgage Partnership Finance® (“MPF”®) loans that were delivered pursuant to master commitments executed after September 2, 2003 and retained on the Bank’s balance sheet (of which there were none).
     The Bank generally repurchases surplus stock at the end of the month following the end of each calendar quarter (e.g., January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31). For the repurchases that occurred on January 31, 2008 and April 30, 2008, surplus stock was defined as the amount of stock held by a member in excess of 105 percent of the member’s minimum investment requirement. The Bank’s practice has been that a member’s surplus stock will not be repurchased if the amount of that member’s surplus stock is $250,000 or less. On January 31, 2008 and April 30, 2008, the Bank repurchased surplus stock totaling $191,755,000 and $108,889,000, respectively, of which $24,982,000 and $2,913,000, respectively, had been classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock as of those dates.
Note 10—Employee Retirement Plans
     The Bank sponsors a retirement benefits program that includes health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees. Components of net periodic benefit cost related to this program for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2007  
Service cost
  $ 7     $ 5  
Interest cost
    40       31  
Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)
    (8 )     (8 )
Amortization of net actuarial gain
    (1 )     (1 )
 
           
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 38     $ 27  
 
           

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Note 11—Estimated Fair Values
     As discussed in Note 2, effective January 1, 2008, the Bank adopted SFAS 157, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value within generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy and requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels:
     Level 1 Inputs – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. The fair values of the Bank’s trading securities are determined using Level 1 inputs. The Bank has no liabilities that are measured using Level 1 inputs.
     Level 2 Inputs – Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following: (1) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (2) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or in which little information is released publicly; (3) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, volatilities and prepayment speeds); and (4) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data (e.g., implied spreads). Level 2 inputs are used to determine the estimated fair values of the Bank’s derivative contracts and investment securities classified as available-for-sale, which include: U.S. agency debt securities, U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities and non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities.
     Level 3 Inputs – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value measurement of such asset or liability. None of the Bank’s assets or liabilities are measured using Level 3 inputs.
     As required by SFAS 157, financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
     The Bank’s fair value measurement methodologies for assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value are described below.
     Trading securities. The Bank obtains quoted prices for identical securities.
     Derivative assets/liabilities. The fair values of the Bank’s interest rate swap agreements are estimated using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the market (e.g., the swap curve and, for agreements containing options, implied swaption volatility). The fair values of the Bank’s interest rate swaps include accrued interest receivable and payable. The Bank compares its fair values to dealer estimates and may also compare its fair values to those of similar instruments to ensure that such fair values are reasonable.
     For the Bank’s interest rate caps, fair values are obtained from dealers. These fair value estimates are corroborated using a pricing model and observable market data (e.g., the swap curve, implied swaption volatility and volatility skew).
     Available-for-sale securities. For agency debt securities, the Bank estimates the fair values using either a pricing model or dealer estimates. For those securities for which a pricing model is used, the agency curve is used as the discount curve in the fair value determinations. The Bank compares these fair values to dealer estimates to ensure that its fair values are reasonable. For one security for which the Bank relies upon a dealer estimate, such estimate is analyzed for reasonableness based on current market conditions.

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     For mortgage-backed securities, the Bank estimates the fair values using a pricing model which employs discounted cash flow analyses. The swap curve is used as the discount curve in these calculations. Additional inputs (e.g., implied swaption volatility, estimated prepayment speeds and credit spreads) are also used in the fair value determinations. The Bank compares its fair values to dealer estimates to ensure that such fair values are reasonable.
     The following table summarizes the Bank’s assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value as of March 31, 2008 by their level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands).
                                         
                            Netting        
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Adjustment(1)     Total  
Assets
                                       
Trading securities
  $ 3,552     $     $     $     $ 3,552  
Available-for-sale securities
          589,800                   589,800  
Derivative assets
          487,081             (462,663 )     24,418  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total assets at fair value
  $ 3,552     $ 1,076,881     $     $ (462,663 )   $ 617,770  
 
                             
 
                                       
Liabilities
                                       
Derivative liabilities
  $     $ 475,645     $     $ (458,477 )   $ 17,168  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total liabilities at fair value
  $     $ 475,645     $     $ (458,477 )   $ 17,168  
 
                             
 
(1) Amounts represent the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements between the Bank and its counterparties that allow the Bank to offset positive and negative positions as well as the cash collateral held or placed with those same counterparties.
Note 12—Commitments and Contingencies
     Joint and several liability. The Bank is jointly and severally liable with the other 11 FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on all of the consolidated obligations issued by the 12 FHLBanks. At March 31, 2008, the par amount of the other 11 FHLBanks’ outstanding consolidated obligations was approximately $1.158 trillion. The Finance Board, in its discretion, may require any FHLBank to make principal or interest payments due on any consolidated obligation, regardless of whether there has been a default by a FHLBank having primary liability. To the extent that a FHLBank makes any consolidated obligation payment on behalf of another FHLBank, the paying FHLBank is entitled to reimbursement from the FHLBank with primary liability. However, if the Finance Board determines that the primary obligor is unable to satisfy its obligations, then the Finance Board may allocate the outstanding liability among the remaining FHLBanks on a pro rata basis in proportion to each FHLBank’s participation in all consolidated obligations outstanding, or on any other basis that the Finance Board may determine. No FHLBank has ever failed to make any payment on a consolidated obligation for which it was the primary obligor; as a result, the regulatory provisions for directing other FHLBanks to make payments on behalf of another FHLBank or allocating the liability among other FHLBanks have never been invoked. If the Bank were to determine that a loss was probable under its joint and several liability and the amount of such loss could be reasonably estimated, the Bank would charge to income the amount of the expected loss under the provisions of SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies.” Based upon the creditworthiness of the other FHLBanks, the Bank currently believes that the likelihood of a loss arising from its joint and several liability is remote.
     Other commitments and contingencies. At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank had commitments to make additional advances totaling approximately $95,721,000 and $61,116,000 respectively. In addition, outstanding standby letters of credit totaled $4,571,893,000 and $3,879,587,000 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

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     The Bank had no commitments to fund/purchase mortgage loans at March 31, 2008 or December 31, 2007.
     At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank had commitments to issue $1,219,600,000 and $25,132,000, respectively, of consolidated obligation bonds/discount notes of which $1,219,600,000 and $15,000,000, respectively, were hedged with associated interest rate swaps.
     The Bank executes interest rate exchange agreements with major banks and broker-dealers with whom it has bilateral collateral exchange agreements. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank had pledged, as collateral, cash with a book value of $192,692,000 and $119,047,000, respectively, to broker-dealers who had credit risk exposure to the Bank related to interest rate exchange agreements; at those dates, the Bank had not pledged any securities as collateral. The pledged cash collateral (i.e., interest-bearing deposit asset) is netted against derivative assets and liabilities in the statements of condition.
     In the ordinary course of its business, the Bank is subject to the risk that litigation may arise. Currently, the Bank is not a party to any pending legal proceedings.
Note 13— Transactions with Shareholders
     Affiliates of two of the Bank’s derivative counterparties (Citigroup and Wachovia) acquired member institutions on March 31, 2005 and October 1, 2006, respectively. Since the acquisitions were completed, the Bank has continued to enter into interest rate exchange agreements with Citigroup and Wachovia in the normal course of business and under the same terms and conditions as before. Effective October 1, 2006, Citigroup terminated the Ninth District charter of the affiliate that acquired the member institution and, as a result, an affiliate of Citigroup became a non-member shareholder of the Bank.
     The Bank did not purchase any investment securities issued by any of its shareholders or their affiliates during the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007. At March 31, 2008, the Bank held previously purchased mortgage-backed securities with a carrying value of $22.0 million that were issued by one or more entities that are now part of Citigroup and $63.9 million (carrying value) of mortgage-backed securities issued by entities that are affiliated with Washington Mutual Bank (a non-member borrower/shareholder) that were acquired after issuance from a third party. These mortgage-backed securities are classified as held-to-maturity securities in the Bank’s statements of condition.
Note 14 — Transactions with Other FHLBanks
     Occasionally, the Bank loans (or borrows) short-term federal funds to (from) other FHLBanks. Loans to other FHLBanks, consisting of overnight federal funds sold, totaled $400,000,000 at December 31, 2007. These funds, plus interest of $11,000, were repaid on January 2, 2008. There were no other loans to other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, interest expense on borrowings from other FHLBanks totaled $10,000. There were no borrowings from other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2007. The following table summarizes the Bank’s borrowings from other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2008 (in thousands).
         
Balance at January 1, 2008
  $  
Borrowings from:
       
FHLBank of San Francisco
    100,000  
FHLBank of Seattle
    25,000  
Repayments to:
       
FHLBank of San Francisco
    (100,000 )
FHLBank of Seattle
    (25,000 )
 
     
Balance at March 31, 2008
  $  
 
     
     The Bank’s investment securities portfolio includes consolidated obligations for which other FHLBanks are the primary obligors and for which the Bank is jointly and severally liable. The balances of these investments are presented in Note 3. All of these consolidated obligations were purchased in the open market from third parties and

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are accounted for in the same manner as other similarly classified investments. Interest income earned on these consolidated obligations of other FHLBanks totaled $648,000 and $634,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
     The Bank has, from time to time, assumed the outstanding debt of another FHLBank rather than issuing new debt. In connection with these transactions, the Bank becomes the primary obligor for the transferred debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Bank assumed $283,000,000 (par amount) of consolidated obligations from the FHLBank of New York. The net premiums associated with these transactions totaled $2,350,000. There were no such transfers during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
     Occasionally, the Bank transfers debt that it no longer needs to other FHLBanks. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank transferred $300,000,000 and $150,000,000 (par values) of its consolidated obligations to the FHLBanks of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, respectively. In connection with these transactions, the assuming FHLBanks became the primary obligors for the transferred debt. The aggregate gains realized on these debt transfers totaled $4,280,000. The Bank did not transfer any debt to other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2007.
     The Bank receives participation fees from the FHLBank of Chicago for mortgage loans that are originated by certain of the Bank’s members (participating financial institutions) and purchased by the FHLBank of Chicago through the MPF program. These fees totaled $66,000 and $37,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in “Item 1. Financial Statements.”
Forward-Looking Information
This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements that reflect current beliefs and expectations of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (the “Bank”) about its future results, performance, liquidity, financial condition, prospects and opportunities. These statements are identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “expects,” “intends” or their negatives or other similar terms. The Bank cautions that forward-looking statements involve risks or uncertainties that could cause the Bank’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements, or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. As a result, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, evolving economic and market conditions, political events, and the impact of competitive business forces. The risks and uncertainties related to evolving economic and market conditions include, but are not limited to, potentially adverse changes in interest rates, adverse changes in the Bank’s access to the capital markets, material adverse changes in the cost of the Bank’s debt, adverse consequences resulting from a significant regional or national economic downturn, credit and prepayment risks, or changes in the financial health of the Bank’s members or non-member borrowers. Among other things, political events could possibly lead to changes in the Bank’s regulatory environment or its status as a government-sponsored enterprise (“GSE”), or to changes in the regulatory environment for the Bank’s members or non-member borrowers. Risks and uncertainties related to competitive business forces include, but are not limited to, the potential loss of large members or large borrowers through acquisitions or other means or changes in the relative competitiveness of the Bank’s products and services for member institutions. For a more detailed discussion of the risk factors applicable to the Bank, see “Item 1A – Risk Factors” in the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2008 (the “2007 10-K”). The Bank undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or any other reason.
Overview
The Bank is one of 12 district Federal Home Loan Banks, each individually a “FHLBank” and collectively the “FHLBanks” and, together with the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks, the “FHLBank System.” The FHLBanks serve the public by enhancing the availability of credit for residential mortgages, community lending, and targeted community development. As independent, member-owned cooperatives, the FHLBanks seek to maintain a balance between their public purpose and their ability to provide adequate returns on the capital supplied by their members. The Federal Housing Finance Board (“Finance Board”), an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government, supervises and regulates the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance. The Finance Board is statutorily charged with ensuring that the FHLBanks operate in a safe and sound manner, carry out their housing finance mission, remain adequately capitalized, and are able to raise funds in the capital markets.
The Bank serves eligible financial institutions in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas (collectively, the Ninth District of the FHLBank System). The Bank’s primary business is lending low cost funds (known as advances) to its member institutions, which include commercial banks, thrifts, insurance companies and credit unions. While not members of the Bank, state and local housing authorities that meet certain statutory criteria may also borrow from the Bank. The Bank also maintains a portfolio of highly rated investments for liquidity purposes and to provide additional earnings. Additionally, the Bank holds interests in a portfolio of government-guaranteed and conventional mortgage loans that were acquired through the Mortgage Partnership Finance® (“MPF”®) Program offered by the FHLBank of Chicago. Shareholders’ return on their investment includes dividends (which are typically paid quarterly in the form of capital stock) and the value derived from access to the Bank’s products and services. The Bank balances the financial rewards to shareholders by seeking to pay a dividend that meets or exceeds the return on alternative short-term money market investments available to shareholders, while lending funds at the lowest rates expected to be compatible with that objective and its objective to build retained earnings over time.

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The Bank’s capital stock is not publicly traded and can only be held by members of the Bank, non-member institutions that acquire stock by virtue of acquiring member institutions, and former members of the Bank that retain capital stock to support advances or other activity that remains outstanding or until any applicable stock redemption or withdrawal notice period expires. All members must purchase stock in the Bank. The Bank’s capital stock has a par value of $100 per share and is purchased, redeemed, repurchased and transferred (with the prior approval of the Bank) only at its par value. Members may redeem excess stock, or withdraw from membership and redeem all outstanding capital stock, with five years’ written notice to the Bank.
The FHLBanks’ debt instruments (known as consolidated obligations) are their primary source of funds and are the joint and several obligations of all 12 FHLBanks. Consolidated obligations are issued through the Office of Finance acting as agent for the FHLBanks and are publicly traded in the over-the-counter market. The Bank records on its balance sheet only those consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor. Consolidated obligations are not obligations of the United States Government and the United States Government does not guarantee them. Consolidated obligations are rated Aaa/P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and AAA/A-1+ by Standard & Poors (“S&P”), which are the highest ratings available from these nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”). These ratings indicate that Moody’s and S&P have concluded that the FHLBanks have an extremely strong capacity to meet their commitments to pay principal and interest on consolidated obligations, and that consolidated obligations are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk. The ratings also reflect the FHLBank System’s status as a GSE. Historically, the FHLBanks’ GSE status and highest available credit ratings on consolidated obligations have provided the FHLBanks with excellent capital markets access. Deposits, other borrowings and the proceeds from capital stock issued to members are also sources of funds for the Bank.
In addition to ratings on the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations, each FHLBank is rated individually by both S&P and Moody’s. These individual FHLBank ratings apply to obligations of the respective FHLBanks, such as interest rate derivatives, deposits, and letters of credit. As of May 1, 2008, Moody’s had assigned a deposit rating of Aaa/P-1 to the Bank. At that same date, the Bank was rated AAA/A-1+ by S&P.
Shareholders, bondholders and prospective shareholders and bondholders should understand that these ratings are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell securities and they may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the NRSRO. The ratings from each of the NRSROs should be evaluated independently.
The Bank conducts its business and fulfills its public purpose primarily by acting as a financial intermediary between its members and the capital markets. The intermediation of the timing, structure, and amount of its members’ credit needs with the investment requirements of the Bank’s creditors is made possible by the extensive use of interest rate exchange agreements, including interest rate swaps and caps. The Bank’s interest rate exchange agreements are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended by SFAS No. 137, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133,” SFAS No. 138, “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities,” SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” and SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140” and as interpreted by the Derivatives Implementation Group and the staff of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (hereinafter collectively referred to as “SFAS 133”).
The Bank’s earnings, exclusive of gains on the sales of investment securities and the retirement or transfer of debt, if any, and fair value adjustments required by SFAS 133, are generated primarily from net interest income and tend to rise and fall with the overall level of interest rates, particularly short-term money market rates. Because the Bank is a cooperatively owned, wholesale institution operating on aggregate net interest spreads typically in the 15 to 20 basis point range (including the effect of net interest payments on interest rate exchange agreements that hedge identified portfolio risks but that do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS 133 and excluding the effects of interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock and fair value adjustments required by SFAS 133), the spread component of its net interest income is much smaller than a typical commercial bank, and a relatively larger portion of its net interest income is derived from the investment of its capital. The Bank’s interest rate risk profile is

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typically fairly neutral. As a result, the Bank’s capital is effectively invested in shorter-term assets and its earnings and returns on capital (exclusive of gains on the sales of investment securities and the retirement or transfer of debt, if any, and fair value adjustments required by SFAS 133) tend to follow short-term interest rates. The Bank’s profitability objective is to achieve a rate of return on members’ capital stock investment sufficient to allow the Bank to meet its retained earnings growth objectives and pay dividends on capital stock at rates that equal or exceed the average effective federal funds rate. The following table summarizes the Bank’s return on capital stock, the average effective federal funds rate and the Bank’s dividend payment rate for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (all percentages are annualized figures).
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
    2008   2007
Return on capital stock
    5.11 %     6.55 %
 
Average effective federal funds rate
    3.18 %     5.26 %
 
Dividend rate paid
    4.50 %     5.25 %
 
Reference period average effective federal funds rate (reference rate) (1)
    4.50 %     5.25 %
 
(1) See discussion below for a description of the reference rate.
For a discussion of the Bank’s returns on capital stock and the reasons for the variability in those returns from period-to-period, see the section below entitled “Results of Operations.”
The Bank’s quarterly dividends are based upon the Bank’s operating results, shareholders’ average capital stock holdings and the average effective federal funds rate for the immediately preceding quarter. To provide more meaningful comparisons between the average effective federal funds rate and the Bank’s dividend rate, the above table sets forth a “reference period average effective federal funds rate.” For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the reference period average effective federal funds rate reflects the average effective federal funds rate for the fourth quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2006, respectively.
The Bank operates in only one reportable segment as defined by SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” All of the Bank’s revenues are derived from U.S. operations.

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The following table summarizes the Bank’s membership, by type of institution, as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY
                 
    March 31,   December 31,
    2008   2007
Commercial banks
    741       736  
Thrifts
    86       86  
Credit unions
    51       48  
Insurance companies
    16       16  
 
               
 
Total members
    894       886  
 
Housing associates
    8       8  
Non-member borrowers
    15       15  
 
               
 
Total
    917       909  
 
               
 
Community Financial Institutions (CFIs)
    742       742  
 
               
Termination of Merger Discussions
On August 8, 2007, the Bank and the FHLBank of Chicago jointly announced that the two institutions were engaged in discussions to determine the possible benefits and feasibility of combining their business operations. On April 4, 2008, those discussions were terminated. For additional discussion, see the section below entitled “Results of Operations – Other Expenses.”
Financial Condition
The following table provides selected period-end balances as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, as well as selected average balances for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 and the year ended December 31, 2007. In addition, the table provides the percentage increase or decrease in each of these balances from period-end to period-end or period-to-period, as appropriate. As shown in the table, the Bank’s total assets increased by 8.3 percent (or $5.3 billion) during the three months ended March 31, 2008, due primarily to a $7.3 billion increase in advances and a $0.7 billion increase in long-term investments, offset by a $2.7 billion reduction in short-term investments during the period. As the Bank’s assets increased, the funding for those assets also increased. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, total consolidated obligations increased by $5.3 billion as consolidated obligation bonds increased by $7.4 billion and consolidated obligation discount notes declined by $2.1 billion.
The activity in each of the major balance sheet captions is discussed in the sections following the table.

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION
(dollars in millions)
                         
    March 31,    
    2008    
            Percentage   Balance at
            Increase   December 31,
    Balance   (Decrease)   2007
Advances
  $ 53,633       15.8 %   $ 46,298  
Short-term investments
                       
Federal funds sold (1)
    5,290       (29.5 )     7,500  
Commercial paper (2)
    550       (44.7 )     994  
Long-term investments (3)
    8,604       8.9       7,902  
Mortgage loans, net
    367       (3.7 )     381  
Total assets(4)
    68,723       8.3       63,458  
Consolidated obligations — bonds
    40,213       22.4       32,855  
Consolidated obligations — discount notes
    22,024       (8.7 )     24,120  
Total consolidated obligations
    62,237       9.2       56,975  
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    70       (15.7 )     83  
Capital stock
    2,668       11.4       2,394  
Retained earnings
    217       2.4       212  
Average total assets
    64,602       17.3       55,056  
Average capital stock
    2,460       17.1       2,101  
Average mandatorily redeemable capital stock
    68       (34.6 )     104  
 
(1)   The balance at December 31, 2007 includes $400 million of federal funds sold to another FHLBank. This amount is classified in the Bank’s statement of condition as “Loan to other FHLBank.”
 
(2)   The Bank’s commercial paper investments are classified as held-to-maturity securities.
 
(3)   Consists of securities classified as held-to-maturity (other than short-term commercial paper) and available-for-sale.
 
(4)   The balance at December 31, 2007 has been adjusted to reflect the retrospective application of FSP FIN 39-1, as discussed in “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 2 beginning on page 5 of this report).

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Advances
The following table presents advances outstanding, by type of institution, as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
ADVANCES OUTSTANDING BY BORROWER TYPE
(par value, dollars in millions)
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  
Commercial banks
  $ 18,160       34 %   $ 14,797       32 %
Thrift institutions
    32,058       60       27,825       60  
Credit unions
    1,473       3       1,966       4  
Insurance companies
    221             208       1  
 
                       
 
                               
Total member advances
    51,912       97       44,796       97  
 
                               
Housing associates
    4             5        
Non-member borrowers
    1,336       3       1,338       3  
 
                       
 
                               
Total par value of advances
  $ 53,252       100 %   $ 46,139       100 %
 
                       
 
                               
Total par value of advances outstanding to CFIs
  $ 7,730       15 %   $ 6,401       14 %
 
                       
At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the carrying value of the Bank’s advances portfolio totaled $53.6 billion and $46.3 billion, respectively. The par value of outstanding advances at those dates was $53.3 billion and $46.1 billion, respectively.
The $7.2 billion increase in outstanding advances during the first three months of 2008 was attributable in large part to increases in advances to two borrowers. In February 2008, Comerica Bank, which recently relocated its charter to the Ninth District, became a member of the Bank. As of March 31, 2008, Comerica Bank had outstanding advances of $2.0 billion and was the Bank’s third largest borrower. In addition, advances to the Bank’s largest borrower, Wachovia Bank, FSB, increased by $4.0 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2008. Advances to the Bank’s small and mid-sized borrowers also increased during the first quarter of 2008. The Bank believes the increase in advances to its small and mid-sized borrowers was largely attributable to the continued unsettled nature of the credit markets. The prevailing credit market conditions may also have led some members to increase their borrowings in order to increase their liquidity, to take advantage of investment opportunities and/or to lengthen the maturity of their liabilities at a relatively low cost.
At March 31, 2008, advances outstanding to the Bank’s ten largest borrowers totaled $35.3 billion, representing 66.2 percent of the Bank’s total outstanding advances as of that date. In comparison, advances outstanding to the Bank’s ten largest borrowers totaled $30.2 billion at December 31, 2007, representing 65.3 percent of the total outstanding balances at that date. The following table presents the Bank’s ten largest borrowers as of March 31, 2008.

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TEN LARGEST BORROWERS AS OF MARCH 31, 2008
(Par value, dollars in millions)
                         
                    Percent of  
Name   City   State   Advances     Total Advances  
Wachovia Bank, FSB (1)
  Houston   TX   $ 21,262       39.9 %
Guaranty Bank
  Austin   TX     5,732       10.8  
Comerica Bank
  Dallas   TX     2,000       3.8  
Franklin Bank, SSB
  Houston   TX     1,983       3.7  
Capital One, National Association (2)
  McLean   VA     838       1.6  
International Bank of Commerce
  Laredo   TX     815       1.5  
BancorpSouth Bank
  Tupelo   MS     710       1.3  
First National Bank
  Edinburg   TX     710       1.3  
Charter Bank
  Santa Fe   NM     658       1.2  
Southside Bank
  Tyler   TX     581       1.1  
 
                   
 
 
          $ 35,289       66.2 %
 
                   
 
(1) Previously known as World Savings Bank, FSB (Texas)
 
(2)   Previously known as Hibernia National Bank
In November 2005, Capital One Financial Corp. acquired Hibernia National Bank (now known as Capital One, National Association), the Bank’s fifth largest borrower and ninth largest shareholder at March 31, 2008. Effective July 1, 2007, Capital One, National Association relocated its charter to the Fourth District of the FHLBank System and is no longer eligible for membership in the Bank. Capital One, National Association’s advances are scheduled to mature as follows: $201 million during the remainder of 2008, $602 million in 2009 and $35 million during the period from 2010 through 2034.
The loss of advances to one or more large borrowers, if not offset by growth in advances to other institutions, could have a negative impact on the Bank’s return on capital stock. A larger balance of advances helps to provide a critical mass of advances and capital to support the fixed component of the Bank’s cost structure, which helps maintain returns on capital stock, dividends and relatively lower advance pricing. In the event the Bank were to lose one or more large borrowers that represent a significant proportion of its business, it could, depending upon the magnitude of the impact, lower dividend rates, raise advances rates, attempt to reduce operating expenses (which could cause a reduction in service levels), or undertake some combination of these actions.

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The following table presents information regarding the composition of the Bank’s advances by remaining term to maturity as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
COMPOSITION OF ADVANCES
(Dollars in millions)
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Percentage             Percentage  
    Balance     of Total     Balance     of Total  
Fixed rate advances
                               
Maturity less than one month
  $ 11,587       21.8 %   $ 13,692       29.7 %
Maturity 1 month to 12 months
    2,733       5.1       2,526       5.5  
Maturity greater than 1 year
    6,210       11.7       4,014       8.7  
Fixed rate, amortizing
    3,533       6.6       3,415       7.4  
Fixed rate, putable
    3,717       7.0       2,818       6.1  
 
                       
Total fixed rate advances
    27,780       52.2       26,465       57.4  
Floating rate advances
                               
Maturity less than one month
    80       0.2       545       1.2  
Maturity 1 month to 12 months
    3,299       6.2       4,190       9.1  
Maturity greater than 1 year
    22,093       41.4       14,939       32.3  
 
                       
Total floating rate advances
    25,472       47.8       19,674       42.6  
 
                       
Total par value
  $ 53,252       100.0 %   $ 46,139       100.0 %
 
                       
The Bank is required by statute and regulation to obtain sufficient collateral from members to fully secure all advances. The Bank’s collateral arrangements with its members and the types of collateral it accepts to secure advances are described in the 2007 10-K. To ensure the value of collateral pledged to the Bank is sufficient to secure its advances, the Bank applies various haircuts, or discounts, to determine the value of the collateral against which members may borrow. In addition, as described in the 2007 10-K, the Bank reviews its members’ financial condition on at least a quarterly basis to identify any members whose financial condition indicates they might pose an increased credit risk and, as needed, takes appropriate action to ensure the collateral held will be sufficient to protect against credit losses. The Bank has not experienced any credit losses on advances since it was founded in 1932 and, based on its collateral policies and the financial condition of its borrowers, management currently does not anticipate any credit losses on advances. Accordingly, the Bank has not provided any allowance for losses on advances.
Investment Securities
At March 31, 2008, the Bank’s short-term investments, which were comprised of both overnight federal funds sold to domestic counterparties and 30-day commercial paper, totaled $5.8 billion. The Bank’s short-term commercial paper investments, totaling $550 million (par value) as of March 31, 2008, are classified as held-to-maturity securities in the Bank’s statement of condition. As of March 31, 2008, Moody’s and S&P had assigned the highest short-term debt ratings (P-1 and A-1+, respectively) to each of the issuers of the commercial paper held by the Bank. At that same date, these NRSROs had also assigned long-term debt ratings of Aaa and AAA, respectively, to the issuer of $350 million of commercial paper held by the Bank and long-term debt ratings of Aa2 and AA, respectively, to the issuer of the remaining $200 million of commercial paper held by the Bank. At December 31, 2007, the Bank’s short-term investments, which were comprised of both overnight federal funds sold to domestic counterparties (including another FHLBank) and 30-day commercial paper, totaled $8.5 billion. The amount of the Bank’s short-term investments fluctuates in response to several factors, including the level of maturing advances from time to time, changes in the Bank’s deposit balances, and changes in the returns provided by short-term investment alternatives relative to the Bank’s funding costs.
At March 31, 2008, the Bank’s long-term investment portfolio was comprised of $8.2 billion of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and $0.4 billion of U.S. agency debentures. As of year-end 2007, the Bank’s long-term investment portfolio was comprised of $7.7 billion of MBS and $0.2 billion of U.S. agency debentures. The Bank’s long-term investment portfolio at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 includes securities that are classified for balance sheet purposes as either held-to-maturity or available-for-sale as set forth in the following tables.

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COMPOSITION OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
(In millions of dollars)
                                 
    Balance Sheet Classification     Total Long-Term        
    Held-to-Maturity     Available-for-Sale     Investments     Held-to-Maturity  
March 31, 2008   (at amortized cost)     (at fair value)     (at carrying value)     (at fair value)  
U.S. agency debentures
                               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
  $ 71     $     $ 71     $ 71  
Government-sponsored enterprises
          315       315        
FHLBank consolidated obligations(1)
                               
FHLBank of Boston (primary obligor)
          36       36        
FHLBank of San Francisco (primary obligor)
          7       7        
 
                       
 
                               
Total U.S. agency debentures
    71       358       429       71  
 
                       
 
                               
MBS portfolio
                               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
    32             32       32  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    6,459       158       6,617       6,307  
Non-agency residential MBS
    777             777       631  
Non-agency commercial MBS
    671       74       745       677  
 
                       
 
                               
Total MBS
    7,939       232       8,171       7,647  
 
                       
 
                               
State or local housing agency debentures
    4             4       4  
 
                       
 
                               
Total long-term investments
  $ 8,014 (2)   $ 590     $ 8,604     $ 7,722  
 
                       
                                 
    Balance Sheet Classification     Total Long-Term        
    Held-to-Maturity     Available-for-Sale     Investments     Held-to-Maturity  
December 31, 2007   (at amortized cost)     (at fair value)     (at carrying value)     (at fair value)  
U.S. agency debentures
                               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
  $ 75     $     $ 75     $ 75  
Government-sponsored enterprises
          57       57        
FHLBank consolidated obligations(1)
                               
FHLBank of Boston (primary obligor)
          35       35        
FHLBank of San Francisco (primary obligor)
          7       7        
 
                       
 
                               
Total U.S. agency debentures
    75       99       174       75  
 
                       
 
                               
MBS portfolio
                               
U.S. government guaranteed obligations
    34             34       34  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    5,910       169       6,079       5,881  
Non-agency residential MBS
    821             821       796  
Non-agency commercial MBS
    695       94       789       705  
 
                       
 
                               
Total MBS
    7,460       263       7,723       7,416  
 
                       
 
                               
State or local housing agency debentures
    5             5       5  
 
                       
 
                               
Total long-term investments
  $ 7,540 (2)   $ 362     $ 7,902     $ 7,496  
 
                       
 
(1)   Represents consolidated obligations acquired in the secondary market for which the named FHLBank is the primary obligor, and for which each of the FHLBanks, including the Bank, is jointly and severally liable.
 
(2)   The totals do not agree to the balances reported in the Bank’s statements of condition as the amounts reported above exclude short-term commercial paper investments with carrying values of $550 million and $994 million at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Such amounts are classified as held-to-maturity securities in the Bank’s statements of condition.
During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank acquired $1.024 billion of long-term investments, $53 million of which had not settled as of March 31, 2008. The Bank acquired $767 million ($787 million par value) of capped LIBOR-indexed floating rate Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (“CMOs”) issued by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac that it designated as held-to-

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maturity. In addition, the Bank purchased $257 million ($250 million par value) of U.S. agency debentures; these investments were classified as available-for-sale and hedged with fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps. The Bank did not sell any long-term investments during the three months ended March 31, 2008; during this same period, the proceeds from maturities of long-term securities designated as held-to-maturity and available-for-sale totaled approximately $294 million and $31 million, respectively. In April 2008, the Bank sold all of the U.S. agency debentures that it had acquired during the first quarter of 2008 and terminated the associated interest rate swaps. The realized gains on the sales of the available-for-sale securities totaled $2.8 million.
Prior to March 24, 2008, the Bank was precluded from purchasing additional MBS if such purchase would cause the aggregate book value of its MBS holdings to exceed 300 percent of the Bank’s total regulatory capital. On March 24, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Finance Board passed a resolution that authorizes the FHLBanks to temporarily invest up to an additional 300 percent of their total capital in agency mortgage securities. The resolution requires, among other things, that a FHLBank notify the Finance Board prior to its first acquisition under the expanded authority and include in its notification a description of the risk management principles underlying its purchases. The expanded authority is limited to MBS issued by, or backed by pools of mortgages guaranteed by, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, including CMOs or real estate mortgage investment conduits backed by such MBS. The mortgage loans underlying any securities that are purchased under this expanded authority must be originated after January 1, 2008, and underwritten to conform to standards imposed by the federal banking agencies in the Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks dated October 4, 2006, and the Statement on Subprime Mortgage Lending dated July 10, 2007.
The expanded investment authority granted by this resolution will expire on March 31, 2010, after which a FHLBank may not purchase additional mortgage securities if such purchases would exceed an amount equal to 300 percent of its total capital provided, however, that the expiration of the expanded investment authority will not require any FHLBank to sell any agency mortgage securities it purchased in accordance with the terms of the resolution.
On April 23, 2008, the Bank’s Board of Directors authorized an initial increase in the Bank’s MBS investment authority of 100 percent of its total regulatory capital. In accordance with the provisions of the resolution and Advisory Bulletin 2008-AB-01, “Temporary Increase in Mortgage-Backed Securities Investment Authority” dated April 3, 2008 (“AB 2008-01”), the Bank notified the Finance Board’s Office of Supervision of its intent to exercise the new investment authority on April 29, 2008. In its submission, the Bank indicated that it intends to utilize the expanded authority to purchase additional floating rate CMOs backed by agency MBS that, with the exception of the origination year of the underlying loans, would otherwise have characteristics and features similar to the CMOs comprising the majority of the Bank’s current agency MBS portfolio. The Bank is currently in discussions with the Office of Supervision regarding its submission. The Bank may not proceed with purchases under the expanded investment authority until its submission is approved by the Office of Supervision and there can be no assurances that such approval will be obtained. If its submission is approved, the Bank’s Board of Directors may subsequently expand the Bank’s incremental MBS investment authority by some amount up to the entire additional 300 percent of capital authorized by the Finance Board. Any additional increase authorized by the Bank’s Board of Directors would likely also require approval from the Office of Supervision.

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The following table provides the par amounts and carrying values of the Bank’s MBS portfolio as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
COMPOSITION OF MBS PORTFOLIO
(In millions of dollars)
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    Par(1)     Carrying Value     Par(1)     Carrying Value  
Floating rate MBS
                               
Floating rate CMOs
                               
U.S. government guaranteed
  $ 32     $ 32     $ 34     $ 34  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    6,480       6,454       5,911       5,905  
AAA rated non-agency residential
    777       777       821       821  
 
                       
Total floating rate CMOs
    7,289       7,263       6,766       6,760  
 
                       
 
                               
Interest rate swapped MBS(2)
                               
AAA rated non-agency CMBS (3)
    74       74       93       94  
Government-sponsored enterprise DUS(4)
    151       153       160       160  
Government-sponsored enterprise CMOs
    5       5       9       9  
 
                       
Total swapped MBS
    230       232       262       263  
 
                       
Total floating rate MBS
    7,519       7,495       7,028       7,023  
 
                       
 
                               
Fixed rate MBS
                               
Government-sponsored enterprises
    5       5       5       5  
AAA rated non-agency CMBS(5)
    671       671       695       695  
 
                       
Total fixed rate MBS
    676       676       700       700  
 
                       
 
                               
Total MBS
  $ 8,195     $ 8,171     $ 7,728     $ 7,723  
 
                       
 
(1)   Balances represent the principal amounts of the securities.
 
(2)   In the interest rate swapped MBS transactions, the Bank has entered into balance guaranteed interest rate swaps in which it pays the swap counterparty the coupon payments of the underlying security in exchange for LIBOR indexed coupons.
 
(3)   CMBS = Commercial mortgage-backed securities.
 
(4)   DUS = Designated Underwriter Servicer.
 
(5)   The Bank match funded these CMBS at the time of purchase with fixed rate debt securities.
Unrealized losses on the Bank’s MBS classified as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity increased from $1.7 million and $58.1 million, respectively, at December 31, 2007 to $3.1 million and $307.1 million, respectively, at March 31, 2008. At March 31, 2008 (and as of April 30, 2008), all of the Bank’s holdings of mortgage-backed securities were rated by one or more of the following: S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch Ratings, Ltd. (“Fitch”), and none of these NRSROs had rated the securities held by the Bank lower than the highest investment grade rating. Based on these ratings, the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the Bank’s holdings of agency MBS and, in the case of its non-agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, the performance of the underlying loans and the credit support provided by the subordinate securities, the Bank does not currently anticipate any credit losses on its MBS portfolio. The following table provides the Bank’s non-agency MBS by year of origination.

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NON-AGENCY MBS
(Par value, dollars in millions)
                                 
Year of Origination   CMBS     RMBS  
    Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  
2006
  $       %   $ 46       6 %
2005
                351       45  
2004
                100       13  
2003 and prior
    745       100       280       36  
 
                       
 
                               
 
  $ 745       100 %   $ 777       100 %
 
                       
As of March 31, 2008, the Bank held approximately $132 million of non-agency residential MBS (“RMBS”) that were classified as Alt-A at the time of origination, which represented less than 2 percent of its MBS portfolio at that date. At that same date, the Bank did not hold any MBS classified as subprime.
On March 6, 2008, Fitch placed one of the Bank’s RMBS with a par value of $45.9 million on rating watch negative. This security continues to be rated AAA by Fitch. The security is also rated Aaa by Moody’s and has not been placed on its Watchlist. As of April 30, 2008, none of the Bank’s other MBS have been placed on a watch list by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch.
While most of its MBS portfolio is comprised of floating rate CMOs ($7.3 billion par value at March 31, 2008) that do not expose the Bank to interest rate risk if interest rates rise moderately, such securities include caps that would limit increases in the floating rate coupons if short-term interest rates rise dramatically. In addition, if interest rates rise, prepayments on the mortgage loans underlying the securities would likely decline, thus lengthening the time that the securities would remain outstanding with their coupon rates capped. As of March 31, 2008, the effective interest rate caps on one-month LIBOR (the interest cap rate minus the stated spread on the coupon) embedded in the CMO floaters ranged from 6.2 percent to 15.3 percent. The largest concentration of embedded effective caps ($5.0 billion) was between 6.5 percent and 7.5 percent. As of March 31, 2008, LIBOR rates were approximately 350 basis points below the lowest effective interest rate cap embedded in the CMO floaters. To hedge the potential cap risk embedded in these securities, the Bank held $6.5 billion of interest rate caps with remaining maturities ranging from less than 1 month to 38 months as of March 31, 2008, and strike rates ranging from 6.75 percent to 8.00 percent. In April 2008, four interest rate cap agreements having an aggregate notional amount of $1.0 billion and strike rates of 8.00 percent expired. If interest rates rise above the strike rates specified in these interest rate cap agreements, the Bank will be entitled to receive interest payments according to the terms and conditions of such agreements. Such payments would be based upon the notional amounts of those agreements and the difference between the specified strike rate and one-month LIBOR.
The Bank did not enter into any new stand-alone interest rate cap agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2008. In April 2008, the Bank entered into four stand-alone interest rate cap agreements, each with a $250 million notional amount. Two of the agreements have strike rates of 6.25 percent and expire in April 2013. The other two agreements have strike rates of 6.5 percent; these agreements expire in April 2012 and April 2013, respectively. The premiums paid for these caps totaled $4.2 million.

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The following table provides a summary of the notional amounts, strike rates and expiration periods of the Bank’s current portfolio of stand-alone CMO-related interest rate cap agreements, including those agreements entered into during April 2008.
SUMMARY OF CMO-RELATED INTEREST RATE CAP AGREEMENTS
(dollars in millions)
                 
Expiration   Notional Amount     Strike Rate  
Second quarter 2009
  $ 500       6.75 %
Second quarter 2009
    1,250       7.00 %
Second quarter 2010
    500       6.75 %
First quarter 2011
    1,000       7.00 %
Second quarter 2011
    500       6.75 %
Second quarter 2011
    1,750       7.00 %
Second quarter 2012
    250       6.50 %
Second quarter 2013
    500       6.25 %
Second quarter 2013
    250       6.50 %
 
             
 
               
 
  $ 6,500          
 
             
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank held on its balance sheet $367 million and $381 million, respectively, of residential mortgage loans originated under the MPF Program. As of both of these dates, 45 percent of the outstanding balances were government guaranteed. The Bank’s allowance for loan losses was $266,000 and $263,000 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. As of these dates, the Bank had nonaccrual loans totaling $376,000 and $312,000, respectively.
In accordance with the guidelines of the MPF Program, the mortgage loans held by the Bank were underwritten pursuant to traditional lending standards for conforming loans. All of the Bank’s mortgage loans were acquired between 1998 and mid-2003 and the portfolio has exhibited a satisfactory payment history. As of March 31, 2008, loans over 90 days past due that are not government-guaranteed approximated 0.10 percent of the portfolio, including loans in foreclosure, which represented 0.04 percent of the portfolio. Based in part on these attributes, as well as the Bank’s loss experience with these loans, the Bank believes that its allowance for loan losses is adequate.
Participating Financial Institutions (“PFIs”), which are Bank members that have joined the MPF Program, totaled 56 at both March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, 21 and 19 of the Bank’s PFIs delivered $62 million and $35 million of mortgage loans, respectively, into the MPF Program, all of which were acquired by the FHLBank of Chicago. No interest in loans was retained by the Bank during the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007. In connection with these mortgage loan deliveries, the Bank received participation fees from the FHLBank of Chicago of $66,000 and $37,000, respectively.
For those loans in which the Bank has a retained interest, the Bank shares in the credit risk of the retained portion of such loans. The credit risk is shared between the Bank and the PFI by structuring the potential loss exposure into several layers as described in the Bank’s 2007 10-K. The PFI receives from the Bank a credit enhancement fee for managing a portion of the inherent credit risk in the loans. This fee is paid monthly based upon the remaining unpaid principal balance. The required credit enhancement obligation amount varies depending upon the various MPF product alternatives. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank paid credit enhancement fees totaling $46,000 and $76,000, respectively. For certain products, the monthly credit enhancement fee may be reduced depending upon the performance of the loans comprising each master commitment. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, performance-based credit enhancement fees that were forgone and not paid to the Bank’s PFIs totaled $23,000 and $4,000, respectively.
In some cases, a portion of the credit support for MPF loans is provided under a primary and/or supplemental mortgage insurance policy. Currently, eight mortgage insurance companies provide primary and/or supplemental mortgage insurance for loans in which the Bank has a retained interest. As of April 30, 2008, several of the Bank’s mortgage insurance providers have had their ratings for claims paying ability or insurer financial strength

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downgraded by one or more NRSROs; at that date, all of the providers retained investment grade ratings and seven of the eight providers were rated single A or better. Ratings downgrades imply an increased risk that these mortgage insurers may be unable to fulfill their obligations to pay claims that may be made under the insurance policies. Given the amount of loans covered by this insurance and the historical performance of those loans, the Bank believes its credit exposure to these companies, both individually and in the aggregate, was not significant as of March 31, 2008.
PFIs must comply with the requirements of the PFI agreement, MPF guides, applicable law and the terms of mortgage documents. If a PFI fails to comply with any of these requirements, it may be required to repurchase the MPF loans which are impacted by such failure. The reasons that a PFI could be required to repurchase an MPF loan include, but are not limited to, the failure of the loan to meet underwriting standards, the PFI’s failure to deliver a qualifying promissory note and certain other relevant documents to an approved custodian, a servicing breach, fraud or other misrepresentations by the PFI. In addition, a PFI may, under the terms of the MPF servicing guide, elect to repurchase any government-guaranteed loan for an amount equal to the loan’s then current scheduled principal balance and accrued interest thereon, provided no payment has been made by the borrower for three consecutive months. This policy allows PFIs to comply with loss mitigation requirements of the applicable government agency in order to preserve the insurance guaranty coverage. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the principal amount of mortgage loans held by the Bank that were repurchased by the Bank’s PFIs totaled $613,000 and $128,000, respectively.
On April 23, 2008, the FHLBank of Chicago announced that it will no longer enter into new master commitments or renew existing master commitments to purchase mortgage loans from FHLBank members under the MPF Program. In its announcement, the FHLBank of Chicago indicated that it would acquire loans through July 31, 2008 and, as a result, it would only enter into new delivery commitments under existing master commitments that fund no later than that date. In addition, the FHLBank of Chicago indicated that it will continue to provide programmatic and operational support for loans already purchased through the program. The Bank has not yet determined what action it will take in response to this decision. In the interim, the Bank expects the balance of its mortgage loan portfolio to continue to decline as a result of principal amortization and loan payoffs given its current arrangement with the FHLBank of Chicago, as more fully described in the Bank’s 2007 10-K, and the Bank’s current intention under that arrangement not to retain any interests in mortgage loans delivered by its PFIs.
Consolidated Obligations and Deposits
As of March 31, 2008, the carrying values of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes totaled $40.2 billion and $22.0 billion, respectively. At that date, the par value of the Bank’s outstanding bonds was $39.9 billion and the par value of the Bank’s outstanding discount notes was $22.1 billion. In comparison, at December 31, 2007, the carrying values of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes totaled $32.9 billion and $24.1 billion, respectively, and the par values of the Bank’s outstanding bonds and discount notes totaled $32.7 billion and $24.2 billion, respectively.

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The following table presents the composition of the Bank’s outstanding bonds at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
COMPOSITION OF BONDS OUTSTANDING
(Par value, dollars in millions)
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Percentage             Percentage  
    Balance     of Total     Balance     of Total  
Fixed rate, callable
  $ 17,488       43.8 %   $ 17,704       54.1 %
Fixed rate, non-callable
    11,897       29.8       8,578       26.2  
Single-index floating rate
    9,230       23.1       2,418       7.4  
Callable step-up
    1,032       2.6       3,774       11.5  
Callable step-down
    150       0.4       150       0.5  
Comparative-index
    80       0.2       80       0.2  
Conversion
    20       0.1       20       0.1  
Callable step-up/step-down
                15        
 
                       
Total par value
  $ 39,897       100.0 %   $ 32,739       100.0 %
 
                       
Fixed rate bonds have coupons that are fixed over the life of the bond. Some fixed rate bonds contain provisions that enable the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined call dates. Single-index floating rate bonds have variable rate coupons that generally reset based on either one-month or three-month LIBOR; these bonds may contain caps that limit the increases in the floating rate coupons. Callable step-up bonds pay interest at increasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond and contain provisions enabling the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined dates. Callable step-down bonds pay interest at decreasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond and contain provisions enabling the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined dates. Comparative-index bonds have coupon rates determined by the difference between two or more market indices, typically a Constant Maturity Treasury rate and LIBOR. Conversion bonds have coupons that convert from fixed to floating, or from floating to fixed, on predetermined dates. Callable step-up/step-down bonds pay interest at increasing fixed rates and then at decreasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond and contain provisions enabling the Bank to call the bonds at its option on predetermined dates.
Short-term market interest rates continued to decline during the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in short-term market interest rates had, in comparison to earlier periods marked by increasing or relatively constant market interest rates, the general effect of increasing the number of callable swaps being cancelled by the Bank’s swap counterparties. This, in turn, increased the volume of callable bonds that the Bank redeemed prior to maturity.
Beginning in mid-2007, developments in the credit markets began to alter the relationships between the cost of consolidated obligation bonds and other instruments. For several years prior to mid-2007, the yields for consolidated obligation bonds had generally been lower than the rates for interest rate swaps having the same maturity and features as the consolidated obligation bonds. During the second half of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, this relationship generally widened as consolidated obligation bond yields trended lower relative to interest rate swap rates. Similarly, during this same period, the yield on consolidated obligation discount notes declined relative to LIBOR. These decreases were due primarily to increased demand, as investors shifted their available funds away from asset-backed investments to government-guaranteed and agency debt. These market conditions and the relatively wide spread between LIBOR and other market rates generally resulted in lower costs for the Bank’s consolidated obligations during the first quarter of 2008. During this period, the monthly weighted average cost of consolidated obligation bonds that the Bank committed to issue (after consideration of any associated interest rate exchange agreements) ranged from approximately LIBOR minus 20.9 basis points to approximately LIBOR minus 27.0 basis points compared to a range of approximately LIBOR minus 19.9 basis points to approximately LIBOR minus 25.9 basis points during the fourth quarter of 2007 and a range of approximately LIBOR minus 19.8 basis points to approximately LIBOR minus 22.2 basis points during the first quarter of 2007.
During the first quarter of 2008, the outstanding balance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes issued by the 12 FHLBanks increased significantly. The increase was driven primarily by an increase in advances at most of the FHLBanks. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank issued $255.0 billion of discount notes and $17.8 billion of consolidated bonds, as compared to $217.4 billion and $7.4 billion during the first quarter of

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2007. Increased volumes of consolidated obligations were issued to replace consolidated obligations that were called or matured during the quarter and to fund the increase in demand for advances. The Bank’s asset growth during this period was funded in large part by the issuance of short-term or floating rate consolidated bonds, as these funding sources were more attractively priced than long-term bullet and/or callable debt.
Demand and term deposits were $3.0 billion and $3.1 billion at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The size of the Bank’s deposit base varies as market factors change, including the attractiveness of the Bank’s deposit pricing relative to the rates available to members on alternative money market investments, members’ investment preferences with respect to the maturity of their investments, and member liquidity.
Capital Stock
The Bank’s outstanding capital stock (for financial reporting purposes) was approximately $2.668 billion and $2.394 billion at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The Bank’s average outstanding capital stock (for financial reporting purposes) increased from $2.101 billion for the year ended December 31, 2007 to $2.460 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The increase in average outstanding capital stock was attributable primarily to capital stock issued to support higher average advances balances.
Members are required to maintain an investment in Class B stock equal to the sum of a membership investment requirement and an activity-based investment requirement. There were no changes in these investment requirements during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
The Bank has a policy under which it periodically repurchases a portion of members’ excess capital stock. Excess stock is defined as the amount of stock held by a member (or former member) in excess of that institution’s minimum investment requirement. The portion of members’ excess capital stock subject to repurchase is known as surplus stock. Under the policy, the Bank generally repurchases surplus stock on the last business day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter (e.g., January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31). For the repurchases that occurred on January 31, 2008 and April 30, 2008, surplus stock was defined as the amount of stock held by a member in excess of 105 percent of the member’s minimum investment requirement. The Bank’s practice has been that a member’s surplus stock will not be repurchased if the amount of that member’s surplus stock is $250,000 or less. From time to time, the Bank may modify the definition of surplus stock or the timing and/or frequency of surplus stock repurchases.
The following table sets forth the repurchases of surplus stock that have occurred since December 31, 2007.
REPURCHASES OF SURPLUS STOCK
(dollars in thousands)
                         
                    Amount Classified as
                    Mandatorily Redeemable
    Shares   Amount of   Capital Stock at Date of
Date of Repurchase by the Bank   Repurchased   Repurchase   Repurchase
January 31, 2008
    1,917,546     $ 191,755     $ 24,982  
April 30, 2008
    1,088,892       108,889       2,913  

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Mandatorily redeemable capital stock outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was $70.5 million and $82.5 million, respectively. The following table presents mandatorily redeemable capital stock outstanding, by reason for classification as a liability, as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
HOLDINGS OF MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE CAPITAL STOCK
(dollars in thousands)
                                 
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    Number of             Number of        
Capital Stock Status   Institutions     Amount     Institutions     Amount  
Held by Capital One, National Association
    1     $ 36,880       1     $ 60,719  
Held by Washington Mutual Bank
    1       15,259       1       15,436  
Subject to withdrawal notice
    4       930       4       920  
Held by other non-member borrowers/acquirers
    10       17,421       10       5,426  
 
                       
 
                               
Total
    16     $ 70,490       16     $ 82,501  
 
                       
The majority of the Bank’s outstanding mandatorily redeemable capital stock is held by two non-member borrowers, Capital One, National Association and Washington Mutual Bank. For a discussion of the status of Capital One, National Association, see the sub-section above entitled “Advances.” Washington Mutual Bank’s remaining advances, totaling $368 million, mature in the third quarter of 2008; following the repayment of these advances, the Bank expects to repurchase the balance of Washington Mutual Bank’s capital stock. Although mandatorily redeemable capital stock is excluded from capital (equity) for financial reporting purposes, such stock is considered capital for regulatory purposes (see the section below entitled “Risk-Based Capital Rules and Other Capital Requirements” for further information). Total outstanding capital stock for regulatory purposes (i.e., capital stock classified as equity for financial reporting purposes plus mandatorily redeemable capital stock) increased from $2.476 billion at the end of 2007 to $2.739 billion at March 31, 2008 due primarily to capital stock purchases required to support higher outstanding advances balances.
At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank’s ten largest shareholders held $1.6 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, of capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock), which represented 57.4 percent and 57.0 percent, respectively, of the Bank’s total outstanding capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) as of those dates. The following table presents the Bank’s ten largest shareholders as of March 31, 2008.

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TEN LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS AS OF MARCH 31, 2008
(Dollars in thousands)
                                 
                            Percent of  
                    Capital     Total  
Name   City     State     Stock     Capital Stock  
Wachovia Bank, FSB (1)
  Houston   TX   $ 888,688       32.4 %
Guaranty Bank
  Austin   TX     250,952       9.2  
Comerica Bank
  Dallas   TX     107,000       3.9  
Franklin Bank, SSB
  Houston   TX     91,606       3.4  
International Bank of Commerce
  Laredo   TX     55,024       2.0  
BancorpSouth Bank
  Tupelo   MS     39,682       1.4  
Amegy Bank, N.A
  Houston   TX     37,614       1.4  
First National Bank
  Edinburg   TX     37,150       1.4  
Capital One, National Association (2)
  McLean   VA     36,880       1.3  
Charter Bank
  Santa Fe   NM     28,199       1.0  
 
                           
 
                               
 
                  $ 1,572,795       57.4 %
 
                           
 
(1)   Previously known as World Savings Bank, FSB (Texas)
 
(2)   Previously known as Hibernia National Bank
As of March 31, 2008, all of the stock held by Capital One, National Association was classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock (a liability) in the statement of condition. The stock held by the other nine institutions shown in the table above was classified as capital in the statement of condition at March 31, 2008.
At March 31, 2008, the Bank’s excess stock totaled $275.5 million, which represented 0.4 percent of the Bank’s total assets as of that date.
Retained Earnings and Dividends
During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank’s retained earnings increased by $5.4 million, from $211.8 million to $217.2 million. During this same period, the Bank paid dividends on capital stock totaling $25.9 million, which represented an annualized dividend rate of 4.50 percent. The Bank’s first quarter 2008 dividend rate equated to the average effective federal funds rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. In addition, the Bank paid dividends totaling $0.9 million on capital stock classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock. These dividends, which were also paid at an annualized rate of 4.50 percent, are treated as interest expense for financial reporting purposes. The Bank pays dividends on all outstanding capital stock at the same rate regardless of the accounting classification of the stock. The first quarter dividend, applied to average capital stock held during the period from October 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007, was paid on March 31, 2008.
The Bank has had a long-standing practice of benchmarking the dividend rate that it pays on capital stock to the average effective federal funds rate. Consistent with that practice, the Bank manages its balance sheet so that its returns (exclusive of gains on the sales of investment securities and the retirement or transfer of debt, if any, and fair value adjustments required by SFAS 133) generally track short-term interest rates.
Taking into consideration its current earnings expectations and anticipated market conditions, the Bank currently expects to pay dividends during the remainder of 2008 at the reference average effective federal funds rate for the applicable dividend period (i.e., for each calendar quarter during this period, the average effective federal funds rate for the preceding quarter). Consistent with its long-standing practice, the Bank expects to pay these dividends in the form of capital stock, with any fractional shares paid in cash.

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities
The Bank uses interest rate exchange agreements extensively to convert fixed rate liabilities to floating rates, and to convert fixed rate advances and investment securities to floating rates. This use of derivatives is integral to the Bank’s financial management strategy, and the impact of these interest rate exchange agreements permeates the Bank’s financial statements. As a result of using interest rate exchange agreements extensively to fulfill its role as a financial intermediary, the Bank has a large notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements relative to its size. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Bank’s notional balance of interest rate exchange agreements was $51.4 billion and $41.0 billion, respectively, while its total assets were $68.7 billion and $63.5 billion, respectively. The notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements does not reflect the Bank’s credit risk exposure, which is much less than the notional amount. See discussion of credit risk in “Part I / Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Counterparty Credit Risk.”
The following table provides the notional balances of the Bank’s derivative instruments, by balance sheet category, as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, and the net fair value changes recorded in earnings for each of those categories during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.
COMPOSITION OF DERIVATIVES
                                 
                    Net Change in Fair Value(6)  
    Total Notional at     Three Months Ended March 31,  
    March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions of dollars)     (In thousands of dollars)  
Advances
                               
Short-cut method(1)
  $ 10,125     $ 7,161     $     $  
Long-haul method(2)
    917       910       233       6  
Economic hedges(3)
    22       22       (46 )      
 
                       
Total
    11,064       8,093       187       6  
 
                       
Investments
                               
Long-haul method(2)
    534       315       363       992  
Economic hedges(4)
    7       7       (85 )     (20 )
 
                       
Total
    541       322       278       972  
 
                       
Consolidated obligation bonds
                               
Short-cut method(1)
    355       1,075              
Long-haul method(2)
    26,873       24,819       929       2,716  
Economic hedges(3)
    85       160       840       (21 )
 
                       
Total
    27,313       26,054       1,769       2,695  
 
                       
Consolidated obligation discount notes
                               
Economic hedges(3)
    5,953             6,153        
 
                       
Other economic hedges
                               
Interest rate caps(5)
    6,500       6,500       (1,596 )     (1,397 )
 
                       
 
                               
Total derivatives
  $ 51,371     $ 40,969     $ 6,791     $ 2,276  
 
                       
 
                               
Total short-cut method
  $ 10,480     $ 8,236     $     $  
Total long-haul method
    28,324       26,044       1,525       3,714  
Total economic hedges
    12,567       6,689       5,266       (1,438 )
 
                       
 
                               
Total derivatives
  $ 51,371     $ 40,969     $ 6,791     $ 2,276  
 
                       
 
(1)   The short-cut method allows the assumption of no ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship.
 
(2)   The long-haul method requires the hedge and hedged item to be marked to fair value independently.
 
(3)   Interest rate derivatives that are matched to advances or consolidated obligations, but that either do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS 133 or were not designated in a SFAS 133 hedging relationship.
 
(4)   Interest rate derivatives that are (or were) matched to investment securities designated as trading or available-for-sale, but that do
not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS 133.
 
(5)   Interest rate derivatives that hedge identified portfolio risks, but that do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS 133. The Bank’s interest rate caps hedge embedded caps in floating rate CMOs designated as held-to-maturity.
 
(6)   Represents the difference in fair value adjustments for the derivatives and their hedged items. In cases involving economic hedges (other than those that related to trading securities during the three months ended March 31, 2007), the net change in fair value reflected above represents a one-sided mark, meaning that the net change in fair value represents the change in fair value of the derivative only. Gains and losses in the form of net interest payments on economic hedge derivatives are excluded from the amounts reflected above.

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Market Value of Equity
The ratio of the Bank’s market value of equity to its book value of equity was 88 percent at March 31, 2008. In comparison, this ratio was 95 percent as of December 31, 2007. The reduction in the Bank’s market value to book value of equity ratio was due in large part to declines in the fair value of its mortgage-backed securities designated as held-to-maturity. The unrealized losses on these securities were generally attributable to the recent widespread deterioration in credit market conditions and, in the Bank’s opinion, did not reflect a deterioration in the credit performance of the Bank’s individual holdings. Because the Bank has the ability and intent to hold these investments through to recovery of the unrealized losses, it does not currently believe that it will realize any losses on these securities. For additional discussion, see “Part I / Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk - Interest Rate Risk.”
Results of Operations
Net Income
Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 was $31.3 million and $35.0 million, respectively. The Bank’s net income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 represented an annualized return on average capital stock (ROCS) of 5.11 percent, which was 193 basis points above the average effective federal funds rate for the quarter. In comparison, the Bank’s ROCS was 6.55 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2007, which exceeded the average effective federal funds rate for that quarter by 129 basis points. To derive the Bank’s ROCS, net income is divided by average capital stock outstanding excluding stock that is classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock. The factors contributing to the increase in ROCS compared to the average effective federal funds rate are discussed below.
While the Bank is exempt from all Federal, State and local taxation (except for real property taxes), it is obligated to set aside amounts for its Affordable Housing Program (“AHP”) and to make quarterly payments to the Resolution Funding Corporation (“REFCORP”). Assessments for AHP and REFCORP, which are more fully described below, equate to a minimum 26.5 percent effective assessment rate for the Bank. Because interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock is not deductible for purposes of computing the Bank’s AHP assessment, the effective rate may exceed 26.5 percent. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the effective rates were 26.6 percent and 26.9 percent, respectively. During these periods, the combined AHP and REFCORP assessments were $11.3 million and $12.8 million, respectively.
Income Before Assessments
During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank’s income before assessments was $42.6 million and $47.8 million, respectively. The $5.2 million decrease in income before assessments from period to period was attributable to a $9.2 million decrease in net interest income and a $4.6 million increase in other expense, offset by an $8.6 million increase in other income. The increase in other income was due primarily to a $5.6 million increase in debt extinguishment gains and a $2.8 million increase in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities.
The components of income before assessments (net interest income, other income (loss) and other expense) are discussed in more detail in the following sections.
Net Interest Income
For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank’s net interest income was $47.4 million and $56.6 million, respectively. The decrease in net interest income was due primarily to lower short-term interest rates (the average effective federal funds rate declined from 5.26 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to 3.18 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2008) and a decrease in the Bank’s net interest spread. These factors were partially offset by an increase in the average balance of earning assets from $55.1 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $64.4 billion for the corresponding period in 2008.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank’s net interest margin was 29 basis points and 41 basis points, respectively. Net interest margin, or net interest income as a percent of average earning assets, is a function of net interest spread and the rates of return on assets funded by the investment of the Bank’s capital. Net interest spread is the difference between the yield on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities. Due to lower short-term interest rates period-to-period, the contribution of earnings from the Bank’s invested capital to the net interest margin (the impact of non-interest bearing funds) decreased from 25 basis points for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to 18 basis points for the comparable period in 2008. In addition, the Bank’s net interest spread decreased from 16 basis points during the first three months of 2007 to 11 basis points during the first three months of 2008. The Bank’s net interest spread for the first quarter of 2008 was adversely impacted by a combination of rapidly declining short-term interest rates coupled with the timing of rate resets on the Bank’s floating rate assets and liabilities indexed to one- and three-month LIBOR (including those assets and liabilities swapped to a floating rate). In the absence of similar short-term interest rate volatility, the Bank expects its net interest spread to return over time to a level more in line with its 2007 results.
The following table presents average balance sheet amounts together with the total dollar amounts of interest income and expense and the weighted average interest rates of major earning asset categories and the funding sources for those earning assets for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.

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YIELD AND SPREAD ANALYSIS
(Dollars in millions)
                                                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2007  
            Interest                     Interest        
    Average     Income/     Average     Average     Income/     Average  
    Balance     Expense     Rate(a)     Balance     Expense     Rate(a)  
Assets
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits (g)
  $ 150     $ 1       3.43 %   $ 162     $ 2       5.88 %
Federal funds sold (b)
    5,839       48       3.27 %     6,227       81       5.30 %
Investments
                                               
Trading (c)
    3                   23       1       6.81 %
Available-for-sale (d)(e)
    394       3       3.42 %     667       8       4.75 %
Held-to-maturity
    8,643       91       4.22 %     7,383       107       5.79 %
Advances (d)(f)
    49,022       489       3.99 %     40,184       526       5.23 %
Mortgage loans held for portfolio
    375       5       5.60 %     441       6       5.59 %
 
                                   
Total earning assets
    64,426       637       3.95 %     55,087       731       5.31 %
Cash and due from banks
    110                       81                  
Other assets
    392                       350                  
Derivatives netting adjustment (g)
    (324 )                                      
Fair value adjustment on available-for-sale securities (e)
    (2 )                     1                  
 
                                   
Total assets
  $ 64,602       637       3.94 %   $ 55,519       731       5.27 %
 
                                           
 
                                               
Liabilities and Capital
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits (g)
  $ 3,465       26       3.06 %   $ 2,591       33       5.19 %
Consolidated obligations
                                               
Bonds (d)
    37,620       389       4.14 %     40,361       520       5.15 %
Discount notes (d)
    20,310       173       3.41 %     9,272       119       5.14 %
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock and other borrowings
    72       2       3.18 %     149       2       5.24 %
 
                                   
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    61,467       590       3.84 %     52,373       674       5.15 %
Other liabilities
    773                       762                  
Derivatives netting adjustment (g)
    (324 )                                      
 
                                   
Total liabilities
    61,916       590       3.81 %     53,135       674       5.07 %
 
                                   
Total capital
    2,686                       2,384                  
 
                                       
Total liabilities and capital
  $ 64,602               3.65 %   $ 55,519               4.86 %
 
                                       
 
                                               
 
                                           
Net interest income
          $ 47                     $ 57          
 
                                           
Net interest margin
                    0.29 %                     0.41 %
Net interest spread
                    0.11 %                     0.16 %
 
                                           
Impact of non-interest bearing funds
                    0.18 %                     0.25 %
 
                                           
 
(a)   Percentages are annualized figures. Amounts used to calculate average rates are based on numbers in the thousands. Accordingly, recalculations based upon the disclosed amounts (millions) may not produce the same results.
 
(b)   Includes overnight federal funds sold to other FHLBanks.
 
(c)   Interest income and average rates exclude the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements as the net interest expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the statements of income and therefore excluded from the Yield and Spread Analysis. Net interest expense on derivatives related to trading securities was $107,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2007. The Bank did not have any hedged trading securities during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
 
(d)   Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements to the extent such agreements qualify for SFAS 133 fair value hedge accounting. If the agreements do not qualify for hedge accounting or were not designated in a SFAS 133 hedging relationship, the net interest income/expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the statements of income and therefore excluded from the Yield and Spread Analysis. Net interest expense on economic hedge derivatives related to discount notes was $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The Bank did not have any hedged discount notes during the three months ended March 31, 2007. Net interest income (expense) on derivatives related to advances, available-for-sale securities and consolidated obligation bonds that did not qualify for hedge accounting was not significant for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. These amounts are presented below in the section entitled “Other Income (Loss).”
 
(e)   Average balances for available-for-sale securities are calculated based upon amortized cost.
 
(f)   Interest income and average rates include prepayment fees on advances.
 
(g)   The Bank adopted FSP FIN 39-1 on January 1, 2008. In accordance with FSP FIN 39-1, the Bank offsets the fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral against the fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement. Prior to the adoption of FSP FIN 39-1, the Bank offset only the fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement pursuant to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 39. The average balances of interest-bearing deposit assets and interest-bearing deposit liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2008 in the table above include $149 million and $175 million, respectively, which are classified in derivative assets/liabilities on the statement of condition. The Bank has determined that it is impractical to retrospectively restate the average balances in periods prior to 2008; further, the Bank has determined that any such adjustments would not have had a material impact on the average total asset balances for those periods. Accordingly, the average total asset balance for the three months ended March 31, 2007 does not reflect any adjustments to offset cash collateral against the derivative balances.

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Changes in both volume and interest rates influence changes in net interest income and net interest margin. The following table summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense between the three-month periods in 2008 and 2007. Changes in interest income and interest expense that cannot be attributed to either volume or rate have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportion of the absolute value of the volume and rate changes.
RATE AND VOLUME ANALYSIS
(In millions of dollars)
                         
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31, 2008 vs. 2007  
    Volume     Rate     Total  
Interest income:
                       
Interest-bearing deposits
  $     $ (1 )   $ (1 )
Federal funds sold
    (4 )     (29 )     (33 )
Investments
                       
Trading
    (1 )           (1 )
Available-for-sale
    (2 )     (3 )     (5 )
Held-to-maturity
    16       (32 )     (16 )
Advances
    102       (139 )     (37 )
Mortgage loans held for portfolio
    (1 )           (1 )
 
                 
Total interest income
    110       (204 )     (94 )
 
                 
Interest expense:
                       
Interest-bearing deposits
    9       (16 )     (7 )
Consolidated obligations:
                       
Bonds
    (34 )     (97 )     (131 )
Discount notes
    104       (50 )     54  
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock and other borrowings
                 
 
                 
Total interest expense
    79       (163 )     (84 )
 
                 
Changes in net interest income
  $ 31     $ (41 )   $ (10 )
 
                 

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Other Income (Loss)
The following table presents the various components of other income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.
OTHER INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands of dollars)
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2007  
Net losses on unhedged trading securities
  $ (133 )   $  
 
               
Net losses on hedged trading securities
          (19 )
Gains on economic hedge derivatives related to trading securities
          24  
 
           
Hedge ineffectiveness on trading securities
          5  
 
           
 
               
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to trading securities
          (107 )
Net interest income (expense) associated with economic hedge derivatives related to available-for-sale securities
    (21 )     35  
Net interest income (expense) associated with economic hedge derivatives related to consolidated obligation bonds
    35       (98 )
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to consolidated obligation discount notes
    (1,770 )      
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to advances
    (131 )      
 
           
Total net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives
    (1,887 )     (170 )
 
           
 
               
Gains (losses) related to economic hedge derivatives
               
Losses on interest rate caps related to held-to-maturity securities
    (1,596 )     (1,397 )
Gains on discount note swaps
    6,153        
Gains (losses) related to other economic hedge derivatives (advance/AFS(1)/CO(2) bond swaps)
    709       (46 )
 
           
Total fair value gains (losses) related to economic hedge derivatives
    5,266       (1,443 )
 
           
 
               
Gains related to SFAS 133 fair value hedge ineffectiveness
               
Net gains on advances and associated hedges
    233       6  
Net gains on debt and associated hedges
    929       2,716  
Net gains on AFS(1) securities and associated hedges
    363       992  
 
           
Total SFAS 133 fair value hedge ineffectiveness
    1,525       3,714  
 
           
 
               
Gains on early extinguishment of debt
    5,656       97  
Service fees
    855       833  
Other, net
    1,449       1,139  
 
           
Total other
    7,960       2,069  
 
           
Total other income
  $ 12,731     $ 4,175  
 
           
 
(1)   Available-for-sale
 
(2)   Consolidated obligations

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In April 2007, the Bank sold all of its MBS classified as trading securities and terminated the associated interest rate derivatives. Prior to April 2007, the Bank used interest rate swaps to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of most of its trading securities. The difference between the change in fair value of these securities and the change in fair value of the associated interest rate swaps (representing economic hedge ineffectiveness) was a net gain of $5,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2007. The change in fair value of the trading securities and the change in fair value of the associated interest rate swaps are reported separately in the statements of income as “net gain (loss) on trading securities” and “net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities,” respectively.
Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to trading securities fluctuated as a function of the balance of the trading securities and changes in interest rates. These interest rate swaps were structured so that their notional balances mirrored the balance of the related trading securities and their pay leg coupons mirrored the variable rate coupons of the related securities. Net interest expense associated with economic hedge derivatives related to trading securities was $0.1 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2007. There were no derivatives related to trading securities outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
As discussed previously, to reduce the impact that rising rates would have on its portfolio of CMO LIBOR floaters with embedded caps, the Bank had (as of March 31, 2008) entered into 14 interest rate cap agreements having a total notional amount of $6.5 billion. The premiums paid for these caps totaled $30.4 million, none of which was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2008 or 2007. At March 31, 2008, the carrying values of the Bank’s stand-alone interest rate cap agreements totaled $1.4 million. The recorded fair value change in the Bank’s stand-alone caps was a loss of $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to a loss of $1.4 million for the corresponding period in 2007. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the losses relating to the Bank’s interest rate caps were attributable primarily to declining interest rates and the passage of time. The losses during the three months ended March 31, 2007 were due primarily to the passage of time. In April 2008, the Bank entered into four additional interest rate cap agreements, each with a notional amount of $250 million; the Bank paid premiums aggregating $4.2 million for these caps.
During the first three months of 2008 and 2007, market conditions were such from time to time that the Bank was able to extinguish certain consolidated obligation bonds and simultaneously terminate the associated interest rate exchange agreements at net amounts that were profitable for the Bank, while new consolidated obligations could be issued and then converted (through the use of interest rate exchange agreements) to a floating rate that approximated the cost of the extinguished debt including any associated interest rate swaps. As a result, during these periods, the Bank repurchased $250 million and $24 million, respectively, of its consolidated obligations in the secondary market and terminated the related interest rate exchange agreements. The gains on these debt extinguishments totaled $1,376,000 and $97,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank transferred consolidated obligations with an aggregate par value of $450 million to two of the other FHLBanks. In connection with these transfers (i.e., debt extinguishments), the assuming FHLBanks became the primary obligors for the transferred debt. The gains on these transactions with the other FHLBanks totaled $4,280,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008. No consolidated obligations were transferred to other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2007.
The Bank uses interest rate swaps to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of its available-for-sale securities, as well as some of its advances and consolidated obligations. These hedging relationships are designated as fair value hedges. To the extent these relationships qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS 133, changes in the fair values of both the derivative (the interest rate swap) and the hedged item (limited to changes attributable to the hedged risk) are recorded in earnings. For those relationships that qualified as SFAS 133 hedges, the differences between the change in fair value of the hedged items and the change in fair value of the associated interest rate swaps (representing hedge ineffectiveness) were net gains of $1.5 million and $3.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. To the extent these hedging relationships do not qualify for SFAS 133 hedge accounting, or cease to qualify because they are determined to be ineffective, only the change in fair value of the derivative is recorded in earnings (in this case, there is no offsetting change in fair value of the hedged item). During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the change in fair value of derivatives associated with specific advances, available-for-sale securities and consolidated obligation bonds that were not in SFAS 133 hedging relationships was $0.709 million and ($0.046 million), respectively. The change in fair value of derivatives associated with discount notes, none of which were in SFAS 133 hedging relationships, was $6.153 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. There were no derivatives associated with discount notes during the three months ended March 31, 2007.

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In the preceding table, the caption entitled “Other, net” (consistent with the term used in the statements of income) is comprised principally of letter of credit fees. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, letter of credit fees totaled $1.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively. At March 31, 2008, outstanding letters of credit totaled $4.6 billion.
Other Expenses
Total other expenses, which include the Bank’s compensation and benefits, other operating expenses and its proportionate share of the costs of operating the Finance Board and the Office of Finance, totaled $17.6 million and $13.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Compensation and benefits were $8.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to $7.5 million for the corresponding period in 2007. The increase of $1.4 million was due in part to a slight increase in the Bank’s average headcount, higher expenses relating to the Bank’s participation in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions, and cost-of-living and merit increases. In addition, the Bank contributed $518,000 to its Special Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2008 compared to $147,000 during the first quarter of 2007. The Bank’s average headcount increased from 174 employees during the three months ended March 31, 2007 to 177 employees during the corresponding period in 2008. At March 31, 2008, the Bank employed 178 people.
Other operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2008 were $7.9 million compared to $4.5 million for the corresponding period in 2007. The increase of $3.4 million was due primarily to the costs associated with the Bank’s potential merger with the FHLBank of Chicago. Since mid-2007, the Bank and the FHLBank of Chicago had been engaged in discussions to determine the possible benefits and feasibility of combining their business operations. On April 4, 2008, those discussions were terminated. As a result, during the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank expensed $3.1 million of direct costs associated with the potential combination. Previously, the direct costs associated with the potential combination were deferred and included in other assets in the Bank’s statement of condition. As of December 31, 2007, these costs approximated $2.5 million.
The Bank, together with the other FHLBanks, is assessed for the cost of operating the Finance Board and the Office of Finance. The Bank’s share of these expenses totaled $853,000 and $1,004,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
AHP and REFCORP Assessments
As required by statute, each year the Bank contributes 10 percent of its earnings (after the REFCORP assessment discussed below and as adjusted for interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock) to its AHP. The AHP provides grants that members can use to support affordable housing projects in their communities. Generally, the Bank’s AHP assessment is derived by adding interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock to income before assessments and then subtracting the REFCORP assessment; the result of this calculation is then multiplied by 10 percent. For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank’s AHP assessments totaled $3.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively.
Also as required by statute, the Bank contributes 20 percent of its reported earnings (after its AHP contribution) toward the payment of interest on REFCORP bonds that were issued to provide funding for the resolution of failed thrifts following the savings and loan crisis in the 1980s. To compute the REFCORP assessment, the Bank’s AHP assessment is subtracted from reported income before assessments and the result is multiplied by 20 percent. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Bank charged $7.8 million and $8.7 million, respectively, of REFCORP assessments to earnings.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
A discussion of the Bank’s critical accounting policies and the extent to which management uses judgment and estimates in applying those policies is provided in the Bank’s 2007 10-K. There were no substantial changes to the Bank’s critical accounting policies, or the extent to which management uses judgment and estimates in applying those policies, during the three months ended March 31, 2008. The discussion below expands the disclosure in the Bank’s 2007 10-K to reflect the adoption of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”).
Estimation of Fair Values
The Bank’s derivatives and investments classified as available-for-sale and trading are presented in the statements of condition at fair value. Effective January 1, 2008, the Bank adopted SFAS 157, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value within generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy and requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels:
Level 1 Inputs - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. The fair values of the Bank’s trading securities are determined using Level 1 inputs. The Bank has no other assets or liabilities carried at fair value that are measured using Level 1 inputs.
Level 2 Inputs - Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following: (1) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (2) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or in which little information is released publicly; (3) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, volatilities and prepayment speeds); and (4) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data (e.g., implied spreads). Level 2 inputs are used to determine the estimated fair values of the Bank’s derivative contracts and investment securities classified as available-for-sale, which include: U.S. agency debt securities, U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities and non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Level 3 Inputs - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value measurement of such asset or liability. None of the Bank’s assets or liabilities that are carried at fair value are measured using Level 3 inputs.
The fair values of the Bank’s assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value are estimated based upon quoted market prices where available. However, most of the Bank’s financial instruments lack an available trading market characterized by frequent transactions between a willing buyer and willing seller engaging in an exchange transaction. In these cases, such values are generally estimated using pricing models and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. In those limited cases where a pricing model is not used, fair values are obtained from dealers and corroborated through other means. The assumptions and inputs used have a significant effect on the reported carrying values of assets and liabilities and the related income and expense. The use of different assumptions/inputs could result in materially different net income and reported carrying values.
The Bank’s fair value measurement methodologies for assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value are more fully described in “Item 1 — Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 11 beginning on page 18 of this report).
In addition to those items that are carried at fair value, the Bank estimates fair values for its other financial instruments for disclosure purposes and, in applying SFAS 133, it calculates the periodic changes in the fair values of hedged items (e.g., certain advances, available-for-sale securities and consolidated obligations) that are attributable solely to changes in LIBOR, the designated benchmark interest rate (hereinafter referred to as “changes

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in the benchmark fair values”). For most of these instruments, such values are estimated using pricing models that employ discounted cash flows or other similar pricing techniques. Significant inputs to the pricing models (e.g., yield curves, estimated prepayment speeds and volatility) are based on current observable market data. To the extent these models are used to calculate changes in the benchmark fair values of hedged items, the inputs have a significant effect on the reported carrying values of assets and liabilities and the related income and expense; the use of different inputs could result in materially different net income and reported carrying values.
In the case of substantially all of its held-to-maturity securities, the Bank obtains fair value estimates from dealers. These estimates are reviewed for reasonableness using the Bank’s pricing model and market data obtained from other third party sources.
The Bank’s pricing model is subject to annual independent validation and the Bank periodically reviews and refines, as appropriate, its assumptions and valuation methodologies to reflect market indications as closely as possible. The Bank believes it has the appropriate personnel, technology, and policies and procedures in place to enable it to value its financial instruments in a reasonable and consistent manner. However, valuations are subject to change as a result of external factors beyond the Bank’s control that have a substantial degree of uncertainty.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In order to meet members’ credit needs and the Bank’s financial obligations, the Bank maintains a portfolio of money market instruments consisting of overnight federal funds and short-term commercial paper, all of which are issued by highly rated entities. Beyond those amounts that are required to meet members’ credit needs, the Bank typically holds additional balances of short-term investments that fluctuate as the Bank invests the proceeds of debt issued to replace maturing and called liabilities, as the balance of deposits changes, and as the returns provided by short-term investment alternatives relative to the Bank’s funding costs vary. Overnight federal funds typically comprise the majority of the portfolio. At March 31, 2008, the Bank’s short-term investments, which were comprised of both overnight federal funds sold to domestic counterparties and 30-day commercial paper, totaled $5.8 billion.
The Bank’s primary source of funds is the proceeds it receives from the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes in the capital markets. The FHLBanks issue debt throughout the business day in the form of discount notes and bonds with a wide variety of maturities and structures. Generally, the Bank has access to this market on a continual basis during the business day to acquire funds to meet its needs. On occasion, and as an alternative to issuing new debt, the Bank may assume the outstanding consolidated obligations for which other FHLBanks are the original primary obligors. This occurs in cases where the original primary obligor may have participated in a large consolidated obligation issue to an extent that exceeded its immediate funding needs in order to facilitate better market execution for the issue. The original primary obligor might then warehouse the funds until they were needed, or make the funds available to other FHLBanks. Transfers may also occur when the original primary obligor’s funding needs change, and that FHLBank offers to transfer debt that is no longer needed to other FHLBanks. Transferred debt is typically fixed rate, fixed term, non-callable debt, and may be in the form of discount notes or bonds.
The Bank participates in such transfers of funding from other FHLBanks when the transfer represents favorable pricing relative to a new issue of consolidated obligations with similar features. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Bank assumed consolidated obligation bonds with a par value of $283 million from the FHLBank of New York. The Bank did not assume any consolidated obligations from other FHLBanks during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
The Bank also maintains access to wholesale funding sources such as federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (e.g., borrowings secured by its MBS investments). Furthermore, the Bank has access to borrowings from the other FHLBanks.
The Bank manages its liquidity to ensure that, at a minimum, it has sufficient funds to meet its obligations due on any given day plus the statistically estimated (at the 99-percent confidence level) cash and credit needs of its members and associates for one business day without accessing the capital markets for the sale of consolidated obligations. As of March 31, 2008, the Bank’s estimated operational liquidity requirement was $6.7 billion. At that date, the Bank estimated that its operational liquidity exceeded this requirement by approximately $6.5 billion.

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The Bank’s liquidity policy further requires that it maintain adequate balance sheet liquidity and access to other funding sources should it be unable to issue consolidated obligations for five business days. The combination of funds available from these sources must be sufficient for the Bank to meet its obligations as they come due and the cash and credit needs of its members, with the potential needs of members statistically estimated at the 99-percent confidence level. As of March 31, 2008, the Bank’s estimated contingent liquidity requirement was $9.2 billion. At that date, the Bank estimated that its contingent liquidity exceeded this requirement by approximately $4.7 billion.
When measuring its liquidity for these purposes, the Bank includes only contractual cash flows and the amount of funds it estimates would be available in the event the Bank were to use securities held in its long-term investment portfolio as collateral for repurchase agreements. While it believes purchased federal funds might be available as a source of funds, it does not include this potential source of funds in its calculations of available liquidity.
The Bank’s access to the capital markets has never been interrupted to an extent that the Bank’s ability to meet its obligations was compromised and the Bank currently has no reason to believe that its ability to issue consolidated obligations will be impeded to that extent in the future. If, however, the Bank were unable to issue consolidated obligations for an extended period of time, the Bank would eventually exhaust the availability of purchased federal funds, repurchase agreements and borrowings from other FHLBanks as sources of funds, and the Bank would be able to finance its operations only to the extent that the cash inflows from its interest-earning assets and proceeds from maturing assets exceeded the balance of principal and interest that came due on its debt obligations and the funds needed to pay its operating expenses. Once these sources of funds had been exhausted, and if access to the market for consolidated obligations was not again available, the Bank’s ability to conduct its operations would be compromised. If the Bank were unable to raise funds by issuing consolidated obligations, it is likely that the other FHLBanks would have similar difficulties issuing debt. It is also possible that an event (such as a natural disaster) that might impede the Bank’s ability to raise funds by issuing consolidated obligations would also limit the Bank’s ability to access the markets for federal funds purchased and/or repurchase agreements. If this were the case, the Bank’s ability to conduct its operations would be compromised even earlier than if these funding sources were available.
A summary of the Bank’s contractual cash obligations and off-balance-sheet lending-related financial commitments by due date or remaining maturity as of December 31, 2007 is provided in the Bank’s 2007 10-K. There have been no substantial changes in the Bank’s contractual obligations outside the normal course of business during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
Risk-Based Capital Rules and Other Capital Requirements
The Bank is required to maintain at all times permanent capital (defined under the Finance Board’s rules as retained earnings and amounts paid in for Class B stock, regardless of its classification as equity or liabilities for financial reporting purposes, as further described above in the section entitled “Financial Condition — Capital Stock”) in an amount at least equal to its risk-based capital requirement, which is the sum of its credit risk capital requirement, its market risk capital requirement, and its operations risk capital requirement, as further described in the Bank’s 2007 10-K. At March 31, 2008, the Bank’s total risk-based capital requirement was $512 million, comprised of credit risk, market risk and operations risk capital requirements of $167 million, $227 million and $118 million, respectively.
In addition to the risk-based capital requirement, the Bank is subject to two other capital requirements. First, the Bank must, at all times, maintain a minimum total capital-to-assets ratio of 4.0 percent. For this purpose, total capital is defined by Finance Board rules and regulations as the Bank’s permanent capital and the amount of any general allowance for losses (i.e., those reserves that are not held against specific assets). Second, the Bank is required to maintain at all times a minimum leverage capital-to-assets ratio in an amount at least equal to 5.0 percent of its total assets. In applying this requirement to the Bank, leverage capital includes the Bank’s permanent capital multiplied by a factor of 1.5 plus the amount of any general allowance for losses. The Bank did not have any general reserves at March 31, 2008 or December 31, 2007. Under the regulatory definitions, total capital and permanent capital exclude accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). At all times during the three months

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ended March 31, 2008, the Bank was in compliance with these requirements. The following table summarizes the Bank’s compliance with the Finance Board’s capital requirements as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
(In millions of dollars, except percentages)
                                 
    March 31, 2008   December 31, 2007
    Required   Actual   Required   Actual
Risk-based capital
  $ 512     $ 2,956     $ 438     $ 2,688  
 
                               
Total capital
  $ 2,749     $ 2,956     $ 2,538 (1)   $ 2,688  
Total capital-to-assets ratio
    4.00 %     4.30 %     4.00 %     4.24 %(1)
 
                               
Leverage capital
  $ 3,436     $ 4,434     $ 3,173 (1)   $ 4,032  
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio
    5.00 %     6.45 %     5.00 %     6.35 % (1)
 
(1)   The Bank’s actual capital-to-assets ratios and required total capital and leverage capital amounts as of December 31, 2007 have been revised to reflect the retrospective application of FSP FIN 39-1, as discussed in “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 2 beginning on page 5 of this report).
The Bank’s Risk Management Policy contains a minimum total capital-to-assets target ratio of 4.10 percent, higher than the 4.00 percent ratio required under the Finance Board’s capital rules. At all times during the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Bank’s total capital, as defined by Finance Board regulations, exceeded the Bank’s minimum capital-to-assets target ratio.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Interpretations
For a discussion of recently issued accounting standards and interpretations, see “Item 1. Financial Statements” (specifically, Note 2 on page 5 of this report).
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The following quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk should be read in conjunction with the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk that are included in the Bank’s 2007 10-K. The information provided herein is intended to update the disclosures made in the Bank’s 2007 10-K.
Interest Rate Risk
As a financial intermediary, the Bank is subject to interest rate risk. Changes in the level of interest rates, the slope of the interest rate yield curve, and/or the relationships (or spreads) between interest yields for different instruments have an impact on the Bank’s market value of equity and its net earnings. This risk arises from a variety of instruments that the Bank enters into on a regular basis in the normal course of its business.
The terms of member advances, investment securities, and the Bank’s consolidated obligations may present interest rate risk and/or embedded option risk. As discussed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the Bank makes extensive use of derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate swaps, to hedge the risk arising from these sources.
The Bank has investments in MBS and MPF mortgage loans, both of which present prepayment risk. This risk arises from the mortgagors’ option to prepay their mortgages, making these mortgage-based assets sensitive to changes in interest rates and other factors that affect the mortgagors’ decisions to repay their mortgages. A decline in interest rates generally results in accelerated prepayment activity, shortening the effective maturity of the assets. Conversely, rising rates generally slow prepayment activity and lengthen an asset’s effective maturity.

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The Bank manages the potential prepayment risk embedded in mortgage assets by purchasing floating rate securities, by purchasing highly structured tranches of mortgage securities that substantially limit the effects of prepayment risk, and/or by using interest rate derivative instruments to offset prepayment risk specific both to particular securities and to the overall mortgage portfolio.
The Bank’s Risk Management Policy restricts the amount of overall interest rate risk the Bank may assume by limiting the maximum estimated loss in market value of equity that the Bank would incur under simulated 200 basis point changes in interest rates to 15 percent. The Bank develops its funding and hedging strategies to ensure compliance with these risk limits.
As part of its ongoing risk management process, the Bank calculates an estimated market value of equity for a base case interest rate scenario and for interest rate scenarios that reflect parallel interest rate shocks. These calculations are made primarily for the purpose of analyzing and managing the Bank’s interest rate risk and, accordingly, have been designed for that purpose rather than for purposes of fair value disclosure under generally accepted accounting principles. The base case market value of equity is calculated by determining the estimated fair value of each instrument on the Bank’s balance sheet, and subtracting the estimated aggregate fair value of the Bank’s liabilities from the estimated aggregate fair value of the Bank’s assets. For purposes of these calculations, mandatorily redeemable capital stock is treated as equity rather than as a liability. The fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments (both assets and liabilities) are calculated based on market conditions at the time of measurement, and are generally determined by discounting estimated future cash flows at the replacement (or similar) rate for new instruments of the same type with the same or very similar characteristics. The market value of equity calculations include non-financial assets and liabilities, such as premises and equipment, other assets, payables for AHP and REFCORP, and other liabilities at their recorded carrying amounts.
For purposes of compliance with the Bank’s Risk Management Policy limit on estimated losses in market value, market value of equity losses are defined as the estimated net sensitivity of the value of the Bank’s equity (the net value of its portfolio of assets, liabilities and interest rate derivatives) to 200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates. The following table provides the Bank’s estimated base case market value of equity and its estimated market value of equity under up and down 200 basis point interest rate shock scenarios (and, for comparative purposes, its estimated market value of equity under up and down 100 basis point interest rate shock scenarios) for each month during the period from December 2007 through March 2008. In addition, the table provides the percentage change in estimated market value of equity under each of these shock scenarios for the indicated periods.
MARKET VALUE OF EQUITY
(dollars in billions)
                                                                         
            Up 200 Basis Points (1)     Down 200 Basis Points (1)     Up 100 Basis Points(1)     Down 100 Basis Points (1)  
    Base Case     Estimated     Percentage     Estimated     Percentage     Estimated     Percentage     Estimated     Percentage  
    Market     Market     Change     Market     Change     Market     Change     Market     Change  
    Value     Value     from     Value     from     Value     from     Value     from  
    of Equity     of Equity     Base Case(2)     of Equity     Base Case(2)     of Equity     Base Case(2)     of Equity     Base Case(2)  
December 2007
  2.556     2.396     -6.27%     2.625       2.67%     2.492       -2.51%     2.604       1.87%  
 
                                                               
January 2008
  2.429     2.224     -8.47%     2.508       3.23%     2.340       -3.67%     2.494       2.65%  
February 2008
  2.518     2.308     -8.31%     2.593       2.98%     2.425       -3.70%     2.587       2.76%  
March 2008
  2.597     2.311     -11.02%       2.793       7.53%     2.462       -5.23%     2.721       4.76%  
 
(1)   In the up and down 100 and 200 scenarios, the estimated market value of equity is calculated under assumed instantaneous +/- 100 and +/- 200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates.
 
(2)   Amounts used to calculate percentage changes are based on numbers in the thousands. Accordingly, recalculations based upon the disclosed amounts (billions) may not produce the same results.
As reflected in the preceding table, the Bank’s estimated market value of equity was more sensitive to changes in interest rates at March 31, 2008 than at December 31, 2007. This increased sensitivity, which is also reflected by an increase in the Bank’s estimated duration of equity over the same period as shown in the table below, is primarily attributable to the increased sensitivity of the estimated value of the Bank’s MBS portfolio to changes in interest rates. Although the Bank’s MBS portfolio is comprised predominantly of securities with coupons that float at a

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small fixed spread to 1-month LIBOR, the market value of these securities has become more sensitive to changes in interest rates due to the combination of recent increases in credit spreads, decreases in the absolute level of short-term interest rates, and increases in the sensitivity of estimated prepayments to changes in interest rates.
A related measure of interest rate risk is duration of equity. Duration is the weighted average maturity (typically measured in months or years) of an instrument’s cash flows, weighted by the present value of those cash flows. As such, duration provides an estimate of an instrument’s sensitivity to small changes in market interest rates. The duration of assets is generally expressed as a positive figure, while the duration of liabilities is generally expressed as a negative number. The change in value of a specific instrument for given changes in interest rates will generally vary in inverse proportion to the instrument’s duration. As market interest rates decline, instruments with a positive duration are expected to increase in value, while instruments with a negative duration are expected to decrease in value. Conversely, as interest rates rise, instruments with a positive duration are expected to decline in value, while instruments with a negative duration are expected to increase in value.
The values of instruments having relatively longer (or higher) durations are more sensitive to a given interest rate movement than instruments having shorter durations; that is, risk increases as the absolute value of duration lengthens. For instance, the value of an instrument with a duration of three years will theoretically change by three percent for every one percentage point change in interest rates, while an instrument with a duration of five years will theoretically change by five percent for every one percentage point change in interest rates.
The duration of individual instruments may be easily combined to determine the duration of a portfolio of assets or liabilities by calculating a weighted average duration of the instruments in the portfolio. Such combinations provide a single straightforward metric that describes the portfolio’s sensitivity to interest rate movements. These additive properties can be applied to the assets and liabilities on the Bank’s balance sheet. The difference between the combined durations of the Bank’s assets and the combined durations of its liabilities is sometimes referred to as duration gap and provides a measure of the relative interest rate sensitivities of the Bank’s assets and liabilities.
Duration gap is a useful measure of interest rate sensitivity but does not account for the effect of leverage, or the effect of the absolute duration of the Bank’s assets and liabilities, on the sensitivity of its estimated market value of equity to changes in interest rates. The inclusion of these factors results in a measure of the sensitivity of the value of the Bank’s equity to changes in market interest rates referred to as the duration of equity. Duration of equity is the market value weighted duration of assets minus the market value weighted duration of liabilities divided by the market value of equity.
The significance of an entity’s duration of equity is that it can be used to describe the sensitivity of the entity’s market value of equity and future profitability to movements in interest rates. A duration of equity equal to zero would mean, within a narrow range of interest rate movements, that the Bank had neutralized the impact of changes in interest rates on the market value of its equity.
A positive duration of equity would mean, within a narrow range of interest rate movements, that for each one year of duration the estimated market value of the Bank’s equity would be expected to decline by about 0.01 percent for every positive 0.01 percent change in the level of interest rates. A positive duration generally indicates that the value of the Bank’s assets is more sensitive to changes in interest rates than the value of its liabilities (i.e., that the duration of its assets is greater than the duration of its liabilities).
Conversely, a negative duration of equity would mean, within a narrow range of interest rate movements, that for each one year of negative duration the estimated market value of the Bank’s equity would be expected to increase by about 0.01 percent for every positive 0.01 percent change in the level of interest rates. A negative duration generally indicates that the value of the Bank’s liabilities is more sensitive to changes in interest rates than the value of its assets (i.e., that the duration of its liabilities is greater than the duration of its assets).
The following table provides information regarding the Bank’s base case duration of equity as well as its duration of equity in up and down 100 and 200 basis point interest rate shock scenarios for each month during the period from December 2007 through March 2008.

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DURATION ANALYSIS
(Expressed in Years)
                                                                 
    Base Case Interest Rates    
    Asset   Liability   Duration   Duration   Duration of Equity
    Duration   Duration   Gap   of Equity   Up 100   Up 200   Down 100   Down 200
December 2007
    0.37       (0.30 )     0.07       2.18       3.39       4.40       1.16       0.27  
 
                                                               
January 2008
    0.44       (0.32 )     0.12       3.21       4.38       5.74       1.79       1.88  
February 2008
    0.43       (0.31 )     0.12       3.35       4.31       5.45       1.65       1.59  
March 2008
    0.46       (0.28 )     0.18       5.20       6.09       7.05       3.88       (0.86 )
 
In the up and down 100 and 200 scenarios, the duration of equity is calculated under assumed instantaneous +/- 100
and +/- 200 basis point parallel shifts in interest rates.
As shown above, the Bank’s duration of equity lengthened from 2.18 years at December 31, 2007 to 5.20 years at March 31, 2008, indicating that the Bank’s market value of equity is more sensitive to changes in interest rates at March 31, 2008. As discussed above, this lengthening is primarily attributable to the increased sensitivity of the Bank’s MBS portfolio to changes in interest rates.
Counterparty Credit Risk
By entering into interest rate exchange agreements, the Bank generally exchanges a defined market risk for the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation in the future. The Bank manages this credit risk by spreading its transactions among many highly rated counterparties, by entering into collateral exchange agreements with all counterparties that include minimum collateral thresholds, and by monitoring its exposure to each counterparty at least monthly. In addition, all of the Bank’s collateral exchange agreements include master netting arrangements whereby the fair values of all interest rate derivatives (including accrued interest receivables and payables) with each counterparty are offset for purposes of measuring credit exposure. The collateral exchange agreements require the delivery of collateral consisting of cash or very liquid, highly rated securities (generally consisting of U.S. government guaranteed or agency debt securities) if credit risk exposures rise above the minimum thresholds. The maximum credit risk exposure is the estimated cost, on a present value basis, of replacing at current market rates all interest rate exchange agreements with a counterparty with whom the Bank is in a net gain position, if the counterparty were to default. Maximum credit risk exposure, as defined in the preceding sentence, does not consider the existence of any collateral held by the Bank. The following table provides information regarding the Bank’s derivative counterparty credit exposure as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

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DERIVATIVES COUNTERPARTY CREDIT EXPOSURE
(Dollars in millions)
                                                 
                            Cash              
Credit   Number of     Notional     Maximum Credit     Collateral     Collateral     Net Exposure  
Rating(1)   Counterparties     Principal(2)     Exposure     Held     Due(3)     After Collateral  
March 31, 2008
                                               
Aaa
    5     $ 15,749.3     $ 28.6     $ 22.1     $ 6.5     $  
Aa(4)
    10       23,942.1       130.7       122.9       6.0       1.8  
A
    2       11,508.6       53.6       51.0       2.6        
Baa(5)
    1       171.5                          
Excess collateral(6)
                      0.7              
 
                                   
Total
    18     $ 51,371.5     $ 212.9     $ 196.7     $ 15.1     $ 1.8  
 
                                   
 
                                               
December 31, 2007
                                               
Aaa
    5     $ 13,366.3     $ 17.9     $ 10.5     $ 7.4     $  
Aa(4)
    10       17,362.3       68.4       45.8       22.6        
A
    3       10,240.0       47.3       47.0       0.3        
Excess collateral(6)
                      1.0              
 
                                   
Total
    18     $ 40,968.6     $ 133.6     $ 104.3     $ 30.3     $  
 
                                   
 
(1)   Credit ratings shown in the table are provided by Moody’s and are as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
 
(2)   Includes amounts that had not settled as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
 
(3)   Amount of collateral to which the Bank had contractual rights under counterparty credit agreements based on March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 credit exposures. Cash collateral totaling $13.7 million and $29.9 million was delivered under these agreements in early April 2008 and early January 2008, respectively.
 
(4)   The figures for Aa-rated counterparties as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 include transactions with one counterparty that is affiliated with a non-member shareholder of the Bank. Transactions with that counterparty had an aggregate notional principal of $1.2 billion and $1.7 billion as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and did not represent a credit exposure to the Bank at either of those dates. In addition, the figures for Aa-rated counterparties as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 include transactions with a counterparty that is affiliated with a member institution. Transactions with this counterparty as of both March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 had an aggregate notional principal of $0.2 billion. These transactions represented a credit exposure of $4.5 million and $2.0 million to the Bank as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
 
(5)   The Baa-rated counterparty’s obligations to the Bank are fully guaranteed by another counterparty; the guarantor was rated Aaa by Moody’s as of March 31, 2008. Transactions with the Baa-rated counterparty did not represent a credit exposure to the Bank as of March 31, 2008.
 
(6)   Excess collateral represents cash collateral held by the Bank in excess of the Bank’s exposure to certain counterparties as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Bank’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (performing the function of the principal financial officer of the Bank), conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in: (1) recording, processing, summarizing and reporting information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Bank’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
31.1   Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.2   Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.1   Certification of principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
 

         Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
 
 
May 13, 2008      By   /s/ Tom Lewis    
Date    Tom Lewis   
    Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 
 
 

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