Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka - FORM 10-Q

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________ to ________

Commission File Number 000-52004

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Federally chartered corporation		48-0561319
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
500 SW Wanamaker Road Topeka, KS		66606
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 785.233.0507

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. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨

Non-accelerated filer x Smaller reporting company ¨

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ¨ Yes x No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.



	Shares outstanding as of
	November 5, 2018
Class A Stock, par value $100 per share	2,974,967
Class B Stock, par value $100 per share	11,976,985

.FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA

TABLE OF CONTENTS




PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	4
Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Statements of Condition	5
	Statements of Income	7
	Statements of Comprehensive Income	9
	Statements of Capital	10
	Statements of Cash Flows	11
	Notes to Financial Statements	14
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	50
	Executive Level Overview	50
	Financial Market Trends	53
	Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates	54
	Results of Operations	54
	Financial Condition	69
	Liquidity and Capital Resources	84
	Risk Management	88
	Recently Issued Accounting Standards	92
	Legislative and Regulatory Developments	93
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	94
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	100
Part II	OTHER INFORMATION	100
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	100
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	100
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	100
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	100
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	100
Item 5.	Other Information	100
Item 6.	Exhibits	101

Important Notice about Information in this Quarterly Report

In this quarterly report, unless the context suggests otherwise, references to the “FHLBank,” “FHLBank Topeka,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, and “FHLBanks” mean all the Federal Home Loan Banks, including the FHLBank Topeka.

The information contained in this quarterly report is accurate only as of the date of this quarterly report and as of the dates specified herein.

The product and service names used in this quarterly report are the property of the FHLBank, and in some cases, the other FHLBanks. Where the context suggests otherwise, the products, services and company names mentioned in this quarterly report are the property of their respective owners.

Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-looking Statements

The information in this Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates or future predictions of the FHLBank’s operations. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “may,” “is likely,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “will,” “intend,” “probable,” “project,” “should,” or their negatives or other variations of these terms. The FHLBank cautions that by their nature forward-looking statements involve risks or uncertainties and that actual results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of such risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to:


•	Governmental actions, including legislative, regulatory, judicial or other developments that affect the FHLBank; its members, counterparties or investors; housing government-sponsored enterprises (GSE); or the FHLBank System in general;


•	Changes in the FHLBank’s capital structure;


•	Changes in economic and market conditions, including conditions in our district and the U.S. and global economy, as well as the mortgage, housing and capital markets;


•	Changes in demand for FHLBank products and services or consolidated obligations of the FHLBank System;


•	Effects of derivative accounting treatment and other accounting rule requirements, or changes in such requirements;


•	The effects of amortization/accretion;


•	Gains/losses on derivatives or on trading investments and the ability to enter into effective derivative instruments on acceptable terms;


•	Volatility of market prices, interest rates and indices and the timing and volume of market activity;


•	Membership changes, including changes resulting from member failures or mergers, changes due to member eligibility, or changes in the principal place of business of members;


•	Our ability to declare dividends or to pay dividends at rates consistent with past practices;


•	Soundness of other financial institutions, including FHLBank members, non-member borrowers, counterparties, and the other FHLBanks;


•	Changes in the value or liquidity of collateral underlying advances to FHLBank members or non-member borrowers or collateral pledged by reverse repurchase and derivative counterparties;


•	Competitive forces, including competition for loan demand, purchases of mortgage loans and access to funding;


•	The ability of the FHLBank to introduce new products and services to meet market demand and to manage successfully the risks associated with all products and services;


•	The ability of the FHLBank to keep pace with technological changes and the ability to develop and support technology and information systems, including the ability to securely access the internet and internet-based systems and services, sufficient to effectively manage the risks of the FHLBank’s business;


•	The ability of each of the other FHLBanks to repay the principal and interest on consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor and with respect to which the FHLBank has joint and several liability;


•	Changes in the U.S. government’s long-term debt rating and the long-term credit rating of the senior unsecured debt issues of the FHLBank System;


•	Changes in the fair value and economic value of, impairments of, and risks associated with, the FHLBank’s investments in mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) or other assets and related credit enhancement protections; and


•	The volume and quality of eligible mortgage loans originated and sold by participating members to the FHLBank through its various mortgage finance products (Mortgage Partnership Finance^® (MPF^®) Program). “Mortgage Partnership Finance,” “MPF,” “MPF Xtra,” and “MPF Direct” are registered trademarks of the FHLBank of Chicago.

Readers of this report should not rely solely on the forward-looking statements and should consider all risks and uncertainties addressed throughout this report, as well as those discussed under Item 1A – Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, incorporated by reference herein.

All forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to this cautionary notice. The reader should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, since the statements speak only as of the date that they are made and the FHLBank has no obligation and does not undertake publicly to update, revise or correct any forward-looking statement for any reason to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.

PART I

Item 1: Financial Statements



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF CONDITION - Unaudited
(In thousands, except par value)
	09/30/2018			12/31/2017
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	20,500		$	268,050
Interest-bearing deposits	408,890			442,682
Securities purchased under agreements to resell (Note 10)	3,985,022			3,161,446
Federal funds sold	1,440,000			1,175,000

Investment securities:
Trading securities (Note 3)	2,211,321			2,869,415
Available-for-sale securities (Note 3)	1,694,039			1,493,231
Held-to-maturity securities¹ (Note 3)	4,700,737			4,856,825
Total investment securities	8,606,097			9,219,471

Advances (Notes 4, 6)	28,471,709			26,295,849

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net:
Mortgage loans held for portfolio (Notes 5, 6)	8,114,876			7,287,605
Less allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans (Note 6)	(656		)	(1,208		)
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net	8,114,220			7,286,397

Accrued interest receivable	101,334			85,547
Premises, software and equipment, net	47,637			47,670
Derivative assets, net (Notes 7, 10)	39,282			37,030
Other assets	62,659			57,463

TOTAL ASSETS	$	51,297,350		$	48,076,605

LIABILITIES
Deposits (Note 8)	$	446,282		$	461,769

Consolidated obligations, net:
Discount notes (Note 9)	22,417,330			20,420,651
Bonds (Note 9)	25,836,920			24,514,468
Total consolidated obligations, net	48,254,250			44,935,119

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 11)	4,536			5,312
Accrued interest payable	91,102			56,116
Affordable Housing Program payable	43,789			43,005
Derivative liabilities, net (Notes 7, 10)	1,553			2,417
Other liabilities	65,945			66,764

TOTAL LIABILITIES	48,907,457			45,570,502

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

¹Fair value: $4,696,704 and $4,856,996 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF CONDITION - Unaudited
(In thousands, except par value)
	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
CAPITAL
Capital stock outstanding - putable:
Class A ($100 par value; 1,828 and 2,351 shares issued and outstanding) (Note 11)	$	182,824	$	235,134
Class B ($100 par value; 12,811 and 14,049 shares issued and outstanding) (Note 11)	1,281,099		1,404,905
Total capital stock	1,463,923		1,640,039

Retained earnings:
Unrestricted	705,235		676,993
Restricted	188,781		163,413
Total retained earnings	894,016		840,406

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Note 12)	31,954		25,658

TOTAL CAPITAL	2,389,893		2,506,103

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL	$	51,297,350	$	48,076,605

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF INCOME - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
INTEREST INCOME:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	3,931		$	1,285		$	9,402		$	2,928
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	20,618			6,735			46,610			15,902
Federal funds sold	7,896			8,396			29,539			20,071
Trading securities	16,764			15,317			54,243			45,412
Available-for-sale securities	12,563			6,865			32,670			16,489
Held-to-maturity securities	30,602			20,684			85,538			53,082
Advances	158,790			113,673			460,497			281,806
Prepayment fees on terminated advances, net	153			161			254			1,331
Mortgage loans held for portfolio	65,424			54,548			186,709			157,074
Other	381			344			1,165			928
Total interest income	317,122			228,008			906,627			595,023

INTEREST EXPENSE:
Deposits	2,289			988			6,113			2,366
Consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	108,137			69,556			314,109			162,539
Bonds	138,668			88,306			382,442			228,788
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 11)	58			69			175			135
Other	311			162			766			319
Total interest expense	249,463			159,081			703,605			394,147

NET INTEREST INCOME	67,659			68,927			203,022			200,876
(Reversal) provision for credit losses on mortgage loans (Note 6)	(391		)	(171		)	(345		)	(196		)
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER LOAN LOSS (REVERSAL) PROVISION	68,050			69,098			203,367			201,072

OTHER INCOME (LOSS):
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	—			(84		)	(1		)	(94		)
Net amount of impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities reclassified to/(from) accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—			(256		)	(25		)	(370		)
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities (Note 3)	—			(340		)	(26		)	(464		)
Net gains (losses) on trading securities (Note 3)	(11,514		)	3,319			(50,495		)	16,400
Net gains (losses) on sale of held-to-maturity securities (Note 3)	1,529			—			1,591			—
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities (Note 7)	6,032			(322		)	29,661			(9,681		)
Standby bond purchase agreement commitment fees	642			1,165			2,242			3,506
Letters of credit fees	1,086			979			3,300			2,889
Other	725			660			2,702			1,844
Total other income (loss)	(1,500		)	5,461			(11,025		)	14,494

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF INCOME - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018		09/30/2017		09/30/2018		09/30/2017
OTHER EXPENSES:
Compensation and benefits	$	12,682	$	11,828	$	29,009	$	28,790
Other operating	4,763		4,612		13,419		12,477
Federal Housing Finance Agency	690		697		2,144		2,145
Office of Finance	812		717		2,313		2,179
Other	1,481		1,681		4,501		4,573
Total other expenses	20,428		19,535		51,386		50,164

INCOME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS	46,122		55,024		140,956		165,402

Affordable Housing Program	4,618		5,510		14,113		16,554

NET INCOME	$	41,504	$	49,514	$	126,843	$	148,848

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018		09/30/2017		09/30/2018		09/30/2017
Net income	$	41,504	$	49,514	$	126,843	$	148,848

Other comprehensive income (loss):
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities	3,694		1,452		2,116		13,319
Net non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	3,655		577		4,163		1,397
Defined benefit pension plan	5		58		17		173
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	7,354		2,087		6,296		14,889

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	48,858	$	51,601	$	133,139	$	163,737

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Capital Stock¹															Retained Earnings								Accumulated		Total Capital
																								Other
	Class A					Class B					Total													Comprehensive
	Shares		Par Value			Shares		Par Value			Shares		Par Value			Unrestricted			Restricted		Total			Income (Loss)
Balance at December 31, 2016	1,621		$	162,143		10,645		$	1,064,532		12,266		$	1,226,675		$	611,226		$	123,970	$	735,196		$	577	$	1,962,448
Comprehensive income																119,078			29,770		148,848			14,889		163,737
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock	9		852			13,268		1,326,782			13,277		1,327,634													1,327,634
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock	(5,270	)	(527,051		)	(15	)	(1,453		)	(5,285	)	(528,504		)											(528,504		)
Net reclassification of shares to mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(161	)	(16,075		)	(6,104	)	(610,433		)	(6,265	)	(626,508		)											(626,508		)
Net transfer of shares between Class A and Class B	5,531		553,127			(5,531	)	(553,127		)	—		—													—
Dividends on capital stock (Class A - 1.1%, Class B - 6.5%):
Cash payment																(199		)			(199		)			(199		)
Stock issued						677		67,704			677		67,704			(67,704		)			(67,704		)			—
Balance at September 30, 2017	1,730		$	172,996		12,940		$	1,294,005		14,670		$	1,467,001		$	662,401		$	153,740	$	816,141		$	15,466	$	2,298,608

	Capital Stock¹															Retained Earnings								Accumulated		Total Capital
																								Other
	Class A					Class B					Total													Comprehensive
	Shares		Par Value			Shares		Par Value			Shares		Par Value			Unrestricted			Restricted		Total			Income (Loss)
Balance at December 31, 2017	2,351		$	235,134		14,049		$	1,404,905		16,400		$	1,640,039		$	676,993		$	163,413	$	840,406		$	25,658	$	2,506,103
Comprehensive income																101,475			25,368		126,843			6,296		133,139
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock	11		1,154			12,939		1,293,853			12,950		1,295,007													1,295,007
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock	(6,457	)	(645,743		)	(48	)	(4,732		)	(6,505	)	(650,475		)											(650,475		)
Net reclassification of shares to mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(1,950	)	(195,026		)	(6,985	)	(698,519		)	(8,935	)	(893,545		)											(893,545		)
Net transfer of shares between Class A and Class B	7,873		787,305			(7,873	)	(787,305		)	—		—													—
Dividends on capital stock (Class A - 1.7%, Class B - 6.9%):
Cash payment																(336		)			(336		)			(336		)
Stock issued						729		72,897			729		72,897			(72,897		)			(72,897		)			—
Balance at September 30, 2018	1,828		$	182,824		12,811		$	1,281,099		14,639		$	1,463,923		$	705,235		$	188,781	$	894,016		$	31,954	$	2,389,893

¹Putable

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	126,843		$	148,848
Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization:
Premiums and discounts on consolidated obligations, net	(7,736		)	6,187
Concessions on consolidated obligations	4,050			4,194
Premiums and discounts on investments, net	2,676			3,087
Premiums, discounts and commitment fees on advances, net	(3,758		)	(4,389		)
Premiums, discounts and deferred loan costs on mortgage loans, net	13,786			17,082
Fair value adjustments on hedged assets or liabilities	1,249			3,664
Premises, software and equipment	2,226			1,732
Other	17			173
(Reversal) provision for credit losses on mortgage loans	(345		)	(196		)
Non-cash interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock	173			133
Net realized (gains) losses on sale of held-to-maturity securities	(1,591		)	—
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	26			464
Net realized (gains) losses on sale of premises and equipment	(880		)	71
Other adjustments	(238		)	166
Net (gains) losses on trading securities	50,495			(16,400		)
(Gains) losses due to change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities	36,107			12,766
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest receivable	(15,814		)	(11,503		)
Change in net accrued interest included in derivative assets	(7,822		)	(3,627		)
(Increase) decrease in other assets	(854		)	(3,107		)
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable	35,166			11,811
Change in net accrued interest included in derivative liabilities	(456		)	(2,497		)
Increase (decrease) in Affordable Housing Program liability	784			9,291
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities	(3,691		)	(2,178		)
Total adjustments	103,570			26,924
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES	230,413			175,772

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits	$	28,298		$	110,278
Net (increase) decrease in securities purchased under resale agreements	(823,576		)	(195,589		)
Net (increase) decrease in Federal funds sold	(265,000		)	1,033,000
Net (increase) decrease in short-term trading securities	500,000			(675,000		)
Proceeds from maturities of and principal repayments on long-term trading securities	355,566			220,806
Purchases of long-term trading securities	(247,969		)	—
Proceeds from maturities of and principal repayments on long-term available-for-sale securities	16,165			4,103
Purchases of long-term available-for-sale securities	(281,489		)	(361,295		)
Proceeds from sale of held-to-maturity securities	87,827			—
Proceeds from maturities of and principal repayments on long-term held-to-maturity securities	699,016			824,497
Purchases of long-term held-to-maturity securities	(625,170		)	(1,092,421		)
Advances repaid	300,011,912			387,903,973
Advances originated	(302,270,146		)	(392,261,039		)
Principal collected on mortgage loans	706,748			714,847
Purchases of mortgage loans	(1,553,027		)	(1,147,274		)
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets	3,728			1,888
Purchases of other long-term assets	(6,000		)	(16,500		)
Other investing activities	2,136			1,887
Net (increase) decrease in loans to other FHLBanks	—			600,000
Proceeds from sale of premises, software and equipment	2,416			48
Purchases of premises, software and equipment	(8,002		)	(20,655		)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES	(3,666,567		)	(4,354,446		)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - Unaudited
(In thousands)
	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net increase (decrease) in deposits	$	91,182		$	(42,291	)
Net proceeds from issuance of consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	765,464,193			701,800,511
Bonds	8,790,535			14,266,201
Payments for maturing and retired consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	(763,468,454		)	(702,310,944		)
Bonds	(7,440,940		)	(9,909,180		)
Net increase (decrease) in other borrowings	6,000			16,500
Proceeds from financing derivatives	—			1,921
Net interest payments received (paid) for financing derivatives	(3,614		)	(18,554		)
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock	1,295,007			1,327,634
Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock	(650,475		)	(528,504		)
Payments for repurchase of mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(894,494		)	(623,872		)
Cash dividends paid	(336		)	(199		)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES	3,188,604			3,979,223
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	(247,550		)	(199,451		)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD	268,050			207,254
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	$	20,500		$	7,803

Supplemental disclosures:
Interest paid	$	672,944		$	372,036
Affordable Housing Program payments	$	13,468		$	7,749
Net transfers of mortgage loans to other assets	$	2,817		$	1,808

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA

Notes to Financial Statements - Unaudited

September 30, 2018

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Basis of Presentation: The accompanying interim financial statements of the FHLBank are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instruction provided by Article 10, Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. The financial statements contain all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the FHLBank’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 FHLBank’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, 2017. The interim financial statements presented herein should be read in conjunction with the FHLBank’s audited financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in the FHLBank’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 15, 2018 (annual report on Form 10-K). The notes to the interim financial statements highlight significant changes to the notes included in the annual report on Form 10-K.

Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements under GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions as of the date of the financial statements in determining the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and estimated fair values and in determining the disclosure of any contingent assets or liabilities. Estimates and assumptions by management also affect the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. The most significant of these estimates include the fair value of trading and available-for-sale securities, the fair value of derivatives and the allowance for credit losses. Many of the estimates and assumptions, including those used in financial models, are based on financial market conditions as of the date of the financial statements. Because of the volatility of the financial markets, as well as other factors that affect management estimates, actual results may vary from these estimates.

Derivatives: All derivatives are recognized on the Statements of Condition at their fair values (including net accrued interest receivable or payable on the derivatives) and are reported as either derivative assets or derivative liabilities, net of cash collateral, including initial and certain variation margin, and accrued interest received or pledged by clearing agents and/or counterparties. The fair values of derivatives are netted by clearing agent or counterparty when the netting requirements have been met. If these netted amounts are positive, they are classified as an asset and, if negative, they are classified as a liability. Cash flows associated with derivatives are reflected as cash flows from operating activities in the Statements of Cash Flows unless the derivative meets the criteria to be a financing derivative.

The FHLBank utilizes two Derivative Clearing Organizations (Clearinghouses) for all cleared derivative transactions, LCH Limited and CME Clearing. Effective January 16, 2018, LCH Limited made certain amendments to its rulebook changing the legal characterization of variation margin payments to be daily settlement payments rather than collateral, consistent with the amendment CME Clearing made effective January 3, 2017. At both Clearinghouses, initial margin is considered cash collateral.

Reclassifications: Certain immaterial amounts in the financial statements have been reclassified to conform to current period presentations.

NOTE 2 – RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS AND CHANGES IN AND ADOPTIONS OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes (Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2018-16). In October 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an amendment that permits use of the OIS rate based on SOFR as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815 in addition to the U.S. Treasury rate, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) swap rate, the OIS rate based on the Fed Funds Effective Rate, and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Rate. The amendments apply to all entities that elect to apply hedge accounting of the benchmark interest rate. The amendments should be adopted on a prospective basis for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after the date of adoption. The amendment will be effective concurrently with ASU 2017-12 for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2018, which is January 1, 2019 for the FHLBank, and early adoption is permitted in any interim period or fiscal year prior to the effective date. The FHLBank does not plan on early adoption. The guidance is not expected to materially affect the FHLBank's application of hedge accounting or utilization of hedging strategies.

Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract (ASU 2018-15). In August 2018, the FASB issued an amendment to align the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). Accordingly, the amendments in this ASU require an entity in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to follow existing guidance relating to internal-use software to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as an asset related to the service contract and which costs to expense. Costs to develop or obtain internal-use software that cannot be capitalized also cannot be capitalized for a hosting arrangement that is a service contract. Therefore, an entity in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract determines which project stage (that is, preliminary project stage, application development stage, or post-implementation stage) an implementation activity relates to. Costs for implementation activities in the application development stage are capitalized depending on the nature of the costs, while costs incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages are expensed as the activities are performed. The amendments in this ASU also require the entity to expense the capitalized implementation costs of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract over the term of the hosting arrangement. The amendments in this ASU will be effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 31, 2019, which is January 1, 2020 for the FHLBank. Early adoption of the amendments in this ASU is permitted, including adoption in any interim period, for all entities. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans (ASU 2018-14). In August 2018, the FASB issued an amendment modifying the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans to improve disclosure effectiveness. The amendments in the ASU remove disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial, clarify the specific requirements of disclosures, and add disclosure requirements identified as relevant. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2020, which is December 31, 2020 for the FHLBank. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance will impact the disclosures related to defined benefit plans but will not impact the FHLBank’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (ASU 2018-13). In August 2018, the FASB issued an amendment that modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. This ASU removes the requirement to disclose: (1) the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; (2) the policy for timing of transfers between levels; and (3) the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. The ASU requires disclosure of changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income (OCI) for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period and the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. The amendments in this ASU will be effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 31, 2019, which is January 1, 2020 for the FHLBank. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance will impact the disclosures related to fair value measurement but will not impact the FHLBank’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities (ASU 2017-12). In August 2017, the FASB issued an amendment to simplify the application of hedge accounting guidance in current GAAP and to improve the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity's risk management activities in its financial statements. This guidance requires that, for fair value hedges, the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness be presented in the same income statement line that is used to present the earnings effect of the hedged item. For cash flow hedges, the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness must be recorded in OCI. In addition, the amendments include certain targeted improvements to the assessment of hedge effectiveness and permit, among other things, the following:


•	Measurement of the change in fair value of the hedged item on the basis of the benchmark rate component of the contractual coupon cash flows determined at hedge inception;


•	Measurement of the hedged item in a partial-term fair value hedge of interest rate risk by assuming the hedged item has a term that reflects only the designated cash flows being hedged;


•	Consideration only of how changes in the benchmark interest rate affect a decision to settle a prepayable instrument before its scheduled maturity in calculating the change in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to interest rate risk; and


•	For a cash flow hedge of interest rate risk of a variable rate financial instrument, an entity could designate the variability in cash flows attributable to the contractually specified interest rate as the hedged risk.

The amendment will be effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2018, which is January 1, 2019 for the FHLBank, and early adoption is permitted in any interim period or fiscal year prior to the effective date. The FHLBank does not plan on early adoption. The guidance is not expected to affect the FHLBank's application of hedge accounting for existing hedge strategies, with the exception of enhancing the ability to apply short-cut hedge accounting by allowing the designation of a fallback long-haul method. The guidance may also provide opportunities to enhance risk management through new hedge strategies. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows beyond a prospective change in income statement presentation for fair value hedge relationships and new required disclosures.

Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (ASU 2017-08). In March 2017, FASB issued an amendment to shorten the amortization period of any premium on callable debt securities to the first call date instead of over the contractual life of the instrument. The amendment does not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. The guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice in the amortization of premiums and the consideration of how the potential of a security being called is factored into current impairment assessments. The amendment also intends to more closely align the amortization of premiums and discounts to the expectations incorporated into the market pricing of the instrument. The amendment will be effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2018, which is January 1, 2019 for the FHLBank. This guidance should be applied using a modified retrospective method through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (ASU 2017-07). In March 2017, FASB issued an amendment to improve the presentation of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost. The amendment requires that the employer disaggregate the service cost component and the other components of net benefit cost and allow only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization. The amendment is intended to provide transparency, consistency, and usefulness to users of financial statements. The amendment became effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning on January 1, 2018 for the FHLBank. This guidance was applied retrospectively for the presentation of the service cost component and the other components of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost in the income statement and prospectively, on and after the effective date, for the capitalization of the service cost component of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit in assets. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (ASU 2016-15). In August 2016, FASB issued amendments to clarify guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is intended to reduce existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This guidance became effective for the FHLBank for interim and annual periods and applied retrospectively, beginning on January 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). In June 2016, FASB issued amended guidance for the accounting of credit losses on financial instruments. The amendments require entities to measure expected credit losses based on relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. An entity must use judgment in determining the relevant information and estimation methods that are appropriate in its circumstances. Additionally, under the new guidance, a financial asset, or a group of financial assets, measured at amortized cost basis is required to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected.

The guidance also requires:


•	The statement of income to reflect the measurement of credit losses for newly recognized financial assets, as well as the expected increases or decreases of expected credit losses that have taken place during the period;


•	The entities to determine the allowance for credit losses for purchased financial assets with a more-than-insignificant amount of credit deterioration since origination that are measured at amortized cost basis in a similar manner to other financial assets measured at amortized cost basis. The initial allowance for credit losses is required to be added to the purchase price;


•	Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities to be recorded through an allowance for credit losses. The amendments limit the allowance for credit losses to the amount by which fair value is below amortized cost; and


•	Public entities to further disaggregate the current disclosure of credit quality indicators in relation to the amortized cost of financing receivables by the year of origination (i.e., vintage).

The guidance is effective for the FHLBank for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2020. Early application is permitted as of the interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The FHLBank does not plan on early adoption. The guidance should be applied using a modified-retrospective approach, through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In addition, entities are required to use a prospective transition approach for debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) charge had been recognized before the effective date; however, the FHLBank currently does not have any OTTI debt securities. The FHLBank has formed an internal working group that has begun its implementation efforts by identifying key interpretive issues and potential impacts to processes and systems that will eventually determine the magnitude of the impact on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Leases (ASU 2016-02). In February 2016, FASB issued amendments to lease accounting guidance. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases in the statement of financial condition, which effectively removes a source of off-balance sheet financing for operating leases. A distinction remains between finance leases and operating leases, but the assets and liabilities arising from operating leases are now also required to be recognized in the statement of financial condition. Lessor accounting is largely unchanged. The amendments are effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2018, which is January 1, 2019 for the FHLBank. In July 2018, the FASB issued amended guidance to add a method of adoption whereby an entity may elect to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings upon adoption. The FHLBank plans to utilize this transition method. The FHLBank has a limited number of lease agreements and has concluded that the impact of the guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (ASU 2016-01). In January 2016, FASB issued amendments to improve the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments through changes to existing GAAP. The provisions impacting the FHLBank include the elimination of the requirement to disclose the method and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments carried at amortized cost, the requirement to use the notion of exit price when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes, and the separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of asset (i.e., securities or loans and receivables) on the statement of financial condition or in the notes to financial statements. The amendments became effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning on January 1, 2018 for the FHLBank. This guidance will impact disclosures related to the fair value of financial instruments. However, this guidance did not have an impact on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Revenue Recognition (ASU 2014-09). In May 2014, FASB issued guidance to introduce a new revenue recognition model in which an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance also requires disclosures sufficient to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, including qualitative and quantitative disclosures about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. In July 2015, FASB voted to defer the effective date of the new standard by one year. In addition, in March 2016, FASB issued amendments to clarify the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations, in particular, relating to how an entity should determine whether the entity is a principal or an agent for each specified good or service promised to the customer and the nature of each specified good or service. The amendments do not change the core principle in the new revenue standard. The standard became effective for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on January 1, 2018 for the FHLBank. Because the guidance does not apply to revenue associated with financial instruments, including loans and securities that are accounted for under other GAAP, the adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the FHLBank's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Trading Securities: Trading securities by major security type as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are summarized in Table 3.1 (in thousands):

Table 3.1



	Fair Value
	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
Certificates of deposit	$	85,003	$	584,984
U.S. Treasury obligations	248,313		—
GSEobligations¹	993,030		1,353,083
Non-mortgage-backed securities	1,326,346		1,938,067
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS²	494		580
GSE MBS³	884,481		930,768
Mortgage-backed securities	884,975		931,348
TOTAL	$	2,211,321	$	2,869,415


¹	Represents debentures issued by other FHLBanks, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Federal Farm Credit Bank (Farm Credit) and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). GSE securities are not guaranteed by the U.S. government.


²	Represents single-family MBS issued by Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), which are guaranteed by the U.S. government.


³	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).

Net gains (losses) on trading securities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 are shown in Table 3.2 (in thousands):

Table 3.2



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Net gains (losses) on trading securities held as of September 30, 2018	$	(11,201	)	$	3,984		$	(50,211	)	$	21,611
Net gains (losses) on trading securities sold or matured prior to September 30, 2018	(313		)	(665		)	(284		)	(5,211		)
NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON TRADING SECURITIES	$	(11,514	)	$	3,319		$	(50,495	)	$	16,400

Available-for-sale Securities: Available-for-sale securities by major security type as of September 30, 2018 are summarized in Table 3.3 (in thousands):

Table 3.3



	09/30/2018
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrecognized Gains		Gross Unrecognized Losses			Fair Value
Mortgage-backed securities:
GSE MBS¹	$	1,660,717	$	35,170	$	(1,848	)	$	1,694,039
TOTAL	$	1,660,717	$	35,170	$	(1,848	)	$	1,694,039


¹	Represents fixed rate multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae.

Available-for-sale securities by major security type as of December 31, 2017 are summarized in Table 3.4 (in thousands):

Table 3.4



	12/31/2017
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrecognized Gains		Gross Unrecognized Losses			Fair Value
Mortgage-backed securities:
GSE MBS¹	$	1,462,025	$	31,638	$	(432	)	$	1,493,231
TOTAL	$	1,462,025	$	31,638	$	(432	)	$	1,493,231


¹	Represents fixed rate multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae.

Table 3.5 summarizes the available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2018 (in thousands). The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.

Table 3.5



	09/30/2018
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Mortgage-backed securities:
GSE MBS¹	$	276,780	$	(1,783	)	$	42,042	$	(65	)	$	318,822	$	(1,848	)
TOTAL TEMPORARILY IMPAIRED SECURITIES	$	276,780	$	(1,783	)	$	42,042	$	(65	)	$	318,822	$	(1,848	)


¹	Represents fixed rate multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae.

Table 3.6 summarizes the available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2017 (in thousands). The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.

Table 3.6



	12/31/2017
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Mortgage-backed securities:
GSE MBS¹	$	84,937	$	(432	)	$	—	$	—	$	84,937	$	(432	)
TOTAL TEMPORARILY IMPAIRED SECURITIES	$	84,937	$	(432	)	$	—	$	—	$	84,937	$	(432	)


¹	Represents fixed rate multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae.

All available-for-sale securities are GSE MBS and as such do not have a single maturity date. The expected maturities of these securities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

Held-to-maturity Securities: Held-to-maturity securities by major security type as of September 30, 2018 are summarized in Table 3.7 (in thousands):

Table 3.7



	09/30/2018
	Amortized Cost		OTTI Recognized in AOCI		Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Gains		Gross Unrecognized Losses			Fair Value
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
State or local housing agency obligations	$	89,120	$	—	$	89,120	$	1	$	(3,593	)	$	85,528
Non-mortgage-backed securities	89,120		—		89,120		1		(3,593		)	85,528
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS¹	113,789		—		113,789		505		(65		)	114,229
GSE MBS²	4,497,828		—		4,497,828		15,536		(16,417		)	4,496,947
Mortgage-backed securities	4,611,617		—		4,611,617		16,041		(16,482		)	4,611,176
TOTAL	$	4,700,737	$	—	$	4,700,737	$	16,042	$	(20,075	)	$	4,696,704


¹	Represents single-family MBS issued by Ginnie Mae.


²	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Held-to-maturity securities by major security type as of December 31, 2017 are summarized in Table 3.8 (in thousands):

Table 3.8



	12/31/2017
	Amortized Cost		OTTI Recognized in AOCI			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Gains		Gross Unrecognized Losses			Fair Value
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
State or local housing agency obligations	$	89,830	$	—		$	89,830	$	74	$	(4,896	)	$	85,008
Non-mortgage-backed securities	89,830		—			89,830		74		(4,896		)	85,008
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S obligation MBS¹	127,588		—			127,588		435		(88		)	127,935
GSE MBS²	4,561,839		—			4,561,839		15,548		(14,740		)	4,562,647
Private-label residential MBS	81,731		(4,163		)	77,568		5,456		(1,618		)	81,406
Mortgage-backed securities	4,771,158		(4,163		)	4,766,995		21,439		(16,446		)	4,771,988
TOTAL	$	4,860,988	$	(4,163	)	$	4,856,825	$	21,513	$	(21,342	)	$	4,856,996


¹	Represents single-family MBS issued by Ginnie Mae.


²	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Table 3.9 summarizes the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2018 (in thousands). The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.

Table 3.9



	09/30/2018
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
State or local housing agency obligations	$	—	$	—		$	26,408	$	(3,593	)	$	26,408	$	(3,593	)
Non-mortgage-backed securities	—		—			26,408		(3,593		)	26,408		(3,593		)
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS¹	—		—			32,156		(65		)	32,156		(65		)
GSE MBS²	1,328,685		(2,272		)	1,383,638		(14,145		)	2,712,323		(16,417		)
Mortgage-backed securities	1,328,685		(2,272		)	1,415,794		(14,210		)	2,744,479		(16,482		)
TOTAL TEMPORARILY IMPAIRED SECURITIES	$	1,328,685	$	(2,272	)	$	1,442,202	$	(17,803	)	$	2,770,887	$	(20,075	)


¹	Represents single-family MBS issued by Ginnie Mae.


²	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Table 3.10 summarizes the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2017 (in thousands). The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.

Table 3.10



	12/31/2017
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses¹
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
State or local housing agency obligations	$	—	$	—		$	25,104	$	(4,896	)	$	25,104	$	(4,896	)
Non-mortgage-backed securities	—		—			25,104		(4,896		)	25,104		(4,896		)
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S obligation MBS²	37,944		(88		)	—		—			37,944		(88		)
GSE MBS³	796,378		(1,363		)	1,478,510		(13,377		)	2,274,888		(14,740		)
Private-label residential MBS	150		(1		)	64,477		(2,314		)	64,627		(2,315		)
Mortgage-backed securities	834,472		(1,452		)	1,542,987		(15,691		)	2,377,459		(17,143		)
TOTAL TEMPORARILY IMPAIRED SECURITIES	$	834,472	$	(1,452	)	$	1,568,091	$	(20,587	)	$	2,402,563	$	(22,039	)


¹	Total unrealized losses in Table 3.10 will not agree to total gross unrecognized losses in Table 3.8. Total unrealized losses in Table 3.10 include non-credit-related OTTI recognized in accumulated OCI (AOCI) and gross unrecognized gains on previously other-than-temporarily impaired securities.


²	Represents single-family MBS issued by Ginnie Mae.


³	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The amortized cost, carrying value and fair values of held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are shown in Table 3.11 (in thousands). Expected maturities of certain securities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

Table 3.11



	09/30/2018						12/31/2017
	Amortized Cost		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
Due in one year or less	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Due after one year through five years	—		—		—		—		—		—
Due after five years through 10 years	—		—		—		—		—		—
Due after 10 years	89,120		89,120		85,528		89,830		89,830		85,008
Non-mortgage-backed securities	89,120		89,120		85,528		89,830		89,830		85,008
Mortgage-backed securities	4,611,617		4,611,617		4,611,176		4,771,158		4,766,995		4,771,988
TOTAL	$	4,700,737	$	4,700,737	$	4,696,704	$	4,860,988	$	4,856,825	$	4,856,996

Net gains (losses) were realized on the sale of long-term held-to-maturity securities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and are recorded as net gains (losses) on sale of held-to-maturity securities in other income (loss) on the Statements of Income. All securities sold had paid down below 15 percent of the principal outstanding at acquisition. Table 3.12 presents details of the sales (in thousands). No held-to-maturity securities were sold during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Table 3.12



	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2018
Proceeds from sale of held-to-maturity securities	$	67,566		$	87,827
Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities sold	(66,037		)	(86,236		)
NET REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES)	$	1,529		$	1,591

Other-than-temporary Impairment: Historically, the only investments recorded as other-than-temporarily impaired by the FHLBank were private-label residential MBS. The FHLBank's private-label residential MBS portfolio was sold in its entirety during the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

Table 3.13 presents a roll-forward of OTTI activity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 related to credit losses recognized in earnings (in thousands):

Table 3.13



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Balance, beginning of period	$	7,502		$	7,420		$	7,663		$	7,502
Additional charge on securities for which OTTI was not previously recognized	—			57			—			63
Additional charge on securities for which OTTI was previously recognized¹	—			283			26			401
Securities matured or sold during the period	(7,308		)	—			(7,308		)	—
Amortization of credit component of OTTI	(194		)	(38		)	(381		)	(244		)
Balance, end of period	$	—		$	7,722		$	—		$	7,722


¹	For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, securities previously impaired represent all securities that were impaired prior to July 1, 2018 and 2017, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, securities previously impaired represent all securities that were impaired prior to January 1, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

As of September 30, 2018, the fair value of a portion of the FHLBank's available-for-sale and held-to-maturity MBS were below the amortized cost of the securities due to interest rate volatility and/or illiquidity. However, the decline in fair value of these securities is considered temporary as the FHLBank expects to recover the entire amortized cost basis on the remaining securities in unrecognized loss positions and neither intends to sell these securities nor is it more likely than not that the FHLBank will be required to sell these securities before its anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis. For held-to-maturity state and local housing agency obligations, the FHLBank determined that all of the gross unrealized losses on these bonds were temporary because the strength of the underlying collateral and credit enhancements was sufficient to protect the FHLBank from losses based on current expectations.

NOTE 4 – ADVANCES

General Terms: The FHLBank offers a wide range of fixed and variable rate advance products with different maturities, interest rates, payment characteristics and optionality. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the FHLBank had advances outstanding at interest rates ranging from 0.88 percent to 7.41 percent and 0.66 percent to 7.41 percent, respectively. Table 4.1 presents advances summarized by redemption term as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 4.1



	09/30/2018					12/31/2017
Redemption Term	Amount			Weighted Average Interest Rate		Amount			Weighted Average Interest Rate
Due in one year or less	$	15,487,855		2.30	%	$	14,374,744		1.55	%
Due after one year through two years	5,205,068			2.26		1,219,842			1.73
Due after two years through three years	1,603,064			2.36		1,075,287			2.01
Due after three years through four years	2,145,575			2.40		971,634			2.16
Due after four years through five years	1,447,631			2.41		918,277			1.96
Thereafter	2,694,264			2.47		7,765,440			1.74
Total par value	28,583,457			2.33	%	26,325,224			1.67	%
Discounts	(4,353		)			(8,111		)
Hedging adjustments	(107,395		)			(21,264		)
TOTAL	$	28,471,709				$	26,295,849

The FHLBank’s advances outstanding include advances that contain call options that may be exercised with or without prepayment fees at the borrower’s discretion on specific dates (call dates) before the stated advance maturities (callable advances). In exchange for receiving the right to call the advance on a predetermined call schedule, the borrower may pay a higher fixed rate for the advance relative to an equivalent maturity, non-callable, fixed rate advance. The borrower normally exercises its call options on these advances when interest rates decline (fixed rate advances) or spreads change (adjustable rate advances).

Convertible advances allow the FHLBank to convert an advance from one interest payment term structure to another. When issuing convertible advances, the FHLBank purchases put options from a member that allow the FHLBank to convert the fixed rate advance to a variable rate advance at the current market rate or another structure after an agreed-upon lockout period. A convertible advance carries a lower interest rate than a comparable-maturity fixed rate advance without the conversion feature.

Table 4.2 presents advances summarized by redemption term or next call date (for callable advances) and by redemption term or next conversion date (for convertible advances) as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 4.2



	Redemption Term or Next Call Date				Redemption Term or Next Conversion Date
Redemption Term	09/30/2018		12/31/2017		09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Due in one year or less	$	23,290,093	$	21,375,728	$	15,673,755	$	14,450,744
Due after one year through two years	1,103,585		881,835		5,407,168		1,342,342
Due after two years through three years	1,223,360		897,151		1,789,664		1,186,087
Due after three years through four years	594,381		790,641		2,396,575		1,083,984
Due after four years through five years	469,990		522,768		1,593,881		1,174,277
Thereafter	1,902,048		1,857,101		1,722,414		7,087,790
TOTAL PAR VALUE	$	28,583,457	$	26,325,224	$	28,583,457	$	26,325,224

Interest Rate Payment Terms: Table 4.3 details additional interest rate payment terms for advances as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 4.3



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Fixed rate:
Due in one year or less	$	2,112,548	$	2,079,061
Due after one year	5,310,850		4,957,303
Total fixed rate	7,423,398		7,036,364
Variable rate:
Due in one year or less	13,375,307		12,295,683
Due after one year	7,784,752		6,993,177
Total variable rate	21,160,059		19,288,860
TOTAL PAR VALUE	$	28,583,457	$	26,325,224

See Note 6 for information related to the FHLBank’s credit risk on advances and allowance for credit losses.

NOTE 5 – MORTGAGE LOANS

The MPF Program involves the FHLBank investing in mortgage loans, which have been funded by the FHLBank through or purchased from participating financial institutions (PFIs). These mortgage loans are government-guaranteed or -insured loans (by the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture and/or the Department of Housing and Urban Development) and conventional residential loans credit-enhanced by PFIs. Depending upon a member’s product selection, the servicing rights can be retained or sold by the participating member. The FHLBank does not buy or own any mortgage servicing rights.

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio: Table 5.1 presents information as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 on mortgage loans held for portfolio (in thousands):

Table 5.1



	09/30/2018			12/31/2017
Real estate:
Fixed rate, medium-term¹, single-family mortgages	$	1,197,658		$	1,273,893
Fixed rate, long-term, single-family mortgages	6,798,929			5,900,863
Total unpaid principal balance	7,996,587			7,174,756
Premiums	117,989			109,898
Discounts	(2,801		)	(2,380		)
Deferred loan costs, net	233			280
Other deferred fees	(51		)	(60		)
Hedging adjustments	2,919			5,111
Total before Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans	8,114,876			7,287,605
Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans	(656		)	(1,208		)
MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR PORTFOLIO, NET	$	8,114,220		$	7,286,397


¹	Medium-term defined as a term of 15 years or less at origination.

Table 5.2 presents information as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 on the outstanding unpaid principal balance (UPB) of mortgage loans held for portfolio (in thousands):

Table 5.2



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Conventional loans	$	7,315,733	$	6,477,696
Government-guaranteed or -insured loans	680,854		697,060
TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE	$	7,996,587	$	7,174,756

See Note 6 for information related to the FHLBank’s credit risk on mortgage loans and allowance for credit losses.

NOTE 6 – ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

The FHLBank has established an allowance methodology for each of its portfolio segments: credit products (advances, letters of credit and other extensions of credit to borrowers); government mortgage loans held for portfolio; conventional mortgage loans held for portfolio; the direct financing lease receivable; term Federal funds sold; and term securities purchased under agreements to resell. Based on management's analyses of each portfolio segment, the FHLBank has only established an allowance for credit losses on its conventional mortgage loans held for portfolio.

Roll-forward of Allowance for Credit Losses: Table 6.1 presents a roll-forward of the allowance for credit losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

Table 6.1



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Balance, beginning of the period	$	1,029		$	1,525		$	1,208		$	1,674
Net (charge-offs) recoveries	18			54			(207		)	(70		)
(Reversal) provision for credit losses	(391		)	(171		)	(345		)	(196		)
Balance, end of the period	$	656		$	1,408		$	656		$	1,408

Table 6.2 presents the allowance for credit losses and the recorded investment as well as the method used to evaluate impairment relating to all portfolio segments regardless of whether or not an estimated credit loss has been recorded as of September 30, 2018 (in thousands). The recorded investment in a financing receivable is the UPB, adjusted for accrued interest, net deferred loan fees or costs, unamortized premiums or discounts, fair value hedging adjustments and direct write-downs. The recorded investment is not net of any valuation allowance.

Table 6.2



	09/30/2018
	Conventional Loans		Government Loans		Credit Products¹		Direct Financing Lease Receivable		Total
Allowance for credit losses:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	37	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	37
Collectively evaluated for impairment	619		—		—		—		619
TOTAL ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES	$	656	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	656
Recorded investment:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	9,904	$	—	$	28,514,148	$	12,718	$	28,536,770
Collectively evaluated for impairment	7,450,722		693,567		—		—		8,144,289
TOTAL RECORDED INVESTMENT	$	7,460,626	$	693,567	$	28,514,148	$	12,718	$	36,681,059


¹	The recorded investment for credit products includes only advances. The recorded investment for all other credit products is insignificant.

Table 6.3 presents the allowance for credit losses and the recorded investment as well as the method used to evaluate impairment relating to all portfolio segments regardless of whether or not an estimated credit loss has been recorded as of September 30, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 6.3



	09/30/2017
	Conventional Loans		Government Loans		Credit Products¹		Direct Financing Lease Receivable		Total
Allowance for credit losses:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	39	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	39
Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,369		—		—		—		1,369
TOTAL ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES	$	1,408	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,408
Recorded investment:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	9,655	$	—	$	28,350,505	$	15,487	$	28,375,647
Collectively evaluated for impairment	6,388,094		692,447		—		—		7,080,541
TOTAL RECORDED INVESTMENT	$	6,397,749	$	692,447	$	28,350,505	$	15,487	$	35,456,188


¹	The recorded investment for credit products includes only advances. The recorded investment for all other credit products is insignificant.

Credit Quality Indicators: The FHLBank’s key credit quality indicators include the migration of: (1) past due loans; (2) non-accrual loans; (3) loans in process of foreclosure; and (4) impaired loans, all of which are used either on an individual or pool basis to determine the allowance for credit losses.

Table 6.4 summarizes the delinquency aging and key credit quality indicators for all of the FHLBank’s portfolio segments as of September 30, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 6.4



	09/30/2018
	Conventional Loans			Government Loans			Credit Products¹			Direct Financing Lease Receivable			Total
Recorded investment:
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	34,199		$	16,340		$	—		$	—		$	50,539
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	7,950			5,183			—			—			13,133
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	9,958			5,820			—			—			15,778
Total past due	52,107			27,343			—			—			79,450
Total current loans	7,408,519			666,224			28,514,148			12,718			36,601,609
Total recorded investment	$	7,460,626		$	693,567		$	28,514,148		$	12,718		$	36,681,059

Other delinquency statistics:
In process of foreclosure, included above²	$	4,150		$	2,396		$	—		$	—		$	6,546
Serious delinquency rate³	0.1		%	0.8		%	—		%	—		%	—		%
Past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest	$	—		$	5,820		$	—		$	—		$	5,820
Loans on non-accrual status⁴	$	13,417		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	13,417


¹	The recorded investment for credit products includes only advances. The recorded investment for all other credit products is insignificant.


²	Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu has been reported. Loans in process of foreclosure are included in past due or current loans dependent on their delinquency status.


³	Loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure expressed as a percentage of the total recorded investment for the portfolio class.


⁴	Loans on non-accrual status include $1,306,000 of troubled debt restructurings. Troubled debt restructurings are restructurings in which the FHLBank, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider.

Table 6.5 summarizes the key credit quality indicators for all of the FHLBank’s portfolio segments as of December 31, 2017 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 6.5



	12/31/2017
	Conventional Loans			Government Loans			Credit Products¹			Direct Financing Lease Receivable			Total
Recorded investment:
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	37,606		$	17,775		$	—		$	—		$	55,381
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	7,898			4,501			—			—			12,399
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	12,794			6,273			—			—			19,067
Total past due	58,298			28,549			—			—			86,847
Total current loans	6,552,971			682,833			26,330,455			14,833			33,581,092
Total recorded investment	$	6,611,269		$	711,382		$	26,330,455		$	14,833		$	33,667,939

Other delinquency statistics:
In process of foreclosure, included above²	$	4,167		$	1,595		$	—		$	—		$	5,762
Serious delinquency rate³	0.2		%	0.9		%	—		%	—		%	0.1		%
Past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest	$	—		$	6,273		$	—		$	—		$	6,273
Loans on non-accrual status⁴	$	16,570		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	16,570


¹	The recorded investment for credit products includes only advances. The recorded investment for all other credit products is insignificant.


²	Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu has been reported. Loans in process of foreclosure are included in past due or current loans dependent on their delinquency status.


³	Loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure expressed as a percentage of the total recorded investment for the portfolio class.


⁴	Loans on non-accrual status include $1,398,000 of troubled debt restructurings. Troubled debt restructurings are restructurings in which the FHLBank, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider.

Individually Evaluated Impaired Loans: Table 6.6 presents the recorded investment, UPB, and related allowance of impaired conventional mortgage loans individually assessed for impairment as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 6.6



	09/30/2018						12/31/2017
	Recorded Investment		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance		Recorded Investment		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance
With no related allowance	$	9,774	$	9,702	$	—	$	10,925	$	10,875	$	—
With an allowance	130		131		37		134		136		39
TOTAL	$	9,904	$	9,833	$	37	$	11,059	$	11,011	$	39

Table 6.7 presents the average recorded investment and related interest income recognized on these individually evaluated impaired loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

Table 6.7



	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018				09/30/2017					09/30/2018				09/30/2017
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized			Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
With no related allowance	$	10,189	$	55	$	9,917	$	53		$	10,457	$	165	$	10,819	$	181
With an allowance	130		—		137		(2		)	132		—		61		(6		)
TOTAL	$	10,319	$	55	$	10,054	$	51		$	10,589	$	165	$	10,880	$	175

The FHLBank had $2,407,000 and $2,539,000 classified as real estate owned (REO) recorded in other assets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

NOTE 7 – DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

Table 7.1 presents outstanding notional amounts and fair values of the derivatives outstanding by type of derivative and by hedge designation as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands). Total derivative assets and liabilities include the effect of netting adjustments and cash collateral.

Table 7.1



	09/30/2018								12/31/2017
	Notional Amount		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities			Notional Amount		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	$	8,264,461	$	133,456		$	24,190		$	7,219,084	$	56,159		$	19,971
Total derivatives designated as hedging relationships	8,264,461		133,456			24,190			7,219,084		56,159			19,971
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	2,476,973		35,818			26,204			3,529,299		3,243			21,672
Interest rate caps/floors	1,373,200		1,390			—			2,344,200		1,011			—
Mortgage delivery commitments	127,066		89			291			77,585		73			43
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	3,977,239		37,297			26,495			5,951,084		4,327			21,715
TOTAL	$	12,241,700	170,753			50,685			$	13,170,168	60,486			41,686
Netting adjustments and cash collateral¹			(131,471		)	(49,132		)			(23,456		)	(39,269		)
DERIVATIVE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES			$	39,282		$	1,553				$	37,030		$	2,417

Amounts represent the application of the netting requirements that allow the FHLBank to settle positive and negative positions cash collateral, including initial or certain variation margin, and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agent and/or derivative counterparty. Cash collateral posted was $65,205,000 and $56,508,000 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Cash collateral received was $147,544,000 and $40,695,000 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

The following tables provide information regarding gains and losses on derivatives and hedging activities by type of hedge and type of derivative, and gains and losses by hedged item for fair value hedges.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the FHLBank recorded net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities as presented in Table 7.2 (in thousands):

Table 7.2



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	$	(138	)	$	(49	)	$	(1,970	)	$	(3,243	)
Total net gains (losses) related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness	(138		)	(49		)	(1,970		)	(3,243		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Economic hedges:
Interest rate swaps	8,623			2,280			38,956			7,123
Interest rate caps/floors	(184		)	(392		)	378			(3,186		)
Net interest settlements	(1,192		)	(3,088		)	(4,592		)	(12,707		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	(710		)	913			(2,242		)	2,326
Total net gains (losses) related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	6,537			(287		)	32,500			(6,444		)
Other¹	(367		)	14			(869		)	6
NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES	$	6,032		$	(322	)	$	29,661		$	(9,681	)


¹	Amount represents price alignment amount on derivatives for which variation margin is characterized as a daily settled contract.

The FHLBank carries derivative instruments at fair value on its Statements of Condition. Any change in the fair value of derivatives designated under a fair value hedging relationship is recorded each period in current period earnings. Fair value hedge accounting allows for the offsetting fair value of the hedged risk in the hedged item to also be recorded in current period earnings. For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the FHLBank recorded net gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair value hedging relationships and the impact of those derivatives on the FHLBank’s net interest income as presented in Table 7.3 (in thousands):

Table 7.3



	Three Months Ended
	09/30/2018												09/30/2017
	Gains (Losses) on Derivatives			Gains (Losses) on Hedged Items			Net Fair Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income¹			Gains (Losses) on Derivatives			Gains (Losses) on Hedged Items			Net Fair Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income¹
Advances	$	14,450		$	(14,718	)	$	(268	)	$	3,363		$	10,854		$	(10,041	)	$	813		$	(10,538	)
Investments	15,622			(15,753		)	(131		)	510			(894		)	87			(807		)	(2,144		)
Consolidated obligation bonds	(1,457		)	1,718			261			(2,280		)	(2,745		)	2,690			(55		)	3,308
TOTAL	$	28,615		$	(28,753	)	$	(138	)	$	1,593		$	7,215		$	(7,264	)	$	(49	)	$	(9,374	)


¹	The differentials between accruals of interest receivables and payables on derivatives designated as fair value hedges as well as the amortization/accretion of hedging activities are recognized as adjustments to the interest income or expense of the designated underlying hedged item.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the FHLBank recorded net gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair value hedging relationships and the impact of those derivatives on the FHLBank’s net interest income as presented in Table 7.4 (in thousands):

Table 7.4



	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018												09/30/2017
	Gains (Losses) on Derivatives			Gains (Losses) on Hedged Items			Net Fair Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income¹			Gains (Losses) on Derivatives			Gains (Losses) on Hedged Items			Net Fair Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income¹
Advances	$	80,576		$	(82,848	)	$	(2,272	)	$	1,140		$	23,985		$	(24,007	)	$	(22	)	$	(40,965	)
Investments	64,451			(64,036		)	415			(752		)	(6,508		)	4,412			(2,096		)	(7,058		)
Consolidated obligation bonds	(22,628		)	22,515			(113		)	(2,700		)	(4,623		)	3,534			(1,089		)	12,468
Consolidated obligation discount notes	—			—			—			—			16			(52		)	(36		)	(15		)
TOTAL	$	122,399		$	(124,369	)	$	(1,970	)	$	(2,312	)	$	12,870		$	(16,113	)	$	(3,243	)	$	(35,570	)


¹	The differentials between accruals of interest receivables and payables on derivatives designated as fair value hedges as well as the amortization/accretion of hedging activities are recognized as adjustments to the interest income or expense of the designated underlying hedged item.

Based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, FHLBank management does not anticipate any credit losses on its derivative agreements. The maximum credit risk applicable to a single counterparty was $44,600,000 and $19,118,000 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The counterparty was the same for both periods.

For uncleared derivative transactions, the FHLBank has entered into bilateral security agreements with its non-member counterparties with bilateral-collateral-exchange provisions that require all credit exposures be collateralized, subject to minimum transfer amounts.

The FHLBank utilizes two Clearinghouses for all cleared derivative transactions, LCH Limited and CME Clearing. Effective January 16, 2018, LCH Limited made certain amendments to its rulebook changing the legal characterization of variation margin payments to be daily settlement payments rather than collateral, consistent with the amendment CME Clearing made effective January 3, 2017. At both Clearinghouses, initial margin is considered cash collateral. For cleared derivatives, the Clearinghouse determines initial margin requirements and generally, credit ratings are not factored into the initial margin. However, clearing agents may require additional initial margin to be posted based on credit considerations, including but not limited to credit rating downgrades. The FHLBank was not required to post additional initial margin by its clearing agents as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

The FHLBank’s net exposure on derivative agreements is presented in Note 10.

NOTE 8 – DEPOSITS

The FHLBank offers demand, overnight and short-term deposit programs to its members and to other qualifying non-members. Table 8.1 details the types of deposits held by the FHLBank as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 8.1



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Interest-bearing:
Demand	$	261,256	$	246,831
Overnight	140,200		161,900
Total interest-bearing	401,456		408,731
Non-interest-bearing:
Other	44,826		53,038
Total non-interest-bearing	44,826		53,038
TOTAL DEPOSITS	$	446,282	$	461,769

NOTE 9 – CONSOLIDATED OBLIGATIONS

Consolidated Obligation Bonds: Table 9.1 presents the FHLBank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds outstanding as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 9.1



	09/30/2018					12/31/2017
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Interest Rate		Amount			Weighted Average Interest Rate
Due in one year or less	$	10,276,800		1.96	%	$	11,098,440		1.40	%
Due after one year through two years	6,591,850			2.08		6,001,000			1.46
Due after two years through three years	2,112,300			2.03		1,240,300			1.60
Due after three years through four years	1,021,150			2.15		1,249,050			1.66
Due after four years through five years	1,192,200			2.41		865,650			1.97
Thereafter	4,663,400			2.83		4,053,100			2.57
Total par value	25,857,700			2.18	%	24,507,540			1.65	%
Premiums	17,492					19,795
Discounts	(3,857		)			(2,843		)
Concession fees	(11,629		)			(9,753		)
Hedging adjustments	(22,786		)			(271		)
TOTAL	$	25,836,920				$	24,514,468

The FHLBank issues optional principal redemption bonds (callable bonds) that may be redeemed in whole or in part at the discretion of the FHLBank on predetermined call dates in accordance with terms of bond offerings. The FHLBank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds outstanding as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 includes callable bonds totaling $8,262,000,000 and $6,452,000,000, respectively. The FHLBank uses the unswapped callable bonds for financing its callable fixed rate advances (Note 4), MBS (Note 3) and mortgage loans (Note 5). Contemporaneous with a portion of its fixed rate callable bond issuances, the FHLBank also enters into interest rate swap agreements (in which the FHLBank generally pays a variable rate and receives a fixed rate) with call features that mirror the options in the callable bonds (a sold callable swap). The combined sold callable swap and callable debt transaction allows the FHLBank to obtain attractively priced variable rate financing. Table 9.2 summarizes the FHLBank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds outstanding by year of maturity, or by the next call date for callable bonds as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 9.2



Year of Maturity or Next Call Date	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Due in one year or less	$	18,040,800	$	17,243,440
Due after one year through two years	6,026,850		5,460,000
Due after two years through three years	677,300		830,300
Due after three years through four years	301,150		259,050
Due after four years through five years	272,200		280,650
Thereafter	539,400		434,100
TOTAL PAR VALUE	$	25,857,700	$	24,507,540

Table 9.3 summarizes interest rate payment terms for consolidated obligation bonds as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 9.3



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Fixed rate	$	12,632,700	$	10,597,540
Simple variable rate	12,235,000		12,900,000
Fixed to variable rate	515,000		535,000
Step	460,000		430,000
Range	15,000		45,000
TOTAL PAR VALUE	$	25,857,700	$	24,507,540

Consolidated Discount Notes: Table 9.4 summarizes the FHLBank’s participation in consolidated obligation discount notes, all of which are due within one year (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 9.4



	Book Value		Par Value		Weighted Average Interest Rate¹
September 30, 2018	$	22,417,330	$	22,445,506	2.04	%

December 31, 2017	$	20,420,651	$	20,445,225	1.23	%


¹	Represents yield to maturity excluding concession fees.

NOTE 10 – ASSETS AND LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO OFFSETTING

The FHLBank presents certain financial instruments, including derivatives, repurchase agreements and securities purchased under agreements to resell, on a net basis by clearing agent by Clearinghouse, or by counterparty, when it has met the netting requirements. For these financial instruments, the FHLBank has elected to offset its asset and liability positions, as well as cash collateral, including initial and certain variation margin, received or pledged, and associated accrued interest.

The FHLBank has analyzed the enforceability of offsetting rights incorporated in its cleared derivative transactions and determined that the exercise of those offsetting rights by a non-defaulting party under these transactions should be upheld under applicable law upon an event of default including a bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar proceeding involving the Clearinghouse or clearing agent, or both. Based on this analysis, the FHLBank presents a net derivative receivable or payable for all of its transactions through a particular clearing agent with a particular Clearinghouse.

Tables 10.1 and 10.2 present the fair value of financial assets, including the related collateral received from or pledged to clearing agents or counterparties, based on the terms of the FHLBank’s master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 10.1



09/30/2018
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Condition			Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Condition		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Condition¹			Net Amount
Derivative assets:
Uncleared derivatives	$	170,589	$	(164,723	)	$	5,866	$	(3,602	)	$	2,264
Cleared derivatives	164		33,252			33,416		—			33,416
Total derivative assets	170,753		(131,471		)	39,282		(3,602		)	35,680
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,985,022		—			3,985,022		(3,985,022		)	—
TOTAL	$	4,155,775	$	(131,471	)	$	4,024,304	$	(3,988,624	)	$	35,680


¹	Represents noncash collateral received on financial instruments that: (1) do not qualify for netting on the Statement of Condition; or (2) are not subject to an enforceable netting agreement (e.g., mortgage delivery commitments).

Table 10.2



12/31/2017
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Condition			Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Condition		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Condition¹			Net Amount
Derivative assets:
Uncleared derivatives	$	54,164	$	(52,330	)	$	1,834	$	(73	)	$	1,761
Cleared derivatives	6,322		28,874			35,196		—			35,196
Total derivative assets	60,486		(23,456		)	37,030		(73		)	36,957
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,161,446		—			3,161,446		(3,161,446		)	—
TOTAL	$	3,221,932	$	(23,456	)	$	3,198,476	$	(3,161,519	)	$	36,957


¹	Represents noncash collateral received on financial instruments that: (1) do not qualify for netting on the Statement of Condition; or (2) are not subject to an enforceable netting agreement (e.g., mortgage delivery commitments).

Tables 10.3 and 10.4 present the fair value of financial liabilities, including the related collateral received from or pledged to counterparties, based on the terms of the FHLBank’s master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 10.3



09/30/2018
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Condition			Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Condition		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Condition¹			Net Amount
Derivative liabilities:
Uncleared derivatives	$	48,512	$	(46,959	)	$	1,553	$	(291	)	$	1,262
Cleared derivatives	2,173		(2,173		)	—		—			—
Total derivative liabilities	50,685		(49,132		)	1,553		(291		)	1,262
TOTAL	$	50,685	$	(49,132	)	$	1,553	$	(291	)	$	1,262


¹	Represents noncash collateral received on financial instruments that: (1) do not qualify for netting on the Statement of Condition; or (2) are not subject to an enforceable netting agreement (e.g., mortgage delivery commitments).

Table 10.4



12/31/2017
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Condition			Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Condition		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Condition¹			Net Amount
Derivative liabilities:
Uncleared derivatives	$	31,805	$	(29,388	)	$	2,417	$	(43	)	$	2,374
Cleared derivatives	9,881		(9,881		)	—		—			—
Total derivative liabilities	41,686		(39,269		)	2,417		(43		)	2,374
TOTAL	$	41,686	$	(39,269	)	$	2,417	$	(43	)	$	2,374


¹	Represents noncash collateral received on financial instruments that: (1) do not qualify for netting on the Statement of Condition; or (2) are not subject to an enforceable netting agreement (e.g., mortgage delivery commitments).

NOTE 11 – CAPITAL

Capital Requirements: The FHLBank is subject to three capital requirements under the provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) capital structure regulation. Regulatory capital does not include AOCI but does include mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

•

Risk-based capital. The FHLBank must maintain at all times permanent capital in an amount at least equal to the sum of its credit risk, market risk and operations risk capital requirements. The risk-based capital requirements are all calculated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FHFA. Only permanent capital, defined as Class B Common Stock and retained earnings, can be used by the FHLBank to satisfy its risk-based capital requirement. The FHFA may require the FHLBank to maintain a greater amount of permanent capital than is required by the risk-based capital requirement as defined, but the FHFA has not placed any such requirement on the FHLBank to date.

•

Total regulatory capital. The GLB Act requires the FHLBank to maintain at all times at least a 4.0 percent total capital-to-asset ratio. Total regulatory capital is defined as the sum of permanent capital, Class A Common Stock, any general loss allowance, if consistent with GAAP and not established for specific assets, and other amounts from sources determined by the FHFA as available to absorb losses.


•	Leverage capital. The FHLBank is required to maintain at all times a leverage capital-to-assets ratio of at least 5.0 percent, with the leverage capital ratio defined as the sum of permanent capital weighted 1.5 times and non-permanent capital (currently only Class A Common Stock) weighted 1.0 times, divided by total assets.

Table 11.1 illustrates that the FHLBank was in compliance with its regulatory capital requirements as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 11.1



	09/30/2018						12/31/2017
	Required			Actual			Required			Actual
Regulatory capital requirements:
Risk-based capital	$	529,187		$	2,177,822		$	380,750		$	2,248,599
Total regulatory capital-to-asset ratio	4.0		%	4.6		%	4.0		%	5.2		%
Total regulatory capital	$	2,051,894		$	2,362,475		$	1,923,064		$	2,485,757
Leverage capital ratio	5.0		%	6.7		%	5.0		%	7.5		%
Leverage capital	$	2,564,867		$	3,451,387		$	2,403,830		$	3,610,056

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock: The FHLBank is a cooperative whose members own most of the FHLBank’s capital stock. Former members (including certain non-members that own FHLBank capital stock as a result of merger or acquisition, relocation, charter termination, or involuntary termination of an FHLBank member) own the remaining capital stock to support business transactions still carried on the FHLBank's statement of condition. Shares cannot be purchased or sold except between the FHLBank and its members at a price equal to the $100 per share par value. If a member cancels its written notice of redemption or notice of withdrawal, the FHLBank will reclassify mandatorily redeemable capital stock from a liability to equity. After the reclassification, dividends on the capital stock would no longer be classified as interest expense.

Table 11.2 presents a roll-forward of mandatorily redeemable capital stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

Table 11.2



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Balance, beginning of period	$	4,578		$	6,186		$	5,312		$	2,670
Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity during the period	215,107			202,595			893,545			626,508
Redemption or repurchase of mandatorily redeemable capital stock during the period	(215,206		)	(203,410		)	(894,494		)	(623,872		)
Stock dividend classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock during the period	57			68			173			133
Balance, end of period	$	4,536		$	5,439		$	4,536		$	5,439

Table 11.3 shows the amount of mandatorily redeemable capital stock by contractual year of redemption as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands). The year of redemption in Table 11.3 is the end of the redemption period in accordance with the FHLBank’s capital plan. The FHLBank is not required to redeem or repurchase membership stock until six months (for Class A Common Stock) or five years (for Class B Common Stock) after the FHLBank receives notice for withdrawal from the member. Additionally, the FHLBank is not required to redeem or repurchase activity-based stock until any activity-based stock becomes excess stock as a result of an activity no longer remaining outstanding. However, the FHLBank intends to repurchase the excess activity-based stock of non-members to the extent that it can do so and still meet its regulatory capital requirements.

Table 11.3



Contractual Year of Repurchase	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Year 1	$	—	$	1
Year 2	—		—
Year 3	1		—
Year 4	2,700		245
Year 5	—		3,039
Past contractual redemption date due to remaining activity¹	1,835		2,027
TOTAL	$	4,536	$	5,312


¹	Represents mandatorily redeemable capital stock that is past the end of the contractual redemption period because there is activity outstanding to which the mandatorily redeemable capital stock relates.

Excess Capital Stock: Excess capital stock is defined as the amount of stock held by a member (or former member) in excess of that institution’s minimum stock purchase requirement. FHFA rules limit the ability of the FHLBank to create excess member stock under certain circumstances. For example, the FHLBank may not pay dividends in the form of capital stock or issue new excess stock to members if the FHLBank’s excess stock exceeds one percent of its total assets or if the issuance of excess stock would cause the FHLBank’s excess stock to exceed one percent of its total assets. As of September 30, 2018, the FHLBank’s excess stock was less than one percent of total assets.

Capital Classification Determination: The FHFA determines each FHLBank’s capital classification on at least a quarterly basis. If an FHLBank is determined to be other than adequately capitalized, the FHLBank becomes subject to additional supervisory authority by the FHFA. Before implementing a reclassification, the Director of the FHFA is required to provide the FHLBank with written notice of the proposed action and an opportunity to submit a response. As of the most recent review by the FHFA for the second quarter of 2018, the FHLBank was classified as adequately capitalized.

NOTE 12 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Table 12.1 summarizes the changes in AOCI for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

Table 12.1



	Three Months Ended
	Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities		Net Non-credit Portion of OTTI Gains (Losses) on Held-to-maturity Securities			Defined Benefit Pension Plan			Total AOCI
Balance at June 30, 2017	$	21,212	$	(5,021	)	$	(2,812	)	$	13,379
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification:
Unrealized gains (losses)	1,452								1,452
Non-credit OTTI losses			(26		)				(26		)
Accretion of non-credit loss			321						321
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:
Non-credit OTTI to credit OTTI¹			282						282
Amortization of net losses - defined benefit pension plan²						58			58
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	1,452		577			58			2,087
Balance at September 30, 2017	$	22,664	$	(4,444	)	$	(2,754	)	$	15,466

Balance at June 30, 2018	$	29,628	$	(3,655	)	$	(1,373	)	$	24,600
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification:
Unrealized gains (losses)	3,694								3,694
Accretion of non-credit loss			30						30
Non-credit losses included in basis of securities sold			3,625						3,625
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:
Amortization of net losses - defined benefit pension plan²						5			5
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	3,694		3,655			5			7,354
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	33,322	$	—		$	(1,368	)	$	31,954


¹	Recorded in “Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities” on the Statements of Income. Amount represents a debit (decrease to other income (loss)).


²	Recorded in “Other” non-interest expense on the Statements of Income. Amount represents a debit (increase to other expenses).

Table 12.2 summarizes the changes in AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

Table 12.2



	Nine Months Ended
	Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities		Net Non-credit Portion of OTTI Gains (Losses) on Held-to-maturity Securities			Defined Benefit Pension Plan			Total AOCI
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	9,345	$	(5,841	)	$	(2,927	)	$	577
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification:
Unrealized gains (losses)	13,319								13,319
Non-credit OTTI losses			(30		)				(30		)
Accretion of non-credit loss			1,027						1,027
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:
Non-credit OTTI to credit OTTI¹			400						400
Amortization of net losses - defined benefit pension plan²						173			173
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	13,319		1,397			173			14,889
Balance at September 30, 2017	$	22,664	$	(4,444	)	$	(2,754	)	$	15,466

Balance at December 31, 2017	$	31,206	$	(4,163	)	$	(1,385	)	$	25,658
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification:
Unrealized gains (losses)	2,116								2,116
Accretion of non-credit loss			513						513
Non-credit losses included in basis of securities sold			3,625						3,625
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income (loss) to net income:
Non-credit OTTI to credit OTTI¹			25						25
Amortization of net losses - defined benefit pension plan²						17			17
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	2,116		4,163			17			6,296
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	33,322	$	—		$	(1,368	)	$	31,954


¹	Recorded in “Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities” on the Statements of Income. Amount represents a debit (decrease to other income (loss)).


²	Recorded in “Other” non-interest expense on the Statements of Income. Amount represents a debit (increase to other expenses).

NOTE 13 – FAIR VALUES

The fair value amounts recorded on the Statements of Condition and presented in the note disclosures have been determined by the FHLBank using available market and other pertinent information and reflect the FHLBank’s best judgment of appropriate valuation methods. Although the FHLBank uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of its financial instruments, there are inherent limitations in any valuation technique. Therefore, the fair values may not be indicative of the amounts that would have been realized in market transactions as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Subjectivity of Estimates: Estimates of the fair value of advances with options, mortgage instruments, derivatives with embedded options and consolidated obligation bonds with options are highly subjective and require judgments regarding significant matters such as the amount and timing of future cash flows, prepayment speed assumptions, expected interest rate volatility, methods to determine possible distributions of future interest rates used to value options, and the selection of discount rates that appropriately reflect market and credit risks. The use of different assumptions could have a material effect on the fair value estimates.

Fair Value Hierarchy: The FHLBank records trading securities, available-for-sale securities, derivative assets and derivative liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis and on occasion, certain private-label MBS, impaired mortgage loans held for portfolio and non-financial assets on a non-recurring basis. The fair value hierarchy requires the FHLBank to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The inputs are evaluated and an overall level for the fair value measurement is determined. This overall level is an indication of the market observability of the fair value measurement for the asset or liability. The FHLBank must disclose the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements are classified for all assets and liabilities.

The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels:


•	Level 1 Inputs – Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the FHLBank can access on the measurement date.

•

Level 2 Inputs – Inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable inputs 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 and liabilities in active markets; (2) quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; (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 and implied volatilities); and (4) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.


•	Level 3 Inputs – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The FHLBank reviews its fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of the valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of certain assets or liabilities. There were no reclassifications of assets or liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.

The carrying value and fair value of the FHLBank’s financial assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are summarized in Tables 13.1 and 13.2 (in thousands):

Table 13.1



	09/30/2018
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment and Cash Collateral¹
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	20,500		$	20,500		$	20,500	$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	408,890			408,890			—		408,890			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,985,022			3,985,022			—		3,985,022			—		—
Federal funds sold	1,440,000			1,440,000			—		1,440,000			—		—
Trading securities	2,211,321			2,211,321			—		2,211,321			—		—
Available-for-sale securities	1,694,039			1,694,039			—		1,694,039			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities	4,700,737			4,696,704			—		4,611,176			85,528		—
Advances	28,471,709			28,460,186			—		28,460,186			—		—
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance	8,114,220			7,984,397			—		7,983,133			1,264		—
Accrued interest receivable	101,334			101,334			—		101,334			—		—
Derivative assets	39,282			39,282			—		170,753			—		(131,471		)
Liabilities:
Deposits	446,282			446,282			—		446,282			—		—
Consolidated obligation discount notes	22,417,330			22,415,638			—		22,415,638			—		—
Consolidated obligation bonds	25,836,920			25,495,145			—		25,495,145			—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	4,536			4,536			4,536		—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	91,102			91,102			—		91,102			—		—
Derivative liabilities	1,553			1,553			—		50,685			—		(49,132		)
Other Asset (Liability):
Industrial revenue bonds	35,000			31,251			—		31,251			—		—
Financing obligation payable	(35,000		)	(31,251		)	—		(31,251		)	—		—
Standby letters of credit	(1,181		)	(1,181		)	—		(1,181		)	—		—
Standby bond purchase agreements	(74		)	3,865			—		3,865			—		—
Advance commitments	—			(10,103		)	—		(10,103		)	—		—


¹	Represents the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the FHLBank to net settle positive and negative positions and also derivative cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agent or derivative counterparty.

Table 13.2



	12/31/2017
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment and Cash Collateral¹
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	268,050		$	268,050		$	268,050	$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	442,682			442,682			—		442,682			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,161,446			3,161,446			—		3,161,446			—		—
Federal funds sold	1,175,000			1,175,000			—		1,175,000			—		—
Trading securities	2,869,415			2,869,415			—		2,869,415			—		—
Available-for-sale securities	1,493,231			1,493,231			—		1,493,231			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities	4,856,825			4,856,996			—		4,690,582			166,414		—
Advances	26,295,849			26,306,432			—		26,306,432			—		—
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance	7,286,397			7,400,508			—		7,398,878			1,630		—
Accrued interest receivable	85,547			85,547			—		85,547			—		—
Derivative assets	37,030			37,030			—		60,486			—		(23,456		)
Liabilities:
Deposits	461,769			461,769			—		461,769			—		—
Consolidated obligation discount notes	20,420,651			20,419,168			—		20,419,168			—		—
Consolidated obligation bonds	24,514,468			24,374,595			—		24,374,595			—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	5,312			5,312			5,312		—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	56,116			56,116			—		56,116			—		—
Derivative liabilities	2,417			2,417			—		41,686			—		(39,269		)
Other Asset (Liability):
Industrial revenue bonds	29,000			27,137			—		27,137			—		—
Financing obligation payable	(29,000		)	(27,137		)	—		(27,137		)	—		—
Standby letters of credit	(1,246		)	(1,246		)	—		(1,246		)	—		—
Standby bond purchase agreements	385			2,812			—		2,812			—		—
Advance commitments	—			(8,069		)	—		(8,069		)	—		—


¹	Represents the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the FHLBank to net settle positive and negative positions and also derivative cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agent or derivative counterparty.

Fair Value Measurements: Tables 13.3 and 13.4 present, for each hierarchy level, the FHLBank’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring or nonrecurring basis on the Statements of Condition as of or for the periods ended September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands). The FHLBank measures certain held-to-maturity securities at fair value on a nonrecurring basis due to the recognition of a credit loss. For held-to-maturity securities that had credit impairment recorded during a period for which no total impairment was recorded (the full amount of additional credit impairment was a reclassification from non-credit impairment previously recorded in AOCI), these securities were recorded at their carrying values and not fair value. The FHLBank measures certain impaired mortgage loans held for portfolio at fair value on a nonrecurring basis when, upon individual evaluation for impairment, the estimated fair value less costs to sell is lower than the recorded investment. REO is initially recorded at fair value less estimated selling costs and is subsequently carried at the lower of that amount or current fair value.

Table 13.3



	09/30/2018
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting Adjustment and Cash Collateral¹
Recurring fair value measurements - Assets:
Trading securities:
Certificates of deposit	$	85,003	$	—	$	85,003	$	—	$	—
U.S. Treasury obligations	248,313		—		248,313		—		—
GSE obligations²	993,030		—		993,030		—		—
U.S. obligation MBS³	494		—		494		—		—
GSE MBS⁴	884,481		—		884,481		—		—
Total trading securities	2,211,321		—		2,211,321		—		—
Available-for-sale securities:
GSE MBS⁵	1,694,039		—		1,694,039		—		—
Total available-for-sale securities	1,694,039		—		1,694,039		—		—
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate related	39,193		—		170,664		—		(131,471		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	89		—		89		—		—
Total derivative assets	39,282		—		170,753		—		(131,471		)
TOTAL RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - ASSETS	$	3,944,642	$	—	$	4,076,113	$	—	$	(131,471	)

Recurring fair value measurements - Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities:
Interest-rate related	$	1,262	$	—	$	50,394	$	—	$	(49,132	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	291		—		291		—		—
Total derivative liabilities	1,553		—		50,685		—		(49,132		)
TOTAL RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - LIABILITIES	$	1,553	$	—	$	50,685	$	—	$	(49,132	)

Nonrecurring fair value measurements - Assets⁶:
Impaired mortgage loans	$	1,267	$	—	$	—	$	1,267	$	—
Real estate owned	1,283		—		—		1,283		—
TOTAL NONRECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - ASSETS	$	2,550	$	—	$	—	$	2,550	$	—


¹	Represents the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the FHLBank to net settle positive and negative positions and also derivative cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agent or derivative counterparty.


²	Represents debentures issued by other FHLBanks, Fannie Mae, Farm Credit and Farmer Mac.


³	Represents single-family MBS issued by Ginnie Mae.


⁴	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


⁵	Represents multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae.


⁶	Includes assets adjusted to fair value during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and still outstanding as of September 30, 2018.

Table 13.4



	12/31/2017
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting Adjustment and Cash Collateral¹
Recurring fair value measurements - Assets:
Trading securities:
Certificates of deposit	$	584,984	$	—	$	584,984	$	—	$	—
GSE obligations²	1,353,083		—		1,353,083		—		—
U.S. obligation MBS³	580		—		580		—		—
GSE MBS⁴	930,768		—		930,768		—		—
Total trading securities	2,869,415		—		2,869,415		—		—
Available-for-sale securities:
GSE MBS⁵	1,493,231		—		1,493,231		—		—
Total available-for-sale securities	1,493,231		—		1,493,231		—		—
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate related	36,957		—		60,413		—		(23,456		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	73		—		73		—		—
Total derivative assets	37,030		—		60,486		—		(23,456		)
TOTAL RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - ASSETS	$	4,399,676	$	—	$	4,423,132	$	—	$	(23,456	)

Recurring fair value measurements - Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities:
Interest-rate related	$	2,374	$	—	$	41,643	$	—	$	(39,269	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	43		—		43		—		—
Total derivative liabilities	2,417		—		41,686		—		(39,269		)
TOTAL RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - LIABILITIES	$	2,417	$	—	$	41,686	$	—	$	(39,269	)

Nonrecurring fair value measurements - Assets⁶:
Held-to-maturity securities:
Private-label residential MBS	$	4,097	$	—	$	—	$	4,097	$	—
Impaired mortgage loans	1,633		—		—		1,633		—
Real estate owned	1,031		—		—		1,031		—
TOTAL NONRECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - ASSETS	$	6,761	$	—	$	—	$	6,761	$	—


¹	Represents the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the FHLBank to net settle positive and negative positions and also derivative cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same clearing agent or derivative counterparty.


²	Represents debentures issued by other FHLBanks, Fannie Mae, Farm Credit and Farmer Mac.


³	Represents single-family MBS issued by Ginnie Mae.


⁴	Represents single-family and multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


⁵	Represents multi-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae.


⁶	Includes assets adjusted to fair value during the year ended December 31, 2017 and still outstanding as of December 31, 2017.

NOTE 14 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Joint and Several Liability: As provided in the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (Bank Act) or in FHFA regulations, consolidated obligations are backed only by the financial resources of the FHLBanks. FHLBank Topeka is jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on all of the consolidated obligations issued by the FHLBanks. The par amounts for which FHLBank Topeka is jointly and severally liable were approximately $970,840,151,000 and $989,306,996,000 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

The joint and several obligations are mandated by FHFA regulations and are not the result of arms-length transactions among the FHLBanks. As described above, the FHLBanks have no control over the amount of the guaranty or the determination of how each FHLBank would perform under the joint and several liability. Because the FHLBanks are subject to the authority of the FHFA as it relates to decisions involving the allocation of the joint and several liability for all FHLBanks' consolidated obligations, FHLBank Topeka regularly monitors the financial condition of the other FHLBanks to determine whether it should expect a loss to arise from its joint and several obligations. If the FHLBank were to determine that a loss was probable and the amount of the loss could be reasonably estimated, the FHLBank would charge to income the amount of the expected loss. Based upon the creditworthiness of the other FHLBanks as of September 30, 2018, FHLBank Topeka has concluded that a loss accrual is not necessary at this time.

Off-balance Sheet Commitments: As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, off-balance sheet commitments are presented in Table 14.1 (in thousands):

Table 14.1



	09/30/2018						12/31/2017
Notional Amount	Expire Within One Year		Expire After One Year		Total		Expire Within One Year		Expire After One Year		Total
Standby letters of credit outstanding	$	3,162,694	$	37,933	$	3,200,627	$	3,410,258	$	7,238	$	3,417,496
Advance commitments outstanding	83,475		63,055		146,530		70,025		99,475		169,500
Commitments for standby bond purchases	77,453		709,465		786,918		354,410		543,967		898,377
Commitments to fund or purchase mortgage loans	127,066		—		127,066		77,585		—		77,585
Commitments to issue consolidated bonds, at par	20,900		—		20,900		5,000		—		5,000
Commitments to issue consolidated discount notes, at par	9,380		—		9,380		—		—		—

Commitments to Extend Credit: The FHLBank issues standby letters of credit on behalf of its members to support certain obligations of the members to third-party beneficiaries. These standby letters of credit are subject to the same collateralization and borrowing limits that are applicable to advances and are fully collateralized with assets allowed by the FHLBank’s Member Products Policy (MPP). Standby letters of credit may be offered to assist members in facilitating residential housing finance, community lending, and asset-liability management, and to provide liquidity. In particular, members often use standby letters of credit as collateral for deposits from federal and state government agencies. Standby letters of credit are executed for members for a fee. If the FHLBank is required to make payment for a beneficiary's draw, the member either reimburses the FHLBank for the amount drawn or, subject to the FHLBank's discretion, the amount drawn may be converted into a collateralized advance to the member. However, standby letters of credit usually expire without being drawn upon. Standby letters of credit have original expiration periods of up to 10 years, currently expiring no later than 2023. Unearned fees as well as the value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit are recorded in other liabilities and amounted to $1,181,000 and $1,246,000 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Advance commitments legally bind and unconditionally obligate the FHLBank for additional advances up to 24 months in the future. Based upon management’s credit analysis of members and collateral requirements under the MPP, the FHLBank does not expect to incur any credit losses on the outstanding letters of credit or advance commitments.

Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements: The FHLBank has entered into standby bond purchase agreements with state housing authorities whereby the FHLBank, for a fee, agrees to purchase and hold the authorities’ bonds until the designated marketing agent can find a suitable investor or the housing authority repurchases the bond according to a schedule established by the standby agreement. Each standby agreement dictates the specific terms that would require the FHLBank to purchase the bond. The bond purchase commitments entered into by the FHLBank expire no later than 2021, though some are renewable at the option of the FHLBank. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the total commitments for bond purchases included agreements with two in-district state housing authorities. The FHLBank was not required to purchase any bonds under any agreements during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.

Commitments to Purchase Mortgage Loans: These commitments that unconditionally obligate the FHLBank to purchase mortgage loans from participating FHLBank Topeka members in the MPF Program are generally for periods not to exceed 60 calendar days. Certain commitments are recorded as derivatives at their fair values on the Statements of Condition. The FHLBank recorded mortgage delivery commitment net derivative asset (liability) balances of $(202,000) and $30,000 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Commitments to Issue Consolidated Obligations: The FHLBank enters into commitments to issue consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes outstanding in the normal course of its business. All settle within the shortest period possible and are considered regular way trades; thus, the commitments are appropriately not recorded as derivatives.

Other Commitments: On June 28, 2017, the FHLBank completed an industrial revenue bond financing transaction with Shawnee County, Kansas (County) that will provide property tax savings for 10 years on the FHLBank's new headquarters. In the transaction, the County acquired an interest in the land, improvements, building and equipment (collectively, the Project) by issuing up to $36,000,000 of industrial revenue bonds due December 31, 2027 (IRBs) and leased the Project to the FHLBank for an identical 127-month term under a financing lease. The IRBs are collateralized by the Project and the lease revenues for the related leasing transaction with the County. The IRBs were purchased by the FHLBank. The County assigned the lease to the bond trustee for the FHLBank's benefit as the sole holder of the IRBs. The FHLBank can prepay the IRBs at any time, but would forfeit its property tax benefit in the event the IRBs were to be prepaid. As a result, the land and building will remain a component of the property, plant and equipment in the FHLBank's statement of financial condition. The IRBs and the equivalent liability are included in the FHLBank's statement of financial condition in other assets and other liabilities, respectively. The FHLBank, as holder of the IRBs, is due interest at 2.0 percent per annum with interest payable annually in arrears on December 1, beginning December 1, 2018. This interest income is directly offset by the financing interest expense payments on the land and building, which are due at the same time and in the same amount as the interest income. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, $35,000,000 and $29,000,000, respectively, of the IRBs were issued and outstanding. A final disbursement of $6,000,000 occurred on August 8, 2018.

NOTE 15 – TRANSACTIONS WITH STOCKHOLDERS

The FHLBank is a cooperative whose members own most of the capital stock of the FHLBank and generally receive dividends on their investments. In addition, certain former members that still have outstanding transactions are also required to maintain their investments in FHLBank capital stock until the transactions mature or are paid off. Nearly all outstanding advances are with current members, and the majority of outstanding mortgage loans held for portfolio were purchased from current or former members. The FHLBank also maintains demand deposit accounts for members primarily to facilitate settlement activities that are directly related to advances and mortgage loan purchases.

Transactions with members are entered into in the ordinary course of business. In instances where members also have officers or directors who are directors of the FHLBank, transactions with those members are subject to the same eligibility and credit criteria, as well as the same terms and conditions, as other transactions with members. For financial reporting and disclosure purposes, the FHLBank defines related parties as FHLBank directors’ financial institutions and members with capital stock investments in excess of 10 percent of the FHLBank’s total regulatory capital stock outstanding, which includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

Activity with Members that Exceed a 10 Percent Ownership in FHLBank Capital Stock: Tables 15.1 and 15.2 present information on members that owned more than 10 percent of outstanding FHLBank regulatory capital stock as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (dollar amounts in thousands). None of the officers or directors of these members currently serve on the FHLBank’s board of directors.

Table 15.1



09/30/2018
Member Name	State	Total Class A Stock Par Value		Percent of Total Class A		Total Class B Stock Par Value		Percent of Total Class B		Total Capital Stock Par Value		Percent of Total Capital Stock
BOKF, N.A.	OK	$	500	0.3	%	$	269,512	21.0	%	$	270,012	18.4	%
MidFirst Bank	OK	500		0.3		265,912		20.7		266,412		18.1
TOTAL		$	1,000	0.6	%	$	535,424	41.7	%	$	536,424	36.5	%

Table 15.2



12/31/2017
Member Name	State	Total Class A Stock Par Value		Percent of Total Class A		Total Class B Stock Par Value		Percent of Total Class B		Total Capital Stock Par Value		Percent of Total Capital Stock
BOKF, N.A.	OK	$	27,450	11.6	%	$	251,750	17.9	%	$	279,200	17.0	%
MidFirst Bank	OK	500		0.2		229,014		16.3		229,514		13.9
Capitol Federal Savings Bank	KS	500		0.2		194,970		13.8		195,470		11.9
TOTAL		$	28,450	12.0	%	$	675,734	48.0	%	$	704,184	42.8	%

Advance and deposit balances with members that owned more than 10 percent of outstanding FHLBank regulatory capital stock as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are summarized in Table 15.3 (dollar amounts in thousands). The applicable columns are left blank if the member owned less than 10 percent of outstanding regulatory capital stock for the period presented.

Table 15.3



	09/30/2018				12/31/2017				09/30/2018				12/31/2017
Member Name	Outstanding Advances		Percent of Total		Outstanding Advances		Percent of Total		Outstanding Deposits		Percent of Total		Outstanding Deposits		Percent of Total
BOKF, N.A.	$	6,000,000	21.0	%	$	5,100,000	19.4	%	$	20,988	4.7	%	$	20,486	4.5	%
MidFirst Bank	5,920,000		20.7		5,100,000		19.4		234		0.1		266		0.1
Capitol Federal Savings Bank					2,175,000		8.3						262		0.1
TOTAL	$	11,920,000	41.7	%	$	12,375,000	47.1	%	$	21,222	4.8	%	$	21,014	4.7	%

BOKF, N.A. and MidFirst Bank did not sell any mortgage loans into the MPF Program during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. Capitol Federal Savings Bank did not sell any mortgage loans into the MPF Program during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Transactions with FHLBank Directors’ Financial Institutions: Table 15.4 presents information as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 for members that had an officer or director serving on the FHLBank’s board of directors (dollar amounts in thousands). Information is only included for the period in which the officer or director served on the FHLBank’s board of directors. Capital stock listed is regulatory capital stock, which includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

Table 15.4



	09/30/2018				12/31/2017
	Outstanding Amount		Percent of Total		Outstanding Amount		Percent of Total
Advances	$	142,624	0.5	%	$	168,017	0.6	%

Deposits	$	6,510	1.5	%	$	9,138	2.0	%

Class A Common Stock	$	3,998	2.2	%	$	4,829	2.0	%
Class B Common Stock	4,298		0.3		7,693		0.5
TOTAL CAPITAL STOCK	$	8,296	0.6	%	$	12,522	0.8	%

Table 15.5 presents mortgage loans acquired during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 for members that had an officer or director serving on the FHLBank’s board of directors in 2018 or 2017 (dollar amounts in thousands). Information is only included for the period in which the officer or director served on the FHLBank’s board of directors.

Table 15.5



	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018				09/30/2017				09/30/2018				09/30/2017
	Amount		Percent of Total		Amount		Percent of Total		Amount		Percent of Total		Amount		Percent of Total
Mortgage loans acquired	$	24,676	4.3	%	$	30,912	6.6	%	$	80,047	5.2	%	$	85,904	7.6	%

Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is intended to assist the reader in understanding our business and assessing our operations both historically and prospectively. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our interim financial statements and related notes presented under Part I Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which includes audited financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2017. Our MD&A includes the following sections:


•	Executive Level Overview – a general description of our business and financial highlights;


•	Financial Market Trends – a discussion of current trends in the financial markets and overall economic environment, including the related impact on our operations;


•	Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates – a discussion of accounting policies that require critical estimates and assumptions;


•	Results of Operations – an analysis of our operating results, including disclosures about the sustainability of our earnings;


•	Financial Condition – an analysis of our financial position;


•	Liquidity and Capital Resources – an analysis of our cash flows and capital position;


•	Risk Management – a discussion of our risk management strategies;


•	Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards; and


•	Legislative and Regulatory Developments.

Executive Level Overview

We are a regional wholesale bank that makes advances (loans) to, purchases mortgage loans from, and provides limited other financial services primarily to our members. The FHLBanks, together with the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks, make up the FHLBank System, which consists of 11 district FHLBanks. 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 FHLBanks are supervised and regulated by the FHFA, an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The FHFA’s mission is to ensure that the housing GSEs operate in a safe and sound manner so that they serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for housing finance and community investment.

Our primary funding source is consolidated obligations issued through the FHLBanks’ Office of Finance that facilitates the issuance and servicing of the consolidated obligations. The FHFA and the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury oversee the issuance of FHLBank debt. Consolidated obligations are debt instruments that constitute the joint and several obligations of all FHLBanks. Although consolidated obligations are not obligations of, nor guaranteed by, the U.S. government, the capital markets have traditionally viewed the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations as “Federal agency” debt. As a result, the FHLBanks have historically had ready access to funding at relatively favorable spreads to U.S. Treasuries. Additional funds are provided by deposits (received from both member and non-member financial institutions), other borrowings, and the issuance of capital stock.

We serve eligible financial institutions in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma (collectively, the Tenth District of the FHLBank System), who are also the member-owners of the FHLBank. Initially, a member is required to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock based on the member’s total assets subject to a per member cap of $500 thousand. Each member may be required to purchase activity-based capital stock (Class B Common Stock) as it engages in certain business activities with the FHLBank, including advances, standby letters of credit, and Acquired Member Assets (AMA), at levels determined by management with the Board of Director’s approval and within the ranges stipulated in our Capital Plan. Currently, our capital increases when members are required to purchase additional capital stock in the form of Class B Common Stock to support an increase in their advance borrowings. In the past, capital stock also increased when members sold additional mortgage loans to us; however, members are no longer required to purchase capital stock for AMA activity, as the mortgage loans are supported by the retained earnings of the FHLBank (former members previously required to purchase AMA activity-based stock are subject to the prior requirement as long as there are UPBs outstanding). At our discretion, we may repurchase excess stock if there is a decline in a member’s advances. We believe it is important to manage our business and the associated risks so that we strive to provide franchise value by maintaining a core mission asset focus and meeting the following objectives: (1) achieve our liquidity, housing finance and community development missions by meeting member credit needs by offering advances, supporting residential mortgage lending through the MPF Program and through other products; (2) periodically repurchase excess capital stock in order to appropriately manage the size of our balance sheet; and (3) pay acceptable dividends.

Table 1 presents Selected Financial Data for the periods indicated (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 1



	09/30/2018			06/30/2018			03/31/2018			12/31/2017			09/30/2017
Statement of Condition (as of period end):
Total assets	$	51,297,350		$	51,753,369		$	53,149,849		$	48,076,605		$	49,361,189
Investments¹	14,440,009			14,968,579			18,437,771			13,998,599			13,767,184
Advances	28,471,709			28,705,448			26,978,350			26,295,849			28,319,226
Mortgage loans, net²	8,114,220			7,807,487			7,465,604			7,286,397			7,055,239
Total liabilities	48,907,457			49,356,700			50,666,764			45,570,502			47,062,581
Deposits	446,282			453,652			623,322			461,769			550,627
Consolidated obligation discount notes, net³	22,417,330			21,748,221			22,606,383			20,420,651			21,280,938
Consolidated obligation bonds, net³	25,836,920			26,969,184			27,236,839			24,514,468			25,070,225
Total consolidated obligations, net³	48,254,250			48,717,405			49,843,222			44,935,119			46,351,163
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	4,536			4,578			5,029			5,312			5,439
Total capital	2,389,893			2,396,669			2,483,085			2,506,103			2,298,608
Capital stock	1,463,923			1,496,279			1,598,736			1,640,039			1,467,001
Total retained earnings	894,016			875,790			854,241			840,406			816,141
AOCI	31,954			24,600			30,108			25,658			15,466
Statement of Income (for the quarterly period ended):
Net interest income	67,659			68,884			66,479			69,132			68,927
(Reversal) provision for credit losses on mortgage loans	(391		)	16			30			10			(171		)
Other income (loss)	(1,500		)	(2,538		)	(6,987		)	1,493			5,461
Other expenses	20,428			15,493			15,465			16,872			19,535
Income before assessments	46,122			50,837			43,997			53,743			55,024
Affordable Housing Program (AHP) assessments	4,618			5,089			4,406			5,380			5,510
Net income	41,504			45,748			39,591			48,363			49,514
Selected Financial Ratios and Other Financial Data (for the quarterly period ended):
Dividends paid in cash⁴	69			197			70			68			66
Dividends paid in stock⁴	23,209			24,002			25,686			24,030			23,713
Weighted average dividend rate⁵	6.32		%	5.99		%	6.01		%	5.78		%	5.81		%
Dividend payout ratio⁶	56.09		%	52.89		%	65.05		%	49.83		%	48.03		%
Return on average equity	6.89		%	7.25		%	6.10		%	7.62		%	8.00		%
Return on average assets	0.32		%	0.33		%	0.28		%	0.35		%	0.36		%
Average equity to average assets	4.67		%	4.53		%	4.58		%	4.63		%	4.52		%
Net interest margin⁷	0.53		%	0.50		%	0.47		%	0.51		%	0.51		%
Total capital ratio⁸	4.66		%	4.63		%	4.67		%	5.21		%	4.66		%
Regulatory capital ratio⁹	4.61		%	4.59		%	4.62		%	5.17		%	4.64		%


¹	Includes trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell and Federal funds sold.


²	The allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans was $656,000, $1,029,000, $1,057,000, $1,208,000 and $1,408,000 as of September 30, 2018, June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively.


³	Consolidated obligations are bonds and discount notes that we are primarily liable to repay. See Note 14 to the financial statements for a description of the total consolidated obligations of all FHLBanks for which we are jointly and severally liable.


⁴	Dividends reclassified as interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock and not included as dividends recorded in accordance with GAAP were $58,000, $56,000, $61,000, $60,000 and $69,000 for the quarters ended September 30, 2018, June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively.


⁵	Dividends paid in cash and stock on both classes of stock as a percentage of average capital stock eligible for dividends.


⁶	Ratio disclosed represents dividends declared and paid during the period as a percentage of net income for the period presented, although the FHFA regulation requires dividends be paid out of known income prior to declaration date.


⁷	Net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets.


⁸	GAAP capital stock, which excludes mandatorily redeemable capital stock, plus retained earnings and AOCI as a percentage of total assets.


⁹	Regulatory capital (i.e., Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and retained earnings) as a percentage of total assets.

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was $41.5 million compared to $49.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017. The $8.0 million, or 16.2 percent, decrease in net income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year period was primarily due to a decline of $8.5 million in the net fair value of trading securities and derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting (economic derivatives) and a $1.3 million decrease in net interest income. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $126.8 million compared to $148.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The $22.0 million, or 14.8 percent, decrease in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year period was also driven by net fair value declines in trading securities and economic derivatives, which resulted in a net decline of $27.6 million, partially offset by a $2.1 million increase in net interest income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the fair value net losses on trading securities were due to increases in mortgage and U.S. Treasury interest rates, which were partially offset by the positive fair value fluctuations for the related interest rate swaps caused by the increase in LIBOR between periods. Further, the relationship between one- and three-month LIBOR for both the three- and nine-month periods caused fair value losses on basis swaps economically hedging consolidated obligations. The $1.3 million decrease in net interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2017 was due primarily to a decline in the average balance of advances between periods driven by a change in the relationship between certain short-term rates and the resulting increase in advance rates. The $2.1 million increase in net interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 when compared to the same period in 2017 was due primarily to a decrease in net premium amortization expense on the mortgage loan portfolio between periods. Detailed discussion relating to the fluctuations in net interest income can be found under this Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations.”

Total assets increased $3.2 billion, or 6.7 percent, from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018. This increase was primarily a result of increases in advances and mortgage loans. The $2.2 billion, or 8.3 percent, increase in advances during the nine-month period was due mostly to growth in our adjustable rate advances, including line of credit advances. The $0.8 billion, or 11.4 percent, increase in mortgage loans was attributed primarily to the addition of a few PFIs that generate relatively higher volumes of mortgage originations and resulted in an increase in the volume of purchases from our top five PFIs during the nine-month period.

Total liabilities increased $3.3 billion, or 7.3 percent, from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018. This increase was primarily due to a $1.3 billion increase in consolidated obligation bonds and a $2.0 billion increase in consolidated obligation discount notes. Our funding mix generally is driven by asset composition, but we may also shift our debt composition as a result of market conditions that impact the cost of consolidated obligations swapped or indexed to LIBOR. Short-term advances, including line of credit advances, represent the majority of the assets funded by term discount notes. We also use term and overnight discount notes to fund overnight investments to maintain liquidity sufficient to meet the advance needs of members. For additional information, see Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Financial Condition.”

The decrease in net income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year period resulted in a decrease in return on average equity (ROE), from 8.00 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to 6.89 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2018, despite a decrease in average capital. The $22.0 million decrease in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year period combined with an increase in average capital for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year period also resulted in a decrease in ROE, from 8.37 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to 6.74 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Dividends paid to members totaled $73.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to $67.9 million for the same period in the prior year. The weighted average dividend rate increased to 6.10 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from 5.76 percent for the prior year period primarily due to increases in the dividend rates on our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock between periods and differences in the mix of outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The Class A Common Stock dividend rate increased from 1.25 percent to 2.00 percent and the Class B Common Stock dividend rate increased from 6.50 percent to 7.25 percent between September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2018. Our dividend payout ratio increased to 57.7 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, from 45.6 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 due to the increases in the dividend rates between periods, combined with the decrease in net income. Other factors impacting the outstanding stock class mix and, therefore, the average dividend rates, include weekly exchanges of excess Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock and periodic repurchases of excess Class A Common Stock (see “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital” under this Item 2).

FHFA guidance requires that our strategic business plan describes how our business activities will achieve our mission consistent with the FHFA’s core mission asset guidance. We intend to manage our balance sheet with an emphasis towards maintaining a core mission assets ratio above 70 percent. Our ratio of average advances and average mortgage loans to average consolidated obligations based on par balances (core mission assets ratio) was 75 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. However, because this ratio is dependent on several variables such as member demand for our advance and mortgage loan products, it is possible that we will be unable to maintain the core mission assets ratio at this level indefinitely.

Financial Market Trends

The primary external factors that affect net interest income are market interest rates and the general state of the economy.

General discussion of the level of market interest rates:

Table 2 presents selected market interest rates as of the dates or for the periods shown.

Table 2



	09/30/2018		09/30/2017		09/30/2018		09/30/2017
Market Instrument	Three-month		Three-month		Nine-month		Nine-month		09/30/2018		12/31/2017		09/30/2017
Market Instrument	Average		Average		Average		Average		Ending Rate		Ending Rate		Ending Rate
Federal funds effective rate¹	1.92	%	1.16	%	1.70	%	0.94	%	2.18	%	1.33	%	1.06%
Federal Reserve interest rate on excess reserves¹	1.96		1.25		1.76		1.03		2.20		1.50		1.25
3-month U.S. Treasury bill¹	2.06		1.05		1.83		0.85		2.20		1.38		1.05
3-month LIBOR¹	2.34		1.31		2.20		1.20		2.40		1.69		1.33
2-year U.S. Treasury note¹	2.66		1.36		2.43		1.30		2.82		1.89		1.47
5-year U.S. Treasury note¹	2.81		1.81		2.70		1.85		2.95		2.21		1.91
10-year U.S. Treasury note¹	2.92		2.24		2.87		2.31		3.06		2.41		2.32
30-year residential mortgage note rate²	4.83		4.13		4.72		4.23		4.96		4.22		4.12


¹	Source is Bloomberg.


²	Mortgage Bankers Association weekly 30-year fixed rate mortgage contract rate obtained from Bloomberg.

During the third quarter of 2018, the cost of FHLBank consolidated obligations as measured by the spread to comparative U.S. Treasury rates and LIBOR remained relatively stable. The yield curve has flattened, which makes shorter-term debt more expensive relative to longer-term structures. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) increased the overnight Federal funds rate at its September 2018 meeting and market participants are assigning a high probability of an additional increase in 2018 amidst a backdrop of accelerated economic conditions. During the September 2018 meeting, the FOMC also reaffirmed its plan to reinvest reduced amounts of principal payments from its holdings of GSE debt, GSE MBS, and U.S. Treasury securities. We issue debt at a spread above U.S. Treasury securities; as a result, higher interest rates increase the cost of issuing FHLBank consolidated obligations and increase the cost of advances to our members and housing associates. For further discussion, see this Item 2 – “Financial Condition – Consolidated Obligations.”

In July 2017, the Chief Executive of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has regulated LIBOR since April 2013, announced the FCA’s intention to cease sustaining LIBOR after 2021. In response, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) convened the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) to identify a set of alternative reference interest rates for possible use as market benchmarks. The ARRC has identified SOFR as such an alternative rate and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began publishing SOFR rates in the second quarter of 2018. SOFR is based on a broad segment of the overnight U.S. Treasuries repurchase market and is intended to be a measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.

Many of our assets and liabilities are indexed to LIBOR. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of the eventual replacement of the LIBOR benchmark interest rate, including the possibility of SOFR as the replacement. We expect to be prepared to participate in SOFR-indexed debt issuances in the future.

Other factors impacting FHLBank consolidated obligations:

We believe investors continue to view FHLBank consolidated obligations as carrying a relatively strong credit profile. Historically, our strong credit profile has resulted in steady investor demand for FHLBank discount notes and short-term bonds. We believe that recent regulatory changes to money market funds have resulted in increased demand for some of our debt structures. We believe several market events continue to have the potential to impact the demand for our consolidated obligations including geopolitical events and/or disruptions; potential policy changes under the current administration; pending regulatory changes in liquidity requirements; changes in interest rates and the shape of the yield curve as the FOMC contemplates additional increases in short-term interest rates; the replacement of LIBOR with another index; and a decline in dealer demand due to regulatory changes related to capital.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments and assumptions that affect our reported results and disclosures. Several of our accounting policies are inherently subject to valuation assumptions and other subjective assessments and are more critical than others in terms of their importance to results. These assumptions and assessments include the following:


•	Accounting related to derivatives and hedging activities;


•	Fair value determinations;


•	Accounting for deferred premium/discount associated with MBS; and


•	Determining the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses.

Changes in any of the estimates and assumptions underlying critical accounting policies could have a material effect on our financial statements.

The accounting policies that management believes are the most critical to an understanding of our financial results and condition and require complex management judgment are described under Item 7 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our annual report on Form 10-K, incorporated by reference herein. There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

Results of Operations

Earnings Analysis: Table 3 presents changes in the major components of our net income (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 3



	Increase (Decrease) in Earnings Components
	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018 vs. 09/30/2017					09/30/2018 vs. 09/30/2017
	Dollar Change			Percentage Change		Dollar Change			Percentage Change
Total interest income	$	89,114		39.1	%	$	311,604		52.4	%
Total interest expense	90,382			56.8		309,458			78.5
Net interest income	(1,268		)	(1.8	)	2,146			1.1
(Reversal) provision for credit losses on mortgage loans	(220		)	(128.7	)	(149		)	(76.0	)
Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision	(1,048		)	(1.5	)	2,295			1.1
Net gains (losses) on trading securities	(14,833		)	(446.9	)	(66,895		)	(407.9	)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities	6,354			1,973.3		39,342			406.4
Other non-interest income	1,518			61.6		2,034			26.2
Total other income (loss)	(6,961		)	(127.5	)	(25,519		)	(176.1	)
Operating expenses	1,005			6.1		1,161			2.8
Other non-interest expenses	(112		)	(3.6	)	61			0.7
Total other expenses	893			4.6		1,222			2.4
AHP assessments	(892		)	(16.2	)	(2,441		)	(14.7	)
NET INCOME	$	(8,010	)	(16.2	)%	$	(22,005	)	(14.8	)%

Table 4 presents the amounts contributed by our principal sources of interest income (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 4



	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018				09/30/2017				09/30/2018				09/30/2017
	Interest Income		Percent of Total		Interest Income		Percent of Total		Interest Income		Percent of Total		Interest Income		Percent of Total
Investments¹	$	92,374	29.2	%	$	59,282	26.0	%	$	258,002	28.5	%	$	153,884	25.9	%
Advances	158,943		50.1		113,834		49.9		460,751		50.8		283,137		47.6
Mortgage loans held for portfolio	65,424		20.6		54,548		23.9		186,709		20.6		157,074		26.4
Other	381		0.1		344		0.2		1,165		0.1		928		0.1
TOTAL INTEREST INCOME	$	317,122	100.0	%	$	228,008	100.0	%	$	906,627	100.0	%	$	595,023	100.0	%


¹	Includes trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell and Federal funds sold.

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was $41.5 million compared to $49.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $126.8 million compared to $148.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The change in net income for both periods was primarily a result of the net fair value declines in trading securities and economic derivatives (for further discussion see Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations – Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities"), combined with the decrease in net interest income of $1.3 million, or 1.8 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and partially offset by the increase in net interest income of $2.1 million, or 1.1 percent, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 when compared to the prior year periods.

ROE was 6.89 percent and 8.00 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 6.74 percent and 8.37 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily a result of the decrease in net income for both the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018.

Net Interest Income: Net interest income, which includes interest earned on advances, mortgage loans, and investments less interest paid on consolidated obligations, deposits, and other borrowings is the primary source of our earnings. Net interest income decreased $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and increased $2.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year periods. The decrease in net interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was due primarily to a decline in the average balance of advances as short-term advance rates become less attractive relative to the yield on excess reserves, which resulted from the change in the relationship between certain short-term rates. Despite the decrease in net interest income, net interest margin increased by two basis points due to the increase in short-term interest rates during the three months ended September 30, 2018. The increase in net interest income for the nine-month period was due primarily to a decrease in net premium amortization on mortgage loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year period. Despite the increase in net interest income, net interest margin declined by one basis point for the nine-months ended September 30, 2018 due to the increase in average funding cost driven by the volatility in short-term interest rates. The average yield on interest-earning assets increased as variable rate instruments repriced upwards and acquisitions/originations were at higher market interest rates, but short-term rates increased disproportionately to longer-term rates due to flattening of the yield curve, which impacted our cost of issuing discount notes. A significant portion of our short-term advance portfolio is funded by discount notes, as a result, the increase in short-term funding cost significantly reduced net interest spread on these instruments. Net interest spread decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year periods primarily due to the flattening of the yield curve and the resulting margin compression, which are discussed in greater detail below (see Tables 5 and 7).

The average yield on investments, which consists of interest-bearing deposits, Federal funds sold, reverse repurchase agreements, and investment securities increased 77 basis points, from 1.60 percent to 2.37 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2018, respectively. The average yield on investments increased 72 basis points, from 1.44 percent to 2.16 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2018, respectively. The increase in yields for both periods was a result of the increase in short-term interest rates and growth in higher-yielding fixed rate multi-family GSE MBS, along with the upward repricing of indices associated with variable rate instruments.

The average yield on advances increased 92 basis points, from 1.39 percent for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 to 2.31 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The average yield on advances increased 79 basis points, from 1.21 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to 2.00 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase in the average yield on advances during both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was due to continued increases in short-term interest rates primarily due to FOMC policy changes, which adjusted variable rate advances upward and positively impacted the net interest settlements on swapped advances. The average balance of advances decreased $5.1 billion, or 15.9 percent from the third quarter of 2017 compared to the third quarter of 2018. The average balance of advances decreased $0.6 billion, or 1.8 percent from the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to the same period of 2018. A portion of the growth in average advances over the past few years has resulted from our members’ ability to invest advances in excess reserves at the Federal Reserve rate and receive a profitable risk adjusted return largely because of the dividend paid on the capital stock supporting the advances. As mentioned above, as short-term advance rates increase, the ability to profitably utilize advances in this manner declines, which causes advance balances to decline.

The average yield on mortgage loans increased 14 basis points, from 3.12 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to 3.26 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The average yield on mortgage loans increased 17 basis points, from 3.09 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to 3.26 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase in yield for the three- and nine-month periods was a result of purchases of mortgage loans at higher rates. The increase in yield for the nine-month period was also a result of a decrease in net premium amortization compared to the prior year period. Premium amortization is generally tied to prepayment rates (amortization accelerates as prepayments increase) so prepayments and related premium amortization are expected to remain at or near current levels or decline, as mortgage interest rates are expected to increase.

The average cost of consolidated obligation bonds increased 68 basis points, from 1.43 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to 2.11 percent for the current three-month period, and the average cost of discount notes increased 92 basis points over the same period, from 1.04 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2017 to 1.96 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The average cost of consolidated obligation bonds increased 57 basis points, from 1.36 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to 1.93 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The average cost of discount notes increased 88 basis points, from 0.81 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to 1.69 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase in the average cost of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes was a result of the increase in interest rates between periods, most notably short-term rates. We increased our issuance of longer-term fixed and floating rate consolidated obligation bonds between periods in part to lengthen the maturity of our liabilities in anticipation of potential market disruptions in early 2018 and also to fund growth in our mortgage loan portfolio. For further discussion of how we use discount notes and bonds, see Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Financial Condition – Consolidated Obligations.”

Our net interest spread is also impacted by derivative and hedging activities, as the assets and liabilities hedged with derivative instruments designated under fair value hedging relationships are adjusted for changes in fair values, while other assets and liabilities are carried at historical cost. Further, net interest payments or receipts on interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges and the amortization/accretion of hedging activities are recognized as adjustments to the interest income or expense of the hedged asset or liability. However, net interest payments or receipts on economic derivatives flow through net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities instead of net interest income (net interest received/paid on economic derivatives is identified in Tables 9 through 12 under this Item 2), which distorts yields, especially for trading investments that are swapped to a variable rate.

Table 5 presents average balances and annualized yields of major earning asset categories and the sources funding those earning assets (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 5



	Three Months Ended
	09/30/2018						09/30/2017
	Average Balance		Interest Income/ Expense		Yield		Average Balance		Interest Income/ Expense		Yield
Interest-earning assets:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	778,834	$	3,931	2.00	%	$	436,659	$	1,285	1.17	%
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,989,197		20,618		2.05		2,272,501		6,735		1.18
Federal funds sold	1,604,630		7,896		1.95		2,825,109		8,396		1.18
Investment securities^1,2	9,078,722		59,929		2.62		9,170,016		42,866		1.85
Advances^2,3	27,319,208		158,943		2.31		32,465,954		113,834		1.39
Mortgage loans^2,4,5	7,967,297		65,424		3.26		6,943,148		54,548		3.12
Other interest-earning assets	45,700		381		3.30		32,121		344		4.26
Total earning assets	50,783,588		317,122		2.48		54,145,508		228,008		1.67
Other non-interest-earning assets	357,581						191,447
Total assets	$	51,141,169					$	54,336,955

Interest-bearing liabilities:
Deposits	$	543,255	2,289		1.67		$	463,183	988		0.85
Consolidated obligations²:
Discount Notes	21,865,096		108,137		1.96		26,636,379		69,556		1.04
Bonds	26,025,883		138,668		2.11		24,482,281		88,306		1.43
Other borrowings	54,836		369		2.66		30,066		231		3.04
Total interest-bearing liabilities	48,489,070		249,463		2.04		51,611,909		159,081		1.22
Capital and other non-interest-bearing funds	2,652,099						2,725,046
Total funding	$	51,141,169					$	54,336,955

Net interest income and net interest spread⁶			$	67,659	0.44	%			$	68,927	0.45	%

Net interest margin⁷					0.53	%					0.51	%


¹	The non-credit portion of the OTTI discount on held-to-maturity securities and the fair value adjustment on available-for-sale securities are excluded from the average balance for calculations of yield since the changes are adjustments to equity.


²	Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting treatment.


³	Advance income includes prepayment fees on terminated advances.


⁴	CE fee payments are netted against interest earnings on the mortgage loans. The expense related to CE fee payments to PFIs was $1.5 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


⁵	Mortgage loans average balance includes outstanding principal for non-performing conventional loans. However, these loans no longer accrue interest.


⁶	Net interest spread is the difference between the yield on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities.


⁷	Net interest margin is net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.

Changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and the level of interest rates influence changes in net interest income, net interest spread and net interest margin. Table 6 summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense (in thousands):

Table 6



	Three Months Ended
	09/30/2018 vs. 09/30/2017
	Increase (Decrease) Due to
	Volume^1,2			Rate^1,2			Total
Interest Income:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	1,382		$	1,264		$	2,646
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	6,995			6,888			13,883
Federal funds sold	(4,571		)	4,071			(500		)
Investment securities	(431		)	17,494			17,063
Advances	(20,352		)	65,461			45,109
Mortgage loans	8,324			2,552			10,876
Other assets	125			(88		)	37
Total earning assets	(8,528		)	97,642			89,114
Interest Expense:
Deposits	196			1,105			1,301
Consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	(14,318		)	52,899			38,581
Bonds	5,878			44,484			50,362
Other borrowings	169			(31		)	138
Total interest-bearing liabilities	(8,075		)	98,457			90,382
Change in net interest income	$	(453	)	$	(815	)	$	(1,268	)


¹	Changes in interest income and interest expense not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related have been allocated to volume and rate based upon the proportion of the absolute value of the volume and rate changes.


²	Amounts used to calculate volume and rate changes are based on numbers in dollars. Accordingly, recalculations using the amounts in thousands as disclosed in this report may not produce the same results.

Table 7 presents average balances and yields of major earning asset categories and the sources funding those earning assets (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 7



	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018						09/30/2017
	Average Balance		Interest Income/ Expense		Yield		Average Balance		Interest Income/ Expense		Yield
Interest-earning assets:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	705,057	$	9,402	1.78	%	$	417,251	$	2,928	0.94	%
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,369,892		46,610		1.85		2,263,304		15,902		0.94
Federal funds sold	2,343,044		29,539		1.69		2,766,505		20,071		0.97
Investment securities^1,2	9,563,982		172,451		2.41		8,801,097		114,983		1.75
Advances^2,3	30,765,902		460,751		2.00		31,340,060		283,137		1.21
Mortgage loans^2,4,5	7,656,992		186,709		3.26		6,790,722		157,074		3.09
Other interest-earning assets	45,761		1,165		3.40		27,411		928		4.53
Total earning assets	54,450,630		906,627		2.23		52,406,350		595,023		1.52
Other non-interest-earning assets	341,634						194,495
Total assets	$	54,792,264					$	52,600,845

Interest-bearing liabilities:
Deposits	$	559,483	6,113		1.46		$	500,423	2,366		0.63
Consolidated obligations²:
Discount Notes	24,883,153		314,109		1.69		26,922,459		162,539		0.81
Bonds	26,506,554		382,442		1.93		22,489,091		228,788		1.36
Other borrowings	44,522		941		2.82		15,389		454		3.94
Total interest-bearing liabilities	51,993,712		703,605		1.81		49,927,362		394,147		1.06
Capital and other non-interest-bearing funds	2,798,552						2,673,483
Total funding	$	54,792,264					$	52,600,845

Net interest income and net interest spread⁶			$	203,022	0.42	%			$	200,876	0.46	%

Net interest margin⁷					0.50	%					0.51	%


¹	The non-credit portion of the OTTI discount on held-to-maturity securities and the fair value adjustment on available-for-sale securities are excluded from the average balance for calculations of yield since the changes are adjustments to equity.


²	Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting treatment.


³	Advance income includes prepayment fees on terminated advances.


⁴	CE fee payments are netted against interest earnings on the mortgage loans. The expense related to CE fee payments to PFIs was $4.5 million and $4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


⁵	Mortgage loans average balance includes outstanding principal for non-performing conventional loans. However, these loans no longer accrue interest.


⁶	Net interest spread is the difference between the yield on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities.


⁷	Net interest margin is net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.

Changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and the level of interest rates influence changes in net interest income, net interest spread and net interest margin. Table 8 summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense (in thousands):

Table 8



	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018 vs. 09/30/2017
	Increase (Decrease) Due to
	Volume^1,2			Rate^1,2			Total
Interest Income:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	2,808		$	3,666		$	6,474
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	10,301			20,407			30,708
Federal funds sold	(3,462		)	12,930			9,468
Investment securities	10,670			46,798			57,468
Advances	(5,280		)	182,894			177,614
Mortgage loans	20,799			8,836			29,635
Other assets	510			(273		)	237
Total earning assets	36,346			275,258			311,604
Interest Expense:
Deposits	309			3,438			3,747
Consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	(13,184		)	164,754			151,570
Bonds	45,987			107,667			153,654
Other borrowings	647			(160		)	487
Total interest-bearing liabilities	33,759			275,699			309,458
Change in net interest income	$	2,587		$	(441	)	$	2,146


¹	Changes in interest income and interest expense not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related have been allocated to volume and rate based upon the proportion of the absolute value of the volume and rate changes.


²	Amounts used to calculate volume and rate changes are based on numbers in dollars. Accordingly, recalculations using the amounts in thousands as disclosed in this report may not produce the same results.

Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities: The volatility in other income (loss) is driven predominantly by net gains (losses) on derivative and hedging transactions, which generally include interest rate swaps, caps and floors. Net gains (losses) from derivatives and hedging activities are sensitive to several factors, including: (1) the general level of interest rates; (2) the shape of the term structure of interest rates; and (3) implied volatilities of interest rates. The fair value of options, particularly interest rate caps and floors, are also impacted by the time value decay that occurs as the options approach maturity, but this factor represents the normal amortization of the cost of these options and flows through income irrespective of any changes in the other factors impacting the fair value of the options (level of rates, shape of curve, and implied volatility).

Tables 9 through 12 categorize the earnings impact by product for hedging activities (in thousands):

Table 9



	Three Months Ended 09/30/2018
	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Consolidated Obligation Bonds			Other			Total
Impact of derivatives and hedging activities in net interest income:
Net amortization/accretion of hedging activities	$	(1,022	)	$	—		$	(53	)	$	—		$	—		$	(1,075	)
Net interest received (paid)	4,385			510			—			(2,280		)	—			2,615
Subtotal	3,363			510			(53		)	(2,280		)	—			1,540
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities:
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate swaps	(268		)	(131		)	—			261			—			(138		)
Economic hedges – unrealized gains (losses) due to fair value changes:
Interest rate swaps	—			10,540			—			(1,917		)	—			8,623
Interest rate caps	—			(184		)	—			—			—			(184		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			(710		)	—			—			(710		)
Economic hedges – net interest received (paid)	—			(540		)	—			(652		)	—			(1,192		)
Price alignment amount on derivatives for which variation margin is daily settled	—			—			—			—			(367		)	(367		)
Subtotal	(268		)	9,685			(710		)	(2,308		)	(367		)	6,032
Net impact of derivatives and hedging activities	3,095			10,195			(763		)	(4,588		)	(367		)	7,572
Net gains (losses) on trading securities hedged on an economic basis with derivatives	—			(10,637		)	—			—			—			(10,637		)
TOTAL	$	3,095		$	(442	)	$	(763	)	$	(4,588	)	$	(367	)	$	(3,065	)

Table 10



	Three Months Ended 09/30/2017
	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Consolidated Obligation Bonds			Other		Total
Impact of derivatives and hedging activities in net interest income:
Net amortization/accretion of hedging activities	$	(1,272	)	$	—		$	(534	)	$	—		$	—	$	(1,806	)
Net interest received (paid)	(9,266		)	(2,144		)	—			3,308			—		(8,102		)
Subtotal	(10,538		)	(2,144		)	(534		)	3,308			—		(9,908		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities:
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate swaps	813			(807		)	—			(55		)	—		(49		)
Economic hedges – unrealized gains (losses) due to fair value changes:
Interest rate swaps	—			1,168			—			1,112			—		2,280
Interest rate caps	—			(392		)	—			—			—		(392		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			913			—			—		913
Economic hedges – net interest received (paid)	—			(4,087		)	—			999			—		(3,088		)
Price alignment amount on derivatives for which variation margin is daily settled	—			—			—			—			14		14
Subtotal	813			(4,118		)	913			2,056			14		(322		)
Net impact of derivatives and hedging activities	(9,725		)	(6,262		)	379			5,364			14		(10,230		)
Net gains (losses) on trading securities hedged on an economic basis with derivatives	—			2,764			—			—			—		2,764
TOTAL	$	(9,725	)	$	(3,498	)	$	379		$	5,364		$	14	$	(7,466	)

Table 11



	Nine Months Ended 09/30/2018
	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Consolidated Obligation Bonds			Other			Total
Impact of derivatives and hedging activities in net interest income:
Net amortization/accretion of hedging activities	$	(3,283	)	$	—		$	(182	)	$	—		$	—		$	(3,465	)
Net interest received (paid)	4,423			(752		)	—			(2,700		)	—			971
Subtotal	1,140			(752		)	(182		)	(2,700		)	—			(2,494		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities:
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate swaps	(2,272		)	415			—			(113		)	—			(1,970		)
Economic hedges – unrealized gains (losses) due to fair value changes:
Interest rate swaps	—			53,440			—			(14,484		)	—			38,956
Interest rate caps	—			378			—			—			—			378
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			(2,242		)	—			—			(2,242		)
Economic hedges – net interest received (paid)	—			(3,889		)	—			(703		)	—			(4,592		)
Price alignment amount on derivatives for which variation margin is daily settled	—			—			—			—			(869		)	(869		)
Subtotal	(2,272		)	50,344			(2,242		)	(15,300		)	(869		)	29,661
Net impact of derivatives and hedging activities	(1,132		)	49,592			(2,424		)	(18,000		)	(869		)	27,167
Net gains (losses) on trading securities hedged on an economic basis with derivatives	—			(49,177		)	—			—			—			(49,177		)
TOTAL	$	(1,132	)	$	415		$	(2,424	)	$	(18,000	)	$	(869	)	$	(22,010	)

Table 12



	Nine Months Ended 09/30/2017
	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Consolidated Obligation Discount Notes			Consolidated Obligation Bonds			Other		Total
Impact of derivatives and hedging activities in net interest income:
Net amortization/accretion of hedging activities	$	(3,913	)	$	—		$	(1,516	)	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	(5,429	)
Net interest received (paid)	(37,052		)	(7,058		)	—			(15		)	12,468			—		(31,657		)
Subtotal	(40,965		)	(7,058		)	(1,516		)	(15		)	12,468			—		(37,086		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities:
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate swaps	(22		)	(2,096		)	—			(36		)	(1,089		)	—		(3,243		)
Economic hedges – unrealized gains (losses) due to fair value changes:
Interest rate swaps	—			1,138			—			—			5,985			—		7,123
Interest rate caps	—			(3,186		)	—			—			—			—		(3,186		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			2,326			—			—			—		2,326
Economic hedges – net interest received (paid)	—			(16,933		)	—			—			4,226			—		(12,707		)
Price alignment amount on derivatives for which variation margin is daily settled	—			—			—			—			—			6		6
Subtotal	(22		)	(21,077		)	2,326			(36		)	9,122			6		(9,681		)
Net impact of derivatives and hedging activities	(40,987		)	(28,135		)	810			(51		)	21,590			6		(46,767		)
Net gains (losses) on trading securities hedged on an economic basis with derivatives	—			14,831			—			—			—			—		14,831
TOTAL	$	(40,987	)	$	(13,304	)	$	810		$	(51	)	$	21,590		$	6	$	(31,936	)

As reflected in Tables 9 through 12, the majority of the derivative net unrealized gains and losses are related to economic hedges, such as interest rate swaps matched to GSE debentures or MBS classified as trading securities and interest rate caps, which do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment under GAAP. Net interest payments or receipts on these economic hedges flow through net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities instead of net interest income, which does not reflect the full economic impact of the swaps on yields, especially for fixed rate trading investments that are swapped to variable rates. Ineffectiveness on fair value hedges contributes to unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, but to a much lesser degree. Net unrealized gains or losses on derivatives and the related trading securities are generally a function of the level of LIBOR swap rates and the spread between the LIBOR swap curve and the GSE interest rate curve (interest rate swaps that are economic hedges of GSE debentures held in trading). The net fair values of derivatives and the related trading MBS are affected by the spread between the LIBOR swap curve and mortgage rates (interest rate swaps that are economic hedges of fixed rate GSE MBS held in trading).

For the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, net unrealized gains and losses on derivatives and hedging activities increased net income by $6.4 million and $39.3 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2017, primarily as a result of changes in the LIBOR swap curve between periods. The majority of the positive fair value fluctuations for the current three-month period were related to the economic interest rate swaps hedging the multi-family GSE MBS, which resulted in unrealized fair value gains of $7.6 million and $37.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The increase in LIBOR between periods also had a positive impact on the net interest settlements on interest rate swaps, which increased net unrealized gains on derivatives and hedging activities by $1.9 million and $8.1 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the prior year period. We experienced unrealized fair value losses on basis swaps economically hedging consolidated obligations caused by widening between one- and three-month LIBOR that resulted in unrealized fair value losses of $1.9 million and $14.5 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The majority of these basis swaps were indexed to three-month LIBOR on the pay side and indexed to one-month LIBOR on the receive side. As a result, the divergence in those rates caused a decline in the fair value of the swap. Unrealized fair value gains of $3.4 million and $16.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 attributable to our economic interest rate swaps matched to GSE debentures were a result of the passage of time, as several derivatives approached maturity (reducing the overall loss position of the derivatives), changes in interest rates for their respective maturities (pay fixed rate swap), and increases in three-month LIBOR (receive variable rate swap).

The net unrealized gains on the economic interest rate swaps hedging the multi-family GSE MBS and GSE debentures were mostly offset by the net unrealized losses attributable to the swapped securities, which are recorded in net gains (losses) on trading securities. Tables 13 and 14 present the relationship between the trading securities and the associated interest rate swaps that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment by investment type (in thousands):

Table 13



	Three Months Ended
	09/30/2018									09/30/2017
	Gain (Loss) on Derivatives			Gain (Loss) on Trading Securities			Net			Gain (Loss) on Derivatives			Gain (Loss) on Trading Securities			Net
U.S. Treasury obligations	$	(466	)	$	344		$	(122	)	$	—		$	—		$	—
GSE debentures	3,373			(3,601		)	(228		)	1,252			(541		)	711
GSE MBS	7,633			(7,380		)	253			(84		)	3,305			3,221
TOTAL	$	10,540		$	(10,637	)	$	(97	)	$	1,168		$	2,764		$	3,932

See Tables 40 and 41 under Item 3 – “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for additional detail regarding notional and fair value amounts of derivative instruments.

Table 14



	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018									09/30/2017
	Gains (Losses) on Derivatives			Gains (Losses) on Trading Securities			Net			Gains (Losses) on Derivatives			Gains (Losses) on Trading Securities			Net
U.S. Treasury obligations	$	(466	)	$	344		$	(122	)	$	—		$	—		$	—
GSE debentures	16,697			(15,181		)	1,516			3,743			(415		)	3,328
GSE MBS	37,209			(34,340		)	2,869			(2,605		)	15,246			12,641
TOTAL	$	53,440		$	(49,177	)	$	4,263		$	1,138		$	14,831		$	15,969

See Tables 40 and 41 under Item 3 – “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for additional detail regarding notional and fair value amounts of derivative instruments.

Net Gains (Losses) on Trading Securities: All unrealized gains and losses related to trading securities are recorded in other income (loss) as net gains (losses) on trading securities; however, only gains and losses relating to trading securities that are related to economic hedges are included in Tables 9 through 14. Unrealized gains (losses) fluctuate as the fair value of our trading portfolio fluctuates. There are a number of factors that can impact the fair value of a trading security including the movement in interest rates, changes in credit spreads, the passage of time, and changes in price volatility. Table 15 presents the major components of the net gains (losses) on trading securities (in thousands):

Table 15



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Trading securities not hedged:
GSE debentures	$	(614	)	$	390		$	(1,371	)	$	1,242
U.S. obligation MBS and GSE MBS	(1		)	97			34			300
Short-term money market securities	(262		)	68			19			27
Total trading securities not hedged	(877		)	555			(1,318		)	1,569
Trading securities hedged on an economic basis with derivatives:
U.S. Treasury obligations	344			—			344			—
GSE debentures	(3,601		)	(541		)	(15,181		)	(415		)
GSE MBS	(7,380		)	3,305			(34,340		)	15,246
Total trading securities hedged on an economic basis with derivatives	(10,637		)	2,764			(49,177		)	14,831
TOTAL	$	(11,514	)	$	3,319		$	(50,495	)	$	16,400

Our trading portfolio is comprised primarily of variable and fixed rate GSE debentures, fixed rate multi-family GSE MBS, with smaller percentages of variable rate GSE MBS and fixed rate U.S. Treasury obligations. Periodically, we also invest in short-term securities classified as trading for liquidity purposes. In general, the fixed rate securities are related to economic hedges in the form of interest rate swaps that convert fixed rates to variable rates (see Table 13 and 14 for the association between the gains (losses) on the fixed rate securities and the related economic hedges). The fair values of the fixed rate GSE debentures are affected by changes in intermediate interest rates and credit spreads, and are swapped on an economic basis to three-month LIBOR. The fair values of the fixed rate multi-family GSE MBS are affected by changes in mortgage rates and credit spreads, and these securities are swapped on an economic basis to one-month LIBOR. The unrealized losses on our fixed rate multi-family GSE MBS investments increased $10.7 million and $49.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year periods due to an increase in mortgage-related interest rates compared to the prior year. The continued increase in intermediate interest rates resulted in unrealized losses on the fixed rate GSE debentures for the current and prior year periods, although to a lesser extent for the prior year period as a result of a decrease in GSE spreads. In addition to interest rates and credit spreads, the value of these securities is affected by time decay. The fixed rate GSE debentures possess coupons that are well above current market rates for similar securities and, therefore, are currently valued at substantial premiums. As these securities approach maturity, their prices will converge to par resulting in a decrease in their current premium price (i.e., time decay). Given that the variable rate GSE debentures re-price monthly, they generally account for a small portion of the net gains (losses) on trading securities unless current market spreads on these variable rate securities diverge from the spreads at the time of our acquisition of the securities.

Other Expenses: Other expenses, which include compensation and benefits and other operating expenses increased slightly, at $20.4 million and $51.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, compared to $19.5 million and $50.2 million for the same periods in the prior year. The largest component of operating expenses, compensation and benefits, increased by $0.9 million, or 7.2 percent, and $0.2 million, or 0.8 percent, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, compared to the prior year periods. We expect to remain near 2017 levels of compensation and benefits expense for 2018. Other operating expense increased by $0.2 million and $0.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior year periods primarily due to increased depreciation associated with our new office building and increased software expense.

Non-GAAP Measures: We fulfill our mission by: (1) providing liquidity to our members through the offering of advances to finance housing, economic development and community lending; (2) supporting residential mortgage lending through the MPF Program and purchases of MBS; and (3) providing regional affordable housing programs that create housing opportunities for very low-, low- and moderate-income families. In order to effectively accomplish our mission, we must obtain adequate funding amounts at acceptable interest rate levels. We use derivatives as tools to reduce our funding costs and manage interest rate risk and prepayment risk. We also acquire and classify certain investments as trading securities for liquidity and asset-liability management purposes. Although we strive to manage interest rate risk and prepayment risk utilizing these transactions for asset-liability tools, we do not manage the fluctuations in the fair value of our derivatives or trading securities. We are essentially a “hold-to-maturity” investor and transact derivatives only for hedging purposes, even though some derivative hedging relationships do not qualify for hedge accounting under GAAP (referred to as economic hedges) and therefore can add significant volatility to our GAAP net income.

Because our business model is primarily one of holding assets and liabilities to maturity, we believe that certain non-GAAP financial measures are helpful in understanding our operating results and provide meaningful period-to-period comparison of our long-term economic value in contrast to GAAP results, which can be impacted by fair value changes driven by market volatility or transactions that are considered unpredictable or not routine. We report the following non-GAAP financial measures that we believe are useful to stakeholders as key measures of our operating performance: (1) adjusted income, (2) adjusted net interest margin, and (3) adjusted ROE. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure are included below. Although we calculate our non-GAAP financial measures consistently from period to period using appropriate GAAP components, non-GAAP financial measures are not required to be uniformly applied. Another material limitation associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures is that they have no standardized measurement prescribed by GAAP and may not be comparable to similar non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. While we believe the non-GAAP measures contained in this report are frequently used by our stakeholders in the evaluation of our performance, such non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyses of financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Our adjusted income is defined as our net income reported in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of: (1) AHP assessments (equivalent to an effective minimum income tax rate of 10 percent); (2) fair value changes on derivatives and hedging activities (excludes net interest settlements related to derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting); (3) prepayment fees on advances; and (4) other items excluded because they are not considered a part of our routine operations, such as gains/losses on retirement of debt, gains/losses on mortgage loans held for sale, and gains/losses on securities. We use adjusted income to compute an adjusted ROE that is then compared to the average overnight Federal funds effective rate, with the difference referred to as adjusted ROE spread. Components of adjusted income and adjusted ROE spread are used: (1) to measure performance under our incentive compensation plans; (2) as a measure in determining the level of quarterly dividends; and (3) in strategic planning. While we utilize adjusted income as a key measure in determining the level of dividends, we consider GAAP net income volatility caused by gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities and trading securities in determining the adequacy of our retained earnings as determined under GAAP. Because the adequacy of GAAP retained earnings is considered in setting the level of our quarterly dividends, gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities and trading securities can come into consideration when setting the level of our quarterly dividends.

Derivative and hedge accounting affects the timing of income or expense from derivatives. However, when the derivatives are held to maturity or call dates, there is no economic income or expense impact from these derivatives. For example, interest rate caps are purchased with an upfront fixed cost to provide protection against the risk of rising interest rates. Under derivative accounting guidance, these instruments are then marked to fair value each month, which can result in having to recognize significant fair value gains and losses from year to year, producing volatility in our GAAP net income. However, if held to maturity, the sum of such gains and losses over the term of a derivative will equal its original purchase price.

In addition to impacting the timing of income and expense from derivatives, derivative accounting also impacts the presentation of net interest settlements on derivatives and hedging activities. This presentation differs under GAAP for economic hedges when compared to hedges that qualify for hedge accounting. Net interest settlements on economic hedges are included with the economic derivative fair value changes and are recorded in net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities while the net interest settlements on qualifying fair value or cash flow hedges are included in net interest margin. Therefore, only the economic derivative fair value changes and the ineffectiveness for qualifying hedges included in the net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities are removed to arrive at adjusted income (i.e., net interest settlements on economic hedges, which represent actual cash inflows or outflows and do not create fair value volatility, are not removed).

Adjusted income remained relatively flat for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and increased $10.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increase for the nine-month period was due primarily to increased adjusted net interest income, which includes the impact of net interest settlements on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting. Adjusted net interest income increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same periods in the prior year due to the increase in LIBOR during these periods, the impact of which is more apparent when net interest settlements of economic hedges are presented with the other components of net interest income because it reflects the impact of LIBOR repricing on both the asset and liability. Adjusted net interest margin, which is calculated with adjusted net interest income, increased by four basis points and one basis point for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same periods in the prior year. Under GAAP, the net interest amount that converts fixed rate investments that are economically swapped to a variable rate is recorded as part of net gains/losses on derivatives and hedging activities rather than net interest income. For the purpose of calculating adjusted net interest margin, these fixed rate investments are considered to be variable rate investments and the corresponding net interest amount in adjusted net interest income reflects the widening of the spread between the variable rate assets created by the economic hedge and the variable rate liabilities funding them as a result of the increase in LIBOR between periods. Under GAAP, an increase in LIBOR causes the spread to tighten between fixed rate assets and variable rate liabilities and therefore causes a decrease in net interest margin.

Tables 16 and 17 present a reconciliation of GAAP net income to adjusted income and GAAP net interest income to adjusted net interest income (in thousands):

Table 16



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Net income, as reported under GAAP	$	41,504		$	49,514		$	126,843		$	148,848
AHP assessments	4,618			5,510			14,113			16,554
Income before AHP assessments	46,122			55,024			140,956			165,402
Derivative (gains) losses¹	(7,224		)	(2,766		)	(34,253		)	(3,026		)
Trading (gains) losses	11,514			(3,319		)	50,495			(16,400		)
Prepayment fees on terminated advances	(153		)	(161		)	(254		)	(1,331		)
Net (gains) losses on sale of held-to-maturity securities	(1,529		)	—			(1,591		)	—
Total excluded items	2,608			(6,246		)	14,397			(20,757		)
Adjusted income (a non-GAAP measure)	$	48,730		$	48,778		$	155,353		$	144,645


¹	Consists of fair value changes on derivatives and hedging activities excluding net interest settlements (see next table) on economic hedges.

Table 17



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Net interest income, as reported under GAAP	$	67,659		$	68,927		$	203,022		$	200,876
Net interest settlements on economic hedges	(1,192		)	(3,088		)	(4,592		)	(12,707		)
Prepayment fees on terminated advances	(153		)	(161		)	(254		)	(1,331		)
Adjusted net interest income (a non-GAAP measure)	$	66,314		$	65,678		$	198,176		$	186,838

Net interest margin, as calculated under GAAP for the period	0.53		%	0.51		%	0.50		%	0.51		%
Adjusted net interest margin (a non-GAAP measure)	0.52		%	0.48		%	0.49		%	0.48		%

Table 18 presents a comparison of adjusted ROE (a non-GAAP financial measure) to the average overnight Federal funds rate, which we use as a key measure of effective utilization and management of members’ capital. The increases in adjusted ROE between the comparative periods in the prior year are a function of the increases in adjusted net income and the change in the average balances of capital for the periods. Adjusted ROE as a spread to the average overnight Federal funds effective rate decreased during the three- and six-months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same periods in the prior year despite the increases in adjusted ROE for both periods due to increases in the target range for the Federal funds effective rate between periods. Adjusted ROE spread for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is calculated as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 18



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018			09/30/2017			09/30/2018			09/30/2017
Average GAAP total capital for the period	$	2,388,912		$	2,456,549		$	2,516,496		$	2,376,455
ROE, based upon GAAP net income	6.89		%	8.00		%	6.74		%	8.37		%
Adjusted ROE, based upon adjusted income	8.09		%	7.88		%	8.25		%	8.14		%
Average overnight Federal funds effective rate	1.92		%	1.16		%	1.70		%	0.94		%
Adjusted ROE as a spread to average overnight Federal funds effective rate	6.17		%	6.72		%	6.55		%	7.20		%

Financial Condition

Overall: Total assets increased $3.2 billion, or 6.7 percent, from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018 due primarily to increases in advances and mortgage loans. The $2.2 billion, or 8.3 percent, increase in advances was due mostly to growth in adjustable rate advances, including line of credit advances. The $0.8 billion, or 11.4 percent, increase in mortgage loans was attributed to purchases primarily from our top five PFIs, outweighing overall prepayments during the nine-month period. We increased the dividend rates on Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock during the first and third quarters of 2018, which, combined with the decrease in net income, contributed to the increase in our dividend payout ratio to 57.7 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, from 45.6 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

As a percentage of assets at September 30, 2018 compared to December 31, 2017, the allocation of assets and liabilities remained relatively consistent, including the allocation of consolidated obligation bonds relative to total consolidated obligation discount notes and bonds at September 30, 2018 compared to December 31, 2017. We continue to fund our short-term advances and overnight investments with term and overnight discount notes. Table 19 presents the percentage concentration of the major components of our Statements of Condition:

Table 19



	Component Concentration
	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	—	%	0.6	%
Interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell and Federal funds sold	11.4		9.9
Investment securities	16.8		19.2
Advances	55.5		54.7
Mortgage loans, net	15.8		15.2
Other assets	0.5		0.4
Total assets	100.0	%	100.0	%

Liabilities:
Deposits	0.9	%	1.0	%
Consolidated obligation discount notes, net	43.7		42.5
Consolidated obligation bonds, net	50.4		51.0
Other liabilities	0.3		0.3
Total liabilities	95.3		94.8

Capital:
Capital stock outstanding	2.9		3.4
Retained earnings	1.7		1.7
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	0.1		0.1
Total capital	4.7		5.2
Total liabilities and capital	100.0	%	100.0	%

Table 20 presents changes in the major components of our Statements of Condition (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 20



	Increase (Decrease) in Components
	09/30/2018 vs. 12/31/2017
	Dollar Change			Percent Change
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	(247,550	)	(92.4	)%
Investments¹	441,410			3.2
Advances	2,175,860			8.3
Mortgage loans, net	827,823			11.4
Other assets	23,202			10.2
Total assets	$	3,220,745		6.7	%

Liabilities:
Deposits	$	(15,487	)	(3.4	)%
Consolidated obligations, net	3,319,131			7.4
Other liabilities	33,311			19.2
Total liabilities	3,336,955			7.3

Capital:
Capital stock outstanding	(176,116		)	(10.7	)
Retained earnings	53,610			6.4
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	6,296			24.5
Total capital	(116,210		)	(4.6	)
Total liabilities and capital	$	3,220,745		6.7	%

¹Investments also include interest-bearing deposits, Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell.

Advances: Our advance products are developed, as authorized in the Bank Act and regulations established by the FHFA, to meet the specific liquidity and term funding needs of our members. As a wholesale provider of funds, we compete with brokered certificates of deposit and security repurchase agreements. We strive to price our advances relative to our marginal cost of funds while trying to remain competitive with the wholesale funding markets. While there is typically less competition in the long-term maturities, member demand for advances in these maturities has historically been lower than the demand for advances with short- and medium-term maturities. Nonetheless, long-term advances are also priced at relatively low spreads to our cost of funds.

Table 21 summarizes advances outstanding by product (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 21



	09/30/2018				12/31/2017
	Dollar		Percent		Dollar		Percent
Adjustable rate:
Standard advance products:
Line of credit	$	12,371,132	43.3	%	$	11,672,583	44.4	%
Regular adjustable rate advances	555,000		1.9		275,000		1.0
Adjustable rate callable advances	8,194,675		28.7		7,242,025		27.5
Standard housing and community development advances:
Regular adjustable rate advances	—		—		15,000		0.1
Adjustable rate callable advances	39,252		0.1		84,252		0.3
Total adjustable rate advances	21,160,059		74.0		19,288,860		73.3
Fixed rate:
Standard advance products:
Short-term fixed rate advances	323,044		1.1		187,525		0.7
Regular fixed rate advances	4,797,880		16.8		4,733,715		18.0
Fixed rate callable advances	17,500		0.1		14,455		0.1
Standard housing and community development advances:
Regular fixed rate advances	442,556		1.5		431,540		1.6
Fixed rate callable advances	4,831		—		4,831		—
Total fixed rate advances	5,585,811		19.5		5,372,066		20.4
Convertible:
Standard advance products:
Fixed rate convertible advances	1,052,850		3.7		853,150		3.2
Amortizing:
Standard advance products:
Fixed rate amortizing advances	392,423		1.4		398,293		1.5
Fixed rate callable amortizing advances	16,614		0.1		19,589		0.1
Standard housing and community development advances:
Fixed rate amortizing advances	364,202		1.3		385,559		1.5
Fixed rate callable amortizing advances	11,498		—		7,707		—
Total amortizing advances	784,737		2.8		811,148		3.1
TOTAL PAR VALUE	$	28,583,457	100.0	%	$	26,325,224	100.0	%

An individual advance may be reclassified to a different product type between periods due to the occurrence of a triggering event such as the passing of a call date (i.e., from fixed rate callable advance to regular fixed rate advance) or conversion of an advance (i.e., from fixed rate convertible advance to adjustable rate callable advance).

Advances are one of the primary ways we fulfill our mission of providing liquidity to our members and constituted the largest asset on our balance sheet at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The 8.6 percent increase in advance par value from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018 (see Table 21) was due mostly to increases in our adjustable rate callable and line of credit advances. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, 64.4 percent and 64.5 percent, respectively, of our members carried outstanding advance balances. The overall demand for our advances is typically influenced by our members’ ability to profitably invest the funds in loans and investments as well as their need for liquidity, which is influenced by changes in loan demand and their ability to efficiently grow deposits proportionately. The attractiveness of advances is also influenced by the impact our dividends have on the effective cost of advances. A portion of the growth in average advances over the past few years has resulted from our members’ ability to invest advances in excess reserves at the Federal Reserve rate and receive a profitable risk adjusted return largely because of the dividend paid on the capital stock supporting the advances. However, the relationship between the interest on excess reserves and other short-term interest rates has changed, resulting in a decline in the average balance of short-term advances as the short-term advance rates become less attractive relative to the yield on excess reserves. The majority of the growth in the average balance of advances experienced over the last four years is a result of a small number of large members increasing short-term advances. If our members reduce the volume of their advances, we expect to continue our past practice of repurchasing excess capital stock. In addition, when, and if, member advance demand changes, a few larger members could have a significant impact on the amount of total outstanding advances.

Rather than match-funding long-term, fixed rate, large dollar advances, we elect to swap a significant portion of large dollar advances with longer maturities to short-term indices (primarily one- or three-month LIBOR) to synthetically create adjustable rate advances. When coupled with the volume of our short-term advances, advances that effectively re-price at least every three months represent 88.7 percent and 88.5 percent of our total advance portfolio as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Table 22 presents information on our five largest borrowers (dollar amounts in thousands). If the borrower was not one of our top five borrowers for one of the periods presented, the applicable columns are left blank. We have rights to collateral with an estimated fair value in excess of the book value of these advances and, therefore, do not expect to incur any credit losses on these advances.

Table 22



	09/30/2018				12/31/2017
Borrower Name	Advance Par Value		Percent of Total Advance Par		Advance Par Value		Percent of Total Advance Par
BOKF, N.A.	$	6,000,000	21.0	%	$	5,100,000	19.4	%
MidFirst Bank	5,920,000		20.7		5,100,000		19.4
Capitol Federal Savings Bank	2,175,000		7.6		2,175,000		8.2
United of Omaha Life Insurance Co.	754,089		2.6		659,091		2.5
Equity Bank	570,821		2.0
Mutual of Omaha Bank					655,000		2.5
TOTAL	$	15,419,910	53.9	%	$	13,689,091	52.0	%

Table 23 presents the accrued interest income associated with the five borrowers with the highest interest income for the periods presented (dollar amounts in thousands). If the borrower was not one of our top five borrowers for whom we accrued the highest amount of interest income for one of the periods presented, the applicable columns are left blank.

Table 23



	Three Months Ended
	09/30/2018				09/30/2017
Borrower Name	Advance Income		Percent of Total Advance Income¹		Advance Income		Percent of Total Advance Income¹
BOKF, N.A.	$	31,805	20.6	%	$	19,678	16.0	%
MidFirst Bank	24,425		15.8		20,151		16.4
Capitol Federal Savings Bank	11,645		7.5		17,649		14.3
United of Omaha Life Insurance Co.	5,023		3.3		3,037		2.5
Bellco Credit Union	3,772		2.4
American Fidelity Assurance Co.					3,543		2.9
TOTAL	$	76,670	49.6	%	$	64,058	52.1	%


¹	Total advance income by borrower excludes net interest settlements on derivatives hedging the advances. Total advance income for all borrowers is net of interest receipts/(payments) on derivatives hedging advances of $4.4 million and $(9.3) million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Table 24 presents the accrued interest income associated with the five borrowers providing the highest amount of interest income for the periods presented (dollar amounts in thousands). If the borrower was not one of our top five borrowers for whom we accrued the highest amount of interest income for one of the periods presented, the applicable columns are left blank.

Table 24



	Nine Months Ended
	09/30/2018				09/30/2017
Borrower Name	Advance Income		Percent of Total Advance Income¹		Advance Income		Percent of Total Advance Income¹
BOKF, N.A.	$	87,956	19.3	%	$	45,643	14.3	%
MidFirst Bank	70,680		15.5		47,503		14.9
Capitol Federal Savings Bank	48,296		10.6		51,788		16.2
United of Omaha Life Insurance Co.	12,199		2.7		7,774		2.5
Ent Federal Credit Union	11,032		2.4
American Fidelity Assurance Co.					10,765		3.4
TOTAL	$	230,163	50.5	%	$	163,473	51.3	%


¹	Total advance income by borrower excludes net interest settlements on derivatives hedging the advances. Total advance income for all borrowers is net of interest receipts/(payments) on derivatives hedging advances of 4.4 million and $(37.0) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

See Table 4 for information on the amount of interest income on advances as a percentage of total interest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.

MPF Program: The MPF Program is a secondary mortgage market alternative for our members, especially utilized by the smaller institutions in our district. We participate in the MPF Program through the MPF Provider, a division of FHLBank of Chicago. Under the MPF Program, participating members can sell us conventional and government single-family residential mortgage loans.

The principal amount of new mortgage loans acquired and held on our balance sheet from our PFIs during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $1.5 billion. These new originations and acquisitions, net of loan payments received, resulted in an increase of 11.4 percent in the outstanding net balance of our mortgage loan portfolio from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Net mortgage loans as a percentage of total assets increased slightly, from 15.2 percent as of December 31, 2017 to 15.8 percent as of September 30, 2018. Table 4 presents the amount of interest income on mortgage loans held for portfolio as a percentage of total interest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. Although mortgage loan balances have grown to record levels of over $8 billion and average balances have increased significantly, the percentage of mortgage loan interest income to total interest income has declined. This is predominantly due to an increase in the average yield on advances and the resulting increase in advance interest income, despite a decline in average advance balances as a percentage of average total assets.

Recent growth in mortgage loans held for portfolio is attributed primarily to the addition of a few PFIs that generate relatively higher volumes of mortgage originations, supported by enhancements to the pricing options available to PFIs, and resulted in an increase in the volume of purchases from our top five PFIs. During 2017, we began offering PFIs the option to receive credit enhancement as a one-time upfront fee paid at purchase. Furthermore, recent reductions in the required credit enhancement obligation (CE obligation) against current and past production may reduce our PFIs' risk-based capital requirements and result in additional MPF portfolio growth. The primary factors that may influence future growth in our mortgage loans held for portfolio include: (1) the number of new and delivering PFIs; (2) the mortgage loan origination volume of current PFIs; (3) refinancing activity; (4) the level of interest rates and the shape of the yield curve; (5) the relative competitiveness of MPF pricing to the prices offered by other buyers of residential mortgage loans; and (6) a PFI's level of excess risk-based capital relative to the required risk-based capital charge associated with the PFI's CE obligations on MPF mortgage loans. In an effort to manage the level of mortgage loans on our books, management has researched and continues to review options including participating loan volume (as described below) or selling whole loans to other FHLBanks, members or other investors if needed. Although we may determine to sell whole loans from time to time, we have not identified any specific loans to be sold as of September 30, 2018.

Historically, we have used the MPF Xtra product and mortgage loan participations with another FHLBank to effectively restrict the growth in mortgage loans held for portfolio and provide management with adequate means to control the amount of mortgage loan portfolio volume retained on our balance sheet to maintain our desired asset composition. The MPF Xtra product is a structure where our PFIs sell mortgage loans to FHLBank of Chicago and simultaneously to Fannie Mae. MPF Government MBS is a similar product that allows our PFIs to sell mortgages to FHLBank of Chicago that are pooled into Ginnie Mae securities. We also offer the MPF Direct product, which provides the PFI the opportunity to sell a jumbo loan under the MPF Program structure to Redwood Trust (i.e., an unaffiliated entity) for securitization. These products are intended to further assist our members and their mortgage product needs while enhancing our ability to manage mortgage volumes and receive a counterparty fee from FHLBank of Chicago based on mortgage volumes sold by our PFIs. We have the authority to offer participation interests in risk sharing MPF loan pools to member institutions, which may further enhance our ability to manage the size of our mortgage loan portfolio in the future.

Table 25 presents the outstanding balances of mortgage loans sold to us, net of participations, from our top five PFIs and the percentage of those loans to total mortgage loans outstanding (dollar amounts in thousands). If the member was not one of our top five PFIs for one of the periods presented, the applicable columns are left blank.

Table 25



	09/30/2018				12/31/2017
	Mortgage Loan Balance		Percent of Total Mortgage Loans		Mortgage Loan Balance		Percent of Total Mortgage Loans
NBKC Bank	$	508,847	6.4	%
FirstBank of Colorado	359,271		4.5		$	319,936	4.5	%
Tulsa Teachers Credit Union	286,399		3.6		273,744		3.8
Fidelity Bank	234,755		2.9		188,534		2.6
ENT Federal Credit Union	209,427		2.6		198,132		2.8
Mid-America Bank					158,733		2.2
TOTAL	$	1,598,699	20.0	%	$	1,139,079	15.9	%

Two indications of credit quality are scores provided by Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO^®) and loan-to-value (LTV) ratios. FICO is a widely used credit industry indicator to assess borrower credit quality with scores typically ranging from 300 to 850 with the low end of the scale indicating greater credit risk. The MPF Program requires a minimum FICO score of 620 for all conventional loans. LTV is a primary variable in credit performance. Generally speaking, a higher LTV ratio means greater risk of loss in the event of a default and also means higher loss severity. The weighted average FICO score and LTV recorded at origination for conventional mortgage loans outstanding as of September 30, 2018 was 750 and 74.6 percent, respectively. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 for additional information regarding credit quality indicators.

Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio – The decrease in the allowance for credit losses as of September 30, 2018 was attributable to a decline in the historical loss rate for the period ending September 30, 2018 compared to December 31, 2017. We believe that policies and procedures are in place to effectively manage the credit risk on mortgage loans held in portfolio. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 for a summary of the allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans, and delinquency aging and key credit quality indicators for our mortgage loan portfolio.

Investments: Investments are used to enhance income and provide liquidity and primary and secondary market support for the U.S. housing securities market. Total investments increased from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018 due to increases in money market investments and U.S. Treasury obligations. The increase in money market investments was intended to supplement earnings and offset upcoming investment maturities while market conditions were favorable. The U.S. Treasury obligations were purchased in anticipation of upcoming changes to regulatory liquidity requirements. Additional purchases are expected as we approach the effective date of changes to our liquidity requirements (see "Legislative and Regulatory Developments" under this Item 2).

Short-term Investments – Short-term investments, which are used to provide funds to meet the credit needs of our members, maintain liquidity, meet other financial obligations such as debt servicing, and enhance income, consist primarily of reverse repurchase agreements, interest-bearing deposits, overnight Federal funds sold, term Federal funds sold, certificates of deposit and commercial paper. The Bank Act and FHFA regulations and guidelines set liquidity requirements for us, and our Board of Directors has adopted additional liquidity policies. In addition, we maintain a contingency liquidity plan in the event of financial market disruptions. See “Risk Management – Liquidity Risk Management” under this Item 2 for a discussion of our liquidity management.

Within our portfolio of short-term investments, we face credit risk from unsecured exposures. Our short-term unsecured credit investments have maturities generally ranging between overnight and three months and include the following types:


•	Interest-bearing deposits. Unsecured deposits that earn interest.


•	Federal funds sold. Unsecured loans of reserve balances at the Federal Reserve Banks between financial institutions that are made on either an overnight or term basis.


•	Commercial paper. Unsecured debt issued by corporations, typically for the financing of accounts receivable, inventories, and meeting short-term liabilities.


•	Certificates of deposit. Unsecured negotiable promissory notes issued by banks and payable to the bearer at maturity.

Table 26 presents the carrying value of our unsecured credit exposure with private counterparties by investment type (in thousands). The unsecured investment credit exposure presented may not reflect the average or maximum exposure during the period as the balances presented reflect the balances at period end.

Table 26



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Interest-bearing deposits	$	407,472	$	441,009
Federal funds sold	1,440,000		1,175,000
Certificates of deposit	85,003		584,984
TOTAL UNSECURED INVESTMENT CREDIT EXPOSURE¹	$	1,932,475	$	2,200,993


¹	Excludes unsecured investment credit exposure to U.S. government, U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities, GSEs and supranational entities and does not include related accrued interest.

We actively monitor our credit exposures and the credit quality of our counterparties, including an assessment of each counterparty’s financial performance, capital adequacy, sovereign support and the current market perceptions of the counterparties. General macro-economic, political and market conditions may also be considered when deciding on unsecured exposure. As a result, we may further limit existing exposures.

FHFA regulations: (1) include limits on the amount of unsecured credit an individual FHLBank may extend to a counterparty or to a group of affiliated counterparties; (2) permit us to extend additional unsecured credit for overnight extensions of credit, subject to limitations; and (3) prohibit us from investing in financial instruments issued by non-U.S. entities other than those issued by U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks. For additional information on our management of unsecured credit exposure, see Item 7 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Financial Condition – Investments” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. As of September 30, 2018, we were in compliance with all FHFA regulations relating to unsecured credit exposure.

We manage our credit risk by conducting pre-purchase credit due diligence and on-going surveillance described previously and generally investing in unsecured investments of highly-rated counterparties. From time to time, we extend unsecured credit to qualified members by investing in overnight Federal funds issued by them. As of September 30, 2018, all unsecured investments were rated as investment grade based on Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSRO) (see Table 30).

Table 27 presents the amount of our unsecured investment credit exposure by remaining contractual maturity and by the domicile of the counterparty or the domicile of the counterparty’s parent for U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks as of September 30, 2018 (in thousands). We also mitigate the credit risk on investments by generally investing in investments that have short-term maturities.

Table 27



Domicile of Counterparty	Overnight		Due 2 – 30 days		Total
Domestic	$	607,472	$	—	$	607,472
U.S. Branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks:
Canada	400,000		—		400,000
Netherlands	400,000		—		400,000
Austria	240,000		—		240,000
United Kingdom	200,000		—		200,000
France	—		85,003		85,003
Total U.S. Branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks	1,240,000		85,003		1,325,003
TOTAL UNSECURED INVESTMENT CREDIT EXPOSURE¹	$	1,847,472	$	85,003	$	1,932,475


¹	Excludes unsecured investment credit exposure to U.S. government, U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities, GSEs and supranational entities, and does not include related accrued interest.

Unsecured credit exposure continues to be cautiously placed, with exposure concentrated domestically and in the countries listed in Table 27. In addition, we anticipate continued future investment in reverse repurchase agreements, which are secured investments, and limiting unsecured exposure, especially to foreign financial institutions, as long as the interest rates are comparable. To enhance our liquidity position, we classify our unsecured short-term investment securities in our trading portfolio, which allows us to sell these securities if necessary.

Long-term investments – Our long-term investment portfolio consists primarily of MBS and GSE debentures. Our Risk Management Policy (RMP) restricts the acquisition of investments to highly rated long-term securities. The majority of these long-term securities are GSE MBS, which provide an alternative means to promote liquidity in the mortgage finance markets while providing acceptable returns. We hold fixed and variable rate GSE debentures in our long-term investment portfolio and we swap the fixed rate GSE debentures from fixed to variable rates. They provide attractive returns, can serve as excellent collateral (e.g., repurchase agreements and net derivatives exposure), and are generally classified as trading securities and carried at fair value, either to enhance our liquidity position, for asset/liability management purposes, or to provide a fair value offset to the gains or losses on the interest rate swaps tied to these securities. The interest rate swaps do not qualify for hedge accounting, which results in the net interest payments or receipts on these economic hedges flowing through net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities instead of net interest income. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we acquired fixed rate U.S. Treasury obligations and economically swapped these securities from fixed to variable rates. In addition to serving as excellent collateral, U.S. Treasuries also satisfy impending regulatory liquidity requirements (see "Legislative and Regulatory Developments" under this Item 2 for additional discussion of the changes to liquidity requirements). We plan to classify future acquisitions of U.S. Treasuries as either trading securities that are economically swapped or available-for-sale securities that are swapped in qualifying fair value hedging relationships.

According to FHFA regulation, no additional MBS purchases can be made if the amortized cost of our mortgage securities exceeds 300 percent of our regulatory capital. Further, quarterly increases in holdings of mortgage securities are restricted to no more than 50 percent of regulatory capital. As of September 30, 2018, the amortized cost of our MBS portfolio represented 303 percent of our regulatory capital. At times we may exceed the required threshold due to decreases in regulatory capital; however, we were in compliance with the regulatory limit at the time of each purchase during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

As of September 30, 2018, we held $4.6 billion of par value in MBS in our held-to-maturity portfolio, $1.8 billion of par value in MBS in our available-for-sale portfolio, and $0.9 billion of par value in MBS in our trading portfolio. The majority of the MBS in the held-to-maturity portfolio are variable rate GSE securities. The majority of the MBS in the trading and available-for-sale portfolios are fixed rate GSE securities, which are swapped from fixed to variable rates.

Major Security Types – Securities for which we have the ability and intent to hold to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity securities and recorded at carrying value, which is the net total of par, premiums, discounts and credit and non-credit OTTI discounts (during periods for which OTTI securities were outstanding). We classify certain investments as trading or available-for-sale securities and carry them at fair value, generally for liquidity purposes, to provide a fair value offset to the gains (losses) on the interest rate swaps tied to swapped securities, and for asset/liability management purposes. Securities acquired as asset/liability management tools to manage duration risk, which are likely to be sold when the duration risk is no longer present, are classified as trading or available-for-sale securities. Changes in the fair values of investments classified as trading are recorded through other income and original premiums/discounts on these investments are not amortized. We do not actively trade any of these securities with the intent of realizing gains; most often, they are held until maturity or call date.

See Note 3 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 of this report for additional information on our different investment classifications including the types of securities held under each classification. The carrying value of our investments is summarized by security type in Table 28 (in thousands).

Table 28



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Trading securities:
Certificates of deposit	$	85,003	$	584,984
U.S. Treasury obligations	248,313		—
GSE debentures	993,030		1,353,083
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS	494		580
GSE MBS	884,481		930,768
Total trading securities	2,211,321		2,869,415
Available-for-sale securities:
GSE MBS	1,694,039		1,493,231
Total available-for-sale securities	1,694,039		1,493,231
Held-to-maturity securities:
State or local housing agency obligations	89,120		89,830
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS	113,789		127,588
GSE MBS	4,497,828		4,561,839
Private-label residential MBS	—		77,568
Total held-to-maturity securities	4,700,737		4,856,825
Total securities	8,606,097		9,219,471

Interest-bearing deposits	408,890		442,682

Federal funds sold	1,440,000		1,175,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,985,022		3,161,446
TOTAL INVESTMENTS	$	14,440,009	$	13,998,599

The contractual maturities of our investments are summarized by security type in Table 29 (dollar amounts in thousands). Expected maturities of certain securities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

Table 29



	09/30/2018
	Due in one year or less			Due after one year through five years			Due after five years through 10 years			Due after 10 years			Carrying Value
Trading securities:
Certificates of deposit	$	85,003		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	85,003
U.S. Treasury obligations	—			248,313			—			—			248,313
GSE debentures	550,776			156,600			285,654			—			993,030
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS	—			—			494			—			494
GSE MBS	—			—			825,394			59,087			884,481
Total trading securities	635,779			404,913			1,111,542			59,087			2,211,321
Yield on trading securities	2.10		%	2.81		%	2.84		%	3.06		%
Available-for-sale securities:
GSE MBS	—			136,555			1,557,484			—			1,694,039
Total available-for-sale securities	—			136,555			1,557,484			—			1,694,039
Yield on available-for-sale securities	—		%	2.07		%	2.77		%	—		%
Held-to-maturity securities:
State or local housing agency obligations	—			—			—			89,120			89,120
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS	—			—			—			113,789			113,789
GSE MBS	—			431,582			1,403,743			2,662,503			4,497,828
Total held-to-maturity securities	—			431,582			1,403,743			2,865,412			4,700,737
Yield on held-to-maturity securities	—		%	1.78		%	2.43		%	2.29		%

Total securities	635,779			973,050			4,072,769			2,924,499			8,606,097
Yield on total securities	2.10		%	2.25		%	2.67		%	2.30		%

Interest-bearing deposits	408,890			—			—			—			408,890

Federal funds sold	1,440,000			—			—			—			1,440,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,985,022			—			—			—			3,985,022
TOTAL INVESTMENTS	$	6,469,691		$	973,050		$	4,072,769		$	2,924,499		$	14,440,009

Securities Ratings – Tables 30 and 31 present the carrying value of our investments by rating as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands). The ratings presented are the lowest ratings available for the security or the issuer based on NRSROs, where available. Some counterparties for collateralized overnight borrowing are not rated by an NRSRO because they are not issuers of debt or are otherwise not required to be rated by an NRSRO. We also utilize other credit quality factors when analyzing potential investments including, but not limited to, collateral performance, marketability, asset class or sector considerations, local and regional economic conditions, and/or the financial health of the underlying issuer.

Table 30



	09/30/2018
	Carrying Value¹
	Investment Grade						Unrated		Total
	Triple-A		Double-A		Single-A
Interest-bearing deposits²	$	—	$	1,418	$	407,472	$	—	$	408,890

Federal funds sold²	—		—		1,440,000		—		1,440,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell³	—		—		—		3,985,022		3,985,022

Investment securities:
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
Certificates of deposit²	—		—		85,003		—		85,003
U.S. Treasury obligations	—		248,313		—		—		248,313
GSE debentures	—		993,030		—		—		993,030
State or local housing agency obligations	59,120		30,000		—		—		89,120
Total non-mortgage-backed securities	59,120		1,271,343		85,003		—		1,415,466
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS	—		114,283		—		—		114,283
GSE MBS	—		7,076,348		—		—		7,076,348
Private label residential MBS	—		—		—		—		—
Total mortgage-backed securities	—		7,190,631		—		—		7,190,631

TOTAL INVESTMENTS	$	59,120	$	8,463,392	$	1,932,475	$	3,985,022	$	14,440,009


¹	Investment amounts represent the carrying value and do not include related accrued interest receivable of $18.9 million at September 30, 2018.


²	Amounts include unsecured credit exposure with original maturities ranging between overnight to 91 days.


³	Amounts represent collateralized overnight borrowings by counterparty rating.

Table 31



	12/31/2017
	Carrying Value¹
	Investment Grade								Below Triple-B		Unrated		Total
	Triple-A		Double-A		Single-A		Triple-B
Interest-bearing deposits²	$	26	$	1,673	$	440,983	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	442,682

Federal funds sold²	—		—		1,175,000		—		—		—		1,175,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell³	—		—		—		—		—		3,161,446		3,161,446

Investment securities:
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
Certificates of deposit²	—		384,990		199,994		—		—		—		584,984
GSE debentures	—		1,353,083		—		—		—		—		1,353,083
State or local housing agency obligations	59,830		30,000		—		—		—		—		89,830
Total non-mortgage-backed securities	59,830		1,768,073		199,994		—		—		—		2,027,897
Mortgage-backed securities:
U.S. obligation MBS	—		128,168		—		—		—		—		128,168
GSE MBS	—		6,985,838		—		—		—		—		6,985,838
Private label residential MBS	—		6,977		4,081		24,743		41,335		432		77,568
Total mortgage-backed securities	—		7,120,983		4,081		24,743		41,335		432		7,191,574

TOTAL INVESTMENTS	$	59,856	$	8,890,729	$	1,820,058	$	24,743	$	41,335	$	3,161,878	$	13,998,599


¹	Investment amounts represent the carrying value and do not include related accrued interest receivable of $15.6 million at December 31, 2017.


²	Amounts include unsecured credit exposure with original maturities ranging between overnight to 92 days.


³	Amounts represent collateralized overnight borrowings by counterparty rating.

Table 32 details interest rate payment terms for the carrying value of our investment securities as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands). We manage the interest rate risk associated with our fixed rate MBS and non-MBS trading securities as well as our fixed rate MBS available-for-sale securities by entering into interest rate swaps that convert the investment's fixed rate to a variable rate index (see Tables 40 and 41 under Item 3 – “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk)."

Table 32



	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Trading securities:
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
Fixed rate	$	725,490	$	992,339
Variable rate	600,856		945,728
Non-mortgage-backed securities	1,326,346		1,938,067
Mortgage-backed securities:
Fixed rate	823,708		860,374
Variable rate	61,267		70,974
Mortgage-backed securities	884,975		931,348
Total trading securities	2,211,321		2,869,415
Available-for-sale securities:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Fixed rate	1,694,039		1,493,231
Total available-for-sale securities	1,694,039		1,493,231
Held-to-maturity securities:
Non-mortgage-backed securities:
Variable rate	89,120		89,830
Non-mortgage-backed securities	89,120		89,830
Mortgage-backed securities:
Fixed rate	140,747		180,937
Variable rate	4,470,870		4,586,058
Mortgage-backed securities	4,611,617		4,766,995
Total held-to-maturity securities	4,700,737		4,856,825
TOTAL	$	8,606,097	$	9,219,471

Deposits: Total deposits decreased $15.5 million from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Deposit products offered primarily include demand and overnight deposits and short-term certificates of deposit. Demand deposit programs are offered primarily to facilitate customer transactions with us, such as cash flows associated with advances and mortgage loan transactions. Overnight deposits provide an alternative short-term investment option to members. The majority of deposits are in overnight or demand accounts that generally re-price daily based upon a market index such as overnight Federal funds. The level of deposits is driven by member demand for deposit products, which in turn is a function of the liquidity position of members. Factors that influence deposit levels include turnover in member investment and loan portfolios, changes in members’ customer deposit balances, changes in members’ demand for liquidity and our deposit pricing as compared to other short-term market rates. Declines in the level of deposits could occur if demand for loans at member institutions increases, if members choose to de-leverage their balance sheets, or if decreases in the general level of liquidity of members should occur. Fluctuations in deposits have little impact on our ability to obtain liquidity. We historically have had stable and ready access to the capital markets through consolidated obligations and can replace any reduction in deposits with similarly- or lower-priced borrowings.

Consolidated Obligations: Consolidated obligations are the joint and several debt obligations of the FHLBanks and consist of bonds and discount notes. Consolidated obligations represent the primary source of liabilities we use to fund advances, mortgage loans and investments. As noted under Item 3 – “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” we use debt with a variety of maturities and option characteristics to manage our interest rate risk profile. We make use of derivative transactions, executed in conjunction with specific consolidated obligation debt issues, to synthetically structure funding terms and costs.

Bonds are primarily used to fund longer-term (one year or greater) advances, mortgage loans and investments. To the extent that the bonds are funding variable rate assets, we typically either issue bonds that have variable rates matching the variable rate asset index or utilize an interest rate swap to change the bonds' characteristics in order to match the assets' index. Additionally, we sometimes use fixed rate, variable rate or complex consolidated obligation bonds that are swapped or indexed to LIBOR or U.S. Treasury bills to fund short-term advances and money market investments or as a liquidity risk management tool.

Discount notes are primarily used to fund: (1) shorter-term advances with indices and resets based on our short-term cost of funds; and (2) investments with maturities of three months or less. However, we sometimes use discount notes to fund longer-term assets, including fixed rate assets, variable rate assets, assets swapped to synthetically create variable rate assets, and short-term anticipated cash flows generated by longer-term fixed rate assets. At September 30, 2018, short-term advances (advances maturing within one year), including line of credit advances, represented 69.0 percent of discount notes outstanding. We also use discount notes to fund overnight investments (Federal funds sold and reverse repurchase agreements) to maintain liquidity sufficient to meet the advance needs of members. Overnight investments represented 24.2 percent of discount notes outstanding as of September 30, 2018.

Total consolidated obligations increased $3.3 billion, or 7.4 percent, from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018. The distribution between consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes shifted slightly, from 54.6 percent and 45.4 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2017 to 53.5 percent and 46.5 percent at September 30, 2018, respectively. The $1.3 billion increase in consolidated obligation bonds was due primarily to the issuance of fixed rate bonds and floating rate bonds indexed to the U.S. Treasury bill rate issued in part to reduce LIBOR basis risk. Discount notes of a shorter tenor were used to fund the increase in short-term investments. While we currently have stable access to funding markets, future developments could impact the cost of replacing outstanding debt. Some of these include, but are not limited to, a large increase in call volume, significant increases in advance demand, legislative and regulatory changes, geopolitical events, proposals addressing GSEs, derivative and financial market reform, a decline in investor demand for consolidated obligations, further rating agency downgrades of U.S. Treasury obligations that will in turn impact the rating on FHLBank consolidated obligations, and changes in Federal Reserve policies and outlooks.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity: We maintain high levels of liquidity to achieve our mission of serving as an economical funding source for our members and housing associates. As part of fulfilling our mission, we also maintain minimum liquidity requirements in accordance with certain FHFA regulations and guidelines and in accordance with policies established by management and the Board of Directors. Our business model enables us to manage the levels of our assets, liabilities, and capital in response to member credit demand, membership composition, and market conditions. As such, assets and liabilities utilized for liquidity purposes can vary significantly in the normal course of business due to the amount and timing of cash flows as a result of these factors.

Sources and Uses of Liquidity – A primary source of our liquidity is the issuance of consolidated obligations. The capital markets traditionally have treated FHLBank obligations as U.S. government agency debt. As a result, even though the U.S. government does not guarantee FHLBank debt, we generally have comparatively stable access to funding at relatively favorable spreads to U.S. Treasury rates. We are primarily and directly liable for our portion of consolidated obligations (i.e., those obligations issued on our behalf). In addition, we are jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on the consolidated obligations of all FHLBanks.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, proceeds (net of premiums and discounts) from the issuance of bonds and discount notes were $8.8 billion and $765.5 billion, respectively, compared to $14.3 billion and $701.8 billion for the same period in 2017. The increase in the issuance of discount notes between periods reflects the cumulative effect of using a higher allocation of overnight discount notes in relationship to term discount notes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same period in the prior year. We generally use short-term discount notes to fund short-term advances and our short-term liquidity portfolio. During 2018, we have replaced maturing bonds with longer-term fixed and floating rate consolidated obligation bonds to lengthen the maturity of our liabilities relative to our assets. Our other sources of liquidity include deposit inflows, repayments of advances and mortgage loans, maturing investments, interest income, Federal Funds purchased, and proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements or the sale of unencumbered assets.

At September 30, 2018, our short-term liquidity portfolio, which consists of cash and investments with remaining maturities of one year or less and includes term and overnight Federal funds sold, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, and reverse repurchase agreements, increased slightly between periods, from $6.0 billion as of December 31, 2017 to $6.5 billion as of September 30, 2018. The maturities of our short-term investments are structured to provide periodic cash flows to support our ongoing liquidity needs. To enhance our liquidity position, short-term investment securities (i.e., commercial paper and marketable certificates of deposit) are also classified as trading so that they can be readily sold should liquidity be needed immediately. We also maintain a portfolio of GSE debentures, U.S. Treasury obligations, GSE MBS, and Agency MBS that can be pledged as collateral for financing in the securities repurchase agreement market and are classified as trading to enhance our liquidity position. The par value of these debentures and U.S. Treasury obligations was $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The par value of these MBS was $909.6 million and $921.7 million as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. In addition to the balance sheet sources of liquidity discussed previously, we have established lines of credit with numerous counterparties in the Federal funds market as well as with the other FHLBanks. Accordingly, we expect to maintain a sufficient level of liquidity for the foreseeable future.

We strive to manage our average capital ratio to remain above our minimum regulatory and RMP requirements so that we have the ability to issue additional consolidated obligations should the need arise. Excess capital capacity ensures we are able to meet the liquidity needs of our members and/or repurchase excess stock either upon the submission of a redemption request by a member or at our discretion for balance sheet or capital management purposes.

Our uses of liquidity primarily include issuing advances, purchasing investments, and repaying called and maturing consolidated obligations for which we are the primary obligor. We also use liquidity to purchase mortgage loans, repay member deposits, pledge collateral to derivative counterparties, redeem or repurchase capital stock, and pay dividends to members.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, advance disbursements totaled $302.3 billion compared to $392.3 billion for the same period in 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, investment purchases (excluding overnight investments) totaled $3.6 billion compared to $3.1 billion for the same period in 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, payments on consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes were $7.4 billion and $763.5 billion, respectively, compared to $9.9 billion and $702.3 billion for the same period in 2017, which includes bonds that were called during the period. The increase in payments on discount notes between periods primarily reflects the cumulative effect of using a higher allocation of overnight discount notes in relationship to term discount notes during the first nine months of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017.

Liquidity Requirements – We are subject to five metrics for measuring liquidity: statutory, operational, and contingency liquidity, and calendar day guidelines under different scenarios. Statutory liquidity requires us to have an amount equal to current deposits received from members invested in obligations of the United States, deposits in eligible banks or trust companies, and advances with a final maturity not exceeding five years. Operational liquidity requires that we maintain liquidity in an amount not less than 20 percent of the sum of our demand and overnight deposits and other overnight borrowings, plus 10 percent of the sum of our term deposits, consolidated obligations, and other borrowings that mature within one year. Contingency liquidity is an amount sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for five business days if we are unable to access the capital markets to issue consolidated obligations. Our net liquidity in excess of contingency liquidity over a cumulative five-business-day period was $6.8 billion as of September 30, 2018. Contingency plans are in place at the FHLBank and the Office of Finance that prioritize the allocation of liquidity resources in the event of financial market disruptions, as well as systemic Federal Reserve wire transfer system disruptions. Further, under the Bank Act, the Secretary of Treasury has the authority, at his discretion, to purchase consolidated obligations up to an aggregate amount of $4.0 billion. No borrowings under this authority have been outstanding since 1977.

In addition to the liquidity measures described above, we are required by the FHFA to meet two daily liquidity standards, each of which assumes that we are unable to access the market for consolidated obligations. The first standard requires us to maintain sufficient funds to meet our obligations for 15 days under a scenario in which it is assumed that members do not renew any maturing advances. The second standard requires us to maintain sufficient funds to meet our obligations for five days under a scenario in which it is assumed that members renew all maturing advances. We remained in compliance with each of these liquidity requirements during the first nine months of 2018. See “Risk Management - Liquidity Risk Management” under this Item 2 for additional discussion on our liquidity requirements. Effective March 31, 2019, new liquidity guidance will require us to maintain sufficient funds to meet our obligations assuming no access to capital markets for an increased period of time, among changes to other liquidity requirements. See "Legislative and Regulatory Developments" under this Item 2 for additional discussion of the changes to liquidity requirements.

In order to help ensure sufficient liquidity, we generally maintain a relatively longer weighted-average maturity on our consolidated obligation discount notes than the weighted average maturity of short-term liquid investment and short-term advance balances. The weighted average remaining days to maturity of discount notes outstanding decreased to 22 days as of September 30, 2018 from 35 days at December 31, 2017. The weighted average remaining maturity of our short-term liquid investment portfolio (Federal funds sold, marketable certificates of deposit, commercial paper, reverse repurchase agreements, and certain interest-bearing deposits), short-term advances (line of credit and advances with original maturities of 90 days or less), and non-earning cash left in our Federal Reserve Bank account was 4 days as of both September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The mismatch between discount notes and our short-term liquid investment and short-term advance portfolios decreased from 31 days on December 31, 2017 to 18 days on September 30, 2018 as a result of the decrease in the weighted average remaining days to maturity of discount notes. Over time, especially as the yield curve steepens on the short end, maintaining the differential between the weighted average original maturity of discount notes and short-term liquid investments will increase our cost of funds and reduce our net interest income.

Capital: Total capital consists of capital stock, retained earnings, and AOCI.

Capital stock outstanding decreased 10.7 percent from December 31, 2017 to September 30, 2018, primarily due to a decrease in excess stock (see Table 33).

Excess stock represents the amount of stock held by a member in excess of that institution’s minimum stock requirement. Upon reducing the activity-based stock purchase requirement, through a mandated change or through a reduction of advance balances, excess stock is created since the member is no longer required under our capital plan to hold the same amount of activity-based capital stock. If our excess stock exceeds one percent of our assets before or after the payment of a dividend in the form of stock, we would be prohibited by FHFA regulation from paying dividends in the form of stock. To manage the amount of excess stock, we repurchase excess Class A Common Stock over FHLBank-established limits held by any individual member periodically throughout the year. Our current practices include repurchasing all outstanding excess Class A Common Stock, generally on a monthly basis, and regular weekly exchanges of all excess Class B Common Stock over $50,000 per member for Class A Common Stock.

Under our cooperatively structured capital plan, our capital stock balances should fluctuate along with any growth (increased capital stock balances) or reduction (decreased capital stock balances) in advance balances in future periods. Any repurchase of excess capital stock is at our discretion and subject to statutory and regulatory limitations, including being in compliance with all of our regulatory capital requirements after any such discretionary repurchase.

Our activity-based stock purchase requirements are consistent with our cooperative structure; members’ stock ownership requirements and the dollar amount of dividends paid to members generally increases as their activities with us increase. To the extent that a member’s asset-based stock purchase requirement is insufficient to cover the member’s activity-based stock purchase requirement, the member is required to purchase Class B Common Stock. We believe the value of our products and services is enhanced by dividend yields that exceed the return available from other investments with similar terms and credit quality. Factors that affect members’ willingness to enter into activity with us and purchase additional required activity-based stock include, but are not limited to, our dividend rates, the risk-based capital weighting of our capital stock and alternative investment opportunities available to our members.

Table 33 provides a summary of member capital requirements under our current capital plan as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

Table 33



Requirement	09/30/2018		12/31/2017
Asset-based (Class A Common Stock only)	$	157,242	$	156,662
Activity-based (additional Class B Common Stock)¹	1,182,330		1,084,706
Total Required Stock²	1,339,572		1,241,368
Excess Stock (Class A and B Common Stock)	128,887		403,983
Total Stock²	$	1,468,459	$	1,645,351

Activity-based Requirements:
Advances³	$	1,277,567	$	1,180,392
AMA assets (mortgage loans)⁴	806		952
Total Activity-based Requirement	1,278,373		1,181,344
Asset-based Requirement (Class A Common Stock) not supporting member activity¹	61,199		60,024
Total Required Stock²	$	1,339,572	$	1,241,368


¹	Class A Common Stock, up to a member’s asset-based stock requirement, will be used to satisfy a member’s activity-based stock requirement before any Class B Common Stock is purchased by the member.


²	Includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock.


³	Advances to housing associates have no activity-based requirements because housing associates cannot own FHLBank stock.


⁴	Non-members are subject to the AMA activity-based stock requirement as long as there are UPBs outstanding, but the requirement is currently zero percent for members.

We are subject to three capital requirements under provisions of the GLB Act, the FHFA’s capital structure regulation and our current capital plan, which includes risk-based capital requirement, total capital requirement and leverage capital requirement. We have been in compliance with each of the aforementioned capital rules and requirements at all times since the implementation of our capital plan. See Note 11 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 for additional information and compliance as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Capital Distributions: Dividends may be paid in cash or capital stock as authorized by our Board of Directors. Quarterly dividends can be paid out of current and previous unrestricted retained earnings, subject to FHFA regulation and our capital plan.

Within our capital plan, we have the ability to pay different dividend rates to the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. This differential is implemented through a methodology referred to as the dividend parity threshold. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share in dividends equally up to the dividend parity threshold for a dividend period, then the dividend rate for holders of Class B Common Stock can exceed the rate for holders of Class A Common Stock, but the dividend rate on Class A Common Stock can never exceed the dividend rate on Class B Common Stock. In essence, the dividend parity threshold: (1) serves as a soft floor to holders of Class A Common Stock since we must pay holders of Class A Common Stock the dividend parity threshold rate before paying a higher rate to holders of Class B Common Stock; (2) indicates a potential dividend rate to holders of Class A Common Stock so that they can make decisions as to whether or not to hold excess Class A Common Stock; and (3) provides us with a tool to manage the amount of excess stock through higher or lower dividend rates by varying the desirability of holding excess shares of Class A Common Stock (i.e., the lower the dividend rate on Class A Common Stock, the less desirable it is to hold excess Class A Common Stock).

The current dividend parity threshold is equal to the average effective overnight Federal funds rate for a dividend period minus 100 basis points and was effective for dividends paid for all of 2017 and for the first nine months of 2018. The dividend parity threshold is effectively floored at zero percent when the current overnight Federal funds target rate is less than one percent. Under the capital plan, all dividends paid in the form of capital stock must be paid in the form of Class B Common Stock. Table 34 presents the dividend rates per annum paid on capital stock under our capital plan for the periods indicated:

Table 34



Applicable Rate per Annum	09/30/2018		06/30/2018		03/31/2018		12/31/2017		09/30/2017
Class A Common Stock	2.00	%	1.50	%	1.50	%	1.25	%	1.25	%
Class B Common Stock	7.25		6.75		6.75		6.50		6.50
Weighted Average¹	6.32		5.99		6.01		5.78		5.81
Dividend Parity Threshold:
Average effective overnight Federal funds rate	1.92	%	1.74	%	1.45	%	1.20	%	1.16	%
Spread to index	(1.00	)	(1.00	)	(1.00	)	(1.00	)	(1.00	)
TOTAL (floored at zero percent)	0.92	%	0.74	%	0.45	%	0.20	%	0.16	%


¹	Weighted average dividend rates are dividends paid in cash and stock on both classes of stock divided by the average of capital stock eligible for dividends.

We increased the dividend rate to 2.00 percent on Class A Common Stock and to 7.25 percent on Class B Common Stock in the third quarter of 2018 to provide a higher percentage payout of quarterly earnings to our members. Adverse changes in market conditions may result in lower dividend rates in future quarters. While there is no assurance that our Board of Directors will not change the dividend parity threshold in the future, the capital plan requires that we provide members with 90 days' notice prior to the end of a dividend period in which a different dividend parity threshold is utilized in the payment of a dividend.

We expect to continue paying dividends primarily in the form of capital stock during the remainder of 2018, but future dividends may be paid in cash. The payment of cash dividends instead of stock dividends should not have a significant impact from a liquidity perspective, as the subsequent redemption of excess stock created by stock dividends would utilize liquidity resources in the same manner as a cash dividend.

Risk Management

Active risk management continues to be an essential part of our operations and a key determinant of our ability to maintain earnings to return an acceptable dividend to our members and meet retained earnings thresholds. We maintain an enterprise risk management (ERM) program in an effort to enable the identification of all significant risks to the organization and institute the prompt and effective management of any major risk exposures. Our ERM program is a structured and disciplined approach that aligns strategy, processes, people, technology and knowledge with the purpose of identifying, evaluating and managing the uncertainties we face as we create value. It is a continuous process of identifying, prioritizing, assessing and managing inherent enterprise risks (i.e., business, compliance, credit, liquidity, market and operations) before they become realized risk events. See Item 7 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management” in our Form 10-K for more information on our ERM program. A separate discussion of market risk is included under Item 3 – “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” of this Form 10-Q.

Credit Risk Management: Credit risk is defined as the potential that a borrower or counterparty will fail to meet its financial obligations in accordance with agreed terms. We manage credit risk by following established policies, evaluating the creditworthiness of our counterparties, and utilizing collateral agreements and settlement netting for derivative transactions where enforceability of the legal right of offset has been determined. The most important step in the management of credit risk is the initial decision to extend credit. Continuous monitoring of counterparties is completed for all areas where we are exposed to credit risk, whether that is through lending, investing or derivative activities.

Lending and AMA Activities – Credit risk with members arises largely as a result of our lending and AMA activities (members’ CE obligations on conventional mortgage loans that we acquire through the MPF Program). We manage our exposure to credit risk on advances, letters of credit, derivatives, and members’ CE obligations on conventional mortgage loans through a combined approach that provides ongoing review of the financial condition of our members coupled with prudent collateralization.

As provided in the Bank Act, a member’s investment in our capital stock is held as additional collateral for the member’s advances and other credit obligations (letters of credit, CE obligations, etc.). In addition, we can call for additional collateral or substitute collateral during the life of an advance or other credit obligation to protect our security interest.

Credit risk arising from AMA activities under our MPF Program falls into three categories: (1) the risk of credit losses on the mortgage loans represented in our First Loss Account (FLA) and last loss positions; (2) the risk that a PFI will not perform as promised with respect to its loss position provided through its CE obligations on conventional mortgage loan pools, which are covered by the same collateral arrangements as those described for advances; and (3) the risk that a third-party insurer (obligated under primary mortgage insurance (PMI) or supplemental mortgage insurance (SMI) arrangements) will fail to perform as expected. Should a PMI third-party insurer fail to perform, it would increase our credit risk exposure because our FLA is the next layer to absorb credit losses on conventional mortgage loan pools. Likewise, if an SMI third-party insurer fails to perform, it would increase our credit risk exposure because it would reduce the participating member’s CE obligation loss layer since SMI is purchased by PFIs to cover all or a portion of their CE obligation exposure for mortgage pools. Credit risk exposure to third-party insurers to which we have PMI and/or SMI exposure is monitored on a monthly basis and regularly reported to the Board of Directors. We perform credit analysis of third-party PMI and SMI insurers on at least an annual basis. On a monthly basis, we review trends that could identify risks with our mortgage loan portfolio, including low FICO scores and high LTV ratios. Based on the credit underwriting standards under the MPF Program and this monthly review, we have concluded that the mortgage loans we hold would not be considered subprime.

Investments – Our RMP restricts the acquisition of investments to high-quality, short-term money market instruments and highly rated long-term securities. The short-term investment portfolio represents unsecured credit and reverse repurchase agreements. Counterparty ratings are monitored daily while performance and capital adequacy are monitored on a monthly basis in an effort to mitigate unsecured credit risk on our short-term investments. Collateral eligibility and transaction margin requirements on our reverse repurchase agreements are monitored daily. MBS securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac represent the majority of our long-term investments. Other long-term investments include MBS issued by Ginnie Mae, unsecured GSE debentures and collateralized state and local housing finance agency securities that were rated at least double-A at the time of purchase.

Derivatives – We transact most of our derivatives with large banks and major broker-dealers. Over-the-counter derivative transactions may be either executed with a counterparty (uncleared derivatives) or with an executing broker and cleared through a Futures Commission Merchant (i.e., clearing agent) that acts on our behalf to clear and settle derivative transactions through a Derivatives Clearing Organization (cleared derivatives).

We are subject to credit risk due to the risk of nonperformance by counterparties to our derivative transactions. The amount of credit risk on derivatives depends on the extent to which netting procedures and collateral requirements are used and are effective in mitigating the risk. We manage this risk through credit analysis and collateral management. We are also required to follow the requirements set forth by applicable regulation.

Uncleared Derivatives. We are subject to non-performance by the counterparties to our uncleared derivative transactions. We recently entered into updated bilateral security agreements with our non-member counterparties with bilateral-collateral-exchange provisions that require all credit exposures be collateralized regardless of credit rating, subject to a minimum transfer amount. As a result of these risk mitigation practices, we do not anticipate any credit losses on our uncleared derivative transactions as of September 30, 2018.

Cleared Derivatives. We are subject to nonperformance by the Clearinghouse(s) and clearing agent(s). The requirement that we post initial and variation margin, through the clearing agent, to the Clearinghouse, exposes us to institutional credit risk if the clearing agent or the Clearinghouse fails to meet its obligations. The use of cleared derivatives is intended to mitigate credit risk exposure because a central counterparty is substituted for individual counterparties and collateral and/or payments are posted daily for changes in the value of cleared derivatives through a clearing agent. We do not anticipate any credit losses on our cleared derivatives as of September 30, 2018.

We regularly monitor the exposures on our derivative transactions by determining the market value of positions using internal pricing models. The market values generated by the pricing model used to value derivatives are compared to dealer model results on a monthly basis to ensure that our derivative pricing model is reasonably calibrated to actual market pricing methodologies utilized by the dealers. In addition, we have our internal pricing model validated annually by an independent consultant. As a result of these risk mitigation initiatives, management does not anticipate any credit losses on our derivative transactions. See Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 for additional information on managing credit risk on derivatives.

The contractual or notional amount of derivative transactions reflects our involvement in the various classes of financial instruments. The maximum credit risk with respect to derivative transactions is the estimated cost of replacing the derivative transactions if there are defaults, minus the value of any related collateral posted to satisfy the initial margin (if required). Our derivative transactions are subject to variation margin which is derived from the change in market value of the transaction and must be posted by the net debtor on demand. Cleared transactions are subject to initial margin as well as variation margin. The initial margin is intended to protect the Clearinghouse against default of a clearing agent and to protect the clearing agent against default of a customer. Initial margin is calculated to cover the potential price volatility of the derivative transaction between the time of the default and the assignment of the transaction to another clearing agent or termination of the transaction. Although the initial margin requirement should decrease over time as the duration and market volatility decrease, it remains outstanding for the life of the transaction; thus, it is possible that we could either have: (1) net credit exposure with a Clearinghouse even if our net creditor position has been fully satisfied by the receipt of variation margin; or (2) net credit exposure with a Clearinghouse despite being the net debtor (i.e., being in a liability position). In determining maximum credit risk, we consider accrued interest receivables and payables as well as the netting requirements to net assets and liabilities.

Tables 35 and 36 present derivative notional amounts and counterparty credit exposure by whole-letter rating (in the event of a split rating, we use the lowest rating published by Moody's Investor Service (Moody's) or Standard and Poor's (S&P)) for derivative positions with counterparties to which we had credit exposure (in thousands):

Table 35



09/30/2018
Credit Rating	Notional Amount		Net Derivatives Fair Value Before Collateral			Cash Collateral Pledged From (To) Counterparty			Net Credit Exposure to Counterparties
Asset positions with credit exposure:
Uncleared derivatives:
Single-A	$	1,976,153	$	48,589		$	48,497		$	92
Liability positions with credit exposure:
Uncleared derivatives¹:
Single-A	1,033,774		(24,523		)	(26,695		)	2,172
Cleared derivatives²	4,904,661		(2,009		)	(35,425		)	33,416
TOTAL DERIVATIVE POSITIONS WITH CREDIT EXPOSURE	$	7,914,588	$	22,057		$	(13,623	)	$	35,680


¹	Exposure can change on a daily basis; thus, there is often a short lag time between the date the exposure is identified, collateral is requested and collateral is returned.

Represents derivative transactions cleared with LCH Limited and CME Clearing. LCH Limited was rated A+ by S&P; LCH Limited's parent company, LCH Group Holdings Limited, was not rated; and London Stock Exchange Group, LCH Group Holdings Limited's ultimate parent, was rated A3 by Moody's and A- by S&P as of September 30, 2018. CME Clearing is not rated; however, CME Clearing's parent company, CME Group, Inc., was rated Aa3 by Moody's and AA- by S&P as of September 30, 2018.

Table 36



12/31/2017
Credit Rating	Notional Amount		Net Derivatives Fair Value Before Collateral			Cash Collateral Pledged From (To) Counterparty			Net Credit Exposure to Counterparties
Asset positions with credit exposure:
Uncleared derivatives:
Single-A	$	223,200	$	1,431		$	1,401		$	30
Cleared derivatives¹	950,114		1,987			(9,878		)	11,865
Liability positions with credit exposure:
Uncleared derivatives²:
Single-A	921,300		(9,895		)	(11,626		)	1,731
Cleared derivatives¹	4,602,525		(5,546		)	(28,877		)	23,331
TOTAL DERIVATIVE POSITIONS WITH CREDIT EXPOSURE	$	6,697,139	$	(12,023	)	$	(48,980	)	$	36,957

Represents derivative transactions cleared with LCH Limited and CME Clearing. LCH Limited was rated A+ by S&P; LCH Limited's parent company, LCH Group Holdings Limited, was not rated; and London Stock Exchange Group, LCH Group Holdings Limited's ultimate parent, was rated A3 by Moody's and A- by S&P as of December 31, 2017. CME Clearing is not rated; however, CME Clearing's parent company, CME Group, Inc., was rated Aa3 by Moody's and AA- by S&P as of December 31, 2017.


²	Exposure can change on a daily basis; thus, there is often a short lag time between the date the exposure is identified, collateral is requested and collateral is returned.

Foreign Counterparty Risk – Loans, acceptances, interest-bearing deposits with other banks, other interest-bearing investments and any other monetary assets payable to us by entities of foreign countries, regardless of the currency in which the claim is denominated are referred to as "cross-border outstandings." Our cross-border outstandings consist primarily of short-term trading securities and Federal funds sold issued by banks and other financial institutions, which are non-sovereign entities, and derivative asset exposure with counterparties that are also non-sovereign entities. Secured reverse repurchase agreements outstanding are excluded from cross-border outstandings because they are fully collateralized.

In addition to credit risk, cross-border outstandings have the risk that, as a result of political or economic conditions in a country, borrowers may be unable to meet their contractual repayment obligations of principal and/or interest when due because of the unavailability of, or restrictions on, foreign exchange needed by borrowers to repay their obligations. We continue to cautiously place unsecured cross-border outstandings.

Table 37 presents the fair value of cross-border outstandings to countries in which we do business as of September 30, 2018 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Table 37



	Total¹
	Amount			Percent of Total Assets
Federal funds sold²	$	1,240,000		2.4	%

Trading securities³	85,003			0.2

Derivative assets:
Net exposure at fair value	(12,058		)
Cash collateral held	17,658
Net exposure after cash collateral	5,600			—

TOTAL	$	1,330,603		2.6	%


¹	Represents foreign countries where individual exposure is less than one percent of total assets. Total cross-border outstandings to countries that individually represented between 0.75 and 1.0 percent of our total assets as of September 30, 2018 were $0.8 billion (Canada and Netherlands).


²	Consists solely of overnight Federal funds sold.


³	Consists of certificates of deposit with remaining maturities of less than three months.

Liquidity Risk Management: Maintaining the ability to meet our obligations as they come due and to meet the credit needs of our members and housing associates in a timely and cost-efficient manner is the primary objective of managing liquidity risk. We seek to be in a position to meet the credit needs of our members, as well as our debt service and liquidity needs, without maintaining excessive holdings of low-yielding liquid investments or being forced to incur unnecessarily high borrowing costs.

Operational liquidity, or the ability to meet operational requirements in the normal course of business, is currently defined in our RMP as sources of cash from both our ongoing access to the capital markets and our holding of liquid assets. We manage exposure to operational liquidity risk by maintaining appropriate daily liquidity levels above the thresholds established by our RMP. We are also required to manage liquidity in order to meet statutory and contingency liquidity requirements and FHFA liquidity guidelines by maintaining a daily liquidity level above certain thresholds also outlined in the RMP, federal statutes, FHFA regulations and other FHFA guidance not issued in the form of regulations. We remained in compliance with each of these liquidity requirements throughout the third quarter of 2018.

We are focused on maintaining a liquidity and funding balance between our financial assets and financial liabilities. Within the FHLBank System guidelines, each FHLBank develops its own metrics and milestones for enhancing its liquidity risk management practices. However, the FHLBanks work collectively to manage the system-wide liquidity and funding management and jointly monitor the combined refinancing risk. In managing and monitoring the amounts of assets that require refunding, we may consider contractual maturities of the financial assets, as well as certain assumptions regarding expected cash flows (i.e., estimated prepayments and scheduled amortizations). See the Notes to the Financial Statements under Item 1 for more detailed information regarding contractual maturities of certain of our financial assets and liabilities.

We generally maintained stable access to the capital markets for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. For additional discussion of the market for our consolidated obligations and the overall market affecting liquidity see “Financial Market Trends” under this Item 2.

Our derivative instruments contain provisions that require all credit exposures be collateralized. See Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 for additional information on collateral posting requirements.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements under Item 1 – "Financial Statements" for a discussion of recently issued accounting standards.

Legislative and Regulatory Developments

Advisory Bulletin (AB) 2018-07 Federal Home Loan Bank Liquidity Guidance (Liquidity Guidance AB). On August 23, 2018, the FHFA issued a final AB on FHLBank liquidity that communicates the FHFA’s expectations with respect to the maintenance of sufficient liquidity to enable the FHLBanks to provide advances and letters of credit for members for a specified time without access to the capital markets or other unsecured funding sources. As of March 31, 2019, the Liquidity Guidance AB rescinds 2009 liquidity guidance issued by the FHFA. Contemporaneously with the issuance of the Liquidity Guidance AB, the FHFA issued a supervisory letter that identifies initial thresholds for measures of liquidity.

The Liquidity Guidance AB provides guidance on the level of on-balance sheet liquid assets related to base case liquidity. As part of the base case liquidity measure, the guidance also includes a separate provision covering off-balance sheet commitments from standby letters of credit. In addition, the Liquidity Guidance AB provides guidance related to asset/liability maturity funding gap limits.

With respect to base case liquidity, the FHFA revised previous guidance that required the FHLBanks to assume a 5-day period without access to capital markets due to a change in certain assumptions underlying that guidance. Under the Liquidity Guidance AB, we will be required to hold positive cash flow assuming no access to capital markets for an increased period of between ten and thirty calendar days, with a specific measurement period set forth in the supervisory letter. The Liquidity Guidance AB also sets forth the initial cash flow assumptions and formula to calculate base case liquidity. With respect to standby letters of credit, the guidance states that we should maintain a liquidity reserve of between one percent and 20 percent of our outstanding standby letters of credit commitments, as specified in the supervisory letter.

With respect to funding gaps and possible asset and liability mismatches, the Liquidity Guidance AB provides guidance on maintaining appropriate funding gaps for three-month (-10 to -20 percent) and one-year (-25 to -35 percent) maturity horizons, with specific initial percentages within these ranges identified in the supervisory letter. The Liquidity Guidance AB provides for these limits to reduce the liquidity risks associated with a mismatch in asset and liability maturities, including an undue reliance on short term debt funding, which may increase debt rollover risk.

The Liquidity Guidance AB also addresses liquidity stress testing, contingency funding plans and an adjustment to our core mission achievement calculation. Portions of the Liquidity Guidance AB will be implemented beginning December 31, 2018, with further implementation on March 31, 2019, and full implementation on December 31, 2019. While we are still analyzing the impact of the Liquidity Guidance AB, we may hold an additional amount of liquid assets to meet the new guidance, which could impact net interest margin depending on relative cost of funding. We do not believe these changes will have a material effect on our results of operations our our dividend rates.

Proposed Amendment to Rule Regarding Golden Parachute and Indemnification Payments. On August 28, 2018, the FHFA proposed amending its rule on golden parachute payments (Golden Parachute Rule) to better align the Golden Parachute Rule with areas of the FHFA’s supervisory concern and reduce administrative and compliance burdens. The Golden Parachute Rule sets forth the standards that the FHFA would take into consideration when limiting or prohibiting golden parachute and indemnification payments by an FHLBank or the Office of Finance to an entity-affiliated party when such entity is in troubled condition, in conservatorship or receivership, or insolvent. The proposed amendments would:


•	focus these standards on payments to and agreements with executive officers, broad-based plans, such as severance plans, covering large numbers of employees and payments made to non-executive-officer employees who may have engaged in certain types of wrongdoings;


•	revise and clarify definitions, exemptions and procedures to implement the FHFA’s supervisory approach; and


•	align procedures and outcomes of review with requirements of the FHFA's rule on executive compensation.

Comments on the proposed rule were due by October 12, 2018. Ten of the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance provided a joint comment letter on October 12, 2018 related to clarifying certain provisions of the proposed amendment. We are currently assessing the effect of the proposed rule but do not anticipate that, if adopted, it would materially impact us.

Final Rule on Indemnification Payments. On October 4, 2018, the FHFA published a final rule establishing standards for identifying when an indemnification payment by an FHLBank or the Office of Finance to an officer, director, employee, or other affiliated party in connection with an administrative proceeding or civil action instituted by the FHFA is prohibited or permissible. The rule generally prohibits these payments except in the following circumstances:


•	premiums for any commercial insurance or fidelity bonds for directors and officers, to the extent that the insurance or fidelity bond covers expenses and restitution, but not a judgment in favor of the FHFA or a civil money penalty imposed by the FHFA;

•

expenses of defending an action, subject to the FHLBank or the Office of Finance's board of directors conducting an investigation and making a written determination that the affiliated party acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the FHLBank or Office of Finance and such payments will not materially adversely affect the safety and soundness of the FHLBank or the Office of Finance (as the case may be) and the affiliated party agreeing to repay those expenses in certain instances; and


•	amounts due under an indemnification agreement entered into with a named affiliated party on or prior to September 20, 2016 (the date the rule was proposed).

The rule became effective November 5, 2018. We do not expect the rule will materially impact us.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), FRB, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Farm Credit Administration (FCA), and FHFA Final Rule on Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities. On October 10, 2018, the OCC, FRB, FDIC, FCA, and FHFA published final amendments to each agency’s final rule on Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (Swap Margin Rules) to conform the definition of “eligible master netting agreement” in such rules to the OCC's, FRB’s, and FDIC’s final qualified financial contract rules. The final rule also clarifies that a legacy swap would not be deemed to be a covered swap under the Swap Margin Rules if it is amended solely to conform to the qualified financial contract rules. The qualified financial contract rules previously published by the OCC, FRB, and FDIC require their respective regulated entities to amend covered qualified financial contracts to limit a counterparty’s immediate termination or exercise of default rights in the event of bankruptcy or receivership of the regulated entity or its affiliate(s). The final rule will become effective on November 9, 2018. We do not expect this rule to materially affect our financial condition or results of operations.

Proposed Amendment to Rule on Federal Home Loan Bank Housing Goals. On November 2, 2018, the FHFA proposed amending its rule on Federal Home Loan Bank Housing Goals (Housing Goals Rule). The Housing Goals Rule would eliminate the existing $2.5 billion volume threshold that triggers the application of the housing goals for each FHLBank. The rule would also replace the existing four separate retrospective housing goals with a single prospective mortgage purchase housing goal and establish a separate small member participation housing goal. The new mortgage purchase housing goal would require 20 percent of an FHLBank’s acquired member asset purchases to be purchases of mortgages to low-income families, to very low-income families, or in low income areas. In low income areas, no more than 25 percent of the mortgages purchased could be to borrowers above 80 percent of the area median income. In addition, at least 50 percent of an FHLBank’s acquired member asset users would need to be smaller members with assets below the asset cap for community financial institutions (currently $1.2 billion). The proposed rule would allow an FHLBank to request FHFA approval of alternative goals if the goals established in the proposed rule are not feasible. Finally, the proposed rule would include a phase-in period that would require full compliance with the housing goals for calendar year 2022.

Comments on the proposed rule are due by January 31, 2019. We are currently assessing the effect the proposed rule may have, if any, on our financial condition and results of operations.

Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk Management

We measure interest rate risk exposure by various methods, including the calculation of duration of equity (DOE) and market value of equity (MVE) in different interest rate scenarios.

Duration of Equity: DOE aggregates the estimated sensitivity of market value for each of our financial assets and liabilities to changes in interest rates. In essence, DOE indicates the sensitivity of MVE to changes in interest rates. However, MVE should not be considered indicative of our market value as a going concern or our value in a liquidation scenario.

We manage DOE within ranges approved by our Board of Directors as described under Item 7A - "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" in the annual report on Form 10-K, incorporated by reference herein. All our DOE measurements were in compliance with Board of Director established policy limits and operating ranges as of September 30, 2018. On an ongoing basis, we actively monitor portfolio relationships and overall DOE dynamics as a part of our evaluation processes for determining acceptable future asset/liability management actions. Table 38 presents the DOE in the base case and the up and down 200 basis point interest rate shock scenarios as of the periods noted:

Table 38



Duration of Equity
Date	Up 200 Basis Points	Base	Down 200 Basis Points
09/30/2018	2.9	1.2	1.9
06/30/2018	3.0	0.7	1.9
03/31/2018	3.4	0.5	2.2
12/31/2017	2.4	-1.5	2.9
09/30/2017	2.8	-1.0	2.7

The DOE as of September 30, 2018 increased in the base scenario, decreased in the up 200 basis point shock scenario and remained the same in the down 200 basis point shock scenario from June 30, 2018. The primary factors contributing to these changes in duration during the period were: (1) the increase in long-term interest rates and the relative level of mortgage rates during the period; (2) the increase in the fixed rate mortgage loan portfolio during the period along with an increase in the weighting of the portfolio as a percent of total assets; and (3) asset/liability actions taken by management throughout the period, including the continued issuance of long-term, unswapped callable consolidated obligation bonds with relatively short lock-out periods and the continued issuance of discount notes to fund changes in advance balances.

The increase in long-term interest rates during the third quarter of 2018 generally indicates a lengthening duration profile for both the fixed rate mortgage loan portfolio and the associated unswapped callable consolidated obligation bonds funding these assets. With the increase in our mortgage loan portfolio during the period, as discussed in Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Financial Condition – MPF Program,” the portfolio increased as an overall percentage of assets as the balance sheet expanded, increasing from 15.1 percent of total assets as of June 30, 2018 to 15.8 percent as of September 30, 2018. With this weighting increase, the mortgage loan portfolio continues to represent a sizable portion of the balance sheet, and changes occurring with this portfolio tend to be magnified in terms of DOE. Since the mortgage loan portfolio continues to comprise a considerable percentage of overall assets and has such a sizable duration relative to our other assets, its behavior is quite visible in the duration risk profile and changes in this portfolio are typically magnified as the composition of assets changes. This magnification occurs when a portfolio market value weighting as a percent of the overall net market value of the balance sheet changes, causing the remaining portfolios to be a smaller or larger component of the total balance sheet composition. For example, if advance balances decrease during a given period, this decrease will cause the mortgage loan portfolio weighting to increase as a total proportion of total assets. Further, if interest rates decrease, the market value gains in the mortgage loan portfolio will cause the mortgage loan portfolio to further increase its sizable percentage of overall market value of assets. This increase in market value of assets will cause the duration for this portfolio to have a greater impact on DOE. In other words, this relationship causes the duration of the mortgage loan portfolio to have a larger contribution impact to the overall DOE since DOE is a market value weighted measurement. With these balance sheet dynamics, we continue to actively manage and monitor the contributing factors of our risk profile, including DOE. As the relationship of the fixed rate mortgage loan assets and the associated callable liabilities vary based on market conditions, we evaluate and manage these market driven sensitivities as both portfolios change in balance level and overall proportion.

New loans were continually added to the mortgage loan portfolio to replace loans that were prepaid during the period and we continue to actively manage this ongoing growth to position the balance sheet sensitivity to perform within our expected risk tolerances. To effectively manage these changes in the mortgage loan portfolio (including new production loans) and related sensitivity to changes in market conditions, we continued to issue unswapped callable consolidated obligation bonds with relatively long maturities and short lock-out periods (generally three months to one year). The issuance of callable bonds generally extends the duration profile of this portfolio. This liability extension corresponds with the expected longer duration profile of the new fixed rate mortgage loans, all else being equal. This liability lengthening demonstrates the specific duration sensitivity to changes in interest rates at certain shock scenarios where the unswapped callable bonds are more or less sensitive to certain levels of increasing interest rates, causing the overall DOE to increase or decrease, similar to the factors causing the changes in DOE for all interest rate shock scenarios. This sensitivity, or convexity, is further described under Item 7A – "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. In addition, the relative level of mortgage rates generally contributes significantly to the sensitivity of the fixed rate mortgage loan portfolio causing the duration profile to lengthen or shorten based on the relationship between interest rates, mortgage rates and associated mortgage spreads. For instance, the increase in interest rates during the period caused the mortgage loan portfolio duration to lengthen slightly more than the associated liabilities, leading to a more asset sensitive DOE profile in the base interest rate scenario. Further, issuance of discount notes continued in order to provide adequate liquidity sources to appropriately address changes in customer short-term advance balances and associated capital stock activity during the period. The combination of all these factors contributed to the net DOE changes in all interest rate shock scenarios, where the DOE increased in the base scenario, decreased in the up 200 basis point shock scenario and remained the same in the down 200 basis point shock scenario. The down shock scenario continues to provide limited information since interest rates remain at historically low levels. This low interest rate environment essentially generates zero interest rates for the short- and mid-term interest rates along the down 200 shocked term structure of interest rates, causing valuation changes to be limited, generating DOE results with marginal information.

With respect to the variable rate GSE MBS portfolio, we generally purchase interest rate caps to offset the impact of embedded caps in this portfolio in rising interest rate scenarios. As expected, these interest rate caps are a satisfactory interest rate risk hedge to rising interest rates and provide an off-setting risk response to the risk profile changes in variable rate GSE MBS with embedded caps. We periodically assess derivative strategies to ensure that overall balance sheet risk is appropriately hedged within established risk appetite metrics and make adjustments to the derivative portfolio as needed. This evaluation is completed considering not only the par value of the variable rate MBS with embedded caps being hedged with purchased caps, but the composition of the purchased cap portfolio and expected prepayments of the variable rate MBS with embedded caps. This evaluation of the relative relationship between the variable rate investment portfolio and the purchased cap portfolio continues to indicate a sufficient hedging relationship. During the quarter ended September 30, 2018, we had no additional purchases of variable rate single-family GSE MBS. We also did not purchase additional interest rate caps during the third quarter of 2018 based on current interest rate cap exposure. In addition, we had no additional purchases of fixed rate multi-family GSE MBS during the current quarter.

In calculating DOE, we also calculate our duration gap, which is the difference between the duration of our assets and the duration of our liabilities. Our base duration gap was 0.7 months for September 30, 2018 and 0.4 months for June 30, 2018. As discussed previously, the performance was primarily the result of the changes in the fixed rate mortgage loan portfolio and the associated funding decisions made by management in response to changes in the interest rate environment and balance sheet during the third quarter of 2018. All FHLBanks are required to submit this base duration gap number to the Office of Finance as part of the quarterly reporting process created by the FHFA.

Market Value of Equity: MVE is the net value of our assets and liabilities. Estimating sensitivity of MVE to changes in interest rates is another measure of interest rate risk. We generally maintain an MVE within limits specified by the Board of Directors in the RMP. The RMP measures our market value risk in terms of the MVE in relation to total regulatory capital stock outstanding (TRCS). TRCS includes all capital stock outstanding, including stock subject to mandatory redemption. As a cooperative, we believe using the TRCS results in an appropriate measure because it reflects our market value relative to the book value of our capital stock. Our RMP stipulates MVE shall not be less than: (1) 100 percent of TRCS under the base case scenario; or (2) 90 percent of TRCS under a ±200 basis point instantaneous parallel shock in interest rates. Table 39 presents MVE as a percent of TRCS. As of September 30, 2018, all scenarios are well above the specified limits and much of the relative level in the ratios during the periods covered by the table can be attributed to the relative level of the fixed rate mortgage loan market values as rates have continued to remain historically low along with the relative level of outstanding capital.

The MVE to TRCS ratios can be greatly impacted by the level of capital outstanding based on our capital management approach. Typically, as advances increase and the associated capital level increases, the ratio will generally decline since the new advances are primarily short-term with market values at or near par. Conversely, as advance balances decrease and the capital level decreases as capital stock is repurchased, the ratio will generally increase. However, if excess capital stock is not repurchased, the capital level remains higher thereby causing a decrease in the ratio. The higher level of excess stock as of December 31, 2017 (see Table 33 under Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital”) contributed to the lower MVE as of December 31, 2017. These relationships primarily generate the changes in the MVE/TRCS levels and produce the changes in the ratios in all interest rate scenarios in the table below.

Table 39



Market Value of Equity as a Percent of Total Regulatory Capital Stock
Date	Up 200 Basis Points	Base	Down 200 Basis Points
09/30/2018	167	174	175
06/30/2018	168	175	174
03/31/2018	164	171	170
12/31/2017	166	168	167
09/30/2017	170	174	175

Detail of Derivative Instruments by Type of Instrument by Type of Risk: Various types of derivative instruments are utilized to mitigate the interest rate risks described in the preceding sections as well as to better match the terms of assets and liabilities. We currently employ derivative instruments by designating them as either a fair value or cash flow hedge of an underlying financial instrument or a forecasted transaction or in asset/liability management (i.e., an economic hedge). An economic hedge is defined as a derivative hedging specific or non-specific underlying assets, liabilities or firm commitments that either does not qualify for hedge accounting, or for which we have not elected hedge accounting, but is an acceptable hedging strategy under our RMP. For hedging relationships that are not designated for shortcut hedge accounting, we formally assess (both at the hedge’s inception and monthly on an ongoing basis) whether the derivatives used have been highly effective in offsetting changes in the fair values or cash flows of hedged items and whether those derivatives may be expected to remain highly effective in future periods. We typically use regression analyses or similar statistical analyses to assess the effectiveness of our long haul hedges. We determine the hedge accounting to be applied when the hedge is entered into by completing detailed documentation, which includes a checklist setting forth criteria that must be met to qualify for hedge accounting.

Tables 40 and 41 present the notional amount and fair value amount (fair value includes net accrued interest receivable or payable on the derivative) for derivative instruments by hedged item, hedging instrument, hedging objective and accounting designation (in thousands):

Table 40



09/30/2018
Hedged Item	Hedging Instrument	Hedging Objective	Accounting Designation	Notional Amount		Fair Value Amount
Advances
Fixed rate non-callable advances	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the advance’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Fair Value Hedge	$	2,806,015	$	1,393
Fixed rate convertible advances	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the advance’s fixed rate to a variable rate index and offset option risk in the advance	Fair Value Hedge	1,052,850		28,669
Firm commitment to issue a fixed rate advance	Forward settling interest rate swap	Protect against fair value risk	Fair Value Hedge	140,475		(295		)
Investments
Fixed rate non-MBS trading investments	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the investment’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Economic Hedge	648,500		(411		)
Fixed rate MBS trading investments	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the investment’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Economic Hedge	848,473		35,791
Fixed rate MBS available-for-sale investments	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the investment’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Fair Value Hedge	1,755,121		91,354
Adjustable rate MBS with embedded caps	Interest rate cap	Offset the interest rate cap embedded in a variable rate investment	Economic Hedge	1,373,200		1,390
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
Fixed rate mortgage purchase commitments	Mortgage purchase commitment	Protect against fair value risk	Economic Hedge	127,066		(202		)
Consolidated Obligation Bonds
Fixed rate non-callable consolidated obligation bonds	Receive fixed, pay variable interest rate swap	Convert the bond’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Fair Value Hedge	1,325,000		7,300
Fixed rate callable consolidated obligation bonds	Receive fixed, pay variable interest rate swap	Convert the bond’s fixed rate to a variable rate index and offset option risk in the bond	Fair Value Hedge	710,000		(9,708		)
Complex consolidated obligation bonds	Receive variable with embedded features, pay variable interest rate swap	Reduce interest rate sensitivity and re-pricing gaps by converting the bond’s variable rate to a different variable rate index and/or to offset embedded options risk in the bond	Fair Value Hedge	15,000		(1,702		)
Callable step-up/step-down consolidated obligation bonds	Receive variable interest rate with embedded features, pay variable interest rate swap	Reduce interest rate sensitivity and repricing gaps by converting the bond’s variable rate to a different variable rate index and/or to offset embedded options risk in the bond	Fair Value Hedge	460,000		(7,745		)
Variable rate consolidated obligation bonds	Receive variable interest rate, pay variable interest rate swap	Reduce basis risk by converting an undesirable variable rate index in the bond to a more desirable variable rate index	Economic Hedge	980,000		(25,766		)
TOTAL				$	12,241,700	$	120,068

Table 41



12/31/2017
Hedged Item	Hedging Instrument	Hedging Objective	Accounting Designation	Notional Amount		Fair Value Amount
Advances
Fixed rate non-callable advances	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the advance’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Fair Value Hedge	$	2,972,139	$	1,639
Fixed rate convertible advances	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the advance’s fixed rate to a variable rate index and offset option risk in the advance	Fair Value Hedge	853,150		8,679
Firm commitment to issue a fixed rate advance	Forward settling interest rate swap	Protect against fair value risk	Fair Value Hedge	169,500		(730		)
Investments
Fixed rate non-MBS trading investments	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the investment’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Economic Hedge	398,500		(5,674		)
Fixed rate MBS trading investments	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the investment’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Economic Hedge	850,799		(1,578		)
Fixed rate MBS available-for-sale investments	Pay fixed, receive variable interest rate swap	Convert the investment’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Fair Value Hedge	1,484,295		19,139
Adjustable rate MBS with embedded caps	Interest rate cap	Offset the interest rate cap embedded in a variable rate investment	Economic Hedge	2,344,200		1,011
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
Fixed rate mortgage purchase commitments	Mortgage purchase commitment	Protect against fair value risk	Economic Hedge	77,585		30
Consolidated Obligation Bonds
Fixed rate non-callable consolidated obligation bonds	Receive fixed, pay variable interest rate swap	Convert the bond’s fixed rate to a variable rate index	Fair Value Hedge	985,000		12,652
Fixed rate callable consolidated obligation bonds	Receive fixed, pay variable interest rate swap	Convert the bond’s fixed rate to a variable rate index and offset option risk in the bond	Fair Value Hedge	280,000		(2,179		)
Complex consolidated obligation bonds	Receive variable with embedded features, pay variable interest rate swap	Reduce interest rate sensitivity and re-pricing gaps by converting the bond’s variable rate to a different variable rate index and/or to offset embedded options risk in the bond	Fair Value Hedge	45,000		(169		)
Callable step-up/step-down consolidated obligation bonds	Receive variable interest rate with embedded features, pay variable interest rate swap	Reduce interest rate sensitivity and repricing gaps by converting the bond’s variable rate to a different variable rate index and/or to offset embedded options risk in the bond	Fair Value Hedge	430,000		(2,843		)
Variable rate consolidated obligation bonds	Receive variable interest rate, pay variable interest rate swap	Reduce basis risk by converting an undesirable variable rate index in the bond to a more desirable variable rate index	Economic Hedge	2,280,000		(11,177		)
TOTAL				$	13,170,168	$	18,800

Item 4: Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Senior management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Our disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide a reasonable level of assurance in achieving their desired objectives; however, in designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Management, with the participation of the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), our principal executive officer, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), our principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2018. Based upon that evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2018.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2018 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1: Legal Proceedings

We are subject to various pending legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. Additionally, management does not believe that we are subject to any material pending legal proceedings outside of ordinary litigation incidental to our business.

Item 1A: Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2018, and such risk factors are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

Item 3: Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4: Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5: Other Information

None.

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Item 6: Exhibits



Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Exhibit 3.1 to the FHLBank’s registration statement on Form 10, filed May 15, 2006, and made effective on July 14, 2006 (File No. 000-52004), Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka Articles and Organization Certificate, is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 3.1.
3.2	Exhibit 3.2 to the 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 10, 2016, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka Amended and Restated Bylaws, is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 3.2.
4.1	Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 5, 2011, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka Capital Plan, is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 4.1.
10.1*	Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 1, 2018, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka Executive Officer Severance Policy, is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.1.
31.1	Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32	Certification of President and Principal Executive Officer and Senior Vice President 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.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

^* Represents a management contract or a compensatory plan or arrangement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



	Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka


November 7, 2018	By: /s/ Mark E. Yardley
Date	Mark E. Yardley
	President and Chief Executive Officer


November 7, 2018	By: /s/ William W. Osborn
Date	William W. Osborn
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka - FORM 10-Q - November 7, 2018

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