Federal Home Loan Bank Liabilities: FHFA Re-Adopts Regulations

Summary

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is re-organizing and re-adopting existing regulations related to consolidated obligations (COs) and book-entry procedures for COs, as part of new part 1270 of the FHFA regulations, following statutory amendments to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (Bank Act).

Original source language: Federal Register — Federal Housing Finance AgencyOpen original release →

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