FHFA Proposes Removal of Credit Rating References in Federal Home Loan Banks Regulations

Summary

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has proposed to amend its rules and remove references to credit ratings in regulations governing the Federal Home Loan Banks, replacing them with internal analytic standards and criteria to determine security credit quality, subject to FHFA oversight.

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

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