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

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is proposing to remove references to credit ratings from certain regulations governing the Federal Home Loan Banks, requiring the banks to apply internal standards to determine security credit quality instead.

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