Federal Home Loan Bank Capital Stock and Capital Plans Finalized

Summary

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has finalized a rule to transfer Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) capital stock and capital plans to its regulations, with no substantive changes to the requirements, and is adopting the proposed rule as a final rule without modification.

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

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