10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

OR

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

Commission File Number: 000-51402

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

Federally chartered corporation (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	04-6002575 (I.R.S. employer identification number)
800 Boylston Street Boston, MA (Address of principal executive offices)	02199 (Zip code)

(617) 292-9600

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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  o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). x Yes  o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company o

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

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

	Shares outstanding as of October 31, 2013
Class A Stock, par value $100	zero
Class B Stock, par value $100	34,266,181

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	3
	Statements of Condition	3
	Statements of Operations	4
	Statements of Comprehensive Income	5
	Statements of Capital	6
	Statements of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Financial Statements	9
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	48
	Executive Summary	49
	Economic Conditions	51
	Selected Financial Data	53
	Results of Operations	55
	Financial Condition	68
	Liquidity and Capital Resources	90
	Critical Accounting Estimates	95
	Recent Accounting Developments	95
	Legislative and Regulatory Developments	96
	Credit Rating Agency Developments	98
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	98
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	102
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	104
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	104
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	104
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	105
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	105
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	105
Item 5.	Other Information	105
Item 6.	Exhibits	105

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CONDITION (dollars and shares in thousands, except par value) (unaudited)
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	3,172,772		$	240,945
Interest-bearing deposits	219			192
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,500,000			4,015,000
Federal funds sold	500,000			600,000
Investment securities:
Trading securities	249,970			274,293
Available-for-sale securities - includes $4,101 and $8,582 pledged as collateral at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively that may be repledged	3,860,587			5,268,237
Held-to-maturity securities - includes $67,110 and $100,124 pledged as collateral at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively that may be repledged (a)	4,361,134			5,396,335
Total investment securities	8,471,691			10,938,865
Advances	22,555,122			20,789,704
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $1,957 and $4,414 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively	3,401,111			3,478,896
Accrued interest receivable	75,943			100,404
Premises, software, and equipment, net	3,634			4,382
Derivative assets, net	4,118			111
Other assets	36,050			40,518
Total Assets	$	39,720,660		$	40,209,017
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
Interest-bearing	$	553,807		$	557,440
Non-interest-bearing	16,549			37,528
Total deposits	570,356			594,968
Consolidated obligations (COs):
Bonds	24,201,697			26,119,848
Discount notes	10,475,911			8,639,048
Total consolidated obligations	34,677,608			34,758,896
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390			215,863
Accrued interest payable	101,206			96,356
Affordable Housing Program (AHP) payable	55,761			50,545
Derivative liabilities, net	649,781			907,092
Other liabilities	23,870			19,198
Total liabilities	37,055,972			36,642,918
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
CAPITAL
Capital stock – Class B – putable ($100 par value), 24,410 shares and 34,552 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively	2,441,028			3,455,165
Retained earnings:
Unrestricted	615,993			523,203
Restricted	89,752			64,351
Total retained earnings	705,745			587,554
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(482,085		)	(476,620		)
Total capital	2,664,688			3,566,099
Total Liabilities and Capital	$	39,720,660		$	40,209,017

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(a)   Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $4,700,205 and $5,699,230 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

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

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
INTEREST INCOME
Advances	$	56,405		$	72,551		$	172,445		$	225,037
Prepayment fees on advances, net	1,821			11,874			18,437			44,348
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	478			2,455			1,896			7,069
Federal funds sold	545			463			1,291			1,491
Trading securities	2,363			2,522			7,201			7,608
Available-for-sale securities	14,437			19,106			49,197			50,869
Held-to-maturity securities	30,750			35,057			93,761			111,445
Prepayment fees on investments	1,605			139			5,331			341
Mortgage loans held for portfolio	31,474			34,214			96,166			103,527
Other	1			2			4			3
Total interest income	139,879			178,383			445,729			551,738
INTEREST EXPENSE
Consolidated obligations - bonds	78,715			101,584			243,113			311,943
Consolidated obligations - discount notes	1,846			3,726			5,057			8,222
Deposits	3			11			12			42
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	911			260			2,083			834
Other borrowings	1			1			3			2
Total interest expense	81,476			105,582			250,268			321,043
NET INTEREST INCOME	58,403			72,801			195,461			230,695
Provision for (reduction of) credit losses	83			(523		)	(2,194		)	(2,057		)
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR (REDUCTION OF) CREDIT LOSSES	58,320			73,324			197,655			232,752
OTHER INCOME (LOSS)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on investment securities	(80		)	(2,077		)	(180		)	(14,218		)
Net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,448		)	985			(2,163		)	8,674
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on investment securities, credit portion	(1,528		)	(1,092		)	(2,343		)	(5,544		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(568		)	(4,992		)	(4,956		)	(16,993		)
Service fees	1,797			1,483			4,909			4,474
Net unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities	726			4,669			(11,278		)	8,291
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	(1,070		)	(2,086		)	6,175			(8,509		)
Other	519			228			(2,188		)	2,753
Total other loss	(124		)	(1,790		)	(9,681		)	(15,528		)
OTHER EXPENSE
Compensation and benefits	9,162			8,405			25,983			25,723
Other operating expenses	4,693			4,380			14,082			13,442
Federal Housing Finance Agency (the FHFA)	666			1,073			2,373			3,472
Office of Finance	655			625			1,908			2,066
Other	608			556			2,283			1,753
Total other expense	15,784			15,039			46,629			46,456
INCOME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS	42,412			56,495			141,345			170,768
AHP	4,333			5,675			14,343			17,160
NET INCOME	$	38,079		$	50,820		$	127,002		$	153,608

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

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Net income	$	38,079		$	50,820		$	127,002		$	153,608
Other comprehensive income:
Net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities	(17,195		)	17,525			(61,671		)	15,643
Net noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities
Noncredit portion	—			(2,013		)	(63		)	(10,931		)
Reclassification adjustment for noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized as credit losses included in net income	1,448			1,028			2,226			2,257
Accretion of noncredit portion	14,256			17,838			44,000			56,131
Total net noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	15,704			16,853			46,163			47,457
Net unrealized (losses) gains relating to hedging activities
Unrealized (losses) gains	(6,173		)	(10,448		)	11,001			(32,874		)
Reclassification adjustment for previously deferred hedging gains and losses included in net income	4			4			11			11
Total net unrealized (losses) gains relating to hedging activities	(6,169		)	(10,444		)	11,012			(32,863		)
Pension and postretirement benefits	(323		)	(166		)	(969		)	(500		)
Total other comprehensive (loss) income	(7,983		)	23,768			(5,465		)	29,737
Total comprehensive income	$	30,096		$	74,588		$	121,537		$	183,345

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

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars and shares in thousands) (unaudited)
	Capital Stock Class B – Putable					Retained Earnings								Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Shares		Par Value			Unrestricted			Restricted		Total						Total Capital
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2011	36,253		$	3,625,348		$	375,158		$	22,939	$	398,097		$	(534,411	)	$	3,489,034
Proceeds from sale of capital stock	461		46,094														46,094
Repurchase of capital stock	(2,374	)	(237,412		)												(237,412		)
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(10	)	(1,014		)												(1,014		)
Comprehensive income						122,887			30,721		153,608			29,737			183,345
Cash dividends on capital stock						(13,471		)			(13,471		)				(13,471		)
BALANCE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012	34,330		$	3,433,016		$	484,574		$	53,660	$	538,234		$	(504,674	)	$	3,466,576
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2012	34,552		$	3,455,165		$	523,203		$	64,351	$	587,554		$	(476,620	)	$	3,566,099
Proceeds from sale of capital stock	1,203		120,396														120,396
Repurchase of capital stock	(2,750	)	(275,011		)												(275,011		)
Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(8,595	)	(859,522		)												(859,522		)
Comprehensive income						101,601			25,401		127,002			(5,465		)	121,537
Cash dividends on capital stock						(8,811		)			(8,811		)				(8,811		)
BALANCE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013	24,410		$	2,441,028		$	615,993		$	89,752	$	705,745		$	(482,085	)	$	2,664,688

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

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	127,002		$	153,608
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	(36,170		)	(13,299		)
Reduction of provision for credit losses	(2,194		)	(2,057		)
Change in net fair-value adjustments on derivatives and hedging activities	(21,529		)	85,822
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on investment securities, credit portion	2,343			5,544
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	4,956			16,993
Other adjustments	583			(312		)
Net change in:
Market value of trading securities	11,278			(8,291		)
Accrued interest receivable	24,461			20,567
Other assets	2,862			2,150
Accrued interest payable	4,850			18,181
Other liabilities	7,107			12,393
Total adjustments	(1,453		)	137,691
Net cash provided by operating activities	125,549			291,299
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Net change in:
Interest-bearing deposits	(3,948		)	(84		)
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	2,515,000			1,775,000
Federal funds sold	100,000			1,170,000
Premises, software, and equipment	(671		)	(784		)
Trading securities:
Proceeds from long-term	13,045			3,035
Available-for-sale securities:
Proceeds from long-term	1,506,945			1,128,619
Purchases of long-term	(289,846		)	(1,615,479		)
Held-to-maturity securities:
Proceeds from long-term	1,089,923			1,016,930
Advances to members:
Proceeds	157,664,653			110,843,079
Disbursements	(159,602,066		)	(109,610,045		)
Mortgage loans held for portfolio:
Proceeds	595,488			610,854
Purchases	(535,022		)	(947,759		)
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets	9,454			7,904
Net cash provided by investing activities	3,062,955			4,381,270
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net change in deposits	(23,462		)	12,079
Net payments on derivatives with a financing element	(14,275		)	(27,101		)
Net proceeds from issuance of consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	40,911,806			101,912,981

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Bonds	4,802,462			7,879,848
Bonds transferred from other Federal Home Loan Banks (the FHLBanks)	80,135			130,276
Payments for maturing and retiring consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	(39,074,702		)	(104,572,190		)
Bonds	(6,677,223		)	(9,597,021		)
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock	120,396			46,094
Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(97,995		)	(12,580		)
Payments for repurchase of capital stock	(275,011		)	(237,412		)
Cash dividends paid	(8,808		)	(13,471		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(256,677		)	(4,478,497		)
Net increase in cash and due from banks	2,931,827			194,072
Cash and due from banks at beginning of the year	240,945			112,094
Cash and due from banks at end of the period	$	3,172,772		$	306,166
Supplemental disclosures:
Interest paid	$	309,767		$	357,257
AHP payments	$	8,842		$	4,313
Noncash transfers of mortgage loans held for portfolio to real-estate-owned (REO)	$	7,863		$	10,435

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

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary have been included. All such adjustments consist of normal recurring accruals. The presentation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013. The unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston's audited financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 26, 2013 (the 2012 Annual Report). Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, all references in this discussion to “the Bank,” "we," "us," "our," or similar references mean the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.

Note 2 — Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Guidance

Inclusion of the Overnight Index Swap Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes. On July 17, 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended existing guidance to include the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (also referred to as Overnight Index Swap Rate (OIS)) as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. Including OIS as an acceptable U.S. benchmark interest rate, in addition to United States Treasuries and London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR), provides a more comprehensive spectrum of interest-rate resets to utilize as the designated benchmark interest-rate risk component under the hedge accounting guidance. The amendments also remove the restriction on using different benchmark interest rates for similar hedges. The amendments apply to all entities that elect to apply hedge accounting of the benchmark interest rate, and are effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date. On February 28, 2013, the FASB issued guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this guidance is fixed at the reporting date. This guidance requires an entity to measure these obligations as the sum of (1) the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and (2) any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. In addition, this guidance requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2013, and should be applied retrospectively to obligations with joint and several liability existing at the beginning of an entity's fiscal year of adoption.

Upon adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2014, we will continue to recognize the COs for which we are the direct obligor as a liability, and will not recognize any amount for COs for which other FHLBanks are direct obligors, unless a default occurs and the FHFA mandates an allocation of a shortfall. Adoption of this guidance will have no impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. On December 16, 2011, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (the IASB) issued common disclosure requirements intended to help investors and other financial statement users better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting arrangements on a company's financial position, whether a company's financial statements are prepared on the basis of GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This guidance was amended on January 31, 2013, to clarify that its scope includes only certain financial instruments that are either offset on the balance sheet or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. We are required to disclose both gross and net information about derivative, repurchase, and security lending instruments that meet these criteria. This guidance, as amended, became effective for us for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2013, and was applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The adoption of this guidance has resulted in additional financial statement disclosures but did not affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. We do not have repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements or securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are subject to

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offset in our statement of condition. As a result, we are only providing the required disclosures related to derivative instruments. See Note 10 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities for disclosures related to this guidance.

Presentation of Comprehensive Income. On February 5, 2013, the FASB issued guidance to improve the transparency of reporting reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss. This guidance does not change the current requirements for reporting net income or comprehensive income in financial statements. However, it does require that we provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss by component. In addition, we are required to present significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss, either on the face of the financial statement where net income is presented or in the footnotes. These amounts are presented based on the respective lines of net income only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, we are required to cross-reference to other required disclosures that provide additional detail about these other amounts. This guidance became effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2012, and has been applied prospectively. The adoption of this guidance resulted in additional financial statement disclosures but did not affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. See Note 15 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss for disclosures related to this guidance.

Regulatory Guidance

Framework for Adversely Classifying Loans, Other REO, and Other Assets and Listing Assets for Special Mention. On April 9, 2012, the FHFA issued Advisory Bulletin 2012-02, Framework for Adversely Classifying Loans, Other REO, and Other Assets and Listing Assets for Special Mention (AB 2012-02). AB 2012-02 establishes a standard and uniform methodology for classifying loans, other REO, and certain other assets (excluding investment securities), and prescribes the timing of asset charge-offs based on these classifications. The guidance in AB 2012-02 is generally consistent with the Uniform Retail Credit Classification and Account Management Policy issued by the federal banking regulators in June 2000. AB 2012-02 states that it was effective upon issuance. However, the FHFA issued additional guidance indicating that the asset classification provisions in AB 2012-02 should be implemented by January 1, 2014, and that the charge-off provisions in AB 2012-02 should be implemented no later than January 1, 2015. We are currently assessing the provisions of AB 2012-02 and have not yet determined its anticipated effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Note 3 — Trading Securities

Major Security Types. Our trading securities as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
United States (U.S.) government-guaranteed – residential	$	14,962	$	16,876
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) – residential	3,803		4,946
GSEs – commercial	231,205		252,471
Total	$	249,970	$	274,293

Net unrealized losses on trading securities held for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, amounted to $11.3 million and net unrealized gains on trading securities held for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, amounted to $8.3 million.

We do not participate in speculative trading practices and typically hold these investments over a longer time horizon.

Note 4 — Available-for-Sale Securities

Major Security Types. Our available-for-sale securities as of September 30, 2013, were (dollars in thousands):

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			Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Amortized Cost (1)		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value
Supranational institutions	$	453,905	$	—	$	(23,113	)	$	430,792
U.S. government-owned corporations	286,097		—		(38,752		)	247,345
GSEs	1,053,469		6,759		(11,471		)	1,048,757
	1,793,471		6,759		(73,336		)	1,726,894
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	294,051		453		(2,974		)	291,530
GSEs – residential	1,857,379		5,180		(20,396		)	1,842,163
	2,151,430		5,633		(23,370		)	2,133,693
Total	$	3,944,901	$	12,392	$	(96,706	)	$	3,860,587

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(1)Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

Our available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

			Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Amortized Cost (1)		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value
Supranational institutions	$	502,177	$	—	$	(28,693	)	$	473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations	330,106		—		(39,025		)	291,081
GSEs	2,072,936		25,901		(13,753		)	2,085,084
	2,905,219		25,901		(81,471		)	2,849,649
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	72,862		497		—			73,359
GSEs – residential	2,212,183		32,611		—			2,244,794
GSEs – commercial	100,616		—		(181		)	100,435
	2,385,661		33,108		(181		)	2,418,588
Total	$	5,290,880	$	59,009	$	(81,652	)	$	5,268,237

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(1)Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

As of September 30, 2013, the amortized cost of our available-for-sale securities included net premiums of $66.5 million. Of that amount, $36.8 million of net premiums related to non-MBS and $29.7 million of net premiums related to MBS. As of December 31, 2012, the amortized cost of our available-for-sale securities included net premiums of $67.2 million. Of that amount, $50.2 million of net premiums related to non-MBS and $17.0 million of net premiums related to MBS.

The following table summarizes our available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands): 

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	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses
Supranational institutions	$	—	$	—		$	430,792	$	(23,113	)	$	430,792	$	(23,113	)
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		—			247,345		(38,752		)	247,345		(38,752		)
GSEs	—		—			109,711		(11,471		)	109,711		(11,471		)
	—		—			787,848		(73,336		)	787,848		(73,336		)
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	228,122		(2,974		)	—		—			228,122		(2,974		)
GSEs – residential	1,304,806		(20,396		)	—		—			1,304,806		(20,396		)
	1,532,928		(23,370		)	—		—			1,532,928		(23,370		)
Total temporarily impaired	$	1,532,928	$	(23,370	)	$	787,848	$	(73,336	)	$	2,320,776	$	(96,706	)

The following table summarizes our available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands):

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses
Supranational institutions	$	—	$	—		$	473,484	$	(28,693	)	$	473,484	$	(28,693	)
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		—			291,081		(39,025		)	291,081		(39,025		)
GSEs	—		—			124,453		(13,753		)	124,453		(13,753		)
	—		—			889,018		(81,471		)	889,018		(81,471		)
MBS
GSEs – commercial	100,435		(181		)	—		—			100,435		(181		)
Total temporarily impaired	$	100,435	$	(181	)	$	889,018	$	(81,471	)	$	989,453	$	(81,652	)

Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and fair value of our available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Year of Maturity	Amortized Cost		Fair  Value		Amortized Cost		Fair  Value
Due in one year or less	$	932,287	$	939,046	$	1,147,950	$	1,156,133
Due after one year through five years	—		—		786,779		804,498
Due after five years through 10 years	—		—		—		—
Due after 10 years	861,184		787,848		970,490		889,018
	1,793,471		1,726,894		2,905,219		2,849,649
MBS (1)	2,151,430		2,133,693		2,385,661		2,418,588
Total	$	3,944,901	$	3,860,587	$	5,290,880	$	5,268,237

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(1) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

Note 5 — Held-to-Maturity Securities

Major Security Types. Our held-to-maturity securities as of September 30, 2013, were (dollars in thousands):

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	Amortized Cost		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains		Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses			Fair Value
U.S. agency obligations	$	9,749	$	—		$	9,749	$	809	$	—		$	10,558
State or local housing-finance-agency obligations (HFA securities)	185,156		—			185,156		48		(22,056		)	163,148
GSEs	67,943		—			67,943		529		—			68,472
	262,848		—			262,848		1,386		(22,056		)	242,178
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	30,128		—			30,128		672		—			30,800
U.S. government guaranteed – commercial	237,527		—			237,527		1,107		—			238,634
GSEs – residential	1,879,733		—			1,879,733		49,546		(330		)	1,928,949
GSEs – commercial	757,430		—			757,430		45,949		—			803,379
Private-label – residential	1,506,605		(338,030		)	1,168,575		285,865		(22,128		)	1,432,312
Private-label – commercial	1,621		—			1,621		8		—			1,629
Asset-backed securities (ABS) backed by home equity loans	24,254		(982		)	23,272		893		(1,841		)	22,324
	4,437,298		(339,012		)	4,098,286		384,040		(24,299		)	4,458,027
Total	$	4,700,146	$	(339,012	)	$	4,361,134	$	385,426	$	(46,355	)	$	4,700,205

Our held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	Amortized Cost		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains		Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses			Fair Value
U.S. agency obligations	$	12,877	$	—		$	12,877	$	1,243	$	—		$	14,120
HFA securities	189,719		—			189,719		44		(17,881		)	171,882
GSEs	69,246		—			69,246		1,521		—			70,767
	271,842		—			271,842		2,808		(17,881		)	256,769
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	38,313		—			38,313		879		—			39,192
U.S. government guaranteed – commercial	451,559		—			451,559		8,273		—			459,832
GSEs – residential	2,357,479		—			2,357,479		78,105		(337		)	2,435,247
GSEs – commercial	957,503		—			957,503		84,282		(2		)	1,041,783
Private-label – residential	1,669,041		(384,051		)	1,284,990		183,581		(34,184		)	1,434,387
Private-label – commercial	9,822		—			9,822		321		—			10,143
ABS backed by home equity loans	25,951		(1,124		)	24,827		719		(3,669		)	21,877
	5,509,668		(385,175		)	5,124,493		356,160		(38,192		)	5,442,461
Total	$	5,781,510	$	(385,175	)	$	5,396,335	$	358,968	$	(56,073	)	$	5,699,230

As of September 30, 2013, the amortized cost of our held-to-maturity securities included net discounts of $457.5 million. Of that amount, net premiums of $626,000 related to non-MBS and net discounts of $458.1 million related to MBS. As of

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December 31, 2012, the amortized cost of our held-to-maturity securities included net discounts of $494.9 million. Of that amount, net premiums of $1.9 million related to non-MBS and net discounts of $496.8 million related to MBS.

The following table summarizes our held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands). 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
HFA securities	$	—	$	—		$	155,814	$	(22,056	)	$	155,814	$	(22,056	)
MBS
GSEs – residential	5,585		(6		)	45,424		(324		)	51,009		(330		)
Private-label – residential	63,819		(1,434		)	966,325		(105,517		)	1,030,144		(106,951		)
ABS backed by home equity loans	—		—			22,324		(2,108		)	22,324		(2,108		)
	69,404		(1,440		)	1,034,073		(107,949		)	1,103,477		(109,389		)
Total	$	69,404	$	(1,440	)	$	1,189,887	$	(130,005	)	$	1,259,291	$	(131,445	)

The following table summarizes our held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands). 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
HFA securities	$	—	$	—		$	163,864	$	(17,881	)	$	163,864	$	(17,881	)
MBS
GSEs – residential	—		—			60,776		(337		)	60,776		(337		)
GSEs – commercial	1,220		(2		)	—		—			1,220		(2		)
Private-label – residential	—		—			1,325,876		(242,306		)	1,325,876		(242,306		)
ABS backed by home equity loans	—		—			21,181		(4,114		)	21,181		(4,114		)
	1,220		(2		)	1,407,833		(246,757		)	1,409,053		(246,759		)
Total	$	1,220	$	(2	)	$	1,571,697	$	(264,638	)	$	1,572,917	$	(264,640	)

Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and fair value of our held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, are shown below (dollars in thousands). Expected maturities of some securities and MBS may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
Year of Maturity	Amortized Cost		Carrying Value (1)		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value (1)		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	67,943	$	67,943	$	68,472	$	—	$	—	$	—
Due after one year through five years	1,179		1,179		1,252		69,581		69,581		71,102
Due after five years through 10 years	30,091		30,091		30,587		32,562		32,562		33,604
Due after 10 years	163,635		163,635		141,867		169,699		169,699		152,063
	262,848		262,848		242,178		271,842		271,842		256,769
MBS (2)	4,437,298		4,098,286		4,458,027		5,509,668		5,124,493		5,442,461
Total	$	4,700,146	$	4,361,134	$	4,700,205	$	5,781,510	$	5,396,335	$	5,699,230

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(1)Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

(2) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

Note 6 — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment

We evaluate our individual available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities for other-than-temporary impairment each quarter. As part of our evaluation of securities for other-than-temporary impairment, we consider whether we intend to sell each security for which fair value is less than amortized cost or whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost. If either of these conditions is met, we recognize an other-than-temporary impairment charge in earnings equal to the entire difference between the security's amortized cost basis and its fair value at the statement of condition date. For securities in an unrealized loss position that meet neither of these conditions (excluding agency MBS) and for all residential private-label MBS, we perform a cash-flow analysis to determine whether the entire amortized cost basis of these impaired securities, including all previously other-than-temporarily impaired securities, will be recovered. If we do not expect to recover the entire amount, the unrealized loss position is considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired. We evaluate the security's other-than-temporary impairment to determine the amount of credit loss to be recognized in earnings, which is limited to the amount of that security's unrealized loss.

Available-for-Sale Securities

As a result of our evaluations, we determined that none of our available-for-sale securities were other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013. At September 30, 2013, we held certain available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position. These unrealized losses reflect the impact of normal yield and spread fluctuations attendant with security markets. These unrealized losses are considered temporary as we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis on these available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position and neither intend to sell these securities nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of each security's remaining amortized cost basis. Additionally, there have been no shortfalls of principal or interest on any available-for-sale security. Regarding securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2013:

• Debentures issued by a supranational institution that were in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2013, are expected to return contractual principal and interest, based on our review and analysis of independent third-party credit reports on the supranational institution, and such supranational institution is rated triple-A (or equivalent) by each of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs).

• Debentures issued by U.S. government-owned corporations are not obligations of the U.S. government and not guaranteed by the U.S. government. However, these securities are rated at the same level as the U.S. government by the NRSROs. These ratings reflect the U.S. government's implicit support of the government-owned corporation as well as the entity's underlying business and financial risk.

• We have concluded that the probability of default on debt issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) is remote given their status as GSEs and their support from the U.S. government.

• Agency MBS. For MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which we sometimes refer to as agency MBS in this report, we determined that the strength of the issuers' guarantees through direct obligation or support from the U.S. government is sufficient to protect us from losses based on current expectations.

Held-to-Maturity Securities

HFA Securities. We have reviewed our investments in HFA securities and have determined that unrealized losses reflect the impact of normal market yield and spread fluctuations and illiquidity in the credit markets. We have determined that all unrealized losses are temporary given the creditworthiness of the issuers and the underlying collateral, including an assessment of past payment history (no shortfalls of principal or interest), property vacancy rates, debt service ratios, over-collateralization and other credit enhancement, and third-party bond insurance as applicable. As of September 30, 2013, none of our held-to-maturity investments in HFA securities were rated below investment grade by an NRSRO. Because the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and credit spreads and to illiquidity in the credit markets and not to a significant

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deterioration in the fundamental credit quality of these obligations, and because we do not intend to sell the investments nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investments before recovery of the amortized cost basis, we do not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013.

Agency MBS. For agency MBS, we determined that the strength of the issuers' guarantees through direct obligation or support from the U.S. government is sufficient to protect us from losses based on current expectations. Additionally, there have been no shortfalls of principal or interest on any such security. As a result, we have determined that, as of September 30, 2013, all of the gross unrealized losses on such MBS are temporary. We do not believe that the declines in market value of these securities are attributable to credit quality, and because we do not intend to sell the investments, nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investments before recovery of the amortized cost basis, we do not consider any of these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013.

Private-Label Residential MBS and ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans. Our evaluation includes estimating the projected cash flows that we are likely to collect based on an assessment of all available information, including the structure of the applicable security and certain assumptions to determine whether we will recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security, such as:

• the remaining payment terms for the security;

• prepayment speeds;

• default rates;

• loss severity on the collateral supporting each security based on underlying loan-level borrower and loan characteristics;

• expected housing price changes; and

• interest-rate assumptions.

To assess whether the entire amortized cost basis of private-label residential MBS will be recovered, cash-flow analyses for each of our private-label residential MBS were performed. These analyses use two third-party models.

The first third-party model considers borrower characteristics and the particular attributes of the loans underlying our securities, in conjunction with assumptions about current home prices and future changes in home prices and interest rates, producing monthly projections of prepayments, defaults, and loss severities. A significant input to the first model is the forecast of future housing-price changes for the relevant states and core-based statistical areas (CBSAs), based on an assessment of the individual housing markets. The term CBSA refers collectively to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. As currently defined, a CBSA must contain at least one core urban area with a population of 10,000 or more people, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The FHLBank System committee (OTTI Governance Committee) developed a short-term housing price forecast using whole percentages, with projected changes ranging from a decrease of 5.0 percent to an increase of 8.0 percent over the 12 month period beginning July 1, 2013. For the vast majority of markets, the short-term forecast has changes from a decrease of 1.0 percent to an increase of 7.0 percent. Thereafter home prices were projected to recover using one of five different recovery paths. Under those recovery paths, home prices were projected to increase as follows:

Months	Recovery Range
1-6	0.0	%	to	3.0%
7-12	1.0	%	to	4.0%
13-18	2.0	%	to	4.0%
19-30	2.0	%	to	5.0%
31-54	2.0	%	to	6.0%
Thereafter	2.3	%	to	5.6%

The month-by-month projections of future loan performance are derived from the first model to determine projected prepayments, defaults, and loss severities. These projections are then input into a second model that calculates the projected loan-level cash flows and then allocates those cash flows and losses among the various classes in the securitization structure in accordance with the cash-flow and loss-allocation rules prescribed by the securitization structure. In a securitization in which the credit enhancement for the senior securities is derived from the presence of subordinate securities, losses are generally allocated first to the subordinate securities until their principal balance is reduced to zero. The projected cash flows are based on a number of assumptions and expectations and the results of these models can vary significantly with changes in assumptions and expectations. The scenario of cash flows determined based on the model approach described above reflects a

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best estimate scenario and includes a base case current-to-trough housing price forecast and a base case housing price recovery path described in the prior paragraph.

For those securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was determined to have occurred during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 (that is, a determination was made that less than the entire amortized cost basis is expected to be recovered), the following table presents a summary of the average projected values over the remaining lives of the securities for the significant inputs used to measure the amount of the credit loss recognized in earnings, as well as related current credit enhancement. Credit enhancement is defined as the percentage of subordinated tranches, over-collateralization, and other credit enhancement, if any, in a security structure that will generally absorb losses before we will experience a credit loss on the security. The calculated averages represent the dollar-weighted averages of all the private-label residential MBS and home equity loan investments in each category shown (dollars in thousands).

			Significant Inputs
			Projected Prepayment Rates		Projected Default Rates		Projected Loss Severities		Current Credit Enhancement
Private-label MBS by Year of Securitization	Par Value		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent
Private-label residential MBS
Alt-A (1)
2007	$	65,490	5.3	%	58.2	%	45.1	%	25.5	%
2005	9,797		6.1		45.5		41.5		22.3
Total Alt-A	$	75,287	5.4	%	56.5	%	44.7	%	25.1	%
ABS backed by home equity loans
Subprime (1)
2004 and prior	$	283	1.1	%	38.1	%	91.6	%	10.9	%

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(1)Securities are classified in the table above based upon the current performance characteristics of the underlying loan pool and therefore the manner in which the loan pool backing the security has been modeled (as prime, Alt-A, or subprime), rather than their classification of the security at the time of issuance.

The following table sets forth our securities for which other-than-temporary impairment credit losses were recognized during the life of the security through September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands). Securities are classified in the table below based on their classifications at the time of issuance. We note that we have instituted litigation in relation to certain of the private-label MBS in which we invested. Our complaint asserts, among others, claims for untrue or misleading statements in the sale of securities. It is possible that classifications of private-label MBS as provided herein when based on classification at the time of issuance (as per the following tables in this Note 6, for example) as disclosed by those securities' issuance documents, as well as other statements about the securities, are inaccurate.

	September 30, 2013
Other-Than-Temporarily Impaired Investment	Par Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Private-label residential MBS – Prime	$	65,201	$	55,351	$	41,623	$	54,608
Private-label residential MBS – Alt-A	1,603,544		1,159,835		835,533		1,108,360
ABS backed by home equity loans – Subprime	5,066		4,504		3,522		4,415
Total other-than-temporarily impaired securities	$	1,673,811	$	1,219,690	$	880,678	$	1,167,383

The following table presents a roll-forward of the amounts related to credit losses recognized in earnings. The roll-forward is the amount of credit losses on investment securities on which we recognized a portion of other-than-temporary impairment charges into accumulated other comprehensive loss (dollars in thousands).

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	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Balance at beginning of period	$	472,243		$	520,654		$	497,102		$	544,833
Additions:
Credit losses for which other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized	—			—			—			—
Additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized(1)	1,528			1,092			2,343			5,544
Reductions:
Securities matured or paid-down during the period	(10,427		)	(8,065		)	(28,793		)	(32,697		)
Increase in cash flows expected to be collected which are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(5,864		)	(2,609		)	(13,172		)	(6,608		)
Balance at end of period	$	457,480		$	511,072		$	457,480		$	511,072

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(1) For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to July 1, 2013 and 2012. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to January 1, 2013 and 2012.

Note 7 — Advances

General Terms. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had advances outstanding with interest rates ranging from (0.20) percent to 8.37 percent and (0.15) percent to 8.37 percent, respectively, as summarized below (dollars in thousands). Advances with negative interest rates contain embedded interest-rate features that have met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and are recorded as stand-alone derivatives, and which we economically hedge with derivatives containing offsetting interest-rate features.

	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Rate		Amount			Weighted Average Rate
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$	2,956		0.43	%	$	12,893		0.53	%
Due in one year or less	10,214,001			0.65		8,273,972			1.00
Due after one year through two years	2,106,545			2.28		2,198,709			2.61
Due after two years through three years	2,400,698			2.26		1,921,353			2.57
Due after three years through four years	3,220,895			2.82		2,347,511			2.56
Due after four years through five years	2,235,554			2.45		3,033,895			3.04
Thereafter	2,027,688			2.76		2,481,519			2.96
Total par value	22,208,337			1.67	%	20,269,852			2.05	%
Premiums	52,875					52,435
Discounts	(20,298		)			(23,087		)
Market value of embedded derivatives (1)	854					1,163
Hedging adjustments	313,354					489,341
Total	$	22,555,122				$	20,789,704

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(1) At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had certain advances with embedded features that met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and designate the embedded features as a stand-alone derivative.

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We offer putable advances that provide us with the right to put the fixed-rate advance to the borrower (and thereby extinguish the advance) on predetermined exercise dates (put dates), and offer, subject to certain conditions, replacement funding at then-current advances rates. Generally, we would exercise the put options when interest rates increase. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had putable advances outstanding totaling $2.7 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively.

The following table sets forth our advances outstanding by the year of contractual maturity or next put date for putable advances (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date	Par Value		Percentage of Total		Par Value		Percentage of Total
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$	2,956	0.0	%	$	12,893	0.1	%
Due in one year or less	12,648,176		57.0		11,218,147		55.3
Due after one year through two years	1,959,795		8.8		1,919,209		9.5
Due after two years through three years	2,153,298		9.7		1,779,103		8.8
Due after three years through four years	1,763,370		7.9		1,906,611		9.4
Due after four years through five years	1,704,304		7.7		1,441,870		7.1
Thereafter	1,976,438		8.9		1,992,019		9.8
Total par value	$	22,208,337	100.0	%	$	20,269,852	100.0	%

We also offer callable advances that provide borrowers with the right to call, on predetermined option exercise dates, the advance prior to maturity without incurring prepayment or termination fees (callable advances). In exchange for receiving the right to call the advance on a predetermined call schedule, the borrower pays a higher fixed rate for the advance relative to an equivalent maturity, noncallable, fixed-rate advance. If the call option is exercised, replacement funding may be available. Other advances may only be prepaid by paying a fee (a prepayment fee) that makes us financially indifferent to the prepayment of the advance. At both September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had callable advances outstanding totaling $32.5 million.

Interest-Rate-Payment Terms. The following table details interest-rate-payment types for our outstanding advances (dollars in thousands):

Par value of advances	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Fixed-rate	$	21,789,381	$	19,179,459
Variable-rate	418,956		1,090,393
Total par value	$	22,208,337	$	20,269,852

Credit Risk Exposure and Security Terms. Our potential credit risk from advances is principally concentrated in commercial banks, insurance companies, savings institutions, and credit unions. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had $3.7 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively, of advances issued to members with at least $1.0 billion of advances outstanding. These advances were made to two borrowers at September 30, 2013, and one borrower at December 31, 2012, representing 16.7 percent and 9.0 percent, respectively, of total par value of outstanding advances. For information related to our credit risk on advances and allowance for credit losses, see Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses.

Prepayment Fees. We record prepayment fees received from borrowers on prepaid advances net of any associated basis adjustments related to hedging activities on those advances and net of deferred prepayment fees on advance prepayments considered to be loan modifications. Additionally, for certain advances products, the prepayment-fee provisions of the advance agreement could result in either a payment from the borrower or to the borrower when such an advance is prepaid, based upon market conditions at the time of prepayment (referred to as a symmetrical prepayment fee). Advances with a symmetrical prepayment fee provision are hedged with derivatives containing offsetting terms, so that we are financially indifferent to the borrower's decision to prepay such advances. The net amount of prepayment fees is reflected as interest income in the statement of operations.

For the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, net advance prepayment fees recognized in income are reflected in the following table (dollars in thousands):

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	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Prepayment fees received from borrowers	$	12,270		$	23,247		$	40,644		$	91,471
Less: hedging fair-value adjustments on prepaid advances	(6,123		)	(11,125		)	(19,330		)	(50,270		)
Less: net premiums associated with prepaid advances	(430		)	(1,433		)	(4,424		)	(1,770		)
Less: deferred recognition of prepayment fees received from borrowers on advance prepayments deemed to be loan modifications	(3,896		)	(2,893		)	(5,298		)	(4,580		)
Prepayment fees recognized in income on advance restructurings deemed to be extinguishments	—			4,078			6,845			9,497
Net prepayment fees recognized in income	$	1,821		$	11,874		$	18,437		$	44,348

Note 8 — Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

We invest in mortgage loans through the Mortgage Partnership Finance^® (MPF^®) program. These investments are either guaranteed or insured by federal agencies, as is the case with government mortgage loans, or are credit-enhanced by the related participating financial institution, as is the case with conventional mortgage loans. All such investments are held for portfolio. The mortgage loans are typically originated and credit-enhanced by the related participating financial institution. The majority of these loans are serviced by the originating institution or an affiliate thereof. However, a portion of these loans are sold servicing-released by the participating financial institution and serviced by a third-party servicer.

The following table presents certain characteristics of the mortgage loans in which we have invested (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Real estate
Fixed-rate 15-year single-family mortgages	$	614,920		$	679,153
Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages	2,730,363			2,743,955
Premiums	59,679			60,573
Discounts	(3,519		)	(4,021		)
Deferred derivative gains, net	1,625			3,650
Total mortgage loans held for portfolio	3,403,068			3,483,310
Less: allowance for credit losses	(1,957		)	(4,414		)
Total mortgage loans, net of allowance for credit losses	$	3,401,111		$	3,478,896

The following table details the par value of mortgage loans held for portfolio (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Conventional mortgage loans	$	2,905,884	$	2,979,067
Government mortgage loans	439,399		444,041
Total par value	$	3,345,283	$	3,423,108

See Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses for information related to our credit risk from our investments in mortgage loans and allowance for credit losses based on these investments.

"Mortgage Partnership Finance," and "MPF," are registered trademarks of the FHLBank of Chicago.

Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses

An allowance for credit losses is a valuation allowance separately established for each identified portfolio segment, if necessary, to provide for probable losses inherent in our portfolio as of the statement of condition date. To the extent necessary, an allowance for credit losses for off-balance-sheet credit exposure is recorded as a liability.

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For additional information see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Secured Member Credit Products

We manage our credit exposure to secured member credit products through an integrated approach that generally provides for a credit limit to be established for each borrower, includes an ongoing review of each borrower's financial condition, and is coupled with collateral and lending policies that are intended to limit risk of loss while balancing borrowers' needs for a reliable source of funding.

We continue to evaluate and make changes to our collateral guidelines based on market conditions. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we did not have any secured member credit products that were past due, on nonaccrual status, or considered impaired. In addition, there were no troubled debt restructurings related to credit products during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

Based upon the collateral held as security, our credit extension and collateral policies, management's credit analysis, and the repayment history on secured member credit products, we have not recorded any allowance for credit losses on secured member credit products at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, no liability to reflect an allowance for credit losses for off-balance-sheet credit exposures was recorded. See Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies for additional information on our off-balance-sheet credit exposure.

For additional information on our secured member credit exposure to credit products, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Government MortgageLoans Held for Portfolio

Based on our assessment of our servicers for our government loans, there is no allowance for credit losses for the government mortgage loan portfolio as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. In addition, these mortgage loans are not placed on nonaccrual status due to the government guarantee or insurance on these loans and the contractual obligation of the loan servicers to repurchase their related loans when certain criteria are met.

For additional information on our government mortgage loans, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Conventional Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

We periodically adjust the key inputs to our method for determining our allowance for credit losses based on our investments in conventional mortgage loans. These adjustments are intended to align our loss projections with the market conditions that are relevant to these loans. The key inputs to our method include past and current performance of these loans (including portfolio-delinquency and default-migration statistics), overall loan-portfolio-performance characteristics (including loss-mitigation features, especially credit enhancements, as discussed below under — Credit Enhancements), and loss-severity estimates for these loans. We update the following inputs at least once per quarter: current outstanding loan amounts, delinquency statistics of the portfolio, and related loss-mitigation features (including credit-enhancement and estimated credit-enhancement fee-recovery amounts) for all master commitments. A master commitment is a document which provides the general terms under which the participating financial institution will deliver mortgage loans, including a maximum loan delivery amount, maximum credit enhancement, if applicable, and expiration date. Additionally, we review our method's default migration factor on a quarterly basis to determine if the portfolio has exhibited any change in loans migrating from current to delinquent or from delinquent to default and make adjustments as appropriate.

We use a third-party loan-loss projection model to determine our loss-severity estimates for our master commitments. The inputs to this model include loan-related characteristics (such as property types and locations), industry data (such as foreclosure timelines and associated costs), and current and projected housing prices. We update our loss-severity estimates each quarter.

Roll-Forward of Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans. The following table presents a roll-forward of the allowance for credit losses on conventional mortgage loans for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, as well as the recorded investment in mortgage loans by impairment methodology at September 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands). The recorded investment in a loan is the par amount of the loan, adjusted for accrued interest, unamortized premiums or

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discounts, deferred derivative gains and losses, and direct write-downs. The recorded investment is net of any valuation allowance.

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Allowance for credit losses
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,999		$	6,114		$	4,414		$	7,800
Charge-offs	(125		)	(77		)	(310		)	(229		)
Recoveries	—			—			47			—
Provision for (reduction of) credit losses	83			(523		)	(2,194		)	(2,057		)
Balance at end of period	$	1,957		$	5,514		$	1,957		$	5,514
Ending balance, individually evaluated for impairment	$	562		$	—		$	562		$	—
Ending balance, collectively evaluated for impairment	$	1,395		$	5,514		$	1,395		$	5,514
Recorded investment, end of period (1)
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	6,743		$	2,256		$	6,743		$	2,256
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	2,961,768		$	3,041,201		$	2,961,768		$	3,041,201

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(1) These amounts exclude government mortgage loans because we make no allowance for credit losses based on our investments in government mortgage loans, as discussed above under — Government Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.

Credit Quality Indicators. Key credit quality indicators for mortgage loans include the migration of past due loans, nonaccrual loans, loans in process of foreclosure and impaired loans. The tables below set forth certain key credit quality indicators for our investments in mortgage loans at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013
	Recorded Investment in Conventional Mortgage Loans			Recorded Investment in Government Mortgage Loans			Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	32,392		$	15,389		$	47,781
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	13,091			3,618			16,709
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	45,109			19,489			64,598
Total past due	90,592			38,496			129,088
Total current loans	2,877,919			413,215			3,291,134
Total mortgage loans	$	2,968,511		$	451,711		$	3,420,222
Other delinquency statistics
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)	$	17,945		$	6,709		$	24,654
Serious delinquency rate (2)	1.55		%	4.31		%	1.91		%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$	—		$	19,489		$	19,489
Loans on nonaccrual status (3)	$	45,409		$	—		$	45,409

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(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

(3) Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

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	December 31, 2012
	Recorded Investment in Conventional Mortgage Loans			Recorded Investment in Government Mortgage Loans			Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	36,720		$	14,451		$	51,171
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	12,339			4,459			16,798
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	50,927			23,715			74,642
Total past due	99,986			42,625			142,611
Total current loans	2,944,184			414,400			3,358,584
Total mortgage loans	$	3,044,170		$	457,025		$	3,501,195
Other delinquency statistics
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)	$	23,580		$	11,022		$	34,602
Serious delinquency rate (2)	1.70		%	5.19		%	2.15		%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$	—		$	23,715		$	23,715
Loans on nonaccrual status (3)	$	51,609		$	—		$	51,609

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(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

(3) Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

Individually Evaluated Impaired Loans. The following tables present the recorded investment, par value and any related allowance for impaired loans individually assessed for impairment at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, and the average recorded investment and interest income recognized on these loans during the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	As of September 30, 2013						As of December 31, 2012
	Recorded Investment		Par Value		Related Allowance		Recorded Investment		Par Value		Related Allowance
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,524	$	3,479	$	—	$	2,752	$	2,726	$	—
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	3,219		3,197		562		—		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	6,743	$	6,676	$	562	$	2,752	$	2,726	$	—

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	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,516	$	31	$	2,282	$	27
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	4,144		1		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	7,660	$	32	$	2,282	$	27
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,315	$	140	$	1,513	$	54
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	2,072		3		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	5,387	$	143	$	1,513	$	54

Credit Enhancements. Our allowance for credit losses factors in the credit enhancements associated with conventional mortgage loans under the MPF program. These credit enhancements apply after the homeowner's equity is exhausted and can include primary and/or supplemental mortgage insurance or other kinds of credit enhancement. The credit enhancement amounts needed to protect us against credit losses are determined through the use of a model. Any incurred losses that would be recovered from the credit enhancements are not reserved as part of our allowance for loan losses. In such cases, a receivable is generally established to reflect the expected recovery from credit-enhancement arrangements.

Conventional mortgage loans are required to be credit enhanced so that the risk of loss is limited to the losses equivalent to an investor in a double-A rated MBS at the time of purchase. We share the risk of credit losses on our investments in mortgage loans with the related participating financial institution by structuring potential losses on these investments into layers with respect to each master commitment. We analyze the risk characteristics of our mortgage loans using a third-party model to determine the credit enhancement amount. This credit-enhancement amount is broken into a first-loss account and a credit-enhancement obligation of each participating financial institution, which is calculated based on the risk analysis to equal the difference between the amounts needed for the master commitment to have a rating equivalent to a double-A rated MBS and our initial first-loss account exposure.

Participating financial institutions are paid a credit-enhancement fee for assuming credit risk and in some instances all or a portion of the credit-enhancement fee may be performance-based. For certain MPF products, our losses incurred under the first-loss account can be mitigated by withholding future performance-based credit-enhancement fees that would otherwise be payable to the participating financial institutions. We record credit-enhancement fees paid to participating financial institutions as a reduction to mortgage-loan-interest income. We incurred credit-enhancement fees of $773,000 and $782,000 during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we incurred credit enhancement fees of $2.4 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

For additional information related to credit enhancements and the first-loss account, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Withheld performance-based credit-enhancement fees can mitigate losses from our investments in mortgage loans and therefore we consider our expectations for each master commitment for such withheld fees in determining the allowance for loan losses. More specifically, we determine the amount of credit-enhancement fees available to mitigate losses as follows: accrued credit-enhancement fees to be paid to participating financial institutions; plus projected credit-enhancement fees to be paid to the participating financial institutions using the weighted average life of the loans within each relevant master commitment (the CE Fees Estimation Factor); minus any losses incurred or expected to be incurred. Previously, for the year ended December 31,

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2012, and the quarter ended March 31, 2013, we had determined the CE Fees Estimation Factor using the projected credit-enhancement fees to be paid to the participating financial institutions over the next 12 months. We believe that our current approach is an improvement from our prior estimation method. Available credit-enhancement fees cannot be shared between master commitments and, as a result, some master commitments may have sufficient credit-enhancement fees to recover all losses while other master commitments may not.

The following table demonstrates the impact on our estimate of the allowance for credit losses resulting from the loss-mitigating features of conventional mortgage loans (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Total estimated losses	$	3,902		$	10,053
Less: estimated losses in excess of the first-loss account, to be absorbed by participating financial institutions	(1,208		)	(5,010		)
Less: estimated performance-based credit-enhancement fees available for recapture	(737		)	(629		)
Net allowance for credit losses	$	1,957		$	4,414

Troubled Debt Restructurings. We consider a troubled debt restructuring of a financing receivable to have occurred when we grant a concession to a borrower that we would not otherwise consider for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower's financial difficulties. We classify troubled debt restructurings at the end of the three-month trial period for troubled debt restructurings involved in our modification program for conventional mortgage loans.

We also consider troubled debt restructurings to have occurred when a borrower has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 7 bankruptcy) pursuant to which the bankruptcy court has discharged the borrower's obligation to us and the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt.

A mortgage loan considered to be a troubled debt restructuring is individually evaluated for impairment when determining its related allowance for credit losses. Credit loss is measured by factoring in expected cash shortfalls (i.e., loss severity rate) incurred as of the reporting date as well as the economic loss attributable to delaying the original contractual principal and interest due dates, if applicable. During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, we had one troubled debt restructuring. The recorded investment in the troubled debt restructuring post-modification was $121,000 as of the modification date. During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2012, we had four troubled debt restructurings. The recorded investment in these troubled debt restructurings post-modification was $715,000 as of the modification date.

During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, we had four troubled debt restructurings. The recorded investment in these troubled debt restructurings post-modification was $880,000 as of the modification date.

During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, we had 10 troubled debt restructurings. The recorded investment in these troubled debt restructurings post-modification was $1.9 million as of the modification date.

As of September 30, 2013, we had mortgage loans with a recorded investment of $3.6 million that are considered troubled debt restructurings of which $2.9 million were performing and $661,000 were nonperforming. As of December 31, 2012, we had mortgage loans with a recorded investment of $2.8 million that are considered troubled debt restructurings, of which $1.9 million were performing and $912,000 were nonperforming.

As of September 30, 2013, we had two troubled debt restructurings with a recorded investment of $509,000 that resulted from borrowers that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in which the bankruptcy court discharged the borrowers' obligations to us and the borrowers did not reaffirm the debt. We did not record an additional impairment charge or increase our allowance for credit losses since there are sufficient credit-enhancement fees remaining for the master commitment associated with these loans.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, none of our investments in conventional mortgage loans modified as troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months experienced a payment default. A loan modified as a troubled debt restructuring is considered to be in default if its contractual principal or interest is 60 days or more past due.

REO. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had $6.0 million and $8.7 million, respectively, in assets classified as REO. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we sold REO assets with a recorded carrying value of $9.9 million and $8.2 million, respectively. Upon the sale of these properties, and inclusive of any proceeds received from primary mortgage-insurance coverage, we recognized net losses totaling $3.0 million and net gains totaling $308,000 during

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the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Gains and losses on the sale of REO assets are recorded in other income.

Note 10 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities

We transact most of our derivatives with large banks and major broker-dealers. Some of these banks and broker-dealers or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute COs. Derivative transactions may be either over-the-counter with a counterparty (bilateral derivatives) or cleared through a futures commission merchant (a clearing member) with a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) as the counterparty (cleared derivatives). We are not a derivative dealer and do not trade derivatives for short-term profit.

Financial Statement Impact and Additional Financial Information. The notional amount of derivatives is a factor in determining periodic interest payments or cash flows received and paid. However, the notional amount of derivatives represents neither the actual amounts exchanged nor our overall exposure to credit and market risk. The risks of derivatives can be measured meaningfully on a portfolio basis that takes into account the counterparties, the types of derivatives, the items being hedged, and any offsets between the derivatives and the items being hedged.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments as of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands):

	Notional Amount of Derivatives		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	$	12,359,840	$	45,740		$	(619,480	)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps	1,250,000		—			(53,843		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	13,609,840		45,740			(673,323		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	1,273,500		665			(22,934		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	300,000		105			—
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)	18,107		164			—
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,591,607		934			(22,934		)
Total notional amount of derivatives	$	15,201,447
Total derivatives before netting adjustments			46,674			(696,257		)
Netting adjustments (2)			(46,476		)	46,476
Cash collateral and related accrued interest			3,920			—
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities			$	4,118		$	(649,781	)

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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

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	Notional Amount of Derivatives		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	$	14,595,750	$	87,463		$	(896,248	)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps	1,250,000		—			(64,897		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	15,845,750		87,463			(961,145		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	1,364,500		849			(34,217		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	300,000		50			—
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)	30,938		35			(16		)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,695,438		934			(34,233		)
Total notional amount of derivatives	$	17,541,188
Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments			88,397			(995,378		)
Netting adjustments (2)			(88,286		)	88,286
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities			$	111		$	(907,092	)

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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities recorded in Other Income (Loss) for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, were as follows (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Derivatives and hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships:
Interest-rate swaps	$	491		$	597		$	1,827		$	255
Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness	13			—			53			—
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Economic hedges:
Interest-rate swaps	(1,611		)	(3,243		)	5,720			(10,105		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	(67		)	(207		)	55			(745		)
Mortgage-delivery commitments	104			767			(1,480		)	2,086
Total net gains related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(1,574		)	(2,683		)	4,295			(8,764		)
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	$	(1,070	)	$	(2,086	)	$	6,175		$	(8,509	)

The following tables present, by type of hedged item, the gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair-value hedge relationships and the impact of those derivatives on our net interest income for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

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	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	21,441		$	(21,300	)	$	141		$	(36,468	)
Investments	16,806			(16,418		)	388			(9,437		)
Deposits	(372		)	372			—			395
COs – bonds	3,407			(3,445		)	(38		)	13,640
Total	$	41,282		$	(40,791	)	$	491		$	(31,870	)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	1,375		$	(1,116	)	$	259		$	(45,869	)
Investments	7,645			(7,183		)	462			(10,256		)
Deposits	(293		)	293			—			385
COs – bonds	(6,947		)	6,823			(124		)	21,003
Total	$	1,780		$	(1,183	)	$	597		$	(34,737	)

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(1)  The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	176,729		$	(175,986	)	$	743		$	(114,058	)
Investments	111,118			(109,922		)	1,196			(29,004		)
Deposits	(1,150		)	1,150			—			1,183
COs – bonds	(65,727		)	65,615			(112		)	52,616
Total	$	220,970		$	(219,143	)	$	1,827		$	(89,263	)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	55,505		$	(56,798	)	$	(1,293	)	$	(149,548	)
Investments	(5,066		)	6,321			1,255			(30,626		)
Deposits	(908		)	908			—			1,151
COs – bonds	(109,114		)	109,407			293			68,893
Total	$	(59,583	)	$	59,838		$	255		$	(110,130	)

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(1)  The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

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The gain or loss recognized in other comprehensive income for forward-start interest-rate swaps associated with CO bond hedged items in cash-flow hedging relationships was a loss of$6.2 million and a loss of $10.4 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and was a gain of $11.0 million and a loss of $32.9 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, there were no reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash-flow hedges because the original forecasted transactions were not expected to occur by the end of the originally specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter. As of September 30, 2013, the maximum length of time over which we are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions is six years.

As of September 30, 2013, the amount of deferred net losses on derivative instruments accumulated in other comprehensive loss, related to cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next 12 months is $3.3 million.

Managing Credit Risk on Derivatives. We are subject to credit risk on our hedging activities due to the risk of nonperformance by nonmember counterparties (including DCOs and their clearing members acting as agent to the DCOs as well as bilateral counterparties) to the derivative agreements. We manage credit risk through credit analysis, collateral requirements and adherence to the requirements set forth in our policies, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) regulations, and FHFA regulations. All counterparties must execute master-netting agreements prior to entering into any non-cleared derivative (bilateral derivative) with us.

Our master-netting agreements for bilateral derivatives contain bilateral-collateral exchange agreements that require that credit exposure beyond a defined threshold amount be secured by readily marketable, U.S. Treasury or GSE securities, or cash. The level of these collateral threshold amounts varies according to the counterparty's Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) or Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) long-term credit ratings. Credit exposures are then measured daily and adjustments to collateral positions are made in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. These master-netting agreements also contain bilateral ratings-tied termination events permitting us to terminate all outstanding agreements with a counterparty in the event of a specified rating downgrade by Moody's or S&P. Based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, we do not anticipate any credit losses on our derivative agreements.

Certain bilateral derivatives master-netting agreements contain provisions that require us to post additional collateral with our bilateral derivatives counterparties if our credit ratings are lowered. Under the terms that govern such agreements, if our credit rating is lowered by Moody's or S&P to a certain level, we are required to deliver additional collateral on derivative instruments in a net liability position. In the event of a split between such credit ratings, the lower rating governs. The aggregate fair value of all bilateral derivative instruments with these provisions that were in a net-liability position (before cash collateral and related accrued interest) at September 30, 2013, was $649.8 million for which we had delivered collateral with a post-haircut value of $502.8 million in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. The following table sets forth the post-haircut value of incremental collateral that certain derivatives counterparties could have required us to deliver based on incremental credit rating downgrades at September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands).

Post-haircut Value of Incremental Collateral to be Delivered  as of September 30, 2013
Ratings Downgrade (1)
From	To	Incremental Collateral(2)
AA+	AA or AA-	$	39,587
AA-	A+, A or A-	53,117
A-	below A-	39,152

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(1) Ratings are expressed in this table according to S&P's conventions but include the equivalent of such rating by Moody's. If there is a split rating, the lower rating is used.

(2) Additional collateral of $14.4 million could be called by counterparties as of September 30, 2013, at our current credit rating of AA+ (based on the lower of our credit ratings from S&P and Moody's) and is not included in the table.

We execute bilateral derivatives with nonmember counterparties with long-term ratings of single-A (or equivalent) or better by the major NRSROs at the time of the transaction, although risk-reducing trades (trades that reduce our net credit exposure or

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exposure sensitivity to the counterparty) are permitted for counterparties whose ratings have fallen below these ratings. Some of these counterparties or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute COs. See Note 12 — Consolidated Obligations for additional information. See also Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies for a discussion of assets we have pledged to these counterparties.

For cleared derivatives, the DCO is our counterparty. We post initial margin and exchange variation margin through a clearing member who acts as our agent to the DCO and who guarantees our performance to the DCO, subject to the terms of relevant agreements. These arrangements expose us to institutional credit risk in the event that one of our agents (clearing members) or one of the DCOs fails to meet its obligations. The use of cleared derivatives is intended to mitigate credit risk exposure because the DCO, which is fully secured at all times through margin maintained with its clearing members, is substituted for the credit risk exposure of individual counterparties in bilateral derivatives and collateral is posted at least once daily for changes in the value of cleared derivatives through a clearing member. We have analyzed the rights, rules and regulations governing our cleared derivatives and determined that those rights, rules and regulations should result in a net claim through each of our clearing members with the related DCO upon an event of default including a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the DCO or one of our clearing members, or both. For this purpose, net claim generally means a single net amount reflecting the aggregation of all amounts indirectly owed by us to the relevant DCO and indirectly payable to us from the relevant DCO. Based on this analysis, we are presenting a net derivative receivable or payable for all of our transactions through a particular clearing member with a particular DCO.

Offsetting of Certain Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities. We have certain derivative instruments that are subject to offset under master netting arrangements or by operation of law. We have elected to offset our derivative asset and liability positions, as well as cash collateral and associated accrued interest received or pledged, when we have the legal right of offset under these master agreements or by operation of law.

The following presents separately the fair value of derivative instruments with and without the legal right of offset, including the related collateral received from or pledged to counterparties, based on the terms of our master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

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	September 30, 2013
	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative instruments with legal right of offset
Gross recognized amount
Bilateral derivatives	$	43,620		$	(693,225	)
Cleared derivatives	2,890			(3,032		)
Total gross recognized amount	46,510			(696,257		)
Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral
Bilateral derivatives	(43,444		)	43,444
Cleared derivatives	888			3,032
Total gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(42,556		)	46,476
Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral
Bilateral derivatives	176			(649,781		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	3,954			(649,781		)
Derivative instruments without legal right of offset
Bilateral derivatives (1)	164			—
Total derivative instruments without legal right of offset	164			—
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities
Bilateral derivatives	340			(649,781		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities	4,118			(649,781		)
Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (2)
Can be sold or repledged
Bilateral derivatives	—			73,770
Total can be sold or repledged	—			73,770
Cannot be sold or repledged
Bilateral derivatives	—			448,670
Total cannot be sold or repledged	—			448,670
Net unsecured amount
Bilateral derivatives	340			(127,341		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total net unsecured amount	$	4,118		$	(127,341	)

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(1) Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

(2) Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At September 30, 2013, we had additional net exposure of $6.8 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

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	December 31, 2012
	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative instruments with legal right of offset
Gross recognized amount	$	88,362		$	(995,362	)
Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(88,286		)	88,286
Total net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	76			(907,076		)
Derivative instruments without legal right of offset (1)	35			(16		)
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities	111			(907,092		)
Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (2)
Collateral received or pledged - Can be sold or repledged	—			115,339
Collateral received or pledged - Cannot be sold or repledged	—			672,890
Net unsecured amount	$	111		$	(118,863	)

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(1) Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

(2) Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At December 31, 2012, we had additional net exposure of $18.0 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

For additional information on our derivatives and hedging activities, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 11 — Derivatives and Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the 2012 Annual Report.

Note 11 — Deposits

We offer demand and overnight deposits for members and qualifying nonmembers. In addition, we offer short-term interest-bearing deposit programs to members. Members that service mortgage loans may deposit funds collected in connection with mortgage loans pending disbursement of such funds to the owners of the mortgage loans. We classify these items as "other" in the following table.

Deposits at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, include hedging adjustments of $1.5 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

The following table details interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing deposits (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Interest bearing
Demand and overnight	$	529,641	$	530,887
Term	20,919		21,638
Other	3,247		4,915
Non-interest bearing
Other	16,549		37,528
Total deposits	$	570,356	$	594,968

The aggregate amount of time deposits with a denomination of $100,000 or more was $20.0 million as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012.

Note 12 — Consolidated Obligations

COs consist of CO bonds and CO discount notes. CO bonds are issued primarily to raise intermediate- and long-term funds and are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity. CO discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds and have original maturities of up to one year. These notes sell at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.

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COs - Bonds. The following table sets forth the outstanding CO bonds for which we were primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by year of contractual maturity (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Rate (1)		Amount			Weighted Average Rate (1)
Due in one year or less	$	8,452,690		1.08	%	$	8,344,355		1.67	%
Due after one year through two years	3,738,790			2.10		5,447,000			1.36
Due after two years through three years	3,426,190			2.24		3,482,025			2.44
Due after three years through four years	2,508,440			1.92		1,975,360			2.34
Due after four years through five years	1,983,770			2.31		3,122,805			2.22
Thereafter	3,869,920			2.48		3,433,690			2.55
Total par value	23,979,800			1.82	%	25,805,235			1.94	%
Premiums	241,497					270,614
Discounts	(20,826		)			(22,842		)
Hedging adjustments	1,226					66,841
	$	24,201,697				$	26,119,848

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(1)The CO bonds' weighted-average rate excludes concession fees.

Our CO bonds outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, included (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Par value of CO bonds
Noncallable and non-putable	$	21,546,800	$	23,732,235
Callable	2,433,000		2,073,000
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

The following is a summary of the CO bonds for which we are primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by year of contractual maturity or next call date for callable CO bonds (dollars in thousands):

Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Due in one year or less	$	10,735,690	$	10,222,355
Due after one year through two years	3,778,790		5,547,000
Due after two years through three years	3,481,190		3,537,025
Due after three years through four years	2,533,440		1,975,360
Due after four years through five years	1,748,770		2,917,805
Thereafter	1,701,920		1,605,690
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

The following table sets forth the CO bonds for which we were primarily liable by interest-rate-payment type at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Par value of CO bonds
Fixed-rate	$	20,124,800	$	21,385,235
Simple variable-rate	2,970,000		3,570,000
Step-up	885,000		850,000
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

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COs – Discount Notes. Outstanding CO discount notes for which we were primarily liable, all of which are due within one year, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Book Value		Par Value		Weighted Average Rate (1)
September 30, 2013	$	10,475,911	$	10,476,500	0.05	%
December 31, 2012	$	8,639,048	$	8,640,000	0.09	%

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(1)The CO discount notes' weighted-average rate represents a yield to maturity excluding concession fees.

Note 13 — Affordable Housing Program

We charge the amount set aside for the AHP to income and recognize it as a liability. We then reduce the AHP liability as the funds are disbursed. We had outstanding principal in AHP advances of $97.6 million and $99.9 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The following table presents a roll-forward of the AHP liability for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, and year ended December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Balance at beginning of year	$	50,545		$	34,241
AHP expense for the period	14,343			23,122
AHP direct grant disbursements	(8,842		)	(5,415		)
AHP subsidy for AHP advance disbursements	(327		)	(1,477		)
Return of previously disbursed grants and subsidies	42			74
Balance at end of period	$	55,761		$	50,545

Note 14 — Capital

We are subject to capital requirements under our capital plan, the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended

(the FHLBank Act) and FHFA regulations:

1. Risk-based capital. We are required to maintain at all times permanent capital, defined as Class B stock, including Class B stock classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock, and retained earnings, in an amount at least equal to the sum of our credit-risk capital requirement, market-risk capital requirement, and operations-risk capital requirement, calculated in accordance with FHFA rules and regulations, referred to herein as the risk-based capital requirement. Only permanent capital satisfies the risk-based capital requirement.

2. Total regulatory capital. We are required to maintain at all times a total capital-to-assets ratio of at least four percent. Total regulatory capital is the sum of permanent capital, 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.

3. Leverage capital. We are required to maintain at all times a leverage capital-to-assets ratio of at least five percent. A leverage capital-to-assets ratio is defined as permanent capital weighted 1.5 times divided by total assets.

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock, which is classified as a liability under GAAP, is considered capital for determining our compliance with our regulatory capital requirements.

The following tables demonstrate our compliance with our regulatory capital requirements at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

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Risk-Based Capital Requirements	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Permanent capital
Class B capital stock	$	2,441,028	$	3,455,165
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390		215,863
Retained earnings	705,745		587,554
Total permanent capital	$	4,124,163	$	4,258,582
Risk-based capital requirement
Credit-risk capital	$	419,065	$	473,233
Market-risk capital	120,327		80,026
Operations-risk capital	161,817		165,978
Total risk-based capital requirement	$	701,209	$	719,237
Permanent capital in excess of risk-based capital requirement	$	3,422,954	$	3,539,345

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Required			Actual			Required			Actual
Capital Ratio
Risk-based capital	$	701,209		$	4,124,163		$	719,237		$	4,258,582
Total regulatory capital	$	1,588,826		$	4,124,163		$	1,608,361		$	4,258,582
Total capital-to-asset ratio	4.0		%	10.4		%	4.0		%	10.6		%
Leverage Ratio
Leverage capital	$	1,986,033		$	6,186,245		$	2,010,451		$	6,387,873
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio	5.0		%	15.6		%	5.0		%	15.9		%

Restricted Retained Earnings. Pursuant to a joint capital agreement among the FHLBanks, as amended (the Joint Capital Agreement), and our capital plan, we, together with the other FHLBanks, are required to contribute 20 percent of our quarterly net income to a restricted retained earnings account until the balance of that account equals at least one percent of the FHLBank's average balance of outstanding COs (excluding fair-value adjustments) for the calendar quarter. At September 30, 2013, our total contribution requirement totaled $358.1 million. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, restricted retained earnings totaled $89.8 million and $64.4 million, respectively. These restricted retained earnings are not available to pay dividends.

Note 15 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table presents a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

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	Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities			Noncredit Portion of Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-maturity Securities			Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities			Pension and Postretirement Benefits			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance, June 30, 2012	$	(50,442	)	$	(420,392	)	$	(54,727	)	$	(2,881	)	$	(528,442	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized gains (losses)	17,525			—			(10,448		)	—			7,077
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(2,013		)	—			—			(2,013		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			17,838			—			—			17,838
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			1,028			—			—			1,028
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			4			—			4
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(166		)	(166		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	17,525			16,853			(10,444		)	(166		)	23,768
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	(32,917	)	$	(403,539	)	$	(65,171	)	$	(3,047	)	$	(504,674	)
Balance, June 30, 2013	$	(67,119	)	$	(354,716	)	$	(47,846	)	$	(4,421	)	$	(474,102	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized losses	(17,195		)	—			(6,173		)	—			(23,368		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			—			—			—			—
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			14,256			—			—			14,256
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			1,448			—			—			1,448
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			4			—			4
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(323		)	(323		)
Other comprehensive (loss)income	(17,195		)	15,704			(6,169		)	(323		)	(7,983		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(84,314	)	$	(339,012	)	$	(54,015	)	$	(4,744	)	$	(482,085	)

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(1) Recorded in net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the statement of operations.

(2) Recorded in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities in the statement of operations.

(3) Recorded in other operating expenses in the statement of operations.

The following table presents a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

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	Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities			Noncredit Portion of Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-maturity Securities			Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities			Pension and Postretirement Benefits			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	(48,560	)	$	(450,996	)	$	(32,308	)	$	(2,547	)	$	(534,411	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized gains (losses)	15,643			—			(32,874		)	—			(17,231		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(10,931		)	—			—			(10,931		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			56,131			—			—			56,131
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			2,257			—			—			2,257
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			11			—			11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(500		)	(500		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	15,643			47,457			(32,863		)	(500		)	29,737
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	(32,917	)	$	(403,539	)	$	(65,171	)	$	(3,047	)	$	(504,674	)
Balance, December 31, 2012	$	(22,643	)	$	(385,175	)	$	(65,027	)	$	(3,775	)	$	(476,620	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized (losses) gains	(61,671		)	—			11,001			—			(50,670		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(63		)	—			—			(63		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			44,000			—			—			44,000
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			2,226			—			—			2,226
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			11			—			11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(969		)	(969		)
Other comprehensive (loss)income	(61,671		)	46,163			11,012			(969		)	(5,465		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(84,314	)	$	(339,012	)	$	(54,015	)	$	(4,744	)	$	(482,085	)

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(1) Recorded in net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the statement of operations.

(2) Recorded in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities in the statement of operations.

(3) Recorded in other operating expenses in the statement of operations.

Note 16 — Employee Retirement Plans

Qualified Defined Benefit Multiemployer Plan. We participate in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan), a funded, tax-qualified, noncontributory defined-benefit pension plan. The Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan is treated as a multiemployer plan for accounting purposes, but operates as a multiple-employer plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly,

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certain multiemployer plan disclosures, including the certified zone status, are not applicable to the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan. Under the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan, contributions made by a participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers since assets contributed by an employer are not segregated in a separate account or restricted to provide benefits only to employees of that employer. Also, in the event a participating employer is unable to meet its contribution requirements, the required contributions for the other participating employers could increase proportionately. The plan covers substantially all of our officers and employees. The following table sets forth our net pension costs under the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net pension cost	$	880	$	1,104	$	1,362	$	3,212

Qualified Defined Contribution Plan. We also participate in the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan for Financial

Institutions, a tax-qualified defined contribution plan. The plan covers substantially all of our officers and employees. We contribute a percentage of the participants' compensation by making a matching contribution equal to a percentage of voluntary employee contributions, subject to certain limitations. Our matching contributions are charged to compensation and benefits expense.

Nonqualified Defined Contribution Plan. We also maintain the Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan, a nonqualified, unfunded deferred compensation plan covering certain of our senior officers and directors. The plan's liability consists of the accumulated compensation deferrals and the accumulated earnings on these deferrals. Our obligation from this plan was $4.7 million and $3.6 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. We maintain a rabbi trust intended to satisfy future benefit obligations.

The following table sets forth expenses relating to our defined contribution plans (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Qualified Defined Contribution Plan - Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan	$	215	$	232	$	699	$	713
Nonqualified Defined Contribution Plan - Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan	16		11		120		80

Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan. We also maintain a nonqualified, single-employer unfunded defined-benefit plan covering certain senior officers, for which our obligation is detailed below. We maintain a rabbi trust intended to meet future benefit obligations.

Postretirement Benefits. We sponsor a fully insured postretirement benefit program that includes life insurance benefits for eligible retirees. We provide life insurance to all employees who retire on or after age 55 after completing six years of service. No contributions are required from the retirees. There are no funded plan assets that have been designated to provide postretirement benefits.

In connection with the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and postretirement benefits, we recorded the following amounts as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

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	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan						Postretirement Benefits
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Change in benefit obligation (1)
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	7,969		$	5,901		$	721		$	634
Service cost	419			418			24			32
Interest cost	271			293			22			28
Actuarial loss	1,570			1,657			(1		)	45
Benefits paid	(254		)	(300		)	(14		)	(18		)
Benefit obligation at end of period	9,975			7,969			752			721
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	—			—			—			—
Employer contribution	254			300			14			18
Benefits paid	(254		)	(300		)	(14		)	(18		)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period	—			—			—			—
Funded status at end of period	$	(9,975	)	$	(7,969	)	$	(752	)	$	(721	)

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(1) This represents projected benefit obligation for the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for postretirement benefits.

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss for our nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and postretirement benefits for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan For the Three Months Ended September 30,				Postretirement Benefits For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	169	$	120	$	8	$	8
Interest cost	109		83		7		7
Amortization of net actuarial loss	197		116		3		3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	475	$	319	$	18	$	18
	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				Postretirement Benefits For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	419	$	299	$	24	$	24
Interest cost	271		209		22		21
Amortization of net actuarial loss	591		349		9		7
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,281	$	857	$	55	$	52

Note 17 — Fair Values

A fair value hierarchy is used to prioritize the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. A description of the application of the fair value hierarchy, valuation techniques, and significant inputs is disclosed in Item 1 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 19 — Fair Values in the 2012 Annual Report. There have been no material changes in the fair value hierarchy classification of financial assets and liabilities, valuation techniques, or significant inputs during the nine month period ended September 30, 2013.

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The carrying values, fair values, and fair-value hierarchy of our financial instruments at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were as follows (dollars in thousands). These fair values do not represent an estimate of the Bank's overall market value as a going concern, which would take into account, among other things, our future business opportunities and the net profitability of our assets and liabilities.

	September 30, 2013
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral
Financial instruments
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	3,172,772		$	3,172,772		$	3,172,772		$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	219			219			219			—			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,500,000			1,499,980			—			1,499,980			—		—
Federal funds sold	500,000			499,998			—			499,998			—		—
Trading securities(1)	249,970			249,970			—			249,970			—		—
Available-for-sale securities(1)	3,860,587			3,860,587			—			3,860,587			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities(2)	4,361,134			4,700,205			—			3,080,792			1,619,413		—
Advances	22,555,122			22,713,838			—			22,713,838			—		—
Mortgage loans, net	3,401,111			3,457,996			—			3,457,996			—		—
Accrued interest receivable	75,943			75,943			—			75,943			—		—
Derivative assets(1)	4,118			4,118			—			46,674			—		(42,556		)
Other assets (1)	9,595			9,595			4,768			4,827			—		—
Liabilities:
Deposits	(570,356		)	(569,439		)	—			(569,439		)	—		—
COs:
Bonds	(24,201,697		)	(24,384,324		)	—			(24,384,324		)	—		—
Discount notes	(10,475,911		)	(10,476,247		)	—			(10,476,247		)	—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390		)	(977,390		)	(977,390		)	—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	(101,206		)	(101,206		)	—			(101,206		)	—		—
Derivative liabilities(1)	(649,781		)	(649,781		)	—			(696,257		)	—		46,476
Other:
Commitments to extend credit for advances	—			(2,508		)	—			(2,508		)	—		—
Standby letters of credit	(701		)	(701		)	—			(701		)	—		—

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(1) Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

(2) Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

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	December 31, 2012
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral
Financial instruments
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	240,945		$	240,945		$	240,945		$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	192			192			192			—			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	4,015,000			4,014,989			—			4,014,989			—		—
Federal funds sold	600,000			599,994			—			599,994			—		—
Trading securities(1)	274,293			274,293			—			274,293			—		—
Available-for-sale securities(1)	5,268,237			5,268,237			—			5,268,237			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities(2)	5,396,335			5,699,230			—			4,060,941			1,638,289		—
Advances	20,789,704			21,168,928			—			21,168,928			—		—
Mortgage loans, net	3,478,896			3,667,342			—			3,667,342			—		—
Accrued interest receivable	100,404			100,404			—			100,404			—		—
Derivative assets(1)	111			111			—			88,397			—		(88,286		)
Other assets(1)	8,402			8,402			4,154			4,248			—		—
Liabilities:
Deposits	(594,968		)	(594,856		)	—			(594,856		)	—		—
COs:
Bonds	(26,119,848		)	(26,813,277		)	—			(26,813,277		)	—		—
Discount notes	(8,639,048		)	(8,639,373		)	—			(8,639,373		)	—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(215,863		)	(215,863		)	(215,863		)	—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	(96,356		)	(96,356		)	—			(96,356		)	—		—
Derivative liabilities(1)	(907,092		)	(907,092		)	—			(995,378		)	—		88,286
Other:
Commitments to extend credit for advances	—			(229		)	—			(229		)	—		—
Standby bond-purchase agreements	—			358			—			358			—		—
Standby letters of credit	(523		)	(523		)	—			(523		)	—		—

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(1) Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

(2) Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

Fair Value Measured on a Recurring Basis.

The following tables present our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the statement of condition, which are recorded on a recurring basis at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by fair-value hierarchy level (dollars in thousands):

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	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment (1)			Total
Assets:
Trading securities:
U.S. government-guaranteed – residential MBS	$	—	$	14,962		$	—	$	—		$	14,962
GSEs – residential MBS	—		3,803			—		—			3,803
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		231,205			—		—			231,205
Total trading securities	—		249,970			—		—			249,970
Available-for-sale securities:
Supranational institutions	—		430,792			—		—			430,792
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		247,345			—		—			247,345
GSEs	—		1,048,757			—		—			1,048,757
U.S. government guaranteed – residential MBS	—		291,530			—		—			291,530
GSEs – residential MBS	—		1,842,163			—		—			1,842,163
Total available-for-sale securities	—		3,860,587			—		—			3,860,587
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	—		46,510			—		(42,556		)	3,954
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		164			—		—			164
Total derivative assets	—		46,674			—		(42,556		)	4,118
Other assets	4,768		4,827			—		—			9,595
Total assets at fair value	$	4,768	$	4,162,058		$	—	$	(42,556	)	$	4,124,270
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	$	—	$	(696,257	)	$	—	$	46,476		$	(649,781	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		—			—		—			—
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	(696,257	)	$	—	$	46,476		$	(649,781	)

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(1)These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same clearing member and/or counterparty.

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	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment (1)			Total
Assets:
Trading securities:
U.S. government-guaranteed – residential MBS	$	—	$	16,876		$	—	$	—		$	16,876
GSEs – residential MBS	—		4,946			—		—			4,946
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		252,471			—		—			252,471
Total trading securities	—		274,293			—		—			274,293
Available-for-sale securities:
Supranational institutions	—		473,484			—		—			473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		291,081			—		—			291,081
GSEs	—		2,085,084			—		—			2,085,084
U.S. government guaranteed – residential MBS	—		73,359			—		—			73,359
GSEs – residential MBS	—		2,244,794			—		—			2,244,794
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		100,435			—		—			100,435
Total available-for-sale securities	—		5,268,237			—		—			5,268,237
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	—		88,362			—		(88,286		)	76
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		35			—		—			35
Total derivative assets	—		88,397			—		(88,286		)	111
Other assets	4,154		4,248			—		—			8,402
Total assets at fair value	$	4,154	$	5,635,175		$	—	$	(88,286	)	$	5,551,043
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	$	—	$	(995,362	)	$	—	$	88,286		$	(907,076	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		(16		)	—		—			(16		)
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	(995,378	)	$	—	$	88,286		$	(907,092	)

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(1)These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparty. We did not hold cash collateral, including accrued interest, associated with derivatives subject to master netting agreements as of December 31, 2012.

Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

We measure certain held-to-maturity investment securities and REO at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, that is, they are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair-value adjustments only in certain circumstances (for example, upon recognizing an other-than-temporary impairment on a held-to-maturity security).

The following tables present financial assets by level within the fair-value hierarchy which are recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
REO	$	—	$	—	$	373	$	373

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	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Held-to-maturity securities:
Private-label residential MBS	$	—	$	—	$	25	$	25
REO	—		—		195		195
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$	—	$	—	$	220	$	220

Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies

Joint and Several Liability. COs are backed by the financial resources of the FHLBanks. The FHFA has authority to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal and interest on COs for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. No FHLBank has ever been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any CO on behalf of another FHLBank. We evaluate the financial condition of the other FHLBanks primarily based on known regulatory actions, publicly available financial information, and individual long-term credit-rating action as of each period-end presented. Based on this evaluation, as of September 30, 2013, and through the filing of this report, we do not believe that it is reasonably likely that we will be required to repay the principal or interest on any CO on behalf of another FHLBank.

We have considered applicable FASB guidance and determined it is not necessary to recognize a liability for the fair value of our joint and several liability for all of the COs. The joint and several obligation is mandated by FHFA regulations and is not the result of an arms-length transaction among the FHLBanks. 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 obligation. 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 the FHLBanks' COs, the FHLBanks' joint and several obligation is excluded from the initial recognition and measurement provisions. Accordingly, we have not recognized a liability for our joint and several obligation related to other FHLBanks' COs at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. The par amounts of other FHLBanks' outstanding COs for which we are jointly and severally liable totaled $686.3 billion and $653.5 billion at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. See Note 12 — Consolidated Obligations for additional information.

Off-Balance-Sheet Commitments

The following table sets forth our off-balance-sheet commitments as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Expire within one year		Expire after one year		Total		Expire within one year		Expire after one year		Total
Standby letters of credit outstanding (1)	$	2,852,332	$	235,116	$	3,087,448	$	870,905	$	343,744	$	1,214,649
Commitments for standby bond purchases	—		—		—		158,960		—		158,960
Commitments for unused lines of credit - advances (2)	1,287,377		—		1,287,377		1,290,776		—		1,290,776
Commitments to make additional advances	18,713		49,124		67,837		22,985		72,036		95,021
Commitments to invest in mortgage loans	18,107		—		18,107		30,938		—		30,938
Unsettled CO bonds, at par (3)	45,000		—		45,000		124,100		—		124,100
Unsettled CO discount notes, at par	—		—		—		1,405,000		—		1,405,000

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(1) The amount of standby letters of credit outstanding excludes commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $38.4 million as of September 30, 2013. Also excluded are commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $12.6 million at December 31, 2012.

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(2) Commitments for unused line-of-credit advances are generally for periods of up to 12 months. Since many of these commitments are not expected to be drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily indicate future liquidity requirements.

(3) We had no unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at September 30, 2013. We had $100.0 million in unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at December 31, 2012.

Standby Letters of Credit. Standby letters of credit are executed with members or housing associates for a fee.A standby letter of credit is a financing arrangement between us and a member or housing associate pursuant to which we agree to fund the associated member's or housing associate's obligation to a third-party beneficiary should that member or housing associate fail to fund such obligation. If we are required to make payment for a beneficiary's draw, the payment amount is converted into a collateralized advance to the member or housing associate. The original terms of these standby letters of credit range fromfinal expiries in 27 days to 20 years. Our unearned fees for the value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit are recorded in other liabilities and totaled $701,000 and $523,000 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

We monitor the creditworthiness of our members and housing associates that have standby letter of credit agreements outstanding based on our evaluations of the financial condition of the member or housing associate. We review available financial data, which can include regulatory call reports filed by depository institution members, regulatory financial statements filed with the appropriate state insurance department by insurance company members, audited financial statements of housing associates, SEC filings, and rating-agency reports to ensure that potentially troubled members are identified as soon as possible. In addition, we have access to most members' regulatory examination reports. We analyze this information on a regular basis.

Standby letters of credit are fully collateralized at the time of issuance. Based on our credit analyses and collateral requirements, we have not deemed it necessary to record any additional liability on these commitments.

Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements. We enter into standby bond-purchase agreements with state housing authorities from time to time whereby we, for a fee, agreed to purchase and hold the housing authority’s bonds until the designated remarketing agent can find an investor or the housing authority repurchases the bonds according to a schedule established by the standby bond-purchase agreement. Each standby bond-purchase agreement specifies the terms that would require us to purchase the bonds. The last standby bond-purchase commitment we had entered into expired in April 2013. At December 31, 2012, we had standby bond-purchase agreements with one state housing authority. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, we were not required to purchase any bonds under these agreements.

Commitments to Invest in Mortgage Loans. Commitments to invest in mortgage loans are generally for periods not to exceed 45 business days. Such commitments are recorded as derivatives at their fair values on the statement of condition.

Pledged Collateral. We execute new bilateral derivatives with counterparties with long-term ratings of single-A (or equivalent) or better by both S&P and Moody’s. All such derivatives are subject to master-netting agreements which include bilateral-collateral agreements. New derivatives with counterparties rated lower than single-A (or equivalent) are permitted only if they reduce exposure to that counterparty. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had pledged as collateral securities that cannot be sold or repledged by the counterparty with a carrying value, including accrued interest, of $437.5 million and $650.9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had also pledged as collateral securities that can be sold or repledged with a carrying value, including accrued interest, of $71.4 million and $109.1 million, respectively.

Legal Proceedings. We are subject to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business from time to time. Management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Note 19 — Transactions with Shareholders

Beginning in the second quarter of 2013, we defined related parties as members with more than 10 percent of the voting interests of our capital stock outstanding. In prior reports, we defined related parties as members whose capital stock holdings are in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding. The voting interest method of defining our related parties reflects a more narrow approach and is in agreement with accounting guidance. Shareholder concentrations, defined as members whose capital stock holdings are in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding, are disclosed in the shareholder concentration section below.

Related Parties. Under the FHLBank Act and FHFA regulations, each member directorship is designated to one of the six states in our district. Each member eligible to vote is entitled to cast by ballot one vote for each share of stock that it was required to

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hold as of the record date, which is December 31 of the year prior to each election, subject to the limitation that no member may cast more votes than the average number of shares of our stock that are required to be held by all members located in such member's state. Eligible members are permitted to vote all their eligible shares for one candidate for each open member directorship in the state in which the member is located and for each open independent directorship. A nonmember stockholder is not entitled to cast votes for the election of directors unless it was a member as of the record date. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, no shareholder owned more than 10 percent of the total voting interests due to statutory limits on members' voting rights, therefore, we did not have any related parties.

Shareholder Concentrations. We consider shareholder concentrations as members or nonmembers whose capital stock holdings (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) are in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding. The following tables present transactions with shareholders whose holdings of capital stock exceed 10 percent or more of total capital stock outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

As of September 30, 2013	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
Bank of America, N.A.	$	857,835	25.1	%	$	99,221	0.4	%	$	398	1.2	%
RBS Citizens N.A.	430,077		12.6		19,298		0.1		65		0.2

As of December 31, 2012	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A.(1)	$	978,084	26.6	%	$	101,795	0.5	%	$	437	1.2	%
RBS Citizens N.A.	484,517		13.2		519,808		2.6		109		0.3

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(1) Capital stock outstanding at December 31, 2012 included $1.9 million held by CW Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (BANA). Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A. (BANA RI) merged into BANA, its parent, during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. BANA is ineligible for membership.

We held sufficient collateral to support the advances to the above institutions such that we do not expect to incur any credit losses on these advances.

We recognized interest income on outstanding advances from the above shareholders during the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 as follows (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Bank of America, N.A. (1)	$	1,295	$	2,137	$	3,984	$	5,114
RBS Citizens N.A.	210		3,155		977		8,367

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(1) Includes interest income from advances outstanding to BANA RI through the date of its merger with BANA in April 2013.

Transactions with Directors' Institutions. We provide, in the ordinary course of business, products and services to members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors. In accordance with FHFA regulations, transactions with directors' institutions are conducted on the same terms as those with any other member. 

The following table presents the outstanding balances of capital stock, advances, and accrued interest receivable with members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors, and those balances as a percentage of our total balance as reported on our statement of condition.

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	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
As of September 30, 2013	$	127,020	3.7	%	$	655,493	3.0	%	$	1,668	5.1	%
As of December 31, 2012	143,165		3.9		792,839		3.9		2,138		6.1

Note 20 — Transactions with Other FHLBanks

We may occasionally enter into transactions with other FHLBanks. These transactions are summarized below.

Overnight Funds. We may borrow or lend unsecured overnight funds from or to other FHLBanks. All such transactions are at current market rates. Interest income and interest expense related to these transactions with other FHLBanks are included within other interest income and interest expense from other borrowings in the statement of operations.

MPF Mortgage Loans. We pay a transaction-services fee to the FHLBank of Chicago for our participation in the MPF program. This fee is assessed monthly, and is based upon the amount of mortgage loans which we invested in after January 1, 2004, and which remain outstanding on our statement of condition. We recorded $387,000 and $347,000 for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, in MPF transaction-services fee expense to the FHLBank of Chicago which has been recorded in the statement of operations as other expense. We recorded $1.2 million and $966,000 for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, in MPF transaction-services fee expense to the FHLBank of Chicago.

Note 21 — Subsequent Events

On October 25, 2013, the board of directors declared a cash dividend at an annualized rate of 0.37 percent based on capital stock balances outstanding during the third quarter of 2013. The dividend, including dividends on mandatorily redeemable capital stock, amounted to $3.2 million and was paid on November 4, 2013.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes statements describing anticipated developments, projections, estimates, or future predictions of ours that are “forward-looking statements.” These statements may use forward-looking terminology such as, but not limited to, “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “should,” “will,” “likely,” or their negatives or other variations on these terms. We caution that, by their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks or uncertainties, including the risk factors set forth in Item 1A — Risk Factors in the 2012 Annual Report and Part II —Item 1A — Risk Factors of this quarterly report, and the risks set forth below. Accordingly, we caution that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or could impact the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement herein or that may be made from time to time on our behalf.

Forward-looking statements in this report may include, among others, our expectations for:

• income, retained earnings, and dividend payouts;

• repurchases of excess stock;

• credit losses on advances and investments in mortgage loans and ABS, particularly private-label MBS;

• balance-sheet changes and components thereof, such as changes in advances balances and the size of our portfolio of investments in mortgage loans;

• our retained earnings target; and

• the interest-rate environment in which we do business.

Actual results may differ from forward-looking statements for many reasons, including, but not limited to:

• changes in interest rates, the rate of inflation (or deflation), housing prices, employment rates, and the general economy, including changes resulting from changes in U.S. fiscal policy or ratings of the U.S. federal government;

• changes in demand for our advances and other products resulting from changes in members' deposit flows and credit demands or otherwise;

• the willingness of our members to do business with us despite limited repurchases of excess stock and modest dividend payments;

• changes in the financial health of our members;

• insolvencies of our members;

• increases in borrower defaults on mortgage loans;

• deterioration in the credit performance of our private-label MBS portfolio beyond forecasted assumptions concerning loan default rates, loss severities, and prepayment speeds resulting in the realization of additional other-than-temporary impairment charges;

• deterioration in the credit performance of our investments in mortgage loans and increases in loss severities from those investments;

• an increase in advance prepayments as a result of changes in interest rates or other factors;

• the volatility of market prices, rates, and indices that could affect the value of collateral we hold as security for obligations of our members and counterparties to interest-rate-exchange agreements and similar agreements;

• issues and events across the FHLBank System and in the political arena that may lead to regulatory, judicial, or other developments may affect the marketability of the COs, our financial obligations with respect to COs, our ability to access the capital markets, our members, the manner in which we operate, or the organization and structure of the FHLBank System;

• competitive forces including, without limitation, other sources of funding available to our members, other entities borrowing funds in the capital markets, and the ability to attract and retain skilled employees;

• the pace of technological change and our ability to develop and support technology and information systems sufficient to manage the risks of our business effectively;

• the loss of members through mergers and similar activities;

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• changes in investor demand for COs and/or the terms of interest-rate-exchange-agreements and similar agreements;

• the timing and volume of market activity;

• the volatility of reported results due to changes in the fair value of certain assets and liabilities, including, but not limited to, private-label MBS;

• the ability to introduce new (or adequately adapt current) products and services and successfully manage the risks associated with those products and services, including new types of collateral used to secure advances;

• the availability of derivative instruments of the types and in the quantities needed for risk-management purposes from acceptable counterparties;

• the realization of losses arising from litigation filed against us or one or more of the other FHLBanks;

• the realization of losses arising from our joint and several liability on COs;

• significant business disruptions resulting from natural or other disasters, acts of war, or terrorism; and

• the effect of new accounting standards, including the development of supporting systems.

These risk factors are not exhaustive. We operate in a changing economic and regulatory environment, and new risk factors will emerge from time to time. We cannot predict such new risk factors nor can we assess the impact, if any, of such new risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by any forward-looking statements.

The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our interim financial statements and notes, which begin on page three, and the 2012 Annual Report.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our quarterly net income was $38.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared with net income of $50.8 million for the same period in 2012. The decline was primarily due to an $8.6 million decrease in net prepayment fees from investments and advances. Importantly, our retained earnings balance is now in excess of our retained earnings target. We consider this to be a significant milestone, reflecting a concerted effort to build retained earnings that began over five years ago. While we continue to face certain challenges, in light of this milestone, the board may now determine to declare larger dividends and/or direct us to complete larger and/or more frequent repurchases of excess stock than it has in the past five years, subject to applicable restrictions, as discussed under — Retained Earnings and Dividends.

Additionally:

• retained earnings increased from $587.6 million at December 31, 2012, to $705.7 million at September 30, 2013;

• accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities improved from an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $385.2 million at December 31, 2012, to an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $339.0 million at September 30, 2013;

• we continue to be in compliance with all regulatory capital requirements as of September 30, 2013; and

• on October 25, 2013, our board of directors declared a cash dividend that was equivalent to an annual yield of 0.37 percent.

We continue to face certain challenges, the foremost of which arises from the continuing, prolonged low interest-rate environment combined with muted demand for advances. We continue to believe that these factors are likely to negatively impact future earnings, absent unpredictable events such as prepayment fee income.

• Interest-Rate Environment. Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has targeted and maintained a historically low interest- rate environment, initially for short-term financial instruments and later for long-term financial instruments with the implementation of quantitative easing programs. We expect the Federal Reserve to keep short-term interest rates low well beyond 2013 but are less certain about the outlook for longer term interest rates for the reasons discussed under — Economic Conditions. A prolonged low interest-rate environment continues to adversely impact us in various ways such as members significantly increasing their reliance on short-term advances that typically have lower market yields than longer-term advances; lower market yields on investments (as we continue to experience), including money-market investments in which our capital is deployed; and potentially faster prepayments on our mortgage-related assets, with resultant reinvestment risk. Quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve has been directed at purchasing agency MBS and long-term U.S. Treasury securities, reducing yields on these securities. However, during the second quarter of 2013, seeing increasing signs of economic recovery, bond market participants began to anticipate an end to quantitative easing, and began selling

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long-term bonds accordingly. Nonetheless, the Federal Open Market Committee (the FOMC) has recently reaffirmed its MBS purchasing strategy at a constant level of $85 billion per month. As a result, long-term interest rates moderated during the quarter. For additional information, see — Economic Conditions — Interest-rate Environment.

• Advances Balances. The outstanding par balance of advances increased from $20.3 billion at December 31, 2012, to $22.2 billion at September 30, 2013. Demand for advances continues to be somewhat muted, although we have experienced some growth in balances during 2013. However, member demand for advances could continue to be constrained as depository members continue to experience relatively high levels of deposits, which generally represent the primary form of funding for these members. We do not expect advances balances to rise significantly so long as deposit levels at members remain high in the absence of any other changes that would generally cause demand for advances to grow, such as stronger demand for loans. Member loan growth in 2013 is unpredictable due to continued uncertainty about the economy, as discussed under — Economic Conditions. The decline in our advances balances since 2008, is likely to continue to negatively impact future earnings, particularly given the continuing low interest-rate environment discussed above, because reinvestment opportunities are not as profitable in such an environment.

The trend in advances balances is illustrated by the following graph:

• Investments in Private-Label MBS. The amortized cost of our total investments in private-label MBS and ABS backed by home-equity loans has declined to $1.5 billion at September 30, 2013, compared with $6.4 billion at September 30, 2007, and credit losses realized in recent periods have dropped significantly from those of earlier periods; however, additional modest losses from this portfolio are likely and, if economic conditions unexpectedly worsen, larger losses are possible. We have determined that eight of our private-label MBS, representing an aggregated par value of $75.6 million, incurred additional other-than-temporary impairment credit losses of $1.5 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013. We continue to update our modeling assumptions to reflect current developments impacting the loan performance of the mortgage loans that back our investments in private-label MBS, particularly Alt-A mortgage loans originated from 2005 to 2007 that comprise a significant portion of the loans backing these securities. Generally, performance trends on this collateral have continued to improve during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, as economic conditions have improved nationally, leading to higher house prices, lower default and loss rates, accordingly, and higher market prices for securities tied to this type of collateral since December 31, 2012. However, not all areas of the country have participated equally in the housing recovery, with some areas still influenced by such factors as continuing elevated unemployment rates, high levels of foreclosures and troubled real estate loans, and limited refinancing opportunities for many borrowers,

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especially those whose houses are worth less than the balance of their mortgages. Moreover, financially distressed properties have generally lagged general house price recovery rates.

We also update our modeling assumptions based on noneconomic factors that impact or could impact the performance of these investments, including certain federal programs (and proposed programs) intended to assist and/or protect borrowers, and related developments that could result in further losses. We continue to monitor these and related developments, including litigation involving private-label MBS, which could result in loss severities beyond current expectations due to disruptions of cash flows from impacted securities and further depression in real estate prices.

For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, we recognized $5.9 million in interest income resulting from the increased accretable yields of certain private-label MBS for which we had previously recognized credit losses. For a discussion of this accounting treatment, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Investment Securities - Other-than-Temporary Impairment — Interest Income Recognition in the 2012 Annual Report.

Other significant trends and developments include the following:

• Legislative and Regulatory Developments. We continue to operate in an uncertain legislative and regulatory environment undergoing profound change principally stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act). Additionally, the FHFA has communicated its interest in maintaining the FHLBanks' focus on core mission-related activities. Finally, the U.S. federal government continues to consider reforms for housing finance and housing GSEs, which are ultimately likely to impact us. For additional information, see — Legislative and Regulatory Developments.

Moreover, recent legislative impasses concerning appropriation of funding for the operations of the U.S. government as well as raising the U.S. Treasury department’s borrowing authority have had a short-term disruptive impact on the market for U.S. Treasury securities, and to a lesser extent, debt issued by GSEs, including the FHLBanks. For example, yields on short-term discount note issuance increased temporarily in sympathy with larger increases in U.S. Treasury Bill yields until legislation was enacted to extend the U.S. Treasury’s borrowing authority on October 17, 2013. It is possible that these disruptions will recur early in 2014 when the current U.S. Treasury debt authorization expires. For additional information, see — Economic Conditions.

• Net Interest Margin. Despite the historically low interest-rate environment, we continue to achieve a favorable, but declining, net interest margin. Net interest margin is expressed as the percentage of net interest income to average earning assets. Net interest margin for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, was 0.57 percent, a 4 basis point decrease from net interest margin for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2012. Prepayment-fee income was an important contributor to net interest margin for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2012, and to a lesser extent the three months ended September 30, 2013, as demonstrated by the tables captioned “Net Interest Spread and Margin without Prepayment-Fee Income” under — Results of Operations — Rate and Volume Analysis. These prepayment fees represent a substantial contribution to our net income that should not be counted on to recur every quarter. The favorable net interest margin was also impacted by the continuing low interest-rate environment due in part to continued low average funding costs. Demand for COs remained strong and funding costs have remained low throughout 2012 and the first nine months of 2013, a trend we expect to continue, though CO funding costs have deteriorated relative to interest rate swap yields recently. Other factors behind favorable net interest margin include an increase in yields on certain previously other-than-temporarily impaired private-label MBS for which a significant improvement in cash flows has been projected, and lower than expected prepayment activity on fixed-rate mortgage-related assets.

Notwithstanding favorable net interest margin and favorable net interest spread for the quarter, we expect these measurements to decline based on the sustained low interest-rate environment noted above combined with increasingly limited opportunities to redeem and refinance our debt, coupled with the continued amortization of our seasoned investments in mortgage loans (including fixed-rate agency MBS).

• Key Management Change. Michael C. Clifton, senior vice president and chief information officer, resigned effective September 30, 2013. Mr. Clifton’s responsibilities were reallocated internally while a search for a new chief information officer is conducted.

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

Economic Environment

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Economic and political headwinds are likely to constrain growth in the United States and, even more so, in New England in the near term. Constrained economic growth could limit lending among our members, reducing in turn member demand for advances and opportunities for us to invest in mortgage loans.

New England and the United States continued to add jobs at a modest pace during 2013, but the region has consistently trailed the pace of the nation. Between August 2012 and August 2013, employment grew by 1.6 percent nationally and 1.1 percent in the region. This pattern of stronger national year-over-year employment growth has persisted since March 2011. After reaching a post-recession low of 6.8 percent in April 2013, New England’s unemployment rate has increased every month, reaching 7.3 percent in August 2013. The national unemployment rate continued to decline over this period, reaching 7.2 percent in September 2013. Unemployment rates across the region ranged from a high of 9.1 percent in Rhode Island to a low of 4.6 percent in Vermont. Consequently, the United States is much closer than New England to reaching pre-recession employment levels, despite having experienced a steeper and more prolonged employment decline in the economic recession that commenced in 2008 (the Great Recession) and a slower initial recovery in 2010.

We believe that the recent Federal government shutdown and political activity around the U.S. Treasury debt ceiling will adversely impact fourth quarter real gross domestic product growth. Lawmakers’ agreement to extend funding for the government and raise the debt ceiling into early next year may have forestalled worse economic damage, but we do not expect the economic recovery to gain momentum so long as lawmakers fail to agree on a federal budget.

The principle impetus for mortgage loan applications has been refinance activity although refinance activity has been considerably slower than six months ago. Meanwhile, mortgage loan applications for purchases continued to decline. Mortgage loan applications demand is now essentially at the same level as it was three years ago, a low mark in the wake of the Great Recession.

Rising mortgage interest rates and house prices are likely constraining demand in both New England and the United States, especially amid declining real incomes. An annual report from the Census Bureau signaled that real median household income in 2012 fell to its lowest level since 1995. Consequently, housing affordability, according to the National Association of Realtors, is at its weakest level in 3 ½ years, yet conditions remain favorable compared with pre-Great Recession housing affordability metrics.

Interest-Rate Environment

We continue to operate in a historically low interest-rate environment, which we expect to continue to adversely impact our results of operations, as discussed under — Executive Summary — Interest-Rate Environment. We note the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee has re-iterated its commitment to low interest rates and stimulatory economic policies, that it anticipates exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6.5 percent, and its expectations of inflation remain consistent with a longer-run target of 2 percent. However, despite this continuing message from the Federal Reserve, during the summer months, we witnessed a significant increase in long-term interest rates that we believe may be attributable to an increase in market perceptions that the Federal Reserve could begin to shift away from supporting a low interest-rate environment initially by ending or curtailing its quantitative easing program. Nonetheless, the FOMC has recently reaffirmed its MBS purchasing strategy at a constant level of $85 billion per month, and long-term interest rates moderated somewhat during the quarter.

The current market environment adversely impacts our results of operations in two ways. First, short-term interest rates continue to hover close to record low levels, compressing the yields and margins that we can earn on our liquidity investments and short-term advances. Second, the increase in long-term interest rates has slowed our investments in mortgage loans.

The following chart demonstrates the interest-rate environment.

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The federal funds target rate has remained constant at 0.25 percent during the time periods displayed in the chart above.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following financial highlights for the statement of condition for December 31, 2012, have been derived from our audited financial statements. Financial highlights for the quarter-ends have been derived from our unaudited financial statements. 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA STATEMENT OF CONDITION
(dollars in thousands)
	September 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2012
Statement of Condition Data at Quarter End
Total assets	$	39,720,660		$	39,341,066		$	36,934,925		$	40,209,017		$	45,742,535
Investments(1)	10,471,910			13,897,870			13,028,738			15,554,057			17,948,073
Advances	22,555,122			21,463,205			19,900,367			20,789,704			23,915,687
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net(2)	3,401,111			3,474,211			3,504,394			3,478,896			3,431,534
Deposits and other borrowings	570,356			604,130			662,625			594,968			685,328
Consolidated obligations:
Bonds	24,201,697			24,420,970			25,722,481			26,119,848			28,238,899
Discount notes	10,475,911			9,875,566			5,980,709			8,639,048			11,993,572
Total consolidated obligations	34,677,608			34,296,536			31,703,190			34,758,896			40,232,471
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390			977,390			190,889			215,863			215,863
Class B capital stock outstanding-putable(3)	2,441,028			2,401,209			3,202,211			3,455,165			3,433,016
Unrestricted retained earnings	615,993			587,786			562,671			523,203			484,574
Restricted retained earnings	89,752			82,136			75,018			64,351			53,660
Total retained earnings	705,745			669,922			637,689			587,554			538,234
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(482,085		)	(474,102		)	(467,570		)	(476,620		)	(504,674		)
Total capital	2,664,688			2,597,029			3,372,330			3,566,099			3,466,576
Other Information
Total regulatory capital ratio(4)	10.4		%	10.3		%	10.9		%	10.6		%	9.2		%

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(1) Investments include available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, trading securities, interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell and federal funds sold.

(2) The allowance for credit losses amounted to $2.0 million, $2.0 million, $3.4 million, $4.4 million, and $5.5 million as of September 30, 2013, June 30, 2013, March 31, 2013, December 31, 2012, and September 30, 2012, respectively.

(3) Capital stock is putable at the option of a member, subject to applicable restrictions.

(4) Total regulatory capital ratio is capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) plus total retained earnings as a percentage of total assets. See Item 1 — Financial Statements and Notes — Notes to Financial Statements — Note 14 — Capital.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION
(dollars in thousands)
	Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2012
Net interest income	$	58,403		$	60,710		$	76,348		$	81,753		$	72,801
Provision for (reduction of) for credit losses	83			(1,190		)	(1,087		)	(1,070		)	(523		)
Net impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities recognized in earnings	(1,528		)	(394		)	(421		)	(1,629		)	(1,092		)
Other income (loss)	1,404			(6,466		)	(2,276		)	(4,951		)	(698		)
Other expense	15,784			15,390			15,455			16,827			15,039
AHP assessments	4,333			4,061			5,949			5,962			5,675
Net income	38,079			35,589			53,334			53,454			50,820
Other Information
Dividends declared	$	2,256		$	3,357		$	3,199		$	4,134		$	4,413
Dividend payout ratio	5.92		%	9.43		%	6.00		%	7.73		%	8.68		%
Weighted-average dividend rate(1)	0.38			0.40			0.37			0.48			0.52
Return on average equity(2)	5.73			5.55			6.10			6.07			5.92
Return on average assets	0.37			0.38			0.56			0.49			0.43
Net interest margin(3)	0.57			0.65			0.80			0.76			0.61
Average equity to average assets	6.44			6.81			9.10			8.12			7.19

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(1) Weighted-average dividend rate is the dividend amount declared divided by the average daily balance of capital stock eligible for dividends.

(2) Return on average equity is net income divided by the total of the average daily balance of outstanding Class B capital stock, accumulated other comprehensive loss and total retained earnings.

(3) Net interest margin is net interest income before provision for credit losses as a percentage of average earning assets.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Third Quarter of 2013 Compared with Third Quarter of 2012

For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we recognized net income of $38.1 million and $50.8 million, respectively. This $12.7 milliondecrease was primarily driven by a decrease in net interest income of $14.4 million of which $8.6 million relates to net prepayment fees that declined from $12.0 million in the third quarter of2012 to $3.4 million in the third quarter of2013. Also factoring into the decrease in net income was a $3.9 million decrease in the net unrealized gains on trading securities and a $436,000 increase in credit losses on other-than-temporary impairment of investment securities. Offsetting these decreases to net income was a $4.4 million decrease in loss on early extinguishment of debt and a decrease of $1.0 million in net losses on derivatives and hedging activities.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013, Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we recognized net income of $127.0 million and $153.6 million, respectively. This $26.6 milliondecrease was primarily driven by a decrease in net interest income of $35.2 million, of which $20.9 million relates to net prepayment fees that declined from $44.7 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, to $23.8 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013. Also factoring into the decrease in net income was an increase in the net unrealized losses on trading securities of $19.6 million. Offsetting these decreases to net income was an increase of $14.7 million in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities, a $12.0 million decrease in loss on early extinguishment of debt, and a $3.2 million decrease in credit losses on other-than-temporary impairment of investment securities.

Net Interest Income

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Third Quarter of 2013 Compared with Third Quarter of 2012

Net interest income for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, decreased $14.4 million from $72.8 million in the same period in 2012 to $58.4 million in 2013. This decrease was primarily attributable to an $8.6 milliondecrease in prepayment fee income and a decline in average earning assets, which decreased from $47.1 billion for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2012, to $40.7 billion for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013. This decline in average earning assets was driven by a $3.3 billion drop in average investments balances and a decrease of $3.2 billion in average advances balances. Offsetting the decline in net interest income was $5.9 million of increased accretable yields of certain private-label MBS for which we had previously recognized credit losses, an increase of $3.3 million from $2.6 million recorded the third quarter of2012.

Net interest margin for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, in comparison with the same period in 2012, decreased to 57 basis points from 61 basis points, and net interest spread decreased to 49 basis points from 53 basis points for the same period in 2012. Net interest spread is the difference between the yields on interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Contributing to the decrease in net interest spread was the change in yield on interest-earning assets, which decreased by 15 basis points to 1.36 percent, while the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased by eleven basis points to 0.87 percent. The decline in the yield on interest-earning assets in the third quarter of 2013 is primarily attributable to the decreases in prepayment fee income offset by the accretion of discount from previously impaired investment securities discussed above.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013, Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

Net interest income for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, decreased $35.2 million from $230.7 million in the same period in 2012 to $195.5 million in 2013. This decrease was primarily attributable to a $20.9 milliondecrease in prepayment fee income and a decline in average earning assets, which decreased from $47.3 billion for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, to $38.9 billion for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013. This decline in average earning assets was driven by a $5.0 billion drop in average investments balances and a decrease of $3.6 billion in average advances balances. Offsetting the decline in net interest income was $13.2 million of increased accretable yields of certain private-label MBS for which we had previously recognized credit losses, an increase of $6.6 million from $6.6 million recorded in the first nine months of 2012.

Net interest margin for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, in comparison with the same period in 2012, increased to 67 basis points from 65 basis points, and net interest spread increased to 58 basis points from 56 basis points for the same period in 2012. Contributing to the increase in net interest spread was the change in yield on interest-earning assets, which decreased by three basis points to 1.53 percent, while the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased by five basis point to 0.95 percent.

The following table presents major categories of average balances, related interest income/expense, and average yields for interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Our primary source of earnings is net interest income, which is the interest earned on advances, mortgage loans, and investments less interest paid on COs, deposits, and other sources of funds.

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Net Interest Spread and Margin (dollars in thousands)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013							2012
	Average Balance			Interest Income / Expense		Average Yield(1)		Average Balance			Interest Income / Expense		Average Yield(1)
Assets
Advances	$	21,860,432		$	58,226	1.06	%	$	25,044,543		$	84,425	1.34	%
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	3,514,131			478		0.05		5,293,478			2,455		0.18
Federal funds sold	2,798,587			545		0.08		1,241,522			463		0.15
Investment securities(2)	9,120,214			49,155		2.14		12,170,446			56,824		1.86
Mortgage loans	3,434,435			31,474		3.64		3,376,986			34,214		4.03
Other earning assets	1,504			1		0.26		2,994			2		0.27
Total interest-earning assets	40,729,303			139,879		1.36	%	47,129,969			178,383		1.51	%
Other non-interest-earning assets	399,341							480,852
Fair-value adjustments on investment securities	(208,601		)					(96,817		)
Total assets	$	40,920,043		$	139,879	1.36	%	$	47,514,004		$	178,383	1.49	%
Liabilities and capital
Consolidated obligations
Discount notes	$	11,482,030		$	1,846	0.06	%	$	13,599,121		$	3,726	0.11	%
Bonds	24,317,395			78,715		1.28		28,272,767			101,584		1.43
Deposits	585,427			3		—		702,319			11		0.01
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390			911		0.37		215,862			260		0.48
Other borrowings	2,854			1		0.14		1,755			1		0.23
Total interest-bearing liabilities	37,365,096			81,476		0.87	%	42,791,824			105,582		0.98	%
Other non-interest-bearing liabilities	919,775							1,307,329
Total capital	2,635,172							3,414,851
Total liabilities and capital	$	40,920,043		$	81,476	0.79	%	$	47,514,004		$	105,582	0.88	%
Net interest income				$	58,403						$	72,801
Net interest spread						0.49	%						0.53	%
Net interest margin						0.57	%						0.61	%

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(1) Yields are annualized.

(2) The average balances of held-to-maturity securities and available-for-sale securities are reflected at amortized cost; therefore the resulting yields do not give effect to changes in fair value or the noncredit component of a previously recognized other-than-temporary impairment reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss.    

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Net Interest Spread and Margin (dollars in thousands)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013							2012
	Average Balance			Interest Income / Expense		Average Yield(1)		Average Balance			Interest Income / Expense		Average Yield(1)
Assets
Advances	$	20,976,335		$	190,882	1.22	%	$	24,540,660		$	269,385	1.47	%
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	2,737,326			1,896		0.09		5,850,000			7,069		0.16
Federal funds sold	1,740,989			1,291		0.10		1,530,777			1,491		0.13
Investment securities(2)	10,006,737			155,490		2.08		12,124,453			170,263		1.88
Mortgage loans	3,478,241			96,166		3.70		3,248,559			103,527		4.26
Other earning assets	777			4		0.69		1,181			3		0.34
Total interest-earning assets	38,940,405			445,729		1.53	%	47,295,630			551,738		1.56	%
Other non-interest-earning assets	417,898							489,056
Fair-value adjustments on investment securities	(139,762		)					(134,758		)
Total assets	$	39,218,541		$	445,729	1.52	%	$	47,649,928		$	551,738	1.55	%
Liabilities and capital
Consolidated obligations
Discount notes	$	8,488,726		$	5,057	0.08	%	$	13,235,691		$	8,222	0.08	%
Bonds	25,416,757			243,113		1.28		28,766,309			311,943		1.45
Deposits	606,015			12		—		739,617			42		0.01
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	738,003			2,083		0.38		218,388			834		0.51
Other borrowings	2,065			3		0.19		1,979			2		0.13
Total interest-bearing liabilities	35,251,566			250,268		0.95	%	42,961,984			321,043		1.00	%
Other non-interest-bearing liabilities	1,053,098							1,274,886
Total capital	2,913,877							3,413,058
Total liabilities and capital	$	39,218,541		$	250,268	0.85	%	$	47,649,928		$	321,043	0.90	%
Net interest income				$	195,461						$	230,695
Net interest spread						0.58	%						0.56	%
Net interest margin						0.67	%						0.65	%

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(1) Yields are annualized.

(2) The average balances of held-to-maturity securities and available-for-sale securities are reflected at amortized cost; therefore the resulting yields do not give effect to changes in fair value or the noncredit component of a previously recognized other-than-temporary impairment reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss.    

Rate and Volume Analysis

Changes in both average balances (volume) and interest rates influence changes in net interest income and net interest margin. The following table summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. Changes in interest income and interest expense that are not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related, but are equally attributable to both volume and rate changes, have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportion of the absolute value of the volume and rate changes.

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Rate and Volume Analysis (dollars in thousands)
	For the Three Months Ended  September 30, 2013 vs. 2012									For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 vs. 2012
	Increase (Decrease) due to									Increase (Decrease) due to
	Volume			Rate			Total			Volume			Rate			Total
Interest income
Advances	$	(9,885	)	$	(16,315	)	$	(26,200	)	$	(36,052	)	$	(42,451	)	$	(78,503	)
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	(637		)	(1,340		)	(1,977		)	(2,871		)	(2,302		)	(5,173		)
Federal funds sold	380			(298		)	82			187			(387		)	(200		)
Investment securities	(15,602		)	7,933			(7,669		)	(31,707		)	16,934			(14,773		)
Mortgage loans	574			(3,314		)	(2,740		)	6,982			(14,343		)	(7,361		)
Other earning assets	(1		)	—			(1		)	(1		)	2			1
Total interest income	(25,171		)	(13,334		)	(38,505		)	(63,462		)	(42,547		)	(106,009		)
Interest expense
Consolidated obligations
Discount notes	(514		)	(1,366		)	(1,880		)	(2,840		)	(325		)	(3,165		)
Bonds	(13,387		)	(9,482		)	(22,869		)	(34,194		)	(34,636		)	(68,830		)
Deposits	(2		)	(6		)	(8		)	(7		)	(23		)	(30		)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	722			(71		)	651			1,518			(269		)	1,249
Other borrowings	—			—			—			—			1			1
Total interest expense	(13,181		)	(10,925		)	(24,106		)	(35,523		)	(35,252		)	(70,775		)
Change in net interest income	$	(11,990	)	$	(2,409	)	$	(14,399	)	$	(27,939	)	$	(7,295	)	$	(35,234	)

Average Balance of Advances Outstanding

The average balance of total advances decreased $3.6 billion, or 14.5 percent, for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, compared with the same period in 2012. The trend of muted demand for advances is discussed under — Executive Summary — Advances Balances. The following table summarizes average balances of advances outstanding during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, by product type.

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Average Balance of Advances Outstanding by Product Type (dollars in thousands)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012
Fixed-rate advances—par value
Long-term	$	9,968,455	$	9,907,681
Short-term	5,506,302		4,514,645
Putable	2,840,631		4,197,669
Amortizing	884,788		1,145,053
Overnight	645,840		357,762
All other fixed-rate advances	78,317		49,945
	19,924,333		20,172,755
Variable-rate indexed advances—par value
Simple variable	475,091		3,692,996
Putable	112,374		63,586
All other variable-rate indexed advances	32,103		20,095
	619,568		3,776,677
Total average par value	20,543,901		23,949,432
Net premiums	33,164		17,434
Market value of embedded derivatives	987		107
Hedging adjustments	398,283		573,687
Total average balance of advances	$	20,976,335	$	24,540,660

Putable advances that are classified as fixed-rate advances in the table above are typically hedged with interest-rate-exchange agreements in which a short-term rate is received, typically three-month LIBOR. In addition, approximately 20.5 percent of average long-term fixed-rate advances were similarly hedged with interest-rate swaps. Therefore, a significant portion of our advances, including overnight advances, short-term fixed-rate advances, fixed-rate putable advances, certain fixed-rate bullet advances, and variable-rate advances, either earn a short-term interest rate or are swapped to a short-term index, resulting in yields that closely follow short-term market interest-rate trends. The average balance of all such advances totaled $11.7 billion for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, representing 55.6 percent of the total average balance of advances outstanding during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013. The average balance of all such advances totaled $15.2 billion for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, representing 61.9 percent of the total average balance of advances outstanding during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, net prepayment fees on advances were $18.4 million and $44.3 million, respectively. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, prepayment fees on investments were $5.3 million and $341,000, respectively. Prepayment-fee income is unpredictable and inconsistent from period to period, occurring only when advances and investments are prepaid prior to the scheduled maturity or repricing dates.

Because prepayment-fee income recognized during these periods does not necessarily represent a trend that will continue in future periods, and due to the fact that prepayment-fee income represents a one-time fee that is generally recognized in the period in which the corresponding advance or investment security is prepaid, we believe it is important to review the results of net interest spread and net interest margin excluding the impact of prepayment-fee income. These results are presented in the following table.

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Net Interest Spread and Margin without Prepayment-Fee Income (dollars in thousands)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,								For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012				2013				2012
	Interest Income		Average Yield(1)		Interest Income		Average Yield(1)		Interest Income		Average Yield(1)		Interest Income		Average Yield(1)
Advances	$	56,405	1.02	%	$	72,551	1.15	%	$	172,445	1.10	%	$	225,037	1.22	%
Investment securities	47,550		2.07		56,685		1.85		150,159		2.01		169,922		1.87
Total interest-earning assets	136,453		1.33		166,370		1.40		421,961		1.45		507,049		1.43
Net interest income	54,977				60,788				171,693				186,006
Net interest spread			0.46	%			0.42	%			0.50	%			0.43	%
Net interest margin			0.54	%			0.51	%			0.59	%			0.53	%

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(1) Yields are annualized.

Average short-term money-market investments, consisting of interest-bearing deposits, securities purchased under agreements to resell, and federal funds sold, decreased $2.9 billion, or 39.3 percent, for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, compared with the same period in 2012. The yield earned on short-term money-market investments is highly correlated to short-term market interest rates. These investments are used for liquidity management and to manage our leverage ratio in response to fluctuations in other asset balances. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, average balances of federal funds sold increased $210.2 million and average balances of securities purchased under agreements to resell decreased $3.1 billion in comparison to the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012.

Average investment-securities balances decreased $2.1 billion, or 17.5 percent for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, compared with the same period in 2012, which occurred in the following investment categories:

• $949.3 million decline in MBS;

• $728.8 million decline in agency and supranational institutions' debentures; and

• $423.5 million decline in corporate bonds guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC).

The average aggregate balance of our investments in mortgage loans for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, was $229.7 million higher than the average aggregate balance of these investments for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, representing an increase of 7.1 percent.

Average CO balances decreased $8.1 billion, or 19.3 percent, for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, compared with the same period in 2012, resulting from our reduced funding needs principally due to the decline in our investments and advances balances. This overall decline consisted of a decrease of $4.8 billion in CO discount notes and a decrease of $3.3 billion in CO bonds.

The average balance of term CO discount notes decreased $4.7 billion and overnight CO discount notes decreased $83.8 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, in comparison with the same period in 2012. The average balance of CO discount notes represented approximately 25.0 percent of total average COs during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, as compared with 31.5 percent of total average COs during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012. The average balance of CO bonds represented 75.0 percent and 68.5 percent of total average COs outstanding during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Net interest income includes interest accrued on interest-rate-exchange agreements that are associated with advances, investments, deposits, and debt instruments that qualify for hedge accounting. We generally use derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting as interest-rate-risk-management tools. These derivatives serve to stabilize net interest income and

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net interest margin when interest rates fluctuate. Accordingly, the impact of derivatives on net interest income and net interest margin should be viewed in the overall context of our risk-management strategy. The following tables show the net effect of derivatives and hedging activities on net interest income, net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities, and net unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Deposits		CO Bonds			Total
Net interest income
Amortization/accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1)	$	(1,576	)	$	—		$	(89	)	$	—	$	6,716		$	5,051
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2)	(36,468		)	(9,437		)	—			395		13,660			(31,850		)
Total effect on net interest income	(38,044		)	(9,437		)	(89		)	395		20,376			(26,799		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities
Gains (losses) on fair-value hedges	141			388			—			—		(38		)	491
Gains on cash-flow hedges	—			—			—			—		13			13
(Losses) gains on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting	—			(1,711		)	—			—		33			(1,678		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			104			—		—			104
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities	141			(1,323		)	104			—		8			(1,070		)
Subtotal	(37,903		)	(10,760		)	15			395		20,384			(27,869		)
Net gains on trading securities	—			726			—			—		—			726
Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities	$	(37,903	)	$	(10,034	)	$	15		$	395	$	20,384		$	(27,143	)

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(1) Represents the amortization/accretion of hedging fair-value adjustments for closed hedge positions.

(2) Represents interest income/expense on derivatives included in net interest income.

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	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Deposits		CO Bonds			Total
Net interest income
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1)	$	(2,683	)	$	—		$	(60	)	$	—	$	6,160		$	3,417
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2)	(45,869		)	(10,256		)	—			385		21,049			(34,691		)
Total net interest income	(48,552		)	(10,256		)	(60		)	385		27,209			(31,274		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities
Gains (losses) on fair-value hedges	259			462			—			—		(124		)	597
Gains (losses) on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting	545			(4,376		)	—			—		381			(3,450		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			767			—		—			767
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities	804			(3,914		)	767			—		257			(2,086		)
Subtotal	(47,748		)	(14,170		)	707			385		27,466			(33,360		)
Net gains on trading securities	—			4,669			—			—		—			4,669
Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities	$	(47,748	)	$	(9,501	)	$	707		$	385	$	27,466		$	(28,691	)

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(1) Represents the amortization/accretion of hedging fair-value adjustments for closed hedge positions.

(2) Represents interest income/expense on derivatives included in net interest income.

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	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities	Advances				Investments			Mortgage Loans			Deposits		CO Bonds			Total
Net interest income
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1)	$	(6,151	)		$	—		$	(390	)	$	—	$	20,141		$	13,600
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2)	(114,058		)		(29,004		)	—			1,183		52,736			(89,143		)
Total net interest income	(120,209		)		(29,004		)	(390		)	1,183		72,877			(75,543		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities
Gains (losses) on fair-value hedges	743				1,196			—			—		(112		)	1,827
Gains on cash-flow hedges	—			—	—			—			—		53			53
Gains on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting	1				5,527			—			—		247			5,775
Mortgage delivery commitments	—				—			(1,480		)	—		—			(1,480		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities	744				6,723			(1,480		)	—		188			6,175
Subtotal	(119,465		)		(22,281		)	(1,870		)	1,183		73,065			(69,368		)
Net losses on trading securities	—				(11,278		)	—			—		—			(11,278		)
Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities	$	(119,465	)		$	(33,559	)	$	(1,870	)	$	1,183	$	73,065		$	(80,646	)

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(1) Represents the amortization/accretion of hedging fair-value adjustments for closed hedge positions.

(2) Represents interest income/expense on derivatives included in net interest income.

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	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
Net Effect of Derivatives and Hedging Activities	Advances			Investments			Mortgage Loans			Deposits		CO Bonds		Total
Net interest income
Amortization / accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1)	$	(7,480	)	$	—		$	(150	)	$	—	$	15,745	$	8,115
Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2)	(149,548		)	(30,626		)	—			1,151		69,054		(109,969		)
Total net interest income	(157,028		)	(30,626		)	(150		)	1,151		84,799		(101,854		)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities
(Losses) gains on fair-value hedges	(1,293		)	1,255			—			—		293		255
Gains (losses) on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting	6			(11,228		)	—			—		372		(10,850		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—			—			2,086			—		—		2,086
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	(1,287		)	(9,973		)	2,086			—		665		(8,509		)
Subtotal	(158,315		)	(40,599		)	1,936			1,151		85,464		(110,363		)
Net gains on trading securities	—			8,291			—			—		—		8,291
Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities	$	(158,315	)	$	(32,308	)	$	1,936		$	1,151	$	85,464	$	(102,072	)

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(1) Represents the amortization/accretion of hedging fair-value adjustments for closed hedge positions.

(2) Represents interest income/expense on derivatives included in net interest income.

Net interest margin for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, was 0.57 percent and 0.61 percent, respectively. If derivative instruments had not been used as hedges to mitigate the impact of interest-rate fluctuations, net interest margin would have been 0.88 percent and 0.91 percent, respectively.

Net interest margin for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, was 0.67 percent and 0.65 percent, respectively. If derivative instruments had not been used as hedges to mitigate the impact of interest-rate fluctuations, net interest margin would have been 0.98 percent and 0.96 percent, respectively.

Interest paid and received on interest-rate-exchange agreements that are used in asset and liability management, but which do not meet hedge-accounting requirements (economic hedges), are classified as net losses on derivatives and hedging activities in other income. As shown under — Other Income (Loss) and Operating Expenses below, interest accruals on derivatives classified as economic hedges totaled a net expense of $191,000 and $1.9 million, respectively for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, interest accruals on derivatives classified as economic hedges totaled a net expense of $2.1 million and $5.7 million, respectively.

For more information about our use of derivatives to manage interest-rate risk, see Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk — Strategies to Manage Market and Interest-Rate Risk.

Other Income (Loss) and Operating Expenses

The following table presents a summary of other income (loss) for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. Additionally, detail on the components of net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities is provided, indicating the source of these gains and losses by type of hedging relationship and hedge accounting treatment.

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Other Income (Loss) (dollars in thousands)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities:
Net gains related to fair-value hedge ineffectiveness	$	491		$	597		$	1,827		$	255
Net gains related to cash-flow hedge ineffectiveness	13			—			53			—
Net unrealized (losses) gains related to derivatives not receiving hedge accounting associated with:
Advances	(1,669		)	231			(3,109		)	(166		)
Trading securities	182			(1,778		)	10,966			(4,955		)
Mortgage delivery commitments	104			767			(1,480		)	2,086
Net interest-accruals related to derivatives not receiving hedge accounting	(191		)	(1,903		)	(2,082		)	(5,729		)
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	(1,070		)	(2,086		)	6,175			(8,509		)
Net other-than-temporary impairment credit losses on held-to-maturity securities recognized in income	(1,528		)	(1,092		)	(2,343		)	(5,544		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(568		)	(4,992		)	(4,956		)	(16,993		)
Service-fee income	1,797			1,483			4,909			4,474
Net unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities	726			4,669			(11,278		)	8,291
Other	519			228			(2,188		)	2,753
Total other loss	$	(124	)	$	(1,790	)	$	(9,681	)	$	(15,528	)

As noted in the Other Income (Loss) table above, accounting for derivatives and hedged items results in the potential for considerable timing differences between income recognition from assets or liabilities and income effects of hedging instruments entered into to mitigate interest-rate risk and cash-flow activity.

For the securities on which we recognized other-than-temporary impairment during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, the average credit enhancement was not sufficient to cover projected expected credit losses. The average credit enhancement at September 30, 2013, was approximately 25.0 percent and the expected average collateral loss was approximately 25.3 percent. While current average credit enhancement approximately equals expected average collateral losses on these bonds at this point in time, projected future principal payments are being pro-rated between our bonds and their senior support bonds which, when combined with the expected losses absorbed by the support bonds, causes our credit support to decline at a faster rate than the remaining projected losses in the deal. As such, we recorded an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss of $1.5 million during the third quarter of 2013.

The following table displays held-to-maturity securities for which other-than-temporary impairment was recognized in the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, (dollars in thousands). Securities are classified in the table below based on the classification at the time of issuance. We have instituted litigation on certain of the private-label MBS in which we have invested, as discussed in Part II — Item 1 — Legal Proceedings. Our complaint asserts, among others, claims for untrue or misleading statements in the sale of securities, and it is possible that classifications of private-label MBS as provided herein when based on classification at the time of issuance as disclosed by those securities' issuance documents are inaccurate.

	At September 30, 2013
Other-Than-Temporarily Impaired Investment:	Par Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Private-label residential MBS – Alt-A	$	75,287	$	61,805	$	47,664	$	58,161
ABS backed by home equity loans – Subprime	283		249		194		243
Total other-than-temporarily impaired securities	$	75,570	$	62,054	$	47,858	$	58,404

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The following tables display held-to-maturity securities for which other-than-temporary impairment was recognized in the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, based on whether the security is newly impaired or previously impaired (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013									For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
Other-Than-Temporarily Impaired Investment:	Total Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Investment Securities			Net Amount of Impairment Losses Reclassified (from) to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Net Impairment Losses on Investment Securities Recognized in Income			Total Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Investment Securities			Net Amount of Impairment Losses Reclassified (from) to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Net Impairment Losses on Investment Securities Recognized in Income
By collateral type:
Private-label residential MBS – Prime	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(371	)	$	371	$	—
Private-label residential MBS – Alt-A	(80		)	(1,448		)	(1,528		)	(1,706		)	614		(1,092		)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	$	(80	)	$	(1,448	)	$	(1,528	)	$	(2,077	)	$	985	$	(1,092	)
By period:
Securities newly impaired during the period specified	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(371	)	$	371	$	—
Securities previously impaired prior to the period specified	(80		)	(1,448		)	(1,528		)	(1,706		)	614		(1,092		)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	$	(80	)	$	(1,448	)	$	(1,528	)	$	(2,077	)	$	985	$	(1,092	)

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013									For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
Other-Than-Temporarily Impaired Investment:	Total Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Investment Securities			Net Amount of Impairment Losses Reclassified (from) to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Net Impairment Losses on Investment Securities Recognized in Income			Total Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Investment Securities			Net Amount of Impairment Losses Reclassified (from) to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Net Impairment Losses on Investment Securities Recognized in Income
By collateral type:
Private-label residential MBS – Prime	$	—		$	(12	)	$	(12	)	$	(371	)	$	371		$	—
Private-label residential MBS – Alt-A	(180		)	(2,151		)	(2,331		)	(13,847		)	8,306			(5,541		)
ABS backed by home equity loans – Subprime	—			—			—			—			(3		)	(3		)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	$	(180	)	$	(2,163	)	$	(2,343	)	$	(14,218	)	$	8,674		$	(5,544	)
By period:
Securities newly impaired during the period specified	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(951	)	$	951		$	—
Securities previously impaired prior to the period specified	(180		)	(2,163		)	(2,343		)	(13,267		)	7,723			(5,544		)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	$	(180	)	$	(2,163	)	$	(2,343	)	$	(14,218	)	$	8,674		$	(5,544	)

See Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 5 — Held-to-Maturity Securities, Note 6 — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment, and Financial Condition — Investments — Investments Credit Risk below for additional detail and analysis of the portfolio of held-to-maturity investments in private-label MBS.

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Changes in the fair value of trading securities are recorded in other loss. For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded net unrealized gains on trading securities of $726,000 and $4.7 million, respectively. Changes in the fair value of the associated economic hedges amounted to a net gain of $182,000 and a net loss of $1.8 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. In addition to the changes in fair value are interest accruals on these economic hedges, which resulted in a net expense of $1.8 million and $1.9 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and are included in other loss.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded net unrealized losses on trading securities of $11.3 million and net unrealized gains of $8.3 million, respectively. Changes in the fair value of the associated economic hedges amounted to a net gain of $11.0 million and a net loss of $5.0 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. In addition to the changes in fair value are interest accruals on these economic hedges, which resulted in a net expense of $5.5 million for both the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, and are included in other loss.

For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, compensation and benefits expense and other operating expenses totaled $13.9 million, representing an increase of $1.1 million from the total of $12.8 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2012. This $1.1 million increase was due to a $758,000 increase in compensation and benefits expense due to annual merit increases and planned staffing increases along with an increase of $312,000 in other operating expenses.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, compensation and benefits expense and other operating expenses totaled $40.1 million, representing an increase of $900,000 from the total of $39.2 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012.

Our share of the costs and expenses of operating the FHFA and the Office of Finance totaled $1.3 million and $1.7 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and totaled $4.3 million and $5.5 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

Advances

At September 30, 2013, the advances portfolio totaled $22.6 billion, an increase of $1.8 billion compared with $20.8 billion at December 31, 2012.

The following table summarizes advances outstanding by product type at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

Advances Outstanding by Product Type (dollars in thousands)
	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Par Value		Percent of Total		Par Value		Percent of Total
Fixed-rate advances
Long-term	$	10,403,888	46.9	%	$	9,956,879	49.1	%
Short-term	6,801,949		30.6		4,507,172		22.2
Putable	2,586,675		11.6		3,157,525		15.6
Overnight	1,040,912		4.7		556,265		2.7
Amortizing	881,457		4.0		929,118		4.6
All other fixed-rate advances	74,500		0.3		72,500		0.4
	21,789,381		98.1		19,179,459		94.6
Variable-rate advances
Simple variable	280,000		1.3		915,000		4.5
Putable	116,000		0.5		139,500		0.7
All other variable-rate indexed advances	22,956		0.1		35,893		0.2
	418,956		1.9		1,090,393		5.4
Total par value	$	22,208,337	100.0	%	$	20,269,852	100.0	%

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See Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 7 — Advances for disclosures relating to redemption terms of the advances portfolio.

We lend to members and housing associates with principal places of business within our district, which consists of the six New England states. Outstanding advances are generally diversified among our borrowers throughout our district. At September 30, 2013, we had advances outstanding to 301, or 67.0 percent, of our 449 members. At December 31, 2012, we had advances outstanding to 301, or 66.6 percent, of our 452 members.

The following table presents the top five advance-borrowing institutions at September 30, 2013, and the interest earned on outstanding advances to such institutions for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013.

Top Five Advance-Borrowing Institutions (dollars in thousands)
	September 30, 2013
Name	Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Weighted-Average Rate (1)		Advances Interest Income for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013		Advances Interest Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
People's United Bank	$	2,106,252	9.5	%	0.18	%	$	1,074	$	2,473
Webster Bank, N.A.	1,602,402		7.2		0.59		2,406		7,215
Berkshire Bank	739,664		3.3		0.52		839		2,366
Brookline Bank	616,974		2.8		1.12		1,766		5,604
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company	600,000		2.7		1.96		3,008		8,926

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(1) Weighted-average rates are based on the contract rate of each advance without taking into consideration the effects of interest-rate-exchange agreements that may be used as a hedging instrument.

Advances Credit Risk

We endeavor to minimize credit risk on advances by monitoring the financial condition of our borrowers and by holding sufficient collateral to protect us from credit losses. Our approaches to credit risk on advances are described under Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Advances Credit Risk in the 2012 Annual Report. We have never experienced a credit loss on an advance.

Our members continue to be challenged by economic conditions, although improvements continue. Aggregate nonperforming assets for depository institution members declined from 0.97 percent of assets as of December 31, 2012, to 0.75 percent of assets as of June 30, 2013. The aggregate ratio of tangible capital to assets among the membership increased from 8.76 percent of assets as of December 31, 2012, to 8.92 percent as of June 30, 2013. (June 30, 2013, is the date of our most recent data on our membership for this report.). During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the FDIC placed one of our members into receivership, however, the FDIC repaid all of the insolvent member’s outstanding advances. All of our extensions of credit to members are secured by eligible collateral as noted herein. However we could incur losses if a member were to default, if the value of the collateral pledged by the member declined to a point such that we were unable to realize sufficient value from the pledged collateral to cover the member's obligations, and we were unable to obtain additional collateral to make up for the reduction in value of such collateral. Although not expected, a default by a member with significant obligations to us could result in significant financial losses, which would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

We assign each non-insurance company borrower to one of the following three credit status categories based primarily on our assessment of the borrower's overall financial condition and other factors:

• Category-1: members that are generally in satisfactory financial condition; 

• Category-2: members that show weakening financial trends in key financial indices and/or regulatory findings; and

• Category-3: members with financial weaknesses that present an elevated level of concern. We also place housing associates in Category-3.

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Until September 27, 2013, we generally assigned insurance company members to Category-3 status regardless of financial condition because, unlike federally-insured depositories, insurance companies are subject to different laws and regulations in their particular states that could expose us to unique risks. On September 27, 2013, our board of directors approved a change to our credit policy removing insurance company members from any category, allowing us to lend to such members upon a review of an updated statement of their financial condition and their pledge of sufficient amounts of eligible collateral.

Advances outstanding to borrowers in Category-1 status at September 30, 2013, totaled $19.7 billion. For these advances, we have access to collateral through security agreements, where the borrower agrees to hold such collateral for our benefit, totaling $49.3 billion as of September 30, 2013. Of this total, $7.4 billion of securities have been delivered to us or to an approved third-party custodian, an additional $2.0 billion of securities are held by borrowers' securities corporations, and $6.9 billion of residential mortgage loans have been pledged by borrowers' real-estate-investment trusts.

The following table provides information regarding advances outstanding with our borrowers in Category-1, Category-2, Category-3 status, and insurance company members, at September 30, 2013, along with their corresponding collateral balances.

Advances Outstanding by Borrower Collateral Status As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
	Number of Borrowers	Par Value of Advances Outstanding		Discounted Collateral		Ratio of Discounted Collateral to Advances
Category-1 status	265	$	19,738,490	$	49,289,785	249.7	%
Category-2 status	20	501,631		11,138,172		2,220.4
Category-3 status	12	456,040		765,990		168.0
Insurance companies	10	1,512,176		1,757,990		116.3
Total	307	$	22,208,337	$	62,951,937	283.5	%

The method by which a borrower pledges collateral is dependent upon the category status to which it is assigned and on the type of collateral that the borrower pledges. Based upon the method by which borrowers pledge collateral to us, the following table shows the total potential lending value of the collateral that borrowers have pledged to us, net of our collateral valuation discounts as of September 30, 2013.

Collateral by Pledge Type (dollars in thousands)
	Discounted Collateral
Collateral not specifically listed and identified	$	37,159,644
Collateral specifically listed and identified	23,427,000
Collateral delivered to us	10,585,511

We accept nontraditional and subprime loans that are underwritten in accordance with applicable regulatory guidance as eligible collateral for our advances as discussed under Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Advances Credit Risk in the 2012 Annual Report. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, the amount of pledged nontraditional and subprime loan collateral was nine percent and eight percent, respectively, of total member borrowing capacity.

We have not recorded any allowance for credit losses on credit products at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, for the reasons discussed in Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses.

Investments

At September 30, 2013, investment securities and short-term money-market instruments totaled $10.5 billion, compared with $15.6 billion at December 31, 2012.

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Short-term money-market investments totaled $2.0 billion at September 30, 2013, compared with $4.6 billion at December 31, 2012. This $2.6 billion net decrease resulted from a $2.5 billiondecrease in securities purchased under agreements to resell and a $100.0 milliondecrease in federal funds sold. This decline is primarily attributable to a lack of desirable money-market investment opportunities on that particular day. On September 30, 2013 offered yields on overnight money market investments approached zero, accordingly we placed $2.9 billion with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in lieu of investing those funds.

Investment securities declined$2.5 billion to $8.5 billion at September 30, 2013, compared with December 31, 2012. The decline was due to decreases of $1.3 billion in MBS and $1.1 billion in agency and supranational institutions' debentures.

Under our regulatory authority to purchase MBS, additional investments in MBS, ABS, and certain securities issued by the Small Business Administration (SBA) are prohibited if our investments in such securities exceed 300 percent of capital. Capital for this calculation is defined as capital stock, mandatorily redeemable capital stock, and retained earnings. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, our MBS, ABS, and SBA holdings represented 166 percent and 192 percent of capital, respectively.

We endeavor to maintain our total investments at a level no greater than 50 percent of our total assets because investing activities are incremental to our primary mission. Our total investments were 26.4 percent of our total assets at September 30, 2013, versus 38.7 percent at December 31, 2012. We expect to continue to be able to satisfy this investment objective for the foreseeable future without this objective causing a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition by continuing this approach, as necessary.

However, as discussed under — Executive Summary — Legislative and Regulatory Developments, the FHFA could require an FHLBank to satisfy certain core-mission ratios. If such changes were required, we may have to divest nonmission-related assets or reduce nonmission-related activities, which we expect would adversely impact our desired level of investments used for liquidity and results of operations.

Our MBS investment portfolio consists of the following categories of securities as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. The percentages in the table below are based on carrying value.

Mortgage-Backed Securities
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Residential MBS - U.S. government-guaranteed and GSE	62.7	%	60.6	%
Commercial MBS - U.S. government-guaranteed and GSE	18.9		22.6
Private-label residential MBS	18.0		16.4
ABS backed by home-equity loans	0.4		0.3
Private-label commercial MBS	—		0.1
Total MBS	100.0	%	100.0	%

See Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 3 — Trading Securities, Note 4 — Available-for-Sale Securities, Note 5 — Held-to-Maturity Securities, and Note 6 — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment for additional information on our investment securities.

Investments Credit Risk

We are subject to credit risk on unsecured investments consisting primarily of short-term (meaning under one year to maturity and currently consisting of overnight risk only) money-market instruments issued by high-quality financial institutions and long-term (original maturity in excess of one year) debentures issued or guaranteed by U.S. agencies, U.S government-owned corporations, GSEs, and supranational institutions. We place short-term funds with large, high-quality financial institutions with long-term credit ratings no lower than single-A (or equivalent) on an unsecured basis; currently all such placements expire within one day.

In addition to these unsecured short-term investments, we also make secured investments in the form of securities purchased under agreements to resell secured by U.S. Treasury and agency obligations, whose terms to maturity are up to 35 days. We have also invested in and are subject to secured credit risk related to MBS, ABS, and HFA securities that are directly or indirectly supported by underlying mortgage loans. FHFA regulations require our investments in MBS and ABS to be rated triple-A (or equivalent) at the time of purchase and our investments in HFA securities are to be rated double-A (or equivalent)

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or higher as of the date of purchase. Following the S&P downgrade of the U.S. Government to AA+ in August 2011, the FHFA has stated that our investments in agency MBS and ABS can be rated double-A (or equivalent) at the time of purchase even though regulations require a triple-A rating (or equivalent).

Credit ratings on total investments are provided in the following table.

Credit Ratings of Investments at Carrying Value As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
	Long-Term Credit Rating (1)
Investment Category	Triple-A		Double-A		Single-A		Triple-B		Below Triple-B		Unrated
Money-market instruments: (2)
Interest-bearing deposits	$	—	$	219	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	—		—		1,500,000		—		—		—
Federal funds sold	—		500,000		—		—		—		—
Total money-market instruments	—		500,219		1,500,000		—		—		—
Investment securities:
Non-MBS:
U.S. agency obligations	—		9,749		—		—		—		—
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		247,345		—		—		—		—
GSEs	—		1,116,700		—		—		—		—
Supranational institutions	430,792		—		—		—		—		—
HFA securities	23,530		32,935		86,641		39,935		—		2,115
Total non-MBS	454,322		1,406,729		86,641		39,935		—		2,115
MBS:
U.S. government guaranteed - residential (2)	—		336,620		—		—		—		—
U.S. government guaranteed - commercial (2)	—		237,527		—		—		—		—
GSE – residential (2)	—		3,725,699		—		—		—		—
GSE – commercial (2)	—		988,635		—		—		—		—
Private-label – residential	9,788		3,066		45,922		94,400		1,015,384		15
Private-label – commercial	1,621		—		—		—		—		—
ABS backed by home-equity loans	2,275		1,136		9,846		2,352		4,928		2,735
Total MBS	13,684		5,292,683		55,768		96,752		1,020,312		2,750
Total investment securities	468,006		6,699,412		142,409		136,687		1,020,312		4,865
Total investments	$	468,006	$	7,199,631	$	1,642,409	$	136,687	$	1,020,312	$	4,865

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(1) Ratings are obtained from Moody's, Fitch, Inc. (Fitch), and S&P and are each as of September 30, 2013. If there is a split rating, the lowest rating is used.

(2) The issuer rating is used for these investments, and if a rating is on negative credit watch, the rating in the next lower rating category is used and then the lowest rating is determined.

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FHFA regulations include limits on the amount of unsecured credit an individual FHLBank may extend to a counterparty or to a group of affiliated counterparties. This limit is based on a percentage of eligible regulatory capital and the counterparty's long-term unsecured credit rating. Under these regulations, the level of eligible regulatory capital is determined as the lesser of our total regulatory capital or the eligible amount of regulatory capital of the counterparty. The eligible amount of regulatory capital is then multiplied by a specified percentage for each counterparty, which product is the maximum amount of unsecured credit exposure we may extend to that counterparty. The percentage that we may offer for extensions of unsecured credit other than overnight sales of federal funds ranges from one percent to 15 percent based on the counterparty's credit rating. Extensions of unsecured credit other than sales of federal funds include on- and off-balance sheet and derivative transactions. See — Derivative Instruments Credit Risk for additional information related to derivatives exposure.

FHFA regulations allow additional unsecured credit for overnight sales of federal funds. The specified percentage of eligible regulatory capital used for determining the maximum amount of unsecured credit exposure we may offer to a counterparty for overnight sales of federal funds is twice the amount that we may extend to that counterparty for extensions of credit other than overnight sales of federal funds reduced by the amount of any other unsecured credit exposure attributable to other than overnight sales of federal funds. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, we were in compliance with FHFA regulatory limits established for unsecured credit.

We are prohibited by FHFA regulations 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. We are also prohibited by FHFA regulations from investing in financial instruments issued by foreign sovereign governments, including those countries that are members of the European Union. Our unsecured credit risk to U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks includes, among other things, the risk that, as a result of political or economic conditions in a country, the counterparty may be unable to meet their contractual repayment obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing credit limits based on FHFA regulations, from time to time, we impose internal limits on all or specific individual counterparties that are lower than the maximum credit limits allowed by regulation. We are in compliance with these FHFA regulations as of September 30, 2013.

The table below presents our short-term unsecured money-market credit exposure.

Short-term Unsecured Money-Market Credit Exposure by Investment Type (dollars in thousands)
	Carrying Value
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Federal funds sold	$	500,000	$	600,000

As of September 30, 2013, our unsecured investment credit exposure to U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks was limited to overnight federal funds sold. As of September 30, 2013, all of our unsecured investment credit exposure in federal funds sold was to U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks.

The table below presents the September 30, 2013, carrying values and average balances for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, of the short-term unsecured money-market credit exposures presented by the domicile of the counterparty or the domicile of the foreign bank counterparty for U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks. We endeavor to mitigate this credit risk by investing in unsecured investments of highly rated counterparties. At September 30, 2013, our one short-term unsecured money-market counterparty was rated double-A.

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Period-End and Average Balance of Short-Term Unsecured Money-Market Credit Exposures, by Country of Domicile of Counterparty (1)  (dollars in thousands)
Country of Domicile of Counterparty	Carrying Value as of September 30, 2013		Average Balance for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Domestic	$	—	$	31,136
U.S branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks
Netherlands	500,000		293,626
Sweden	—		794,048
Germany	—		164,505
Norway	—		119,121
Canada	—		105,861
Finland	—		98,718
United Kingdom	—		89,835
Australia	—		44,139
Total U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks	500,000		1,709,853
Total unsecured credit exposure	$	500,000	$	1,740,989

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(1) Excludes unsecured investment credit exposure to the U.S. federal government, GSEs, U.S. federal government agencies and instrumentalities, and triple-A rated supranational institutions and does not include related accrued interest as of September 30, 2013.

The table below presents the contractual maturity of short-term unsecured money-market credit exposure by the domicile of the counterparty or the domicile of the foreign bank counterparty for U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks. At September 30, 2013, all of our outstanding unsecured money-market investments had overnight maturities.

Contractual Maturity of Short-Term Unsecured Money-Market Credit Exposure,  by Country of Domicile of Counterparty (dollars in thousands)
	Carrying Value (1) as of September 30, 2013
Country of Domicile of Counterparty	Overnight		Due 2 days through 30 days		Due 31 days through 90 days		Due 91 days through 180 days		Due 181 days through 270 days		Due after 270 days		Total
U.S branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks
Netherlands	$	500,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	500,000
Total unsecured credit exposure	$	500,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	500,000

During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, we continued to invest in unsecured overnight money-market instruments issued by certain domestic branches of Eurozone financial institutions rated single-A or higher by the three major NRSROs and domiciled in Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands from time to time. We continued to use the same safeguards and approaches to these counterparties to protect against unanticipated exposures arising from possible contagion from the Eurozone financial crisis that are discussed under Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Investments — Investments Credit Risk in the 2012 Annual Report. On September 30, 2013, we had $500.0 million in unsecured money-market exposure to a Eurozone financial institution. Our maximum unsecured money-market exposure to any single Eurozone financial institution was $800.0 million on any day during the quarter ended September 30, 2013.

At September 30, 2013, our unsecured credit exposure related to money-market instruments and debentures, including accrued interest, was $2.3 billion to six counterparties and issuers, of which $500.0 million was for federal funds sold, and $1.8 billion

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was for debentures issued by GSEs and supranational institutions. The following issuers/counterparties individually accounted for greater than 10 percent of total unsecured credit exposure as of September 30, 2013:

Issuers / Counterparties Representing Greater Than 10 Percent of Total Unsecured Credit Related to Money-Market Instruments and to Debentures As of September 30, 2013
Issuer / counterparty	Percent
Fannie Mae	36.7	%
Rabobank Nederland (1)	21.6
Inter-American Development Bank (a supranational institution)	18.7
Freddie Mac	11.8
Tennessee Valley Authority	10.8

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(1) Overnight federal funds sold

The following table presents a summary of the average projected values over the remaining lives of the securities for the significant inputs relating to our cash flow analysis of private-label MBS during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, as well as related current credit enhancement. Credit enhancement is defined as the percentage of subordinated tranches, over-collateralization, and other accounts or cash flows that provide additional credit support such as reserve funds, insurance policies, and/or excess interest, if any, in a security structure that will generally absorb losses before we will experience a loss on the security. Subordinated tranches can serve as credit enhancement, because losses are generally allocated to the subordinate tranches until their principal balances have been reduced to zero before senior tranches are allocated losses. Over-collateralization means available collateral in excess of the principal balance of the related security. The calculated averages represent the dollar-weighted averages of all the private-label residential MBS and home-equity loan investments in each category shown, regardless of whether or not the securities have incurred an other-than-temporary impairment credit loss.

Significant Inputs to Cash-flow Analysis of Private-label MBS For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
			Significant Inputs - Weighted Average						Current Credit Enhancement
Private-label MBS by Year of Securitization	Par Value (1)		Projected Prepayment Rates		Projected Default Rates		Projected Loss Severities		Weighted Average Percent
Private-label residential MBS
Prime (2)
2007	$	19,191	8.7	%	5.3	%	34.6	%	7.6	%
2006	12,229		11.0		16.2		37.0		0.0
2005	6,774		10.9		11.9		32.5		21.7
2004 and prior	96,449		12.9		7.2		34.4		13.8
Total	$	134,643	12.1	%	8.0	%	34.6	%	12.1	%
Alt-A (2)
2007	$	447,828	6.0	%	57.8	%	47.8	%	8.1	%
2006	764,882		6.6		53.2		45.9		8.8
2005	545,527		9.2		31.7		42.9		17.3
2004 and prior	64,554		11.4		23.8		37.6		26.0
Total	$	1,822,791	7.4	%	46.9	%	45.2	%	11.8	%
ABS backed by home equity loans
Subprime (2)
2004 and prior	$	24,843	7.3	%	25.0	%	69.2	%	33.0	%

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(1)Commercial private-label MBS with a par value of $1.6 million and a private-label residential MBS with a par value of $2.9 million, consisting of loans that are backed by the FHA and the VA, are not included in this table.

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(2) Securities are classified in the table above based upon the current performance characteristics of the underlying pool and therefore the manner in which the collateral pool group backing the security has been modeled (as prime, Alt-A, or subprime), rather than the classification of the security at the time of issuance.

For purposes of the tables below we classify private-label residential and commercial MBS and ABS backed by home-equity loans as prime, Alt-A, or subprime based on the originator's classification at the time of origination or based on the classification by an NRSRO upon issuance of the MBS. In some instances, the NRSROs may have changed their classification subsequent to origination, which would not necessarily be reflected in the following tables.

Of our $7.2 billion in par value of MBS and ABS investments at September 30, 2013, $2.0 billion in par value are private-label MBS. These private-label MBS are comprised of the following:

• $1.8 billion in par value are securities backed primarily by Alt-A loans;

• $201.4 million in par value are backed primarily by prime residential and/or commercial loans; and

• $24.8 million in par value of these investments are backed primarily by subprime mortgages.

While there are no universally accepted classifications of mortgage loans based on underwriting standards, in general, subprime underwriting implies a credit-impaired borrower with a FICO^® score below 660; prime underwriting implies a borrower without a history of delinquent payments as well as documented income and a loan amount that is at or less than 80 percent of the market value of the house; while Alt-A underwriting implies a prime borrower with limited income documentation and/or a loan-to-value ratio of higher than 80 percent. FICO^® is a widely used credit-industry model developed by Fair Isaac and Company, Inc. to assess borrower credit quality with scores ranging from a low of 300 to a high of 850. While we generally follow the collateral type definitions provided by S&P, we do review the credit performance of the underlying collateral and revise the classification where appropriate, an approach that is likewise incorporated into the modeling assumptions provided by the OTTI Governance Committee. For additional information on the OTTI Governance Committee, see Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Investment Securities in the 2012 Annual Report.

The third-party collateral loan performance platform used by the FHLBank of San Francisco, with whom we have contracted to perform these analyses, assesses eight bonds that we own, totaling $66.1 million in par value as of September 30, 2013, to have collateral that is Alt-A in nature, while that same collateral is classified as prime by S&P. Accordingly, these bonds have been modeled using the same credit assumptions applied to Alt-A collateral. However, these bonds are reported as prime in the various tables below in this section.

Additionally, one bond classified as Alt-A collateral by S&P, of which we held $3.9 million in par value as of September 30, 2013, is classified and modeled as prime by the third-party modeling software. However this bond is reported as Alt-A in the various tables below in this section in accordance with S&P's classification. See Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Investment Securities in the 2012 Annual Report for information on our key inputs, assumptions, and modeling employed by us in our other-than-temporary impairment assessments.

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Unpaid Principal Balance of Private-Label MBS and ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans by Fixed Rate or Variable Rate (dollars in thousands)
	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
Private-label MBS	Fixed Rate (1)		Variable Rate (1)		Total		Fixed Rate (1)		Variable Rate (1)		Total
Private-label residential MBS
Prime	$	16,472	$	183,346	$	199,818	$	18,861	$	207,215	$	226,076
Alt-A	32,254		1,728,280		1,760,534		36,761		1,898,064		1,934,825
Total private-label residential MBS	48,726		1,911,626		1,960,352		55,622		2,105,279		2,160,901
Private-label commercial MBS
Prime	1,625		—		1,625		9,851		—		9,851
ABS backed by home equity loans
Subprime	—		24,843		24,843		—		26,610		26,610
Total par value of private-label MBS	$	50,351	$	1,936,469	$	1,986,820	$	65,473	$	2,131,889	$	2,197,362

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 (1) The determination of fixed or variable rate is based upon the contractual coupon type of the security.

The following tables provide additional information related to our investments in MBS issued by private trusts and ABS backed by home-equity loans, indicating whether the underlying mortgage collateral is considered to be prime, Alt-A, or subprime at the time of issuance. Additionally, the amounts outstanding as of September 30, 2013, are stratified by year of issuance of the security. The tables also set forth the credit ratings and summary credit enhancements associated with our private-label MBS and ABS, stratified by collateral type and year of securitization. Average current credit enhancements as of September 30, 2013, reflect the percentage of subordinated class outstanding balances as of September 30, 2013, to our senior class outstanding balances as of September 30, 2013, weighted by the par value of our respective senior class securities, and shown by underlying loan collateral type and year of securitization. Average current credit enhancements as of September 30, 2013, are indicative of the ability of subordinated classes to absorb loan collateral lost principal and interest shortfall before senior classes are impacted.

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Private-Label MBS and ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans by Year of Securitization - Prime At September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
				Year of Securitization
Private-label MBS - Prime	Total			2007			2006			2005			2004 and prior
Par value by credit rating
Triple-A	$	1,625		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	1,625
Double-A	3,066			—			—			—			3,066
Single-A	899			—			—			—			899
Triple-B	73,063			—			—			10,439			62,624
Below Investment Grade
Double-B	36,951			—			—			2,909			34,042
Single-B	23,327			19,191			—			—			4,136
Triple-C	13,058			—			—			—			13,058
Single-D	49,439			—			12,229			37,210			—
Unrated	15			—			—			—			15
Total	$	201,443		$	19,191		$	12,229		$	50,558		$	119,465
Amortized cost	$	191,418		$	19,191		$	9,508		$	43,807		$	118,912
Gross unrealized losses	(10,563		)	(2,322		)	—			(2,246		)	(5,995		)
Fair value	183,231			16,869			10,924			42,461			112,977
Other-than-temporary impairment for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Net amount of impairment losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	(12		)	—			—			—			(12		)
Net impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities recognized in income	$	(12	)	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(12	)
Weighted average percentage of fair value to par value	90.96		%	87.90		%	89.33		%	83.98		%	94.57		%
Original weighted average credit support	11.39			6.41			8.32			20.85			8.50
Weighted average credit support	13.24			7.63			—			11.38			16.28
Weighted average collateral delinquency (1)	11.76			6.19			11.79			14.81			11.36

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 (1)Represents loans that are 60 days or more delinquent.

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Private-Label MBS and ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans by Year of Securitization - Alt-A At September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
				Year of Securitization
Private-label residential MBS - Alt-A	Total			2007			2006			2005			2004 and prior
Par value by credit rating
Triple-A	$	9,788		$	—		$	—		$	9,788		$	—
Double-A	—			—			—			—			—
Single-A	45,023			—			—			30,698			14,325
Triple-B	21,761			—			—			10,977			10,784
Below Investment Grade
Double-B	23,247			—			—			14,396			8,851
Single-B	72,788			—			—			60,667			12,121
Triple-C	955,301			221,354			509,812			224,135			—
Double-C	355,990			135,797			150,466			69,727			—
Single-C	79,113			8,100			33,625			37,388			—
Single-D	197,523			82,577			70,979			43,967			—
Total	$	1,760,534		$	447,828		$	764,882		$	501,743		$	46,081
Amortized cost	$	1,316,808		$	307,379		$	527,303		$	436,046		46,080
Gross unrealized losses	(96,388		)	(22,733		)	(33,081		)	(37,341		)	(3,233		)
Fair value	1,250,710			296,936			505,358			405,569			42,847
Other-than-temporary impairment for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	$	(180	)	$	(6	)	$	—		$	(174	)	$	—
Net amount of impairment losses reclassified to (from) accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,151		)	(2,029		)	(179		)	57			—
Net impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities recognized in income	$	(2,331	)	$	(2,035	)	$	(179	)	$	(117	)	$	—
Weighted average percentage of fair value to par value	71.04		%	66.31		%	66.07		%	80.83		%	92.98		%
Original weighted average credit support	27.99			29.25			28.98			26.70			13.33
Weighted average credit support	11.65			8.06			8.77			18.01			25.42
Weighted average collateral delinquency (1)	31.35			38.01			34.22			22.49			15.61

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(1)Represents loans that are 60 days or more delinquent.

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Private-Label MBS and ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans by Year of Securitization - Subprime At September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
ABS backed by home equity loans – Subprime	2004 and prior
Par value by credit rating
Triple-A	$	2,301
Double-A	1,136
Single-A	9,846
Triple-B	2,352
Below Investment Grade
Single-B	3,965
Triple-C	1,653
Single-D	855
Unrated	2,735
Total	$	24,843
Amortized cost	$	24,254
Gross unrealized losses	(2,108		)
Fair value	22,324
Weighted average percentage of fair value to par value	89.86		%
Original weighted average credit support	10.22
Weighted average credit support	32.96
Weighted average collateral delinquency (1)	19.87

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(1)Represents loans that are 60 days or more delinquent.

The following table provides certain characteristics our private-label MBS that are in a gross unrealized position by collateral

type.

Characteristics of Private-Label MBS in a Gross Unrealized Loss Position As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
	Par Value		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Losses			Weighted Average Collateral Delinquency Rates
Private-label residential MBS backed by:
Prime, first lien	$	154,030	$	152,551	$	(10,563	)	11.37	%
Alt-A option ARM	623,387		520,175		(62,997		)	35.19
Alt-A other	600,309		464,368		(33,391		)	27.64
Total Alt-A	1,223,696		984,543		(96,388		)	31.49
ABS backed by home equity loans:
Subprime, first lien	23,134		23,028		(2,108		)	19.46
Total private-label MBS	$	1,400,860	$	1,160,122	$	(109,059	)	29.08	%

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The following table provides the geographic concentrations by state and by metropolitan statistical area of the loans underlying our private-label MBS and ABS as of September 30, 2013, where such concentrations are five percent or greater of all loans underlying these investments. 

Geographic Concentrations of Loans Underlying our Private-Label MBS and ABS As of September 30, 2013
State concentrations	Percentage of Total Private-Label MBS and ABS
California	38.4	%
Florida	12.4
New York	5.4
All Other	43.8
	100.0	%
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Los Angeles - Long Beach, CA	10.2	%
Washington, D.C.-MD-VA-WV	6.4
All Other	83.4
	100.0	%

Beginning in 2008, actual and projected delinquency, foreclosure, and loss rates for prime, subprime, and Alt-A mortgage loans increased significantly nationwide. While trends have improved in some of these actual measures and their projected

assumptions, they remain elevated as of the date of this report. In addition, values of homes are still significantly below the outstanding balance of debt secured by them in many areas and nationwide unemployment rates remain relatively high, increasing the likelihood and magnitude of potential losses on troubled and/or foreclosed real estate. The widespread impact of these trends has led to the recognition of significant losses by financial institutions, including commercial banks, investment banks, and financial guaranty providers.

The following graph demonstrates how average prices have changed with respect to various asset classes in our MBS portfolio during the 12 months ended September 30, 2013:

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Insured Investments

Certain private-label MBS that we own are insured by monoline insurers, which guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on such MBS if such payments cannot be satisfied from the cash flows of the underlying mortgage pool. The assessment for other-than-temporary impairment of the MBS protected by such third-party insurance is described in Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 6 — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment.

The monoline bond insurers continue to be subject to adverse ratings and weak financial performance measures. Below investment-grade ratings or rating downgrades imply an increased risk that the monoline bond insurer will fail to fulfill its obligations to reimburse the insured investor for claims made under the related insurance policies. There are five monoline bond insurers that insure our investment securities. As discussed in Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Investment Securities in the 2012 Annual Report, we generally perform a “burnout period” analysis of the monoline bond insurers. Of the five monoline bond insurers, only the financial guarantee from Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. is considered sufficient to cover all future claims and therefore excluded from a burnout period analysis. Conversely, the key burnout period for monoline bond insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance Company is not considered applicable due to regulatory intervention that has suspended all claims, and we have placed no reliance on this monoline insurer. Syncora Guarantee Inc. is currently paying claims after previous regulatory intervention, although the burnout period is indeterminate, therefore we have placed no reliance on this monoline insurer. For the remaining monoline bond insurers, MBIA Insurance Corporation and Ambac Assurance Corp., we have established burnout periods ending September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. In addition, Ambac Assurance Corp. reimbursements during the burnout period are limited to 25 percent of claims in accordance with orders by the Wisconsin State Insurance Commissioner. We monitor the financial condition of these monoline bond insurers on an ongoing basis and as facts and circumstances change, the burnout period could significantly change.

As of September 30, 2013, our private-label MBS and ABS backed by home-equity loan investments covered by monoline insurance was $107.1 million, of which $103.4 million represents private-label MBS covered by the monoline bond insurance

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for some period of time in the cash flow modeling. Of the $103.4 million, 79.6 percent represents Alt-A MBS and 20.4 percent represents subprime ABS backed by home-equity loan investments.

Our total investments in HFA securities was $185.2 million as of September 30, 2013. The following table provides the geographic concentrations by state of our HFA investments where such concentrations are five percent or greater of our total HFA investments as of September 30, 2013.

State Concentrations of HFA Securities As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
	Carrying Value		Percent of Total HFA Investments
Massachusetts	$	109,680	59.2	%
Rhode Island	29,415		15.9
Connecticut	23,530		12.7
Maine	15,000		8.1
All Other	7,531		4.1
	$	185,156	100.0	%

Mortgage Loans

As of September 30, 2013, our mortgage loan investment portfolio totaled $3.4 billion, a decrease of $77.8 million from December 31, 2012. We do not expect this portfolio to change significantly in the near term as we expect continued strong competition from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for fewer investment opportunities, offset by fewer prepayments based on higher interest rates, as discussed under — Economic Conditions.

References to our investments in mortgage loans throughout this report include the 100 percent participation interests in mortgage loans purchased under a participation facility we have with the FHLBank of Chicago. The expiration date of this facility has been extended to December 31, 2014, and may be extended again. As of September 30, 2013, we had $467.9 million in 100 percent participation interests outstanding that had been purchased under this facility. For additional information on this facility, see Item 1 — Business — Business Lines — Mortgage Loan Finance — MPF Loan Participations with the FHLBank of Chicago in the 2012 Annual Report.

Mortgage Loans Credit Risk

We are subject to credit risk from the mortgage loans in which we invest due to our exposure to the credit risk of the underlying borrowers and the credit risk of the participating financial institutions when the participating financial institutions retain credit-enhancement and/or servicing obligations. For additional information on the credit risks arising from our participation in the MPF program, see Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Mortgage Loans — Mortgage Loans Credit Risk in the 2012 Annual Report.

Although our mortgage loan portfolio includes loans throughout the U.S., concentrations of five percent or greater of the outstanding principal balance of our conventional mortgage loan portfolio are shown in the following table:

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State Concentrations by Outstanding Principal Balance
	Percentage of Total Outstanding Principal Balance of Conventional Mortgage Loans
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Massachusetts	41	%	39	%
Maine	11		10
Wisconsin	7		7
Connecticut	7		8
California	7		9
All others	27		27
Total	100	%	100	%

Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans. The allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans was $2.0 million at September 30, 2013, compared with $4.4 million at December 31, 2012. The primary drivers for the decline in the allowance are a reduction in the loss severity estimates we used based on our expectations of a general rise in single family home values, an overall decline in delinquency rates on our portfolio of conventional mortgage loans, and improvements in our methodology for estimating the impacts of loss mitigants on the loans (mitigants such as the recovery of credit enhancement fees). For information on the determination of the allowance at September 30, 2013, see Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses, and for information on our methodology for estimating the allowance, see Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates — Allowance for Loan Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

We place conventional mortgage loans on nonaccrual when the collection of the contractual principal or interest is 90 days or more past due. Accrued interest on nonaccrual loans is reversed against interest income. We monitor the delinquency levels of the mortgage loan portfolio on a monthly basis. Our investments in conventional mortgage loans that are delinquent are shown in the following table:

Delinquent Mortgage Loans (dollars in thousands)
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Total par value past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest	$	19,044	$	23,210
Nonaccrual loans, par value	45,249		50,571
Troubled debt restructurings (not included above)	2,902		1,909

Although delinquent loans in our portfolio are spread throughout the U.S., delinquent loanconcentrations of five percent or greater of the outstanding principal balance of our total conventional mortgage loans delinquent by more than 30 days are shown in the following table:

State Concentrations of Delinquent Conventional Mortgage Loans
	Percentage of Total Outstanding Principal Balance of Delinquent Conventional Mortgage Loans
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Massachusetts	30	%	27	%
California	19		21
Connecticut	10		10
All others	41		42
Total	100	%	100	%

Higher-Risk Loans. Ourportfolio includes certain higher-risk conventional mortgage loans. These include high loan-to-value ratio mortgage loans and subprime mortgage loans. The higher-risk loans represent a relatively small portion of our conventional mortgage loan portfolio (6.6 percent by outstanding principal balance), but a disproportionately higher portion of the conventional mortgage loan portfolio delinquencies (32.4 percent by outstanding principal balance). Our allowance for loan

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losses reflects the expected losses associated with these higher-risk loan types. The table below shows the balance of higher-risk conventional mortgage loans and their delinquency rates as of September 30, 2013.

Summary of Higher-Risk Conventional Mortgage Loans As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
High-Risk Loan Type	Total Par Value		Percent Delinquent 30 Days		Percent Delinquent 60 Days		Percent Delinquent 90 Days or More and Nonaccruing
Subprime loans (1)	$	164,287	4.07	%	2.63	%	8.36	%
High loan-to-value loans (2)	22,812		2.63		2.37		10.18
Subprime and high loan-to-value loans (3)	3,299		13.87		—		12.77
Total high-risk loans	$	190,398	4.07	%	2.55	%	8.65	%

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(1) Subprime loans are loans to borrowers with FICO^® credit scores 660 or lower.

(2) High loan-to-value loans have an estimated current loan-to-value ratio greater than 100 percent based on movements in property values in the core-based statistical areas where the property securing the loan is located.

(3) These loans are subprime and also have a current estimated loan-to-value ratio greater than 100 percent.

Our portfolio consists solely of fixed-rate conventionally amortizing first-lien mortgage loans. The portfolio does not include adjustable-rate mortgage loans, pay-option adjustable-rate mortgage loans, interest-only mortgage loans, junior lien mortgage loans, or loans with initial teaser rates.

Mortgage Insurance Companies. We are exposed to credit risk from mortgage insurance companies that provide credit enhancement in place of the participating financial institution and for primary mortgage insurance coverage on individual loans. As of September 30, 2013, we were the beneficiary of primary mortgage insurance coverage on $205.7 million of conventional mortgage loans, and we were the beneficiary of supplemental mortgage insurance coverage on mortgage pools with a total unpaid principal balance of $22.9 million. Eight mortgage insurance companies provide all of the coverage under these policies.

As of October 31, 2013, all of these mortgage insurance companies, with the exceptions of Triad Guaranty Insurance Corporation, PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, and Republic Mortgage Insurance Company, which are no longer rated by any of the NRSROs, have a credit rating of triple-B or lower (or equivalent) by at least one NRSRO as presented in the below table. Ordinarily we do not accept primary mortgage insurance from a mortgage insurance company for our investments in conventional mortgage loans unless that company is rated at least triple-B- by S&P at the time of our investment in the loan (although we may accept lower-rated mortgage insurance provided we obtain additional credit enhancement in such form as we deem appropriate and of substance sufficient to mitigate the risks of relying on such lower rated primary mortgage insurance). Given that only two mortgage insurance companies have a credit rating of at least triple-B- as of October 31, 2013, we could develop increasing concentrations of exposure to those mortgage insurance companies. We have established and maintain limits on exposure to individual mortgage insurance companies in an effort to mitigate those concentration risks. However, those exposure limits could lead to fewer mortgage loan investment opportunities for us.

We have analyzed our potential loss exposure to all of the mortgage insurance companies and do not expect incremental losses based on these exposures at this time. This expectation is based on the credit-enhancement features of our master commitments (exclusive of mortgage insurance), the underwriting characteristics of the loans that back our master commitments, the seasoning of the loans that back these master commitments, and the strong performance of the loans to date. We have monitored the financial condition of these mortgage insurance companies. Further, we required all new supplemental mortgage insurance policies be with companies rated AA- or higher by S&P. However, none of the eight mortgage insurance companies previously approved by us are currently eligible to write new supplemental mortgage insurance policies for loan pools sold to us. We do not currently invest in mortgage loans that rely on supplemental mortgage insurance to be eligible investments. We may allow participating financial institutions to pledge collateral to credit enhance their relevant loan pools if the mortgage insurance companies are downgraded below the required rating.

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Mortgage Insurance Companies that Provide Mortgage Insurance Coverage (dollars in thousands)
	October 31, 2013		September 30, 2013
Mortgage Insurance Company	Mortgage Insurance Company Ratings (S&P/ Moody's/Fitch)	Credit Rating Outlook	Balance of Loans with Primary Mortgage Insurance		Primary Mortgage Insurance		Supplemental Mortgage Insurance		Total Mortgage Insurance Coverage		Percent of Total Mortgage Insurance Coverage
United Guaranty Residential Insurance Corporation	BBB+/Baa1/NR	Stable	$	154,664	$	36,463	$	16,195	$	52,658	75.8	%
Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corporation	B/Ba2/NR	Negative	23,919		6,204		—		6,204		8.9
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation	B/Ba3/NR	Negative	14,187		3,351		912		4,263		6.1
CMG Mortgage Insurance Company	BBB-/NR/NR	Negative	5,911		1,478		—		1,478		2.1
PMI Mortgage Insurance Company (1)	NR/NR/NR	N/A	3,336		762		—		762		1.1
Republic Mortgage Insurance Company (2)	NR/NR/NR	N/A	2,246		488		649		1,137		1.7
Radian Guaranty Incorporated	B/Ba3/NR	Negative Watch	1,164		264		2,657		2,921		4.2
Triad Guaranty Insurance Corporation	NR/NR/NR	N/A	248		49		—		49		0.1
			$	205,675	$	49,059	$	20,413	$	69,472	100.0	%

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(1) On October 20, 2011, the Arizona Department of Insurance took possession and control of PMI Mortgage Insurance Company and beginning October 24, 2011, PMI Mortgage Insurance Company has been directed to only pay 50 percent of the claim amounts with the remaining claim amounts being deferred until the company is liquidated. On March 14, 2012, the court entered an Order for Appointment of Receiver and Injunction placing PMI Mortgage Insurance Company into rehabilitation. On April 5, 2013, the cash percentage of the partial claim payment plan increased to 55 percent. The remaining 45 percent will be deferred based upon PMI Mortgage Insurance Company's ability to pay additional amounts in the future. Additionally, all claims that have previously been settled at a 50 percent cash percentage were trued up (in a one-time payment) to the increased level of 55 percent.

(2) On January 19, 2012, the North Carolina Department of Insurance issued an Order of Supervision providing for immediate

administrative supervision of Republic Mortgage Insurance Co. (RMIC). Under the order, RMIC continues to manage the

business through its employees, and retains its status as a wholly-owned subsidiary of its parent holding company, Old Republic International Corporation. The primary effect is that RMIC may not pay more than 50 percent of any claims allowed under any policy of insurance it has issued. The remaining 50 percent will be deferred and credited to a temporary surplus account on the books of RMIC during an initial period not to exceed one year. Accordingly, all claim payments made on January 19, 2012, and thereafter will be made at the rate of 50 percent.

Deposits

At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, deposits totaled $570.4 million and $595.0 million, respectively.

Term deposits issued in amounts of $100,000 or greater at both September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, amounted to a par amount of $20.0 million, with a maturity date in 2014, and a weighted average rate of 4.71 percent.

Consolidated Obligations

See — Liquidity and Capital Resources for information regarding our COs.

Derivative Instruments

All derivative instruments are recorded on the statement of condition at fair value and classified as either derivative assets or derivative liabilities. Derivatives outstanding with counterparties with which we have an enforceable master-netting agreement

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are classified as assets or liabilities according to the net fair value of derivatives aggregated by each counterparty. Derivative assets' net fair value, net of cash collateral and accrued interest, totaled $4.1 million and $111,000 as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. Derivative liabilities' net fair value, net of cash collateral and accrued interest, totaled $649.8 million and $907.1 million as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The following table presents a summary of the notional amounts and estimated fair values of our outstanding derivatives, excluding accrued interest, and related hedged item by product and type of accounting treatment as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. The notional amount is a factor in determining periodic interest payments or cash flows received and paid. Accordingly, the notional amount does not represent actual amounts exchanged or our overall exposure to credit and market risk. The hedge designation “fair value” represents the hedge classification for transactions that qualify for hedge-accounting treatment and hedge changes in fair value attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, which is LIBOR. The hedge designation "cash flow" represents the hedge classification for transactions that qualify for hedge-accounting treatment and hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows. The hedge designation “economic” represents hedge strategies that do not qualify for hedge accounting, but are acceptable hedging strategies under our risk-management policy.

Hedged Item and Hedge-Accounting Treatment (dollars in thousands)
			September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Hedged Item	Derivative	Designation	Notional Amount		Fair  Value			Notional Amount		Fair Value
Advances (1)	Swaps	Fair value	$	5,094,730	$	(315,206	)	$	5,883,040	$	(491,931	)
	Swaps	Economic	154,500		(855		)	139,500		(1,166		)
Total associated with advances			5,249,230		(316,061		)	6,022,540		(493,097		)
Available-for-sale securities	Swaps	Fair value	611,915		(251,373		)	711,915		(361,956		)
	Caps and floors	Economic	300,000		105			300,000		50
Total associated with available-for-sale securities			911,915		(251,268		)	1,011,915		(361,906		)
Trading securities	Swaps	Economic	215,000		(21,511		)	225,000		(32,476		)
COs	Swaps	Fair value	6,633,195		677			7,980,795		66,357
	Swaps	Economic	904,000		198			1,000,000		406
	Forward starting swaps	Cash Flow	1,250,000		(53,843		)	1,250,000		(64,897		)
Total associated with COs			8,787,195		(52,968		)	10,230,795		1,866
Deposits	Swaps	Fair value	20,000		1,535			20,000		2,685
Total			15,183,340		(640,273		)	17,510,250		(882,928		)
Mortgage delivery commitments			18,107		164			30,938		19
Total derivatives			$	15,201,447	(640,109		)	$	17,541,188	(882,909		)
Accrued interest					(9,474		)			(24,072		)
Cash collateral and accrued interest					3,920					—
Net derivatives					$	(645,663	)			$	(906,981	)
Derivative asset					$	4,118				$	111
Derivative liability					(649,781		)			(907,092		)
Net derivatives					$	(645,663	)			$	(906,981	)

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(1)Embedded advance derivatives separated from the host contract with a notional amount of $154.5 million and a fair value of $854,000 are not included in the table.

The following tables provide a summary of our hedging relationships for fair-value hedges of advances and COs that qualify for hedge accounting by year of contractual maturity. Interest accruals on interest-rate-exchange agreements in qualifying hedge relationships are recorded as interest income on advances and interest expense on COs in the statement of operations.

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The notional amount of derivatives in qualifying hedge relationships of advances and COs totals $11.7 billion, representing 77.2 percent of all derivatives outstanding as of September 30, 2013. Economic hedges and cash-flow hedges are not included within the two tables below.

Fair-Value Hedge Relationships of Advances By Year of Contractual Maturity As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
										Weighted-Average Yield (3)
	Derivatives					Advances(1)						Derivatives
Maturity	Notional		Fair Value			Hedged Amount		Fair-Value Adjustment(2)		Advances		Receive Floating Rate		Pay Fixed Rate		Net Receive Result
Due in one year or less	$	630,000	$	(8,991	)	$	630,000	$	8,980	3.19	%	0.26	%	2.99	%	0.46	%
Due after one year through two years	558,015		(18,517		)	558,015		18,541		2.93		0.26		2.61		0.58
Due after two years through three years	648,695		(33,810		)	648,695		33,716		2.91		0.26		2.65		0.52
Due after three years through four years	1,754,630		(167,141		)	1,754,630		165,497		3.74		0.26		3.55		0.45
Due after four years through five years	962,850		(75,748		)	962,850		75,609		3.17		0.26		2.98		0.45
Thereafter	540,540		(10,999		)	540,540		11,011		2.70		0.26		2.18		0.78
Total	$	5,094,730	$	(315,206	)	$	5,094,730	$	313,354	3.26	%	0.26	%	3.01	%	0.51	%

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(1) Included in the advances hedged amount are $2.6 billion of putable advances, which would accelerate the termination date of the derivative and the hedged item if the put option is exercised.

(2) The fair-value adjustment of hedged advances represents the amounts recorded for changes in the fair value attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, LIBOR.

(3) The yield for floating-rate instruments and the floating-rate leg of interest-rate swaps is the coupon rate in effect as of September 30, 2013.

Fair-Value Hedge Relationships of Consolidated Obligations By Year of Contractual Maturity As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
											Weighted-Average Yield (3)
	Derivatives					CO Bonds (1)							Derivatives
Year of Maturity	Notional		Fair Value			Hedged Amount		Fair-Value Adjustment(2)			CO Bonds		Receive Fixed Rate		Pay Floating  Rate		Net Pay Result
Due in one year or less	$	3,098,500	$	4,713		$	3,098,500	$	(4,713	)	0.73	%	0.77	%	0.16	%	0.12	%
Due after one year through two years	1,344,695		5,132			1,344,695		(5,132		)	0.57		0.60		0.18		0.15
Due after two years through three years	710,000		14,079			710,000		(14,076		)	1.35		1.37		0.17		0.15
Due after three years through four years	100,000		231			100,000		(144		)	0.91		0.91		0.20		0.20
Due after four years through five years	325,000		625			325,000		(651		)	1.15		1.15		0.14		0.14
Thereafter	1,055,000		(24,103		)	1,055,000		23,490			1.45		1.45		0.05		0.05
Total	$	6,633,195	$	677		$	6,633,195	$	(1,226	)	0.90	%	0.93	%	0.15	%	0.12	%

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(1) Included in the CO Bonds hedged amount are $1.3 billion of callable CO bonds, which would accelerate the termination date of the derivative and the hedged item if the call option is exercised.

(2) The fair-value adjustment of hedged CO bonds represents the amounts recorded for changes in the fair value attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, LIBOR.

(3) The yield for floating-rate instruments and the floating-rate leg of interest-rate swaps is the coupon rate in effect as of September 30, 2013.

Derivatives Clearing. Since June 10, 2013, we have been required to use centralized DCOs to clear certain derivatives that the CFTC has designated to be subject to a mandatory clearing requirement, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. Accordingly, we have been clearing our interest rate swaps subject to mandatory clearing. Derivatives that are cleared through DCOs are not governed by the same legal documentation regime that applies to our derivatives that are executed and maintained bilaterally

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with counterparties. Rather, derivatives that are cleared are governed by futures account agreements in accordance with requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act. Under this framework, immediately after we execute a derivative transaction with an executing broker, we and the executing broker assign our respective counterparty relationships to a DCO through a clearing member of that DCO that acts as our agent. The DCO requires that we offset current derivatives exposures with variation margin and that we provide the DCO with initial margin separate from the variation margin to provide the DCO additional protection against loss in the event of our default. As of September 30, 2013, we had cleared interest-rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $1.6 billion.

Derivative Instruments Credit Risk. We are subject to credit risk on derivative instruments. This risk arises from the risk of counterparty default on the derivative. The amount of loss created by default is the replacement cost of the defaulted contract, net of any collateral held by us or pledged by us to counterparties (unsecured derivatives exposure). We currently receive only cash collateral from counterparties with whom we are in a current positive fair-value position (i.e., we are in the money). The resulting net exposure at fair value is reflected in the derivative instruments table below. We presently pledge securities collateral for bilateral derivatives to counterparties with whom we are in a current negative fair-value position (i.e., we would owe the counterparty a net settlement amount if our derivatives were liquidated) by an amount that exceeds an exposure threshold defined in our master netting agreement with the counterparty. We also pledge cash collateral, including initial margin and variation margin, to secure the DCO's exposure to us on cleared derivatives through a clearing member who acts as our agent to a DCO. From time to time, due to timing differences or derivatives valuation differences between our calculated derivatives values and those of our counterparties, and to the contractual haircuts applied, we pledge to counterparties securities collateral whose fair value exceeds the current negative fair-value positions with them. The table below details our counterparty credit exposure as of September 30, 2013.

Derivatives Counterparty Current Credit Exposure As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
Credit Rating (1)	Notional Amount		Net Derivatives Fair Value Before Collateral			Cash Collateral Pledged To /(From) Counterparty		Non-cash Collateral Pledged To Counterparty		Net Credit Exposure to Counterparties
Asset positions with credit exposure:
Bilateral derivatives
Single-A	$	54,500	$	175		$	—	$	—	$	175
Cleared derivatives	1,604,000		(141		)	3,920		—		3,779
Liability positions with credit exposure:
Bilateral derivatives
Single-A	3,321,310		(142,002		)	—		148,803		6,801
Total derivative positions with nonmember counterparties to which we had credit exposure	4,979,810		(141,968		)	3,920		148,803		10,755
Mortgage delivery commitments (2)	18,107		164			—		—		164
Total	$	4,997,917	$	(141,804	)	$	3,920	$	148,803	$	10,919
Derivative positions without credit exposure: (3)
Double-A	$	262,000
Single-A	7,674,990
Triple-B	2,266,540
Total derivative positions without credit exposure	$	10,203,530

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(1) Ratings are obtained from Moody's, Fitch, and S&P. If there is a split rating, the lowest rating is used. In the case where the obligations are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, the rating of the guarantor is used.

(2) Total fair-value exposures related to commitments to invest in mortgage loans are offset by certain pair-off fees. Commitments to invest in mortgage loans are reflected as derivative instruments. We do not collateralize these commitments. However, should the participating financial institution fail to deliver the mortgage loans as agreed, the participating financial institution is charged a fee to compensate us for the nonperformance.

(3) Represents derivatives positions with counterparties for which we are in a net liability position, on a net basis, and for which we have delivered securities collateral to the counterparty in an amount equal to or less than the net derivative liability, or represents derivative positions with counterparties for which we are in a net asset position, on a net basis, and for which the counterparty has delivered collateral to us in an amount which exceeds our net derivative asset.

We note that our derivatives instruments could require us to deliver additional collateral to certain of our counterparties if our credit rating is downgraded by an NRSRO, which could increase our exposure to loss in the event of a default by a counterparty to which we were the net creditor at the time of any such default, as further detailed in Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 10 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities. For information on how we mitigate the credit risk from unsecured credit exposures under our derivatives instruments, see Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition —Derivative Instruments — Derivative Instruments Credit Risk in the 2012 Annual Report.

We note that during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, we had two Eurozone derivatives counterparties: one domiciled in France and one domiciled in Germany, each of which is rated single-A or higher by all three of the major NRSROs. We had $175,000 in unsecured derivatives exposure to these Eurozone financial institutions on September 30, 2013. Our maximum net unsecured derivatives exposure to any Eurozone counterparty was $20.1 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2013.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our financial structure is designed to enable us to expand and contract our assets, liabilities, and capital in response to changes in membership composition and member credit needs. Our primary source of liquidity is our access to the capital markets through CO issuance, which is described in Item 1 — Business — Consolidated Obligations in the 2012 Annual Report.

The Office of Finance has established a methodology for the allocation of the proceeds from the issuance of COs when COs cannot be issued in sufficient amounts to satisfy all FHLBank demand for funding during periods of financial distress and when its existing allocation processes are deemed insufficient. In general, this methodology provides that the proceeds in such circumstances will be allocated among the FHLBanks based on relative FHLBank total regulatory capital, with FHLBanks with greater total regulatory capital in absolute terms receiving greater allocations of issuance proceeds. The Office of Finance will use this method in such periods unless it determines that there is an overwhelming reason to adopt a different allocation method. As is the case during any instance of a disruption in our ability to access the capital market, market conditions or this allocation could adversely impact our ability to finance our operations, which could adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations.

Outstanding COs and the condition of the market for COs are discussed below under — External Sources of Liquidity. Our equity capital resources are governed by our capital plan, certain portions of which are described under — Capital below as well as by applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Liquidity

Internal Sources of Liquidity

We maintain structural liquidity to ensure we meet our day-to-day business needs and our contractual obligations. We define structural liquidity as the difference between projected sources and uses of funds (projected net cash flow) adjusted to include certain assumed contingent, noncontractual obligations, or behavioral assumptions (cumulative contingent obligations). Cumulative contingent obligations include the assumption that maturing advances are renewed, member overnight deposits are withdrawn at a rate of 50 percent per day, and commitments (MPF and other commitments) are taken down at a conservatively projected pace. We define available liquidity as the sources of funds available to us through our normal access to the capital markets, subject to leverage, credit line capacity, and collateral constraints. Our risk-management policy requires us to maintain structural liquidity each day so that any excess of uses over sources is covered by available liquidity for a four-week forecast period and 50 percent of the excess of uses over sources is covered by available liquidity over eight- and 12-week forecast periods.

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The following table shows our structural liquidity as of September 30, 2013.

Structural Liquidity As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
	Month 1			Month 2			Month 3
Projected net cash flow (1)	$	3,643,248		$	2,114,240		$	1,639,760
Less: Cumulative contingent obligations	(6,840,145		)	(9,832,099		)	(11,545,632		)
Equals: Net structural liquidity need	(3,196,897		)	(7,717,859		)	(9,905,872		)
Available borrowing capacity (2)	$	44,520,334		$	47,984,326		$	49,420,360
Ratio of available borrowing capacity to net structural liquidity need	13.93			6.22			4.99
Minimum ratio required by our risk management policy	1.00			0.50			0.50

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(1) Projected net cash flow equals projected sources of funds less projected uses of funds based on contractual maturities or expected option exercise periods, as applicable.

(2) Available borrowing capacity is the CO issuance capacity based on achieving leverage up to our internal minimum capital requirement. For information on this internal minimum capital requirement, see — Internal Capital Practices and Policies — Internal Minimum Capital Requirement in Excess of Regulatory Requirements.

FHFA regulations require us to hold contingency liquidity in an amount sufficient to enable us to cover our liquidity requirements for a minimum of five business days without access to the CO debt markets. We complied with this requirement at all times during the quarter ended September 30, 2013. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we held a surplus of $10.2 billion and $11.4 billion, respectively, of contingency liquidity for the following five days, exclusive of access to the proceeds of CO debt issuance. The following table demonstrates our contingency liquidity as of September 30, 2013.

Contingency Liquidity As of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands)
	Cumulative Fifth Business Day
Projected net cash flow (1)	$	764,447
Contingency borrowing capacity (exclusive of CO issuances)	9,433,905
Net contingency liquidity	$	10,198,352

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(1) Projected net cash flow equals projected sources of funds less projected uses of funds based on contractual maturities or expected option exercise periods, as applicable.

In addition, certain FHFA guidance requires us to maintain sufficient liquidity, through short-term investments, in an amount at least equal to our anticipated cash outflows under two different scenarios. One scenario assumes that we cannot borrow funds from the capital markets for a period of 15 business days and that during that time we do not renew any maturing, prepaid, and put or called advances. The second scenario assumes that we cannot borrow funds from the capital markets for five business days and that during that period we will renew maturing and called advances for all members except very large, highly rated members. We were in compliance with these liquidity requirements at all times during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013.

Further, we are sensitive to maintaining an appropriate funding balance between our assets and liabilities and have an established policy that limits the potential gap between assets inclusive of projected prepayments, funded by liabilities, inclusive of projected calls, maturing in less than one year. The established policy limits this imbalance to a gap of 20 percent of total assets. We maintained compliance with this limit at all times during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013. During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, this gap averaged 1.7 percent (maximum level 1.8 percent and minimum level 1.6 percent). As of September 30, 2013, this gap was 1.6 percent, compared with 4.6 percent at December 31, 2012.

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External Sources of Liquidity

FHLBank P&I Funding Contingency Plan Agreement

We have a source of emergency external liquidity through the FHLBank P&I Funding Contingency Plan Agreement, as discussed in Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — External Sources of Liquidity in the 2012 Annual Report. Neither we nor any of the other FHLBanks have ever procured funding pursuant to this agreement.

Debt Financing — Consolidated Obligations

At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, outstanding COs, including both CO bonds and CO discount notes, totaled $34.7 billion and $34.8 billion, respectively.

CO bonds outstanding for which we are primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, include issued callable bonds totaling $2.4 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively.

CO discount notes are also a significant funding source for us. CO discount notes are short-term instruments with maturities ranging from overnight to one year. We use CO discount notes primarily to fund short-term advances and investments, and longer-term advances and investments with short repricing intervals. CO discount notes comprised 30.2 percent and 24.9 percent of the outstanding COs for which we are primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively, but accounted for 89.3 percent and 92.7 percent of the proceeds from the issuance of such COs during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, due, in particular, to our frequent overnight CO discount note issuances.

See Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 12 — Consolidated Obligations for additional information on the COs for which we are primarily liable.

Financial Conditions for Consolidated Obligations

We have experienced relatively favorable CO issuance costs and stable market access during the period covered by this report. Further, financial markets have remained generally calm notwithstanding the U.S. federal government's future fiscal plans; national debt challenges; and debt crises in the Eurozone. The U.S. economy grew modestly during the quarter ended September 30, 2013. However, continued uncertainty as to the resolution of statutorily mandated deficit reduction and the failure of the Congress to agree to a plan to increase the current debt ceiling could negatively impact the market for CO debt over the course of 2013. Further, we have witnessed recent volatility in market interest rate spreads that we believe may be attributable to an increase in market perceptions that the Federal Reserve could begin to shift away from supporting a low-interest rate environment.

We continue to operate in a prolonged, historically low interest-rate environment as discussed under — Executive Summary — Interest-Rate Environment. Overall, we have experienced relatively low CO issuance costs during the period covered by this report, reflecting the low interest-rate environment together with continuing investor preferences for low-risk investments. We have experienced good market demand for all tenors of COs with the strongest demand for short-term COs, and have had no difficulty issuing debt in the amounts and structures required to meet our funding and risk-management needs. Throughout the quarter ended September 30, 2013, COs were issued at yields that were generally at or below equivalent-maturity LIBOR swap yields for debt maturing in less than three years, while longer-term issues bore funding costs that were typically higher than equivalent maturity LIBOR swap yields. We continue to experience similar pricing into the fourth quarter of 2013.

Capital

Capital at September 30, 2013, was $2.7 billion, a decrease of $901.4 million from $3.6 billion at year-end 2012. Capital stock declined by $1.0 billion due to the reclassification of capital stock to mandatorily redeemable capital stock amounting to $859.5 million and the repurchase of $300.0 million of excess capital stock (of which $25.0 million was mandatorily redeemable capital stock). The reclassification of capital stock to mandatorily redeemable capital stock primarily results from the merger of BANA RI into BANA, which is ineligible for membership. Accumulated other comprehensive loss totaled $482.1 million at September 30, 2013, an increase of $5.5 million from December 31, 2012. Offsetting these decreases was the issuance of $120.4 million of capital stock due to increased advances borrowings by certain members. Restricted retained earnings totaled $89.8 million at September 30, 2013, while total retained earnings at September 30, 2013, grew to $705.7 million, an increase of $118.2 million from December 31, 2012.

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The FHLBank Act and FHFA regulations specify that each FHLBank is required to satisfy certain minimum regulatory capital requirements. We were in compliance with these requirements at September 30, 2013, as discussed in Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 14 — Capital.

Subject to applicable law following the expiry of the stock redemption period (which is five years for Class B stock),

we redeem capital stock for any member that requests redemption of its excess stock, gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or becomes a nonmember due to merger, acquisition, charter termination, or involuntary termination of membership following the expiry of the stock redemption period. Capital stock subject to a stock redemption period is reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the liability section of the statement of condition. Mandatorily redeemable capital stock totaled $977.4 million and $215.9 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. For additional information on the redemption of our capital stock, see Item 1 — Business — Capital Resources — Redemption of Excess Stock and Item 1 — Business — Capital Resources — Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock in the 2012 Annual Report.

The following table sets forth the amount of mandatorily redeemable capital stock by year of expiry of redemption period at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

Expiry of Redemption Period	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Past redemption date (1)	$	697	$	—
Due in one year or less	43		80,259
Due after one year through two years	—		—
Due after two years through three years	116,745		—
Due after three years through four years	832		134,590
Due after four years through five years	859,073		1,014
Total	$	977,390	$	215,863

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(1) Amount represents mandatorily redeemable capital stock that has reached the end of the five-year redemption period but the member-related activity remains outstanding. Accordingly, these shares of stock will not be redeemed until the activity is no longer outstanding.

Our ability to expand in response to member-credit needs is based primarily on the capital-stock requirements for advances. Members without excess stock are required to increase their capital-stock investment as their outstanding advances increase, as described in Item 1 — Business — Capital Resources in the 2012 Annual Report. As discussed in that Item, we may repurchase excess stock in our sole discretion, although we note our continuing moratorium on repurchases of excess stock other than in limited, former member-related instances of insolvency. Although we completed a partial repurchase of excess stock on each of March 11, 2013, and March 9, 2012, there are no plans to conduct another excess stock repurchase in 2013. Further, on January 25, 2013, our board of directors adopted a resolution that it will not conduct excess stock repurchases other than in limited, former member-related instances of insolvency without obtaining the FHFA's nonobjection, which we do not expect to pursue again in 2013. We will consider whether and how to conduct other repurchases of excess stock as part of our business planning process for 2014.

At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, excess stock totaled $1.8 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively, as set forth in the following table (dollars in thousands):

	Membership Stock Investment Requirement		Activity-Based Stock Requirement		Total Stock Investment Requirement (1)		Outstanding Class B Capital Stock (2)		Excess Class B Capital Stock
September 30, 2013	$	626,368	$	968,398	$	1,594,789	$	3,418,418	$	1,823,629
December 31, 2012	639,941		898,557		1,538,519		3,671,027		2,132,508

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(1) Total stock-investment requirement is rounded up to the nearest $100 on an individual member basis.

(2) Class B capital stock outstanding includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

Capital Rule

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The FHFA's regulation on FHLBank capital classification and critical capital levels (the Capital Rule), among other things, establishes criteria for four capital classifications and corrective action requirements for FHLBanks that are classified in any classification other than adequately capitalized. The Capital Rule requires the Director of the FHFA to determine on no less than a quarterly basis the capital classification of each FHLBank. For additional information on the Capital Rule, see Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Capital — Capital Rule in the 2012 Annual Report.

By letter dated September 25, 2013, the Acting Director of the FHFA notified us that, based on June 30, 2013, financial information, we met the definition of adequately capitalized under the Capital Rule. The Acting Director of the FHFA has not yet notified us of our capital classification based on September 30, 2013, financial information.

Internal Capital Practices and Policies

We also take steps as we believe prudent beyond legal or regulatory requirements in an effort to protect our capital, reflected in our targeted capital ratio operating range, internal minimum capital requirement in excess of regulatory requirements, retained earnings target, and limitations on dividends.

Targeted Capital Ratio Operating Range

We target an operating capital ratio range as required by FHFA regulations. Currently, this range is set at 4.0 percent to 7.5 percent. Our capital ratio was 10.4 percent at September 30, 2013, a ratio in excess of the targeted operating range. This results principally from our limited repurchases of excess stock accompanied with a significant decline in advances balances since 2008, as discussed under — Executive Summary — Advances Balances.

Internal Minimum Capital Requirement in Excess of Regulatory Requirements

To provide further protection for our capital base, we maintain an internal minimum capital requirement whereby the amount of paid-in capital stock and retained earnings must exceed the sum of our regulatory capital requirement plus our retained earnings target. As of September 30, 2013, this internal minimum capital requirement equaled $2.4 billion, which was satisfied by our actual regulatory capital of $4.1 billion.

Retained Earnings and Dividends

At September 30, 2013, we had total retained earnings of $705.7 million. On October 25, 2013, our board of directors lowered our retained earnings target to $700.0 million from our previous target of $825.0 million. The board cited the ongoing reduction of risk associated with private-label MBS as the primary reason for the reduction. For information on how we select and adjust our retained earnings target, including our response to FHFA regulations, orders, or guidance, see Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Internal Capital Practices and Policies — Retained Earnings Target in the 2012 Annual Report. We note that the quarterly dividend payout restriction of 40 percent of a quarter’s earnings in our retained earnings policy will not constrain our board’s ability to declare dividends so long as the retained earnings target is satisfied. Accordingly, the board may determine to declare larger dividends and/or direct us to complete larger and/or more frequent repurchases of excess stock than it has in the past five years, subject to applicable restrictions. Limitations on our board’s ability to declare dividends are discussed under Item 5 — Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities in the 2012 Annual Report.

At September 30, 2013, our total retained earnings included $89.8 million in restricted retained earnings. For information on our restricted retained earnings contribution requirement, see Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 14 — Capital. Amounts in our restricted retained earnings account are not available to be paid as dividends. We expect to pay larger dividends and/or complete larger and/or more frequent repurchases of excess stock following the satisfaction of our retained earnings target, subject in each case to the applicable limitations and repurchases of excess stock that we have disclosed.

Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations

Our significant off-balance-sheet arrangements consist of the following:

• commitments that obligate us for additional advances;

 • standby letters of credit;

 • commitments for unused lines-of-credit advances;

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 • standby bond-purchase agreements with state housing authorities; and

 • unsettled COs.

Off-balance-sheet arrangements are more fully discussed in Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 20 — Commitments and Contingencies in the 2012 Annual Report.

The FHLBanks must annually set aside for the AHP the greater of an aggregate of $100 million or 10 percent of the current year's income before charges for AHP and interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock. Based on our net income of $38.1 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, our AHP assessment was $4.3 million. See Item 1 — Business — Assessments in the 2012 Annual Report for additional information regarding the AHP assessment.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities (if applicable), and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported periods. Although management believes these judgments, estimates, and assumptions to be reasonably accurate, actual results may differ.

We have identified five accounting estimates that we believe are critical because they require us to make subjective or complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain, and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. These estimates include accounting for derivatives, the use of fair-value estimates, accounting for deferred premiums and discounts on prepayable assets, the allowance for loan losses, and other-than-temporary-impairment of investment securities. The Audit Committee of our board of directors has reviewed these estimates. The assumptions involved in applying these policies are discussed in Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates in the 2012 Annual Report.

As of September 30, 2013, we have not made any significant changes to the estimates and assumptions used in applying our critical accounting policies and estimates from those used to prepare our audited financial statements. Described below are the results of the sensitivity analysis for other-than-temporary impairment of private-label MBS.

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Investment Securities

See Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 6 — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment for additional information related to management's other-than-temporary impairment analysis for the current period.

In addition to evaluating our residential private-label MBS under a base-case (or best estimate) scenario as discussed in Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 6 — Other-Than-Temporary Impairment, a cash-flow analysis was also performed for each of these securities under a more stressful housing price index (HPI) scenario that was determined by the OTTI Governance Committee. This more stressful scenario was based on a housing price forecast that was decreased five percentage points followed by a recovery path that is 33.0 percent lower than the base case.

The following table represents the impact on credit-related other-than-temporary impairment using the more stressful scenario of the HPI, described above, compared with actual credit-related other-than-temporary impairment recorded using our base-case HPI assumptions as of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands):

	Credit Losses as Reported						Sensitivity Analysis - Adverse HPI Scenario
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013	Number of Securities	Par Value		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Credit Loss			Number of Securities	Par Value		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Credit Loss
Alt-A	7	$	75,287	$	(1,528	)	22	$	237,426	$	(3,747	)
Subprime	1	283		—			2	1,293		(14		)
Total private-label MBS	8	$	75,570	$	(1,528	)	24	$	238,719	$	(3,761	)

RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS

See Item 1 — Notes to the Financial Statements — Note 2 — Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Interpretations for a discussion of recent accounting developments impacting or that could impact us.

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LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

The regulatory environment in which we operate continues to change significantly as regulators continue to implement the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, as amended, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the reforms of the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision. Further, we continue to monitor significant changes proposed as the U.S. Congress and Senate consider legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and make other housing finance changes. Our business, operations, funding costs, rights or obligations, and the business environment in which we carry out our housing finance mission are likely to be impacted by these developments.

FHFA Developments

Final Rule on Stress Testing. On September 26, 2013, the FHFA issued a final rule which requires each FHLBank to assess the potential impact of certain sets of economic and financial conditions, including baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios, on its consolidated earnings, capital, and other related factors, over a nine-quarter forward horizon based on its portfolio as of September 30 of the previous year. The rule provides that the FHFA will annually issue guidance on the scenarios and methodologies to be used in conducting the stress test. Each FHLBank must publicly disclose the results of its adverse economic conditions stress test. The final rule became effective October 28, 2013.

Joint Proposed Rule on Credit Risk Retention for ABS. On September 20, 2013, the FHFA with other U.S. federal regulators jointly issued a proposed rule with a comment deadline of October 30, 2013, requiring ABS sponsors to retain a minimum of five percent economic interest in a portion of the credit risk of the assets collateralizing the ABS, unless all the securitized assets satisfy specified qualifications. The proposed rule revises an earlier proposed rule on ABS credit risk retention. In general, as with the original, the revised proposed rule specifies criteria for qualified residential mortgage, commercial real estate, auto, and commercial loans that would make them exempt from the risk-retention requirement. The criteria for qualified residential mortgages is described in the proposed rulemaking as those underwriting and product features which, based on historical data, are associated with low risk even in periods of decline of housing prices and high unemployment. The proposed rule would exempt agency MBS from the risk-retention requirements so long as the sponsoring agency is operating under the conservatorship or receivership of the FHFA and fully guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on all interests in the issued security. Further, MBS issued by any limited-life regulated entity succeeding to either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac operating with capital support from the United States would be exempt from the risk-retention requirements.

If adopted as proposed, the rule could reduce the number of loans originated by our members that are eligible to be pledged to us as collateral to the extent that the risk-retention requirements were uneconomic or otherwise had adverse impacts on our members. A reduction in origination of assets that are eligible to be pledged to us as collateral could, in turn, adversely impact demand for advances.

Core Mission Assets. The FHFA has communicated its interest in maintaining the FHLBanks' focus on mission-related activities and has initiated discussions with the FHLBanks on what targets would be appropriate. For example, the FHFA has noted the importance of making advances versus other FHLBank activities, such as investing, and has solicited FHLBank feedback on certain proposed core mission ratios, which would serve as target floors. If such changes were required, and depending upon any applicable transition period, we may have to divest nonmission-related assets or reduce nonmission-related activities, which we expect would adversely impact our desired level of investments used for liquidity and our results of operations.

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Other Significant Developments

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Final Rule on Access to Emergency Liquidity. On October 30, 2013, NCUA published a final rule requiring, among other things, that federally insured credit unions of $250 million or larger must maintain access to at least one federal liquidity source for use in times of financial emergency and distressed circumstances. This access must be demonstrated through direct or indirect membership in the Central Liquidity Facility (a U.S. government corporation created to improve the general financial stability of credit unions by serving as a liquidity lender to credit unions) or by establishing access to the Federal Reserve's discount window. The final rule does not include FHLBank membership as an emergency liquidity source. Accordingly, the final rule may adversely impact our results of operations if it causes our federally-insured credit union members to favor these federal liquidity sources over FHLBank membership or advances.

Housing Finance and Housing GSE Reform.We expect Congress to continue to consider reforms for U.S. housing finance and the regulated entities, including the resolution of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (together, the Enterprises). Legislation has been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate that would wind down the Enterprises and replace them with a new finance system to support the secondary mortgage market. On June 25, 2013, a bill entitled the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Actof 2013 (the Housing Finance Reform Act) was introduced in the Senate with bipartisan support. On July 11, 2013, Republican leaders of the House Financial Services Committee submitted a proposal entitled the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 (the PATH Act). Both proposals would have direct implications for the FHLBanks if enacted.

While both proposals reflect the FHFA's efforts over the past year to lay the groundwork for a new U.S. housing finance structure by creating a common securitization platform and establishing national standards for mortgage securitization, they differ on the role of the federal government in the revamped housing finance structure. The Housing Finance Reform Act would establish the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation (the FMIC) as an independent agency in the Federal government, replacing the FHFA as the primary Federal regulator of the FHLBanks. The FMIC would, among other things, facilitate the securitization of eligible mortgages by insuring covered securities in a catastrophic risk position. The FHLBanks would be allowed to apply to become an approved issuer of covered securities to facilitate access to the secondary market for smaller community mortgage lenders. Any covered MBS issued by the FHLBanks or subsidiary would not be issued as a CO and would not be treated as a joint and several obligation of any FHLBank that has not elected to participate in such issuance.

By contrast, the PATH Act would effectively eliminate any government guarantee of conventional, conforming mortgages except for FHA, VA, and similar loans designed to serve first-time homebuyers and low- and moderate-income borrowers. The FHLBanks would be authorized to act as aggregators of mortgages for securitization through a newly established common market utility.

The PATH Act would also revamp the statutory provisions governing the board composition of FHLBanks. Among other things, for merging FHLBanks, the number of directors would be capped at 15 and the number of member directors allocated to a state would be capped at two until each state has at least one member director. In addition, the FHFA would be given the authority, consistent with the authority of other banking regulators, to regulate and examine certain vendors of an FHLBank or an Enterprise. Also, the PATH Act would remove the requirement that the FHFA adopt regulations establishing standards of community investment or service for FHLBanks' members.

We expect Congress to consider these and other changes to the U.S. housing finance system in the coming months. Any such proposal likely would have consequences for the FHLBank System and our ability to provide readily accessible liquidity to our members. However, given the uncertainty of the Congressional process, it is impossible to determine at this time whether or when legislation would be enacted for housing GSE or housing finance reform. The ultimate effects of these efforts on the FHLBanks are unknown and will depend on the legislation or other changes, if any, that ultimately are implemented.

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision - Final Capital Framework. In July 2013, the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) adopted a final rule and the FDIC (together with the Federal Reserve and the OCC, the Financial Regulators) adopted an interim final rule, which was amended September 10, 2013, establishing new minimum capital standards for financial institutions to incorporate the Basel III regulatory capital reforms from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The FHLBanks are not required to meet Basel III requirements, but many FHLBank members are subject to these new requirements. The new capital framework includes, among other things:

• a new common equity tier 1 minimum capital requirement, a higher minimum tier 1 capital requirement, and an additional capital conservation buffer;

• revised methodologies for calculation of risk-weighted assets to enhance risk sensitivity; and

• a supplementary leverage ratio for financial institutions subject to the “advanced approaches” risk-based capital rules.

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The new framework could require some of our members to divest assets in order to comply with the more stringent capital requirements, thereby tending to decrease their need for advances. Conversely, the new requirements could incent our members to use term advances to create and maintain balance-sheet liquidity. Most of our members must begin to comply with the final rule by January 1, 2015, although some larger members must begin to comply by January 1, 2014.

Basel Committee on Bank Supervision - Proposed Liquidity Coverage Ratio. In October 2013, the Financial Regulators issued a proposed rule with a comment deadline of January 31, 2014 for a minimum liquidity coverage ratio (the LCR) applicable to all internationally active banking organizations, bank holding companies, systemically important, non-bank financial institutions designated for Federal Reserve supervision, certain savings and loan holding companies, depository institutions with more than $250 billion in total assets or more than $10 billion in on-balance sheet foreign exposure, and to their consolidated subsidiaries that are depository institutions with $10 billion or more in total consolidated assets. Among other things, the proposed rule defines various categories of high quality, liquid assets (HQLAs) for purposes of satisfying the LCR, which HQLAs are further delineated among Levels 1, 2A and 2B. Level 1 has the most favorable, Level 2A the middle level, and Level 2B has the least favorable treatment among HQLAs for the LCR. As proposed, COs would be Level 2A HQLAs. This could adversely impact investor demand for COs due to their less favorable treatment than Level 1 HQLA, resulting in increased funding costs and, in turn, adversely impacting the results of our operations.

CREDIT RATING AGENCY DEVELOPMENTS

Moody's Development

On July 18, 2013, Moody's affirmed its 'Aaa' long-term deposit ratings of all of the FHLBanks as well as the 'Aaa' long-term bond rating of COs and updated the outlook to stable from negative. Moody's also affirmed its 'Prime-1' short-term deposit ratings of all of the FHLBanks and its 'Prime-1' short-term bond rating for COs. Moody's indicates these affirmations and improvements in outlook result from its affirmation of the U.S. federal government's 'Aaa' debt rating with its outlook updated to stable from negative. Moody's has indicated that its ratings of the FHLBank System and the FHLBanks are constrained by the U.S. federal government's debt rating.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Sources and Types of Market and Interest-Rate Risk

Our balance sheet is comprised of different portfolios that require different types of market- and interest-rate-risk management strategies. Sources and types of market and interest-rate risk are described in Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks — Sources and Types of Market and Interest-Rate Risk in the 2012 Annual Report.

Strategies to Manage Market and Interest-Rate Risk

We use various strategies and techniques to manage our market and interest-rate risk including the following and combinations of the following:

• the issuance of COs used to match interest-rate-risk exposures of our assets;

• the use of derivatives and/or COs with embedded options to hedge the interest-rate risk of our debt (at September 30, 2013, fixed-rate noncallable debt, not hedged by interest-rate swaps, amounted to $13.2 billion, compared with $13.5 billion at December 31, 2012, and fixed-rate callable debt not hedged by interest-rate swaps amounted to $1.2 billion and $858.0 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively);

• the issuance of CO bonds in conjunction with interest-rate swaps that receive a coupon that offsets the bond coupon and that offsets any optionality embedded in the bond, thereby effectively creating a floating-rate liability (total CO bonds used in conjunction with interest-rate-exchange agreements was $7.5 billion, or 31.4 percent of our total outstanding CO bonds at September 30, 2013, compared with $8.9 billion, or 34.4 percent of total outstanding CO bonds, at December 31, 2012);

• contractual provisions for advances with original fixed maturities of greater than six months that require borrowers to pay us prepayment fees, which make us financially indifferent if the borrower prepays such advances prior to maturity. These provisions protect against a loss of income under certain interest-rate environments;

• the use of the duration extension portfolio (which totaled $1.0 billion at September 30, 2013, as compared with $2.1 billion at December 31, 2012), to hedge our net interest income against the impact of low interest rates, which is discussed in Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks — Certain Market and Interest-Rate Risk Metrics under Potential Interest-Rate Scenarios in the 2012 Annual Report. We began investing under this strategy in July 2009 and

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discontinued further investments to this portfolio after March 2011. As a result, the balance of this portfolio is declining as assets mature, and the last assets will mature in May 2014; and

• the use of callable debt for a portion of our investments in mortgage loans to manage the interest-rate and prepayment risks from these investments.

Each of the foregoing strategies and techniques is more fully discussed under Item 7A —Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks — Strategies to Manage Market and Interest Rate Risk in the 2012 Annual Report.

Measurement of Market and Interest-Rate Risk

We measure our exposure to market and interest-rate risk using several techniques applied to the balance sheet and to certain portfolios within the balance sheet. Principal among these measurements as applied to the balance sheet is the potential future change in market value of equity (MVE) and interest income due to potential changes in interest rates, interest-rate volatility, spreads, and market prices. MVE is the net economic value of total assets and liabilities, including any off-balance-sheet items. In contrast to the GAAP-based shareholder's equity account, MVE represents the shareholder's equity account in present-value terms. Specifically, MVE equals the difference between the theoretical market value of assets and the theoretical market value of liabilities.

MVE, and in particular, the ratio of MVE to the book value of equity (BVE), is a theoretical measure of the current value of shareholder investment based on market rates, spreads, prices, and volatility at the reporting date. BVE is equal to our permanent capital, which consists of the par value of capital stock including mandatorily redeemable capital stock, plus retained earnings. BVE excludes accumulated other comprehensive loss.

We caution that care must be taken to properly interpret the results of the MVE analysis as the theoretical basis for these valuations may not be fully representative of future realized prices. Further, valuations are based on market curves and prices respective of individual assets, liabilities, and derivatives, and therefore are not representative of future net income to be earned by us through the spread between asset market curves and the market curves for funding costs. MVE should not be considered indicative of our market value as a going concern, because it does not consider future new business activities, risk-management strategies, or the net profitability of assets after funding costs are subtracted.

We measure our exposure to market and interest-rate risk using several metrics, including:

• the ratio of MVE to BVE;

• the ratio of MVE to the par value of our Class B Stock (Par Stock), which we refer to as the MVE to Par Stock ratio;

• the ratio of adjusted MVE to Par Stock, which metric removes the impact of market illiquidity on MVE;

• the ratio of MVE to the market value of assets, which we refer to as the economic capital ratio;

• value at risk (VaR), which measures the change in our MVE to a 99th percent confidence interval, based on a set of stress scenarios (VaR Stress Scenarios) using historical interest-rate and volatility movements that have been observed over six-month intervals starting at the most recent month-end and going back monthly to 1992;

• duration of equity, which measures percentage change to market value for a 100 basis point shift in rates;

• the duration gap of our assets and liabilities, which is the difference between the estimated durations (percentage change in market value for a 100 basis point shift in rates) of assets and liabilities (including the effect of related hedges) and reflects the extent to which estimated sensitivities to market changes, including, but not limited to, maturity and repricing cash flows for assets and liabilities are matched;

• targeted metrics for the duration extension portfolio and our investments in mortgage loans; and

• the use of an income-simulation model that projects net interest income over a range of potential interest-rate scenarios, including parallel interest-rate shocks, nonparallel interest-rate shocks, and nonlinear changes to our funding curve and LIBOR.

Prior to the second quarter of 2013, we determined VaR based on VaR Stress Scenarios going back monthly to 1978, consistent with FHFA regulations. Beginning with the second quarter report, we exclude VaR Stress Scenarios prior to 1992 in determining VaR because we believe market risk stress conditions are effectively captured in those since1992 and therefore properly present our market risk exposure. The FHFA has advised us that it believes that excluding the older scenarios is consistent with its regulations.

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We maintain limits and management action triggers in connection with each of the foregoing metrics. Those limits, management action triggers, and the foregoing market and interest-rate risk metrics are more fully discussed under Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks — Measurement of Market and Interest-Rate Risk in the 2012 Annual Report.

The following table sets forth each of the foregoing metrics together with any targets, associated limits and management actions triggers at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012.

Interest/Market-Rate Risk Metric	At September 30, 2013	At December 31, 2012	Target, Limit or Management Action Trigger at March 31, 2013
MVE	$4.0 billion	$3.9 billion	None
MVE/BVE	97.1%	92.7%	None
MVE/Par Stock	117.1%	107.6%	100% or higher (target)
Adjusted MVE/Par Stock	113.7%	109.9%	Maintain above 100% (limit)
Economic Capital Ratio	9.9%	9.6%	Maintain above 4.5% (management action trigger) and 4.0% (limit)
VaR	$120.3 million	$80.0 million	Maintain below $275.0 million (limit)
Duration of Equity	+0.5 years	+0.3 years	Maintain below +/- 4.0 years (limit)
Duration Gap	+0.7 months	+0.4 months	None
Duration Extension Portfolio VaR Limit (1)	$158,000	$1.4 million	Maintain below $125.0 million (limit)
Duration Extension Portfolio Interest Rate Shock	Market yields on GSE debt would have to rise by 438 basis points for the limit to be breached	Market yields on GSE debt would have to rise by 283 basis points for the limit to be breached	Maintain above 25 basis points (limit)
MPF Portfolio VaR	$73.6 million	$27.0 million	Maintain below $68.8 million (management action trigger)
Income Simulation based on an instantaneous rise in interest rates of 300 basis points	Return on Regulatory Capital (2) is 106 basis points above the average yield on three-month LIBOR	Return on Regulatory Capital (2) is 29 basis points above the average yield on three-month LIBOR	Maintain projected return on Regulatory Capital above three-month LIBOR over the following 12 month horizon (management action trigger)

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(1) This metric is calculated net of any unrealized gain or loss.

(2) The income simulation metric for September 30, 2013, is based on projections of adjusted net income over a range of potential interest-rate scenarios over the following 12-month horizon divided by regulatory capital. Regulatory capital is capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) plus total retained earnings, and projections of adjusted net income exclude interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock. The results for December 31, 2012, have been revised to conform to the current period methodology.

As seen in the above table, we exceeded the MPF Portfolio VaR management action trigger at September 30, 2013. The breach is largely the result of the combined impact of the higher interest rate environment that occurred during the second quarter and of the stress impact of certain modeled scenarios where mortgages underperform our CO curve. As a result of the breach, management reviewed the risk exposure in the MPF portfolio and the risk exposure of the entire balance sheet as required by the trigger. Although we found the MPF risk exposure to correlate with the risk exposure of the entire balance sheet, because the risk of the overall balance sheet as measured by VaR remains well below both its management action trigger and limit, no reduction to the MPF risk profile was required. Should the MPF VaR management action trigger continue to be breached, and should our VaR increase closer to its trigger and limit, management expects to reduce the risk exposure in the MPF portfolio.

The following chart displays our MVE to BVE and MVE to Par Stock ratios at prior period ends.

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VaR at Different Confidence Levels

The table below presents the historical simulation VaR estimate as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, which represents the estimates of potential reduction to our MVE from potential future changes in interest rates and other market factors. Estimated potential market value loss exposures are expressed as a percentage of the current MVE and are based on historical behavior of interest rates and other market factors over a 120-business-day time horizon.

	Value-at-Risk (Gain) Loss Exposure (1)
	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Confidence Level	% of MVE (2)		$ million			% of MVE (1)		$ million
50%	(0.15	)%	$	(6.1	)	(0.16	)%	$	(6.2	)
75%	0.53		21.2			0.53		21.0
95%	1.60		64.2			1.42		56.1
99%	3.01		120.3			2.03		80.0

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(1) VaR exposures at December 31, 2012, were determined based on VaR Stress Scenarios going back monthly to 1978, consistent with FHFA regulations. Beginning with the calculation of VaR at June 30, 2013, to be consistent with FHFA guidance, we have excluded VaR Stress Scenarios prior to 1992 because market-risk stress conditions are effectively captured in those scenarios beginning in 1992 and therefore properly present our current VaR exposure.

(2)Loss exposure is expressed as a percentage of base MVE.

Certain Market and Interest-Rate Risk Metrics under Potential Interest-Rate Scenarios

We also monitor the sensitivities of MVE and the duration of equity to potential interest-rate scenarios. The following table presents certain market and interest-rate risk metrics under different interest-rate scenarios.

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	September 30, 2013
	Down(1) 300	Down(1) 200	Down(1) 100	Base	Up 100	Up 200	Up 300
MVE/BVE	97.8%	97.8%	97.0%	97.1%	96.1%	94.0%	91.3%
MVE/Par Stock	118.0%	118.0%	117.0%	117.1%	116.0%	113.4%	110.1%
Duration of Equity	+0.9 years	+0.4 years	+0.0 years	+0.5 years	+1.7 years	+2.6 years	+3.1 years
Return on Regulatory Capital less 3-month LIBOR (2)	2.6%	2.6%	2.4%	2.4%	2.1%	1.6%	1.1%
Net income percent change from base	(14.2)%	(14.0)%	(22.4)%	—%	20.4%	37.0%	52.6%

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(1) Given the current environment of low interest rates, downward rate shocks are floored as they approach zero, and therefore may not be fully representative of the indicated rate shock.

(2) The income simulation metric for September 30, 2013, is based on projections of adjusted net income over a range of potential interest-rate scenarios over the following 12-month horizon divided by regulatory capital. Regulatory capital is capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) plus total retained earnings, and projections of adjusted net income exclude interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

	December 31, 2012
	Down(1) 300	Down(1) 200	Down(1) 100	Base	Up 100	Up 200	Up 300
MVE/BVE	95.2%	94.5%	94.3%	92.7%	92.3%	90.2%	86.8%
MVE/Par Stock	110.5%	109.6%	109.4%	107.6%	107.1%	104.6%	100.7%
Duration of Equity	+1.0 years	+0.5 years	+1.6 years	+0.3 years	+1.5 years	+3.1 years	+4.3 years
Return on Regulatory Capital less 3-month LIBOR (2)	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	2.6%	1.8%	1.1%	0.3%
Net Income percent change from base	(9.3)%	(9.1)%	(3.8)%	—%	7.8%	16.6%	21.7%

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(1) Given the current environment of low interest rates, downward rate shocks are floored as they approach zero, and therefore may not be fully representative of the indicated rate shock.

(2) The income simulation results for December 31, 2012, have been revised to conform to the current period methodology, which is based on projections of adjusted net income over a range of potential interest-rate scenarios over the following 12-month horizon divided by regulatory capital. Regulatory capital is capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) plus total retained earnings, and projections of adjusted net income exclude interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our senior management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of controls and procedures.

We have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, with the participation of the president and chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as of the end of the period covered by this

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report. Based on that evaluation, our president and chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We have instituted litigation against various securities dealers, underwriters, control persons, issuers/depositors, and credit rating agencies based on our investments in certain private-label MBS, as described in Item 3 — Legal Proceedings in the 2012 Annual Report. Certain defendants filed motions to dismiss on October 11, 2012, and oral arguments were heard on those motions on July 17, 2013. On September 30, 2013, the court issued orders granting or denying those motions, or parts thereof. More specifically, the court:

• upheld claims based on fraud but dismissed claims based on negligent misrepresentation and unfair or deceptive trade practices against rating agency defendants;

• upheld claims based on negligent misrepresentation and unfair or deceptive trade practices against non-rating agency defendants;

• upheld claims based on the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act against underwriter and corporate seller defendants, but dismissed such claims against issuer/depositor defendants and control person defendants (with respect to claims that were premised solely on control of an issuer/depositor); and

• dismissed claims against DB Structured Products, Inc. where that entity’s potential liability was solely premised on a claim of its successor liability.

As of the date of this report, claims continue involving our investments in certain private-label MBS issued by 109 securitization trusts for which we originally paid approximately $5.5 billion. The current list of defendants includes the following and/or their affiliates and subsidiaries and/or defendants under their control or controlled by affiliates or subsidiaries thereof: Ally Financial Inc.; Bank of America Corporation; Barclays Capital Inc.; The Bear Stearns Companies LLC; Capital One Financial Corporation; Citigroup, Inc.; Countrywide Financial Corporation; Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.; DB Structured Products, Inc.; DB U.S. Financial Market Holding Corporation; EMC Mortgage Corporation; Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.; Moody's Corporation; Morgan Stanley; Nomura Holding America, Inc.; RBS Holdings USA Inc.; UBS Americas Inc.; and WaMu Capital, Corp.

A defendant in this case, Bank of America Corporation, is the parent to BANA which, as successor in interest to a former

member, held approximately 25.1 percent of our capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) as

of September 30, 2013. RBS Citizens N.A., which is affiliated with RBS Holdings USA Inc., but is not a defendant in the complaint, is a member of the Bank and held approximately 12.6 percent of our capital stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) as of September 30, 2013.

From time to time, we are subject to various pending legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, we do 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.

ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS

In addition to the risk factors below and other risks described herein, readers should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the 2012 Annual Report that could materially impact our business, financial condition, or future results. The risks described below, elsewhere in this report, and in the 2012 Annual Report are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also materially impact us.

CREDIT RISKS

We are subject to credit-risk exposures related to the loans that back our investments. Increased delinquency rates and credit losses beyond those currently expected could adversely impact the yield on or value of those investments.

We invested in private-label MBS until the third quarter of 2007. These investments are backed by prime, subprime, and/or Alt-A hybrid and pay-option adjustable-rate mortgage loans. Although we only invested in senior tranches with the highest long-term debt rating when purchasing private-label MBS, many of these securities are projected to sustain credit losses under current assumptions, and have been downgraded by various NRSROs. See Part I — Item 2 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Condition — Investments for a description of our portfolio of investments in these securities.

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As described under Item 7 — Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Estimates in the 2012 Annual Report, other-than-temporary-impairment assessment is a subjective and complex determination by management.

High rates of delinquency and increasing loss-severity trends experienced on some of the loans underlying the MBS in our portfolio, as well as challenging macroeconomic factors, such as continuing high unemployment levels and the number of troubled residential mortgage loans, have caused us to use relatively stressful assumptions for other-than-temporary-impairment assessments of private-label MBS. These assumptions resulted in projected future credit losses, thereby causing other-than-temporary impairment losses from certain of these securities. We incurred credit losses of $1.5 million for private-label MBS that we determined were other-than-temporarily impaired for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013. If macroeconomic trends or collateral credit performance within our private-label MBS portfolio deteriorate further than currently anticipated, or if foreclosures or similar activity are delayed or impeded, even more stressful assumptions, including, but not limited to, lower house prices, higher loan-default rates, and higher loan-loss severities may be used by us in future other-than-temporary impairment assessments. As a possible outcome, we may recognize additional other-than-temporary impairment charges, which could be substantial. For example, as of September 30, 2013, a cash-flow analysis was also performed for each of these securities under a more stressful housing price scenario. The more stressful scenario was based on a housing-price forecast that was five percentage points lower than the base-case scenario followed by a flatter recovery path. Under this more stressful scenario, we would have been projected to realize an additional $2.2 million in credit losses.

We have also invested in securities issued by HFAs with an amortized cost of $185.2 million as of September 30, 2013. Generally, these securities' cash flows are based on the performance of the underlying loans, although these securities do include credit enhancements as well. Although our policies require that HFA securities must carry a credit rating of double-A (or equivalent) or higher as of the date of purchase, some have since been downgraded and, when applicable, some of the related bond insurers have been downgraded. Further, the fair values of some of our HFA securities have also fallen. Gross unrealized losses on these securities totaled $22.1 million at September 30, 2013. Although we have determined that none of these securities is other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013, should the underlying loans underperform our projections, we could realize credit losses from these securities.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.   OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

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Number	Exhibit Description
31.1	Certification of the president and chief executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	Certification of the chief financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	Certification of the president and chief executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2	Certification of the chief 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

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

Date	FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON (Registrant)
November 12, 2013	By:	/s/	Edward A. Hjerpe III
			Edward A. Hjerpe III President and Chief Executive Officer
November 12, 2013	By:	/s/	Frank Nitkiewicz
			Frank Nitkiewicz Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

for the President and Chief Executive Officer

I, Edward A. Hjerpe III, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	November 12, 2013	/s/ Edward A. Hjerpe III
		Edward A. Hjerpe III
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

for the Chief Financial Officer

I, Frank Nitkiewicz, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	November 12, 2013	/s/ Frank Nitkiewicz
		Frank Nitkiewicz
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

Certification by the President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Edward A. Hjerpe III, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“Registrant”) certify that, to the best of my knowledge:

1.The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2013 (“Report”), fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date:	November 12, 2013	/s/ Edward A. Hjerpe III
		Edward A. Hjerpe III
		President and Chief Executive Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and will be retained by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Frank Nitkiewicz, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“Registrant”) certify that, to the best of my knowledge:

1.The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2013 (“Report”), fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date:	November 12, 2013	/s/ Frank Nitkiewicz
		Frank Nitkiewicz
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and will be retained by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587		5,268,237
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	934		934
Derivative Assets	4,118		111
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	(22,934)		(34,233)
Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	164	[1]	35	[1]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Available-for-sale securities	0	[2]	0
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Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Derivative Assets	46,674	[2]	88,397
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Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Available-for-sale securities	0	[2]	0
Derivative Assets	0	[2]	0
Other Assets	0	[2]	0
Netting Adjustments [Member]
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Available-for-sale securities	0	[2]	0
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Other Assets	0	[2]	0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Available-for-sale securities	0		0
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Derivative Assets	0		0
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Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Total liabilities at fair value	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Supranational institutions [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | U.S. government-owned corporations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | GSEs [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities			0
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587		5,268,237
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Assets	46,510		88,362
Derivative Assets	46,674		88,397
Other Assets	4,827		4,248
Total assets at fair value	4,162,058		5,635,175
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Liabilities	(696,257)		(995,362)
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		(16)
Total liabilities at fair value	(696,257)		(995,378)
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	164		35
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Supranational institutions [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	430,792		473,484
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | U.S. government-owned corporations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	247,345		291,081
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | GSEs [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	1,048,757		2,085,084
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	14,962		16,876
Available-for-sale securities	291,530		73,359
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	3,803		4,946
Available-for-sale securities	1,842,163		2,244,794
Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	231,205		252,471
Available-for-sale securities			100,435
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Assets	0		0
Derivative Assets	0		0
Other Assets	0		0
Total assets at fair value	0		0
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Liabilities	0		0
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Total liabilities at fair value	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Supranational institutions [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | U.S. government-owned corporations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | GSEs [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities	0		0
Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0		0
Available-for-sale securities			0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Assets	(42,556)	[3]	(88,286)
Derivative Assets	(42,556)	[3]	(88,286)
Other Assets	0		0
Total assets at fair value	(42,556)	[3]	(88,286)
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Liabilities	46,476	[3]	88,286
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Total liabilities at fair value	46,476	[3]	88,286
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0	[3]	0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | Supranational institutions [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | U.S. government-owned corporations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | GSEs [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Recurring [Member] | Netting Adjustments [Member] | GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities			0
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	249,970		274,293
Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587		5,268,237
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Assets	3,954		76
Derivative Assets	4,118		111
Other Assets	9,595		8,402
Total assets at fair value	4,124,270		5,551,043
Interest-rate-exchange Agreements Derivative Liabilities	(649,781)		(907,076)
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		(16)
Total liabilities at fair value	(649,781)		(907,092)
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	164		35
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | Supranational institutions [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	430,792		473,484
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | U.S. government-owned corporations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	247,345		291,081
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | GSEs [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	1,048,757		2,085,084
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	14,962		16,876
Available-for-sale securities	291,530		73,359
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	3,803		4,946
Available-for-sale securities	1,842,163		2,244,794
Recurring [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member] | GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Trading securities	231,205		252,471
Available-for-sale securities			$ 100,435

[1] Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

[2] Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

[3] These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same clearing member and/or counterparty.

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Deposits (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Deposits [Abstract]
Hedging adjustment	$ 1,500,000	$ 2,700,000
Interest bearing deposit demand and overnight	529,641,000	530,887,000
Interest bearing deposit term	20,919,000	21,638,000
Interest bearing deposit other	3,247,000	4,915,000
Non-interest Bearing Deposits Other	16,549,000	37,528,000
Total Deposits	570,356,000	594,968,000
Aggregate amount of time deposits with a denomination of $100,000 or more	$ 20,000,000	$ 20,000,000

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Affordable Housing Program (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Affordable Housing Program [Abstract]
Principal outstanding in AHP advances	$ 97,600,000		$ 97,600,000		$ 99,900,000
Affordable Housing Program [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of year			50,545,000	34,241,000	34,241,000
AHP expense for the period	4,333,000	5,675,000	14,343,000	17,160,000	23,122,000
AHP direct grant disbursements			(8,842,000)	(4,313,000)	(5,415,000)
AHP subsidy for AHP advance disbursements			(327,000)		(1,477,000)
Return of previously disbursed grants and subsidies			42,000		74,000
Balance at end of period	$ 55,761,000		$ 55,761,000		$ 50,545,000

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives and Hedging Activities [Text Block]

Derivatives and Hedging Activities

We transact most of our derivatives with large banks and major broker-dealers. Some of these banks and broker-dealers or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute COs. Derivative transactions may be either over-the-counter with a counterparty (bilateral derivatives) or cleared through a futures commission merchant (a clearing member) with a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) as the counterparty (cleared derivatives). We are not a derivative dealer and do not trade derivatives for short-term profit.

Financial Statement Impact and Additional Financial Information. The notional amount of derivatives is a factor in determining periodic interest payments or cash flows received and paid. However, the notional amount of derivatives represents neither the actual amounts exchanged nor our overall exposure to credit and market risk. The risks of derivatives can be measured meaningfully on a portfolio basis that takes into account the counterparties, the types of derivatives, the items being hedged, and any offsets between the derivatives and the items being hedged.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments as of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands):

	Notional Amount of Derivatives		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	$	12,359,840	$	45,740		$	(619,480	)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps	1,250,000		—			(53,843		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	13,609,840		45,740			(673,323		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	1,273,500		665			(22,934		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	300,000		105			—
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)	18,107		164			—
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,591,607		934			(22,934		)
Total notional amount of derivatives	$	15,201,447
Total derivatives before netting adjustments			46,674			(696,257		)
Netting adjustments (2)			(46,476		)	46,476
Cash collateral and related accrued interest			3,920			—
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities			$	4,118		$	(649,781	)

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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Notional Amount of Derivatives		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	$	14,595,750	$	87,463		$	(896,248	)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps	1,250,000		—			(64,897		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	15,845,750		87,463			(961,145		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	1,364,500		849			(34,217		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	300,000		50			—
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)	30,938		35			(16		)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,695,438		934			(34,233		)
Total notional amount of derivatives	$	17,541,188
Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments			88,397			(995,378		)
Netting adjustments (2)			(88,286		)	88,286
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities			$	111		$	(907,092	)

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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities recorded in Other Income (Loss) for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, were as follows (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Derivatives and hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships:
Interest-rate swaps	$	491		$	597		$	1,827		$	255
Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness	13			—			53			—
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Economic hedges:
Interest-rate swaps	(1,611		)	(3,243		)	5,720			(10,105		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	(67		)	(207		)	55			(745		)
Mortgage-delivery commitments	104			767			(1,480		)	2,086
Total net gains related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(1,574		)	(2,683		)	4,295			(8,764		)
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	$	(1,070	)	$	(2,086	)	$	6,175		$	(8,509	)

The following tables present, by type of hedged item, the gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair-value hedge relationships and the impact of those derivatives on our net interest income for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	21,441		$	(21,300	)	$	141		$	(36,468	)
Investments	16,806			(16,418		)	388			(9,437		)
Deposits	(372		)	372			—			395
COs – bonds	3,407			(3,445		)	(38		)	13,640
Total	$	41,282		$	(40,791	)	$	491		$	(31,870	)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	1,375		$	(1,116	)	$	259		$	(45,869	)
Investments	7,645			(7,183		)	462			(10,256		)
Deposits	(293		)	293			—			385
COs – bonds	(6,947		)	6,823			(124		)	21,003
Total	$	1,780		$	(1,183	)	$	597		$	(34,737	)

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(1)  The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	176,729		$	(175,986	)	$	743		$	(114,058	)
Investments	111,118			(109,922		)	1,196			(29,004		)
Deposits	(1,150		)	1,150			—			1,183
COs – bonds	(65,727		)	65,615			(112		)	52,616
Total	$	220,970		$	(219,143	)	$	1,827		$	(89,263	)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	55,505		$	(56,798	)	$	(1,293	)	$	(149,548	)
Investments	(5,066		)	6,321			1,255			(30,626		)
Deposits	(908		)	908			—			1,151
COs – bonds	(109,114		)	109,407			293			68,893
Total	$	(59,583	)	$	59,838		$	255		$	(110,130	)

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(1)  The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

The gain or loss recognized in other comprehensive income for forward-start interest-rate swaps associated with CO bond hedged items in cash-flow hedging relationships was a loss of$6.2 million and a loss of $10.4 million for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and was a gain of $11.0 million and a loss of $32.9 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, there were no reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash-flow hedges because the original forecasted transactions were not expected to occur by the end of the originally specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter. As of September 30, 2013, the maximum length of time over which we are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions is six years.

As of September 30, 2013, the amount of deferred net losses on derivative instruments accumulated in other comprehensive loss, related to cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next 12 months is $3.3 million.

Managing Credit Risk on Derivatives. We are subject to credit risk on our hedging activities due to the risk of nonperformance by nonmember counterparties (including DCOs and their clearing members acting as agent to the DCOs as well as bilateral counterparties) to the derivative agreements. We manage credit risk through credit analysis, collateral requirements and adherence to the requirements set forth in our policies, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) regulations, and FHFA regulations. All counterparties must execute master-netting agreements prior to entering into any non-cleared derivative (bilateral derivative) with us.

Our master-netting agreements for bilateral derivatives contain bilateral-collateral exchange agreements that require that credit exposure beyond a defined threshold amount be secured by readily marketable, U.S. Treasury or GSE securities, or cash. The level of these collateral threshold amounts varies according to the counterparty's Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) or Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) long-term credit ratings. Credit exposures are then measured daily and adjustments to collateral positions are made in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. These master-netting agreements also contain bilateral ratings-tied termination events permitting us to terminate all outstanding agreements with a counterparty in the event of a specified rating downgrade by Moody's or S&P. Based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, we do not anticipate any credit losses on our derivative agreements.

Certain bilateral derivatives master-netting agreements contain provisions that require us to post additional collateral with our bilateral derivatives counterparties if our credit ratings are lowered. Under the terms that govern such agreements, if our credit rating is lowered by Moody's or S&P to a certain level, we are required to deliver additional collateral on derivative instruments in a net liability position. In the event of a split between such credit ratings, the lower rating governs. The aggregate fair value of all bilateral derivative instruments with these provisions that were in a net-liability position (before cash collateral and related accrued interest) at September 30, 2013, was $649.8 million for which we had delivered collateral with a post-haircut value of $502.8 million in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. The following table sets forth the post-haircut value of incremental collateral that certain derivatives counterparties could have required us to deliver based on incremental credit rating downgrades at September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands).

Post-haircut Value of Incremental Collateral to be Delivered  as of September 30, 2013
Ratings Downgrade (1)
From	To	Incremental Collateral(2)
AA+	AA or AA-	$	39,587
AA-	A+, A or A-	53,117
A-	below A-	39,152

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(1) Ratings are expressed in this table according to S&P's conventions but include the equivalent of such rating by Moody's. If there is a split rating, the lower rating is used.

(2) Additional collateral of $14.4 million could be called by counterparties as of September 30, 2013, at our current credit rating of AA+ (based on the lower of our credit ratings from S&P and Moody's) and is not included in the table.

We execute bilateral derivatives with nonmember counterparties with long-term ratings of single-A (or equivalent) or better by the major NRSROs at the time of the transaction, although risk-reducing trades (trades that reduce our net credit exposure or exposure sensitivity to the counterparty) are permitted for counterparties whose ratings have fallen below these ratings. Some of these counterparties or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute COs. See Note 12 — Consolidated Obligations for additional information. See also Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies for a discussion of assets we have pledged to these counterparties.

For cleared derivatives, the DCO is our counterparty. We post initial margin and exchange variation margin through a clearing member who acts as our agent to the DCO and who guarantees our performance to the DCO, subject to the terms of relevant agreements. These arrangements expose us to institutional credit risk in the event that one of our agents (clearing members) or one of the DCOs fails to meet its obligations. The use of cleared derivatives is intended to mitigate credit risk exposure because the DCO, which is fully secured at all times through margin maintained with its clearing members, is substituted for the credit risk exposure of individual counterparties in bilateral derivatives and collateral is posted at least once daily for changes in the value of cleared derivatives through a clearing member. We have analyzed the rights, rules and regulations governing our cleared derivatives and determined that those rights, rules and regulations should result in a net claim through each of our clearing members with the related DCO upon an event of default including a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the DCO or one of our clearing members, or both. For this purpose, net claim generally means a single net amount reflecting the aggregation of all amounts indirectly owed by us to the relevant DCO and indirectly payable to us from the relevant DCO. Based on this analysis, we are presenting a net derivative receivable or payable for all of our transactions through a particular clearing member with a particular DCO.

Offsetting of Certain Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities. We have certain derivative instruments that are subject to offset under master netting arrangements or by operation of law. We have elected to offset our derivative asset and liability positions, as well as cash collateral and associated accrued interest received or pledged, when we have the legal right of offset under these master agreements or by operation of law.

The following presents separately the fair value of derivative instruments with and without the legal right of offset, including the related collateral received from or pledged to counterparties, based on the terms of our master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013
	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative instruments with legal right of offset
Gross recognized amount
Bilateral derivatives	$	43,620		$	(693,225	)
Cleared derivatives	2,890			(3,032		)
Total gross recognized amount	46,510			(696,257		)
Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral
Bilateral derivatives	(43,444		)	43,444
Cleared derivatives	888			3,032
Total gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(42,556		)	46,476
Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral
Bilateral derivatives	176			(649,781		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	3,954			(649,781		)
Derivative instruments without legal right of offset
Bilateral derivatives (1)	164			—
Total derivative instruments without legal right of offset	164			—
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities
Bilateral derivatives	340			(649,781		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities	4,118			(649,781		)
Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (2)
Can be sold or repledged
Bilateral derivatives	—			73,770
Total can be sold or repledged	—			73,770
Cannot be sold or repledged
Bilateral derivatives	—			448,670
Total cannot be sold or repledged	—			448,670
Net unsecured amount
Bilateral derivatives	340			(127,341		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total net unsecured amount	$	4,118		$	(127,341	)

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(1) Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

(2) Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At September 30, 2013, we had additional net exposure of $6.8 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

	December 31, 2012
	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative instruments with legal right of offset
Gross recognized amount	$	88,362		$	(995,362	)
Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(88,286		)	88,286
Total net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	76			(907,076		)
Derivative instruments without legal right of offset (1)	35			(16		)
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities	111			(907,092		)
Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (2)
Collateral received or pledged - Can be sold or repledged	—			115,339
Collateral received or pledged - Cannot be sold or repledged	—			672,890
Net unsecured amount	$	111		$	(118,863	)

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(1) Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

(2) Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At December 31, 2012, we had additional net exposure of $18.0 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

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Held-to-Maturity Securities (Narratives) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Net premium (discounts) of held-to-maturity securities	$ (457.5)	$ (494.9)
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Net premium (discounts) of held-to-maturity securities	0.6	1.9
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Net premium (discounts) of held-to-maturity securities	$ (458.1)	$ (496.8)

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
INTEREST INCOME
Advances	$ 56,405	$ 72,551	$ 172,445	$ 225,037
Prepayment fees on advances, net	1,821	11,874	18,437	44,348
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	478	2,455	1,896	7,069
Federal funds sold	545	463	1,291	1,491
Trading securities	2,363	2,522	7,201	7,608
Available-for-sale securities	14,437	19,106	49,197	50,869
Held-to-maturity securities	30,750	35,057	93,761	111,445
Prepayment fees on investments	1,605	139	5,331	341
Mortgage loans held for portfolio	31,474	34,214	96,166	103,527
Other	1	2	4	3
Total interest income	139,879	178,383	445,729	551,738
INTEREST EXPENSE
Consolidated obligations - bonds	78,715	101,584	243,113	311,943
Consolidated obligations - discount notes	1,846	3,726	5,057	8,222
Deposits	3	11	12	42
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	911	260	2,083	834
Other borrowings	1	1	3	2
Total interest expense	81,476	105,582	250,268	321,043
NET INTEREST INCOME	58,403	72,801	195,461	230,695
Reduction of provision for credit losses		(523)	(2,194)	(2,057)
Provision for credit losses	83
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR (REDUCTION OF) CREDIT LOSSES	58,320	73,324	197,655	232,752
OTHER INCOME (LOSS)
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on investment securities	(80)	(2,077)	(180)	(14,218)
Net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,448)	985	(2,163)	8,674
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on investment securities, credit portion	(1,528)	(1,092)	(2,343)	(5,544)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(568)	(4,992)	(4,956)	(16,993)
Service fees	1,797	1,483	4,909	4,474
Net unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities	726	4,669	(11,278)	8,291
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	(1,070)	(2,086)	6,175	(8,509)
Other	519	228	(2,188)	2,753
Total other loss	(124)	(1,790)	(9,681)	(15,528)
OTHER EXPENSE
Compensation and benefits	9,162	8,405	25,983	25,723
Other operating expenses	4,693	4,380	14,082	13,442
Federal Housing Finance Agency (the FHFA)	666	1,073	2,373	3,472
Office of Finance	655	625	1,908	2,066
Other	608	556	2,283	1,753
Total other expense	15,784	15,039	46,629	46,456
INCOME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS	42,412	56,495	141,345	170,768
AHP	4,333	5,675	14,343	17,160
NET INCOME	$ 38,079	$ 50,820	$ 127,002	$ 153,608

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Trading Securities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Trading Securities [Abstract]

Trading Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]

Trading Securities

Major Security Types. Our trading securities as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
United States (U.S.) government-guaranteed – residential	$	14,962	$	16,876
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) – residential	3,803		4,946
GSEs – commercial	231,205		252,471
Total	$	249,970	$	274,293

Net unrealized losses on trading securities held for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, amounted to $11.3 million and net unrealized gains on trading securities held for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, amounted to $8.3 million.

We do not participate in speculative trading practices and typically hold these investments over a longer time horizon.

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Fair Values

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value [Text Block]

Fair Values

A fair value hierarchy is used to prioritize the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. A description of the application of the fair value hierarchy, valuation techniques, and significant inputs is disclosed in Item 1 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 19 — Fair Values in the 2012 Annual Report. There have been no material changes in the fair value hierarchy classification of financial assets and liabilities, valuation techniques, or significant inputs during the nine month period ended September 30, 2013.

The carrying values, fair values, and fair-value hierarchy of our financial instruments at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were as follows (dollars in thousands). These fair values do not represent an estimate of the Bank's overall market value as a going concern, which would take into account, among other things, our future business opportunities and the net profitability of our assets and liabilities.

	September 30, 2013
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral
Financial instruments
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	3,172,772		$	3,172,772		$	3,172,772		$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	219			219			219			—			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,500,000			1,499,980			—			1,499,980			—		—
Federal funds sold	500,000			499,998			—			499,998			—		—
Trading securities(1)	249,970			249,970			—			249,970			—		—
Available-for-sale securities(1)	3,860,587			3,860,587			—			3,860,587			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities(2)	4,361,134			4,700,205			—			3,080,792			1,619,413		—
Advances	22,555,122			22,713,838			—			22,713,838			—		—
Mortgage loans, net	3,401,111			3,457,996			—			3,457,996			—		—
Accrued interest receivable	75,943			75,943			—			75,943			—		—
Derivative assets(1)	4,118			4,118			—			46,674			—		(42,556		)
Other assets (1)	9,595			9,595			4,768			4,827			—		—
Liabilities:
Deposits	(570,356		)	(569,439		)	—			(569,439		)	—		—
COs:
Bonds	(24,201,697		)	(24,384,324		)	—			(24,384,324		)	—		—
Discount notes	(10,475,911		)	(10,476,247		)	—			(10,476,247		)	—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390		)	(977,390		)	(977,390		)	—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	(101,206		)	(101,206		)	—			(101,206		)	—		—
Derivative liabilities(1)	(649,781		)	(649,781		)	—			(696,257		)	—		46,476
Other:
Commitments to extend credit for advances	—			(2,508		)	—			(2,508		)	—		—
Standby letters of credit	(701		)	(701		)	—			(701		)	—		—

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(1) Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

(2) Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

	December 31, 2012
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral
Financial instruments
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	240,945		$	240,945		$	240,945		$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	192			192			192			—			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	4,015,000			4,014,989			—			4,014,989			—		—
Federal funds sold	600,000			599,994			—			599,994			—		—
Trading securities(1)	274,293			274,293			—			274,293			—		—
Available-for-sale securities(1)	5,268,237			5,268,237			—			5,268,237			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities(2)	5,396,335			5,699,230			—			4,060,941			1,638,289		—
Advances	20,789,704			21,168,928			—			21,168,928			—		—
Mortgage loans, net	3,478,896			3,667,342			—			3,667,342			—		—
Accrued interest receivable	100,404			100,404			—			100,404			—		—
Derivative assets(1)	111			111			—			88,397			—		(88,286		)
Other assets(1)	8,402			8,402			4,154			4,248			—		—
Liabilities:
Deposits	(594,968		)	(594,856		)	—			(594,856		)	—		—
COs:
Bonds	(26,119,848		)	(26,813,277		)	—			(26,813,277		)	—		—
Discount notes	(8,639,048		)	(8,639,373		)	—			(8,639,373		)	—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(215,863		)	(215,863		)	(215,863		)	—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	(96,356		)	(96,356		)	—			(96,356		)	—		—
Derivative liabilities(1)	(907,092		)	(907,092		)	—			(995,378		)	—		88,286
Other:
Commitments to extend credit for advances	—			(229		)	—			(229		)	—		—
Standby bond-purchase agreements	—			358			—			358			—		—
Standby letters of credit	(523		)	(523		)	—			(523		)	—		—

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(1) Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

(2) Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

Fair Value Measured on a Recurring Basis.

The following tables present our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the statement of condition, which are recorded on a recurring basis at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by fair-value hierarchy level (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment (1)			Total
Assets:
Trading securities:
U.S. government-guaranteed – residential MBS	$	—	$	14,962		$	—	$	—		$	14,962
GSEs – residential MBS	—		3,803			—		—			3,803
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		231,205			—		—			231,205
Total trading securities	—		249,970			—		—			249,970
Available-for-sale securities:
Supranational institutions	—		430,792			—		—			430,792
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		247,345			—		—			247,345
GSEs	—		1,048,757			—		—			1,048,757
U.S. government guaranteed – residential MBS	—		291,530			—		—			291,530
GSEs – residential MBS	—		1,842,163			—		—			1,842,163
Total available-for-sale securities	—		3,860,587			—		—			3,860,587
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	—		46,510			—		(42,556		)	3,954
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		164			—		—			164
Total derivative assets	—		46,674			—		(42,556		)	4,118
Other assets	4,768		4,827			—		—			9,595
Total assets at fair value	$	4,768	$	4,162,058		$	—	$	(42,556	)	$	4,124,270
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	$	—	$	(696,257	)	$	—	$	46,476		$	(649,781	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		—			—		—			—
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	(696,257	)	$	—	$	46,476		$	(649,781	)

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(1)These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same clearing member and/or counterparty.

	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment (1)			Total
Assets:
Trading securities:
U.S. government-guaranteed – residential MBS	$	—	$	16,876		$	—	$	—		$	16,876
GSEs – residential MBS	—		4,946			—		—			4,946
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		252,471			—		—			252,471
Total trading securities	—		274,293			—		—			274,293
Available-for-sale securities:
Supranational institutions	—		473,484			—		—			473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		291,081			—		—			291,081
GSEs	—		2,085,084			—		—			2,085,084
U.S. government guaranteed – residential MBS	—		73,359			—		—			73,359
GSEs – residential MBS	—		2,244,794			—		—			2,244,794
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		100,435			—		—			100,435
Total available-for-sale securities	—		5,268,237			—		—			5,268,237
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	—		88,362			—		(88,286		)	76
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		35			—		—			35
Total derivative assets	—		88,397			—		(88,286		)	111
Other assets	4,154		4,248			—		—			8,402
Total assets at fair value	$	4,154	$	5,635,175		$	—	$	(88,286	)	$	5,551,043
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	$	—	$	(995,362	)	$	—	$	88,286		$	(907,076	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		(16		)	—		—			(16		)
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	(995,378	)	$	—	$	88,286		$	(907,092	)

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(1)These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparty. We did not hold cash collateral, including accrued interest, associated with derivatives subject to master netting agreements as of December 31, 2012.

Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

We measure certain held-to-maturity investment securities and REO at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, that is, they are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair-value adjustments only in certain circumstances (for example, upon recognizing an other-than-temporary impairment on a held-to-maturity security).

The following tables present financial assets by level within the fair-value hierarchy which are recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
REO	$	—	$	—	$	373	$	373

	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Held-to-maturity securities:
Private-label residential MBS	$	—	$	—	$	25	$	25
REO	—		—		195		195
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$	—	$	—	$	220	$	220

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Allowance for credit losses - Allowance Rollforward (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 1,999		$ 6,114		$ 4,414		$ 7,800
Charge-offs	(125)		(77)		(310)		(229)
Recoveries	0		0		47		0
Provision for credit losses	83
Reduction of provision for credit losses			(523)		(2,194)		(2,057)
Balance at end of period	1,957		5,514		1,957		5,514
Ending balance, individually evaluated for impairment	562		0		562		0
Ending balance, collectively evaluated for impairment	1,395		5,514		1,395		5,514
Individually evaluated for impairment	6,743	[1]	2,256	[1]	6,743	[1]	2,256	[1]
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 2,961,768	[1]	$ 3,041,201	[1]	$ 2,961,768	[1]	$ 3,041,201	[1]

[1] These amounts exclude government mortgage loans because we make no allowance for credit losses based on our investments in government mortgage loans, as discussed above under — Government Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Projected Home Prices Recoveries (Details)	Sep. 30, 2013
Recovery Range Annualized % [Line Items]
OTTI Governance Committee projected housing price decline rate	5.00%
OTTI Governance Committee projected housing price increase rate	8.00%
Projected house price decline rate	1.00%
Projected house price increase rate	7.00%
Minimum [Member]
Recovery Range Annualized % [Line Items]
1-6 months	0.00%
7-12 months	1.00%
13-18 months	2.00%
19-30 months	2.00%
31-54 months	2.00%
Thereafter	2.30%
Maximum [Member]
Recovery Range Annualized % [Line Items]
1-6 months	3.00%
7-12 months	4.00%
13-18 months	4.00%
19-30 months	5.00%
31-54 months	6.00%
Thereafter	5.60%

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Deposits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Deposits [Abstract]

Deposits [Text Block]

Deposits

We offer demand and overnight deposits for members and qualifying nonmembers. In addition, we offer short-term interest-bearing deposit programs to members. Members that service mortgage loans may deposit funds collected in connection with mortgage loans pending disbursement of such funds to the owners of the mortgage loans. We classify these items as "other" in the following table.

Deposits at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, include hedging adjustments of $1.5 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

The following table details interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing deposits (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Interest bearing
Demand and overnight	$	529,641	$	530,887
Term	20,919		21,638
Other	3,247		4,915
Non-interest bearing
Other	16,549		37,528
Total deposits	$	570,356	$	594,968

The aggregate amount of time deposits with a denomination of $100,000 or more was $20.0 million as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012.

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Fair Values (Fair Value Measured on Nonrecurring Basis) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities	$ 4,700,205		$ 5,699,230
Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities	0	[1]	0
Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities	3,080,792	[1]	4,060,941
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities	1,619,413	[1]	1,638,289
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
REO	373		195
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis			220
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
REO	0		0
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
REO	0		0
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis			0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
REO	373		195
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis			220
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities	1,432,312		1,434,387
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities			25
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities			0
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities			0
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities			$ 25

[1] Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

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Available-for-Sale Securities (Major Security Types) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 3,944,901	[1]	$ 5,290,880	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	12,392		59,009
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(96,706)		(81,652)
Fair Value	3,860,587		5,268,237
Supranational institutions [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	453,905	[1]	502,177	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(23,113)		(28,693)
Fair Value	430,792		473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	286,097	[1]	330,106	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(38,752)		(39,025)
Fair Value	247,345		291,081
GSEs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,053,469	[1]	2,072,936	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	6,759		25,901
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(11,471)		(13,753)
Fair Value	1,048,757		2,085,084
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,793,471	[1]	2,905,219	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	6,759		25,901
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(73,336)		(81,471)
Fair Value	1,726,894		2,849,649
U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	294,051	[1]	72,862	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	453		497
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(2,974)		0
Fair Value	291,530		73,359
GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,857,379	[1]	2,212,183	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	5,180		32,611
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(20,396)		0
Fair Value	1,842,163		2,244,794
GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost			100,616	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			0
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			(181)
Fair Value			100,435
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	2,151,430	[1]	2,385,661	[1]
Unrealized Gains Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	5,633		33,108
Unrealized Losses Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(23,370)		(181)
Fair Value	$ 2,133,693	[2]	$ 2,418,588	[2]

[1] Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

[2] MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	$ 0	$ (2,013)	$ (63)	$ (10,931)
Amortization - hedging activities	4	4	11	11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits	(323)	(166)	(969)	(500)
Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(47,846)	(54,727)	(65,027)	(32,308)
Net Unrealized (losses) gains	(6,173)	(10,448)	11,001	(32,874)
Amortization - hedging activities	4	4	11	11
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(6,169)	(10,444)	11,012	(32,863)
Ending balance	(54,015)	(65,171)	(54,015)	(65,171)
Pension and Postretirement Benefits [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(4,421)	(2,881)	(3,775)	(2,547)
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits	(323)	(166)	(969)	(500)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(323)	(166)	(969)	(500)
Ending balance	(4,744)	(3,047)	(4,744)	(3,047)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(474,102)	(528,442)	(476,620)	(534,411)
Net Unrealized (losses) gains	(23,368)	7,077	(50,670)	(17,231)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	0	(2,013)	(63)	(10,931)
Accretion of noncredit loss	14,256	17,838	44,000	56,131
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss	1,448	1,028	2,226	2,257
Amortization - hedging activities	4	4	11	11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits	(323)	(166)	(969)	(500)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(7,983)	23,768	(5,465)	29,737
Ending balance	(482,085)	(504,674)	(482,085)	(504,674)
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-Sale Securities [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(67,119)	(50,442)	(22,643)	(48,560)
Net Unrealized (losses) gains	(17,195)	17,525	(61,671)	15,643
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(17,195)	17,525	(61,671)	15,643
Ending balance	(84,314)	(32,917)	(84,314)	(32,917)
Held-to-maturity Securities [Member] | Net Noncredit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-Maturity Securities [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(354,716)	(420,392)	(385,175)	(450,996)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	0	(2,013)	(63)	(10,931)
Accretion of noncredit loss	14,256	17,838	44,000	56,131
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss	1,448	1,028	2,226	2,257
Other comprehensive (loss) income	15,704	16,853	46,163	47,457
Ending balance	$ (339,012)	$ (403,539)	$ (339,012)	$ (403,539)

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Significant Inputs (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013
Alt-A [Member] | Private-Label Residential MBS[Member]
Other than Temporary Impairment, Disclosure [Line Items]
Par Value	$ 75,287	[1]
Project Prepayment Rates - Weighted Average Percent	5.40%	[1]
Projected Default Rates, Weighted Average Percent	56.50%	[1]
Projected Loss Severities, Weighted Average Percent	44.70%	[1]
Current Credit Enhancement, Weighted Average Percent	25.10%	[1]
Alt-A [Member] | Securitization in 2007 [Member] | Private-Label Residential MBS[Member]
Other than Temporary Impairment, Disclosure [Line Items]
Par Value	65,490	[1]
Project Prepayment Rates - Weighted Average Percent	5.30%	[1]
Projected Default Rates, Weighted Average Percent	58.20%	[1]
Projected Loss Severities, Weighted Average Percent	45.10%	[1]
Current Credit Enhancement, Weighted Average Percent	25.50%	[1]
Alt-A [Member] | Securitization in 2005 [Member] | Private-Label Residential MBS[Member]
Other than Temporary Impairment, Disclosure [Line Items]
Par Value	9,797	[1]
Project Prepayment Rates - Weighted Average Percent	6.10%	[1]
Projected Default Rates, Weighted Average Percent	45.50%	[1]
Projected Loss Severities, Weighted Average Percent	41.50%	[1]
Current Credit Enhancement, Weighted Average Percent	22.30%	[1]
Subprime [Member] | Securitization in 2004 and Earlier [Member] | ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans [Member]
Other than Temporary Impairment, Disclosure [Line Items]
Par Value	$ 283	[1]
Project Prepayment Rates - Weighted Average Percent	1.10%	[1]
Projected Default Rates, Weighted Average Percent	38.09%	[1]
Projected Loss Severities, Weighted Average Percent	91.60%	[1]
Current Credit Enhancement, Weighted Average Percent	10.90%	[1]

[1] Securities are classified in the table above based upon the current performance characteristics of the underlying loan pool and therefore the manner in which the loan pool backing the security has been modeled (as prime, Alt-A, or subprime), rather than their classification of the security at the time of issuance.

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Deposits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Deposits [Abstract]

Interest-bearing and Non-interest-bearing Deposits [Table Text Block]

The following table details interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing deposits (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Interest bearing
Demand and overnight	$	529,641	$	530,887
Term	20,919		21,638
Other	3,247		4,915
Non-interest bearing
Other	16,549		37,528
Total deposits	$	570,356	$	594,968

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Transactions with Other FHLBanks

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Transactions with Other FHLBanks [Abstract]

Transactions with Other FHLBanks [Text Block]

Transactions with Other FHLBanks

We may occasionally enter into transactions with other FHLBanks. These transactions are summarized below.

Overnight Funds. We may borrow or lend unsecured overnight funds from or to other FHLBanks. All such transactions are at current market rates. Interest income and interest expense related to these transactions with other FHLBanks are included within other interest income and interest expense from other borrowings in the statement of operations.

MPF Mortgage Loans. We pay a transaction-services fee to the FHLBank of Chicago for our participation in the MPF program. This fee is assessed monthly, and is based upon the amount of mortgage loans which we invested in after January 1, 2004, and which remain outstanding on our statement of condition. We recorded $387,000 and $347,000 for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, in MPF transaction-services fee expense to the FHLBank of Chicago which has been recorded in the statement of operations as other expense. We recorded $1.2 million and $966,000 for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, in MPF transaction-services fee expense to the FHLBank of Chicago.

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Transactions with Shareholders

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Transactions with Shareholders [Abstract]

Schedule of Transactions with Shareholders Disclosure [Text Block]

Transactions with Shareholders

Beginning in the second quarter of 2013, we defined related parties as members with more than 10 percent of the voting interests of our capital stock outstanding. In prior reports, we defined related parties as members whose capital stock holdings are in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding. The voting interest method of defining our related parties reflects a more narrow approach and is in agreement with accounting guidance. Shareholder concentrations, defined as members whose capital stock holdings are in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding, are disclosed in the shareholder concentration section below.

Related Parties. Under the FHLBank Act and FHFA regulations, each member directorship is designated to one of the six states in our district. Each member eligible to vote is entitled to cast by ballot one vote for each share of stock that it was required to hold as of the record date, which is December 31 of the year prior to each election, subject to the limitation that no member may cast more votes than the average number of shares of our stock that are required to be held by all members located in such member's state. Eligible members are permitted to vote all their eligible shares for one candidate for each open member directorship in the state in which the member is located and for each open independent directorship. A nonmember stockholder is not entitled to cast votes for the election of directors unless it was a member as of the record date. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, no shareholder owned more than 10 percent of the total voting interests due to statutory limits on members' voting rights, therefore, we did not have any related parties.

Shareholder Concentrations. We consider shareholder concentrations as members or nonmembers whose capital stock holdings (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock) are in excess of 10 percent of total capital stock outstanding. The following tables present transactions with shareholders whose holdings of capital stock exceed 10 percent or more of total capital stock outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

As of September 30, 2013	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
Bank of America, N.A.	$	857,835	25.1	%	$	99,221	0.4	%	$	398	1.2	%
RBS Citizens N.A.	430,077		12.6		19,298		0.1		65		0.2

As of December 31, 2012	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A.(1)	$	978,084	26.6	%	$	101,795	0.5	%	$	437	1.2	%
RBS Citizens N.A.	484,517		13.2		519,808		2.6		109		0.3

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(1) Capital stock outstanding at December 31, 2012 included $1.9 million held by CW Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (BANA). Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A. (BANA RI) merged into BANA, its parent, during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. BANA is ineligible for membership.

We held sufficient collateral to support the advances to the above institutions such that we do not expect to incur any credit losses on these advances.

We recognized interest income on outstanding advances from the above shareholders during the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 as follows (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Bank of America, N.A. (1)	$	1,295	$	2,137	$	3,984	$	5,114
RBS Citizens N.A.	210		3,155		977		8,367

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(1) Includes interest income from advances outstanding to BANA RI through the date of its merger with BANA in April 2013.

Transactions with Directors' Institutions. We provide, in the ordinary course of business, products and services to members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors. In accordance with FHFA regulations, transactions with directors' institutions are conducted on the same terms as those with any other member. 

The following table presents the outstanding balances of capital stock, advances, and accrued interest receivable with members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors, and those balances as a percentage of our total balance as reported on our statement of condition.

	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
As of September 30, 2013	$	127,020	3.7	%	$	655,493	3.0	%	$	1,668	5.1	%
As of December 31, 2012	143,165		3.9		792,839		3.9		2,138		6.1

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Transactions with Shareholders (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Transactions with Shareholders [Abstract]

Schedule of Transactions with Shareholders [Table Text Block]

The following tables present transactions with shareholders whose holdings of capital stock exceed 10 percent or more of total capital stock outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

As of September 30, 2013	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
Bank of America, N.A.	$	857,835	25.1	%	$	99,221	0.4	%	$	398	1.2	%
RBS Citizens N.A.	430,077		12.6		19,298		0.1		65		0.2

As of December 31, 2012	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A.(1)	$	978,084	26.6	%	$	101,795	0.5	%	$	437	1.2	%
RBS Citizens N.A.	484,517		13.2		519,808		2.6		109		0.3

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(1) Capital stock outstanding at December 31, 2012 included $1.9 million held by CW Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (BANA). Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A. (BANA RI) merged into BANA, its parent, during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. BANA is ineligible for membership.

Schedule of Transactions with Shareholders, Interest Income [Table Text Block]

We recognized interest income on outstanding advances from the above shareholders during the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 as follows (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Bank of America, N.A. (1)	$	1,295	$	2,137	$	3,984	$	5,114
RBS Citizens N.A.	210		3,155		977		8,367

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(1) Includes interest income from advances outstanding to BANA RI through the date of its merger with BANA in April 2013.

Schedule of Transactions with Shareholders, Transactions with Directors' Financial Institutions [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the outstanding balances of capital stock, advances, and accrued interest receivable with members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors, and those balances as a percentage of our total balance as reported on our statement of condition.

	Capital Stock Outstanding		Percent of Total		Par Value of Advances		Percent of Total Par Value of Advances		Total Accrued Interest Receivable		Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances
As of September 30, 2013	$	127,020	3.7	%	$	655,493	3.0	%	$	1,668	5.1	%
As of December 31, 2012	143,165		3.9		792,839		3.9		2,138		6.1

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Advances (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Advances [Abstract]

Advances Redemption Terms [Table Text Block]

At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had advances outstanding with interest rates ranging from (0.20) percent to 8.37 percent and (0.15) percent to 8.37 percent, respectively, as summarized below (dollars in thousands). Advances with negative interest rates contain embedded interest-rate features that have met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and are recorded as stand-alone derivatives, and which we economically hedge with derivatives containing offsetting interest-rate features.

	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Rate		Amount			Weighted Average Rate
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$	2,956		0.43	%	$	12,893		0.53	%
Due in one year or less	10,214,001			0.65		8,273,972			1.00
Due after one year through two years	2,106,545			2.28		2,198,709			2.61
Due after two years through three years	2,400,698			2.26		1,921,353			2.57
Due after three years through four years	3,220,895			2.82		2,347,511			2.56
Due after four years through five years	2,235,554			2.45		3,033,895			3.04
Thereafter	2,027,688			2.76		2,481,519			2.96
Total par value	22,208,337			1.67	%	20,269,852			2.05	%
Premiums	52,875					52,435
Discounts	(20,298		)			(23,087		)
Market value of embedded derivatives (1)	854					1,163
Hedging adjustments	313,354					489,341
Total	$	22,555,122				$	20,789,704

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(1) At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had certain advances with embedded features that met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and designate the embedded features as a stand-alone derivative.

Advances by Year of the Earlier of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth our advances outstanding by the year of contractual maturity or next put date for putable advances (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date	Par Value		Percentage of Total		Par Value		Percentage of Total
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$	2,956	0.0	%	$	12,893	0.1	%
Due in one year or less	12,648,176		57.0		11,218,147		55.3
Due after one year through two years	1,959,795		8.8		1,919,209		9.5
Due after two years through three years	2,153,298		9.7		1,779,103		8.8
Due after three years through four years	1,763,370		7.9		1,906,611		9.4
Due after four years through five years	1,704,304		7.7		1,441,870		7.1
Thereafter	1,976,438		8.9		1,992,019		9.8
Total par value	$	22,208,337	100.0	%	$	20,269,852	100.0	%

Advances by Interest Rate Payment Terms [Table Text Block]

The following table details interest-rate-payment types for our outstanding advances (dollars in thousands):

Par value of advances	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Fixed-rate	$	21,789,381	$	19,179,459
Variable-rate	418,956		1,090,393
Total par value	$	22,208,337	$	20,269,852

Schedule of Prepayment Fees on Advances [Table Text Block]

For the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, net advance prepayment fees recognized in income are reflected in the following table (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Prepayment fees received from borrowers	$	12,270		$	23,247		$	40,644		$	91,471
Less: hedging fair-value adjustments on prepaid advances	(6,123		)	(11,125		)	(19,330		)	(50,270		)
Less: net premiums associated with prepaid advances	(430		)	(1,433		)	(4,424		)	(1,770		)
Less: deferred recognition of prepayment fees received from borrowers on advance prepayments deemed to be loan modifications	(3,896		)	(2,893		)	(5,298		)	(4,580		)
Prepayment fees recognized in income on advance restructurings deemed to be extinguishments	—			4,078			6,845			9,497
Net prepayment fees recognized in income	$	1,821		$	11,874		$	18,437		$	44,348

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Affordable Housing Program (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Affordable Housing Program [Abstract]

Roll-forward of the AHP Liability[Table Text Block]

The following table presents a roll-forward of the AHP liability for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, and year ended December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Balance at beginning of year	$	50,545		$	34,241
AHP expense for the period	14,343			23,122
AHP direct grant disbursements	(8,842		)	(5,415		)
AHP subsidy for AHP advance disbursements	(327		)	(1,477		)
Return of previously disbursed grants and subsidies	42			74
Balance at end of period	$	55,761		$	50,545

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Available-for-Sale Securities (Narratives) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available For Sale Securities, Unamortized Premium (Discount), Net	$ 66.5	$ 67.2
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available For Sale Securities, Unamortized Premium (Discount), Net	36.8	50.2
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available For Sale Securities, Unamortized Premium (Discount), Net	$ 29.7	$ 17.0

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Available-for-Sale Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Available-for-Sale (AFS) Securities by Major Security Type [Table Text Block]

Our available-for-sale securities as of September 30, 2013, were (dollars in thousands):

			Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Amortized Cost (1)		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value
Supranational institutions	$	453,905	$	—	$	(23,113	)	$	430,792
U.S. government-owned corporations	286,097		—		(38,752		)	247,345
GSEs	1,053,469		6,759		(11,471		)	1,048,757
	1,793,471		6,759		(73,336		)	1,726,894
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	294,051		453		(2,974		)	291,530
GSEs – residential	1,857,379		5,180		(20,396		)	1,842,163
	2,151,430		5,633		(23,370		)	2,133,693
Total	$	3,944,901	$	12,392	$	(96,706	)	$	3,860,587

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(1)Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

Our available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

			Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Amortized Cost (1)		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value
Supranational institutions	$	502,177	$	—	$	(28,693	)	$	473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations	330,106		—		(39,025		)	291,081
GSEs	2,072,936		25,901		(13,753		)	2,085,084
	2,905,219		25,901		(81,471		)	2,849,649
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	72,862		497		—			73,359
GSEs – residential	2,212,183		32,611		—			2,244,794
GSEs – commercial	100,616		—		(181		)	100,435
	2,385,661		33,108		(181		)	2,418,588
Total	$	5,290,880	$	59,009	$	(81,652	)	$	5,268,237

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(1)Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

Categories of Investments, Marketable Securities, Available-for-Sale Securities [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

AFS Securities in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes our available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands): 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses
Supranational institutions	$	—	$	—		$	430,792	$	(23,113	)	$	430,792	$	(23,113	)
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		—			247,345		(38,752		)	247,345		(38,752		)
GSEs	—		—			109,711		(11,471		)	109,711		(11,471		)
	—		—			787,848		(73,336		)	787,848		(73,336		)
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	228,122		(2,974		)	—		—			228,122		(2,974		)
GSEs – residential	1,304,806		(20,396		)	—		—			1,304,806		(20,396		)
	1,532,928		(23,370		)	—		—			1,532,928		(23,370		)
Total temporarily impaired	$	1,532,928	$	(23,370	)	$	787,848	$	(73,336	)	$	2,320,776	$	(96,706	)

The following table summarizes our available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands):

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses
Supranational institutions	$	—	$	—		$	473,484	$	(28,693	)	$	473,484	$	(28,693	)
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		—			291,081		(39,025		)	291,081		(39,025		)
GSEs	—		—			124,453		(13,753		)	124,453		(13,753		)
	—		—			889,018		(81,471		)	889,018		(81,471		)
MBS
GSEs – commercial	100,435		(181		)	—		—			100,435		(181		)
Total temporarily impaired	$	100,435	$	(181	)	$	889,018	$	(81,471	)	$	989,453	$	(81,652	)

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

The amortized cost and fair value of our available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Year of Maturity	Amortized Cost		Fair  Value		Amortized Cost		Fair  Value
Due in one year or less	$	932,287	$	939,046	$	1,147,950	$	1,156,133
Due after one year through five years	—		—		786,779		804,498
Due after five years through 10 years	—		—		—		—
Due after 10 years	861,184		787,848		970,490		889,018
	1,793,471		1,726,894		2,905,219		2,849,649
MBS (1)	2,151,430		2,133,693		2,385,661		2,418,588
Total	$	3,944,901	$	3,860,587	$	5,290,880	$	5,268,237

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(1) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Advances Advances - Prepayment Fees (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Advances [Abstract]
Prepayment fees received from borrowers	$ 12,270	$ 23,247	$ 40,644	$ 91,471
Less: hedging fair-value adjustments on prepaid advances	(6,123)	(11,125)	(19,330)	(50,270)
Less: net premiums associated with prepaid advances	(430)	(1,433)	(4,424)	(1,770)
Less: deferred recognition of prepayment fees received from borrowers on advance prepayments deemed to be loan modifications	(3,896)	(2,893)	(5,298)	(4,580)
Prepayment fees recognized in income on advance restructurings deemed to be extinguishments	0	4,078	6,845	9,497
Net prepayment fees recognized in income	$ 1,821	$ 11,874	$ 18,437	$ 44,348

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities Derivatives in Statement of Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain on Cash Flow Hedge Ineffectiveness	$ 13	$ 0	$ 53	$ 0
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(1,574)	(2,683)	4,295	(8,764)
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	(1,070)	(2,086)	6,175	(8,509)
Interest-Rate Swaps [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivatives and hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships	491	597	1,827	255
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(1,611)	(3,243)	5,720	(10,105)
Interest-Rate Caps or Floors [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(67)	(207)	55	(745)
Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	$ 104	$ 767	$ (1,480)	$ 2,086

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Advances - Narratives (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances [Line Items]
Putable Federal Home Loan Bank Advances	$ 2,700,000,000	$ 3,300,000,000
Callable Federal Home Loan Bank Advances	32,500,000	32,500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]
Credit Risk Exposure and Security Terms [Abstract]
Total outstanding advances greater than $1.0 billion per borrower, amount	3,700,000,000	1,800,000,000
Minimum amount of advances outstanding per borrower disclosed herein	$ 1,000,000,000
Number of financial institutions with more than $1.0 billion advances borrowing	2	1
Total outstanding advances greater than $1.0 billion per borrower as a percentage of advances outstanding	16.70%	9.00%
Minimum [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances [Line Items]
Interest rates of advances outstanding	(0.20%)	(0.15%)
Maximum [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances [Line Items]
Interest rates of advances outstanding	8.37%	8.37%

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Employee Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Employee Retirement Plans [Line Items]

Schedule of Net Funded Status [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth our net pension costs under the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net pension cost	$	880	$	1,104	$	1,362	$	3,212

Change in Benefit Obligation [Table Text Block]

In connection with the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and postretirement benefits, we recorded the following amounts as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan						Postretirement Benefits
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Change in benefit obligation (1)
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	7,969		$	5,901		$	721		$	634
Service cost	419			418			24			32
Interest cost	271			293			22			28
Actuarial loss	1,570			1,657			(1		)	45
Benefits paid	(254		)	(300		)	(14		)	(18		)
Benefit obligation at end of period	9,975			7,969			752			721
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	—			—			—			—
Employer contribution	254			300			14			18
Benefits paid	(254		)	(300		)	(14		)	(18		)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period	—			—			—			—
Funded status at end of period	$	(9,975	)	$	(7,969	)	$	(752	)	$	(721	)

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(1) This represents projected benefit obligation for the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for postretirement benefits.

Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss for our nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and postretirement benefits for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan For the Three Months Ended September 30,				Postretirement Benefits For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	169	$	120	$	8	$	8
Interest cost	109		83		7		7
Amortization of net actuarial loss	197		116		3		3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	475	$	319	$	18	$	18
	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				Postretirement Benefits For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	419	$	299	$	24	$	24
Interest cost	271		209		22		21
Amortization of net actuarial loss	591		349		9		7
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,281	$	857	$	55	$	52

Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan and Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan [Member]

Employee Retirement Plans [Line Items]

Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth expenses relating to our defined contribution plans (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Qualified Defined Contribution Plan - Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan	$	215	$	232	$	699	$	713
Nonqualified Defined Contribution Plan - Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan	16		11		120		80

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Allowance for credit losses - Individually Evaluated Impaired Loans (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Allowance for Credit Losses [Abstract]
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance - recorded investment	$ 3,524		$ 3,524		$ 2,752
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance - par value	3,479		3,479		2,726
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with related allowance - recorded Investment	3,219		3,219		0
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with related allowance - par value	3,197		3,197		0
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans - related allowance	562		562		0
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans - recorded investment	6,743		6,743		2,752
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans, par value	6,676		6,676		2,726
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance - average recorded investment	3,516	2,282	3,315	1,513
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related Allowance - interest income, accrual method	31	27	140	54
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with related allowance, average recorded investment	4,144	0	2,072	0
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with related allowance, interest income, accrual method	1	0	3	0
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans - average recorded investment	7,660	2,282	5,387	1,513
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans - interest income, accrual method	$ 32	$ 27	$ 143	$ 54

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies [Text Block]

Commitments and Contingencies

Joint and Several Liability. COs are backed by the financial resources of the FHLBanks. The FHFA has authority to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal and interest on COs for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. No FHLBank has ever been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any CO on behalf of another FHLBank. We evaluate the financial condition of the other FHLBanks primarily based on known regulatory actions, publicly available financial information, and individual long-term credit-rating action as of each period-end presented. Based on this evaluation, as of September 30, 2013, and through the filing of this report, we do not believe that it is reasonably likely that we will be required to repay the principal or interest on any CO on behalf of another FHLBank.

We have considered applicable FASB guidance and determined it is not necessary to recognize a liability for the fair value of our joint and several liability for all of the COs. The joint and several obligation is mandated by FHFA regulations and is not the result of an arms-length transaction among the FHLBanks. 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 obligation. 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 the FHLBanks' COs, the FHLBanks' joint and several obligation is excluded from the initial recognition and measurement provisions. Accordingly, we have not recognized a liability for our joint and several obligation related to other FHLBanks' COs at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. The par amounts of other FHLBanks' outstanding COs for which we are jointly and severally liable totaled $686.3 billion and $653.5 billion at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. See Note 12 — Consolidated Obligations for additional information.

Off-Balance-Sheet Commitments

The following table sets forth our off-balance-sheet commitments as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Expire within one year		Expire after one year		Total		Expire within one year		Expire after one year		Total
Standby letters of credit outstanding (1)	$	2,852,332	$	235,116	$	3,087,448	$	870,905	$	343,744	$	1,214,649
Commitments for standby bond purchases	—		—		—		158,960		—		158,960
Commitments for unused lines of credit - advances (2)	1,287,377		—		1,287,377		1,290,776		—		1,290,776
Commitments to make additional advances	18,713		49,124		67,837		22,985		72,036		95,021
Commitments to invest in mortgage loans	18,107		—		18,107		30,938		—		30,938
Unsettled CO bonds, at par (3)	45,000		—		45,000		124,100		—		124,100
Unsettled CO discount notes, at par	—		—		—		1,405,000		—		1,405,000

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(1) The amount of standby letters of credit outstanding excludes commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $38.4 million as of September 30, 2013. Also excluded are commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $12.6 million at December 31, 2012.

(2) Commitments for unused line-of-credit advances are generally for periods of up to 12 months. Since many of these commitments are not expected to be drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily indicate future liquidity requirements.

(3) We had no unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at September 30, 2013. We had $100.0 million in unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at December 31, 2012.

Standby Letters of Credit. Standby letters of credit are executed with members or housing associates for a fee.A standby letter of credit is a financing arrangement between us and a member or housing associate pursuant to which we agree to fund the associated member's or housing associate's obligation to a third-party beneficiary should that member or housing associate fail to fund such obligation. If we are required to make payment for a beneficiary's draw, the payment amount is converted into a collateralized advance to the member or housing associate. The original terms of these standby letters of credit range fromfinal expiries in 27 days to 20 years. Our unearned fees for the value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit are recorded in other liabilities and totaled $701,000 and $523,000 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

We monitor the creditworthiness of our members and housing associates that have standby letter of credit agreements outstanding based on our evaluations of the financial condition of the member or housing associate. We review available financial data, which can include regulatory call reports filed by depository institution members, regulatory financial statements filed with the appropriate state insurance department by insurance company members, audited financial statements of housing associates, SEC filings, and rating-agency reports to ensure that potentially troubled members are identified as soon as possible. In addition, we have access to most members' regulatory examination reports. We analyze this information on a regular basis.

Standby letters of credit are fully collateralized at the time of issuance. Based on our credit analyses and collateral requirements, we have not deemed it necessary to record any additional liability on these commitments.

Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements. We enter into standby bond-purchase agreements with state housing authorities from time to time whereby we, for a fee, agreed to purchase and hold the housing authority’s bonds until the designated remarketing agent can find an investor or the housing authority repurchases the bonds according to a schedule established by the standby bond-purchase agreement. Each standby bond-purchase agreement specifies the terms that would require us to purchase the bonds. The last standby bond-purchase commitment we had entered into expired in April 2013. At December 31, 2012, we had standby bond-purchase agreements with one state housing authority. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, we were not required to purchase any bonds under these agreements.

Commitments to Invest in Mortgage Loans. Commitments to invest in mortgage loans are generally for periods not to exceed 45 business days. Such commitments are recorded as derivatives at their fair values on the statement of condition.

Pledged Collateral. We execute new bilateral derivatives with counterparties with long-term ratings of single-A (or equivalent) or better by both S&P and Moody’s. All such derivatives are subject to master-netting agreements which include bilateral-collateral agreements. New derivatives with counterparties rated lower than single-A (or equivalent) are permitted only if they reduce exposure to that counterparty. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had pledged as collateral securities that cannot be sold or repledged by the counterparty with a carrying value, including accrued interest, of $437.5 million and $650.9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had also pledged as collateral securities that can be sold or repledged with a carrying value, including accrued interest, of $71.4 million and $109.1 million, respectively.

Legal Proceedings. We are subject to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business from time to time. Management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

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Statements of Capital (unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning of period			$ 3,566,099	$ 3,489,034
Proceeds from sale of capital stock			120,396	46,094
Repurchase of capital stock			(275,011)	(237,412)
Shares Reclassified to Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock			(859,522)	(1,014)
Comprehensive income	30,096	74,588	121,537	183,345
Cash dividends on capital stock			(8,811)	(13,471)
Period end	2,664,688	3,466,576	2,664,688	3,466,576
Common Class B [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning of period, shares			34,552	36,253
Beginning of period			3,455,165	3,625,348
Proceeds from sale of capital stock, shares			1,203	461
Proceeds from sale of capital stock			120,396	46,094
Repurchase of capital stock, shares			(2,750)	(2,374)
Repurchase of capital stock			(275,011)	(237,412)
Shares Reclassified to Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock, Shares			(8,595)	(10)
Shares Reclassified to Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock			(859,522)	(1,014)
Period end, shares	24,410	34,330	24,410	34,330
Period end	2,441,028	3,433,016	2,441,028	3,433,016
Retained Earnings, Unrestricted
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning of period			523,203	375,158
Comprehensive income			101,601	122,887
Cash dividends on capital stock			(8,811)	(13,471)
Period end	615,993	484,574	615,993	484,574
Retained Earnings, Restricted
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning of period			64,351	22,939
Comprehensive income			25,401	30,721
Period end	89,752	53,660	89,752	53,660
Retained Earnings, Total
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning of period			587,554	398,097
Comprehensive income			127,002	153,608
Cash dividends on capital stock			(8,811)	(13,471)
Period end	705,745	538,234	705,745	538,234
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Beginning of period			(476,620)	(534,411)
Comprehensive income			(5,465)	29,737
Period end	$ (482,085)	$ (504,674)	$ (482,085)	$ (504,674)

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Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Basis of Accounting [Text Block]

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary have been included. All such adjustments consist of normal recurring accruals. The presentation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013. The unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston's audited financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 26, 2013 (the 2012 Annual Report). Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, all references in this discussion to “the Bank,” "we," "us," "our," or similar references mean the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.

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Available-for-Sale Securities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Available-for-sale Securities [Abstract]

Available-for-Sale Securities Disclosure [Text Block]

Available-for-Sale Securities

Major Security Types. Our available-for-sale securities as of September 30, 2013, were (dollars in thousands):

			Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Amortized Cost (1)		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value
Supranational institutions	$	453,905	$	—	$	(23,113	)	$	430,792
U.S. government-owned corporations	286,097		—		(38,752		)	247,345
GSEs	1,053,469		6,759		(11,471		)	1,048,757
	1,793,471		6,759		(73,336		)	1,726,894
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	294,051		453		(2,974		)	291,530
GSEs – residential	1,857,379		5,180		(20,396		)	1,842,163
	2,151,430		5,633		(23,370		)	2,133,693
Total	$	3,944,901	$	12,392	$	(96,706	)	$	3,860,587

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(1)Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

Our available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

			Amounts Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Amortized Cost (1)		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value
Supranational institutions	$	502,177	$	—	$	(28,693	)	$	473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations	330,106		—		(39,025		)	291,081
GSEs	2,072,936		25,901		(13,753		)	2,085,084
	2,905,219		25,901		(81,471		)	2,849,649
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	72,862		497		—			73,359
GSEs – residential	2,212,183		32,611		—			2,244,794
GSEs – commercial	100,616		—		(181		)	100,435
	2,385,661		33,108		(181		)	2,418,588
Total	$	5,290,880	$	59,009	$	(81,652	)	$	5,268,237

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(1)Amortized cost of available-for-sale securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

As of September 30, 2013, the amortized cost of our available-for-sale securities included net premiums of $66.5 million. Of that amount, $36.8 million of net premiums related to non-MBS and $29.7 million of net premiums related to MBS. As of December 31, 2012, the amortized cost of our available-for-sale securities included net premiums of $67.2 million. Of that amount, $50.2 million of net premiums related to non-MBS and $17.0 million of net premiums related to MBS.

The following table summarizes our available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands): 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses
Supranational institutions	$	—	$	—		$	430,792	$	(23,113	)	$	430,792	$	(23,113	)
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		—			247,345		(38,752		)	247,345		(38,752		)
GSEs	—		—			109,711		(11,471		)	109,711		(11,471		)
	—		—			787,848		(73,336		)	787,848		(73,336		)
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	228,122		(2,974		)	—		—			228,122		(2,974		)
GSEs – residential	1,304,806		(20,396		)	—		—			1,304,806		(20,396		)
	1,532,928		(23,370		)	—		—			1,532,928		(23,370		)
Total temporarily impaired	$	1,532,928	$	(23,370	)	$	787,848	$	(73,336	)	$	2,320,776	$	(96,706	)

The following table summarizes our available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands):

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized  Losses
Supranational institutions	$	—	$	—		$	473,484	$	(28,693	)	$	473,484	$	(28,693	)
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		—			291,081		(39,025		)	291,081		(39,025		)
GSEs	—		—			124,453		(13,753		)	124,453		(13,753		)
	—		—			889,018		(81,471		)	889,018		(81,471		)
MBS
GSEs – commercial	100,435		(181		)	—		—			100,435		(181		)
Total temporarily impaired	$	100,435	$	(181	)	$	889,018	$	(81,471	)	$	989,453	$	(81,652	)

Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and fair value of our available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Year of Maturity	Amortized Cost		Fair  Value		Amortized Cost		Fair  Value
Due in one year or less	$	932,287	$	939,046	$	1,147,950	$	1,156,133
Due after one year through five years	—		—		786,779		804,498
Due after five years through 10 years	—		—		—		—
Due after 10 years	861,184		787,848		970,490		889,018
	1,793,471		1,726,894		2,905,219		2,849,649
MBS (1)	2,151,430		2,133,693		2,385,661		2,418,588
Total	$	3,944,901	$	3,860,587	$	5,290,880	$	5,268,237

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(1) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities Derivatives in Statement of Income and Impact on Interest (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain/(Loss) on Derivative	$ 41,282		$ 1,780		$ 220,970		$ (59,583)
Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item	(40,791)		(1,183)		(219,143)		59,838
Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness	491		597		1,827		255
Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income	(31,870)	[1]	(34,737)	[1]	(89,263)	[1]	(110,130)	[1]
Advances [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain/(Loss) on Derivative	21,441		1,375		176,729		55,505
Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item	(21,300)		(1,116)		(175,986)		(56,798)
Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness	141		259		743		(1,293)
Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income	(36,468)	[1]	(45,869)	[1]	(114,058)	[1]	(149,548)	[1]
Investments [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain/(Loss) on Derivative	16,806		7,645		111,118		(5,066)
Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item	(16,418)		(7,183)		(109,922)		6,321
Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness	388		462		1,196		1,255
Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income	(9,437)	[1]	(10,256)	[1]	(29,004)	[1]	(30,626)	[1]
Deposits [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain/(Loss) on Derivative	(372)		(293)		(1,150)		(908)
Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item	372		293		1,150		908
Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness	0		0		0		0
Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income	395	[1]	385	[1]	1,183	[1]	1,151	[1]
COs - Bonds [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain/(Loss) on Derivative	3,407		(6,947)		(65,727)		(109,114)
Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item	(3,445)		6,823		65,615		109,407
Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness	(38)		(124)		(112)		293
Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income	$ 13,640	[1]	$ 21,003	[1]	$ 52,616	[1]	$ 68,893	[1]

[1] The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

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Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Guidance

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Interpretations [Text Block]

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Guidance

Inclusion of the Overnight Index Swap Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes. On July 17, 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended existing guidance to include the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (also referred to as Overnight Index Swap Rate (OIS)) as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. Including OIS as an acceptable U.S. benchmark interest rate, in addition to United States Treasuries and London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR), provides a more comprehensive spectrum of interest-rate resets to utilize as the designated benchmark interest-rate risk component under the hedge accounting guidance. The amendments also remove the restriction on using different benchmark interest rates for similar hedges. The amendments apply to all entities that elect to apply hedge accounting of the benchmark interest rate, and are effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date. On February 28, 2013, the FASB issued guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this guidance is fixed at the reporting date. This guidance requires an entity to measure these obligations as the sum of (1) the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and (2) any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. In addition, this guidance requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2013, and should be applied retrospectively to obligations with joint and several liability existing at the beginning of an entity's fiscal year of adoption.

Upon adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2014, we will continue to recognize the COs for which we are the direct obligor as a liability, and will not recognize any amount for COs for which other FHLBanks are direct obligors, unless a default occurs and the FHFA mandates an allocation of a shortfall. Adoption of this guidance will have no impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. On December 16, 2011, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (the IASB) issued common disclosure requirements intended to help investors and other financial statement users better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting arrangements on a company's financial position, whether a company's financial statements are prepared on the basis of GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This guidance was amended on January 31, 2013, to clarify that its scope includes only certain financial instruments that are either offset on the balance sheet or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. We are required to disclose both gross and net information about derivative, repurchase, and security lending instruments that meet these criteria. This guidance, as amended, became effective for us for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2013, and was applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The adoption of this guidance has resulted in additional financial statement disclosures but did not affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. We do not have repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements or securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are subject to offset in our statement of condition. As a result, we are only providing the required disclosures related to derivative instruments. See Note 10 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities for disclosures related to this guidance.

Presentation of Comprehensive Income. On February 5, 2013, the FASB issued guidance to improve the transparency of reporting reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss. This guidance does not change the current requirements for reporting net income or comprehensive income in financial statements. However, it does require that we provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss by component. In addition, we are required to present significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss, either on the face of the financial statement where net income is presented or in the footnotes. These amounts are presented based on the respective lines of net income only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, we are required to cross-reference to other required disclosures that provide additional detail about these other amounts. This guidance became effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2012, and has been applied prospectively. The adoption of this guidance resulted in additional financial statement disclosures but did not affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. See Note 15 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss for disclosures related to this guidance.

Regulatory Guidance

Framework for Adversely Classifying Loans, Other REO, and Other Assets and Listing Assets for Special Mention. On April 9, 2012, the FHFA issued Advisory Bulletin 2012-02, Framework for Adversely Classifying Loans, Other REO, and Other Assets and Listing Assets for Special Mention (AB 2012-02). AB 2012-02 establishes a standard and uniform methodology for classifying loans, other REO, and certain other assets (excluding investment securities), and prescribes the timing of asset charge-offs based on these classifications. The guidance in AB 2012-02 is generally consistent with the Uniform Retail Credit Classification and Account Management Policy issued by the federal banking regulators in June 2000. AB 2012-02 states that it was effective upon issuance. However, the FHFA issued additional guidance indicating that the asset classification provisions in AB 2012-02 should be implemented by January 1, 2014, and that the charge-off provisions in AB 2012-02 should be implemented no later than January 1, 2015. We are currently assessing the provisions of AB 2012-02 and have not yet determined its anticipated effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

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Capital (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Capital [Abstract]

Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements [Table Text Block]

The following tables demonstrate our compliance with our regulatory capital requirements at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

Risk-Based Capital Requirements	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Permanent capital
Class B capital stock	$	2,441,028	$	3,455,165
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390		215,863
Retained earnings	705,745		587,554
Total permanent capital	$	4,124,163	$	4,258,582
Risk-based capital requirement
Credit-risk capital	$	419,065	$	473,233
Market-risk capital	120,327		80,026
Operations-risk capital	161,817		165,978
Total risk-based capital requirement	$	701,209	$	719,237
Permanent capital in excess of risk-based capital requirement	$	3,422,954	$	3,539,345

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Required			Actual			Required			Actual
Capital Ratio
Risk-based capital	$	701,209		$	4,124,163		$	719,237		$	4,258,582
Total regulatory capital	$	1,588,826		$	4,124,163		$	1,608,361		$	4,258,582
Total capital-to-asset ratio	4.0		%	10.4		%	4.0		%	10.6		%
Leverage Ratio
Leverage capital	$	1,986,033		$	6,186,245		$	2,010,451		$	6,387,873
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio	5.0		%	15.6		%	5.0		%	15.9		%

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Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

Subsequent Events

On October 25, 2013, the board of directors declared a cash dividend at an annualized rate of 0.37 percent based on capital stock balances outstanding during the third quarter of 2013. The dividend, including dividends on mandatorily redeemable capital stock, amounted to $3.2 million and was paid on November 4, 2013.

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Held-to-Maturity Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]

HTM Securities by Major Security Type [Table Text Block]

Our held-to-maturity securities as of September 30, 2013, were (dollars in thousands):

	Amortized Cost		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains		Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses			Fair Value
U.S. agency obligations	$	9,749	$	—		$	9,749	$	809	$	—		$	10,558
State or local housing-finance-agency obligations (HFA securities)	185,156		—			185,156		48		(22,056		)	163,148
GSEs	67,943		—			67,943		529		—			68,472
	262,848		—			262,848		1,386		(22,056		)	242,178
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	30,128		—			30,128		672		—			30,800
U.S. government guaranteed – commercial	237,527		—			237,527		1,107		—			238,634
GSEs – residential	1,879,733		—			1,879,733		49,546		(330		)	1,928,949
GSEs – commercial	757,430		—			757,430		45,949		—			803,379
Private-label – residential	1,506,605		(338,030		)	1,168,575		285,865		(22,128		)	1,432,312
Private-label – commercial	1,621		—			1,621		8		—			1,629
Asset-backed securities (ABS) backed by home equity loans	24,254		(982		)	23,272		893		(1,841		)	22,324
	4,437,298		(339,012		)	4,098,286		384,040		(24,299		)	4,458,027
Total	$	4,700,146	$	(339,012	)	$	4,361,134	$	385,426	$	(46,355	)	$	4,700,205

Our held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	Amortized Cost		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains		Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses			Fair Value
U.S. agency obligations	$	12,877	$	—		$	12,877	$	1,243	$	—		$	14,120
HFA securities	189,719		—			189,719		44		(17,881		)	171,882
GSEs	69,246		—			69,246		1,521		—			70,767
	271,842		—			271,842		2,808		(17,881		)	256,769
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	38,313		—			38,313		879		—			39,192
U.S. government guaranteed – commercial	451,559		—			451,559		8,273		—			459,832
GSEs – residential	2,357,479		—			2,357,479		78,105		(337		)	2,435,247
GSEs – commercial	957,503		—			957,503		84,282		(2		)	1,041,783
Private-label – residential	1,669,041		(384,051		)	1,284,990		183,581		(34,184		)	1,434,387
Private-label – commercial	9,822		—			9,822		321		—			10,143
ABS backed by home equity loans	25,951		(1,124		)	24,827		719		(3,669		)	21,877
	5,509,668		(385,175		)	5,124,493		356,160		(38,192		)	5,442,461
Total	$	5,781,510	$	(385,175	)	$	5,396,335	$	358,968	$	(56,073	)	$	5,699,230

Categories of Investments, Marketable Securities, Held-to-maturity Securities [Member]

Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]

HTM Securities in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes our held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands). 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
HFA securities	$	—	$	—		$	155,814	$	(22,056	)	$	155,814	$	(22,056	)
MBS
GSEs – residential	5,585		(6		)	45,424		(324		)	51,009		(330		)
Private-label – residential	63,819		(1,434		)	966,325		(105,517		)	1,030,144		(106,951		)
ABS backed by home equity loans	—		—			22,324		(2,108		)	22,324		(2,108		)
	69,404		(1,440		)	1,034,073		(107,949		)	1,103,477		(109,389		)
Total	$	69,404	$	(1,440	)	$	1,189,887	$	(130,005	)	$	1,259,291	$	(131,445	)

The following table summarizes our held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands). 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
HFA securities	$	—	$	—		$	163,864	$	(17,881	)	$	163,864	$	(17,881	)
MBS
GSEs – residential	—		—			60,776		(337		)	60,776		(337		)
GSEs – commercial	1,220		(2		)	—		—			1,220		(2		)
Private-label – residential	—		—			1,325,876		(242,306		)	1,325,876		(242,306		)
ABS backed by home equity loans	—		—			21,181		(4,114		)	21,181		(4,114		)
	1,220		(2		)	1,407,833		(246,757		)	1,409,053		(246,759		)
Total	$	1,220	$	(2	)	$	1,571,697	$	(264,638	)	$	1,572,917	$	(264,640	)

HTM Securities by Contractual Maturity [Table Text Block]

The amortized cost and fair value of our held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, are shown below (dollars in thousands). Expected maturities of some securities and MBS may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
Year of Maturity	Amortized Cost		Carrying Value (1)		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value (1)		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	67,943	$	67,943	$	68,472	$	—	$	—	$	—
Due after one year through five years	1,179		1,179		1,252		69,581		69,581		71,102
Due after five years through 10 years	30,091		30,091		30,587		32,562		32,562		33,604
Due after 10 years	163,635		163,635		141,867		169,699		169,699		152,063
	262,848		262,848		242,178		271,842		271,842		256,769
MBS (2)	4,437,298		4,098,286		4,458,027		5,509,668		5,124,493		5,442,461
Total	$	4,700,146	$	4,361,134	$	4,700,205	$	5,781,510	$	5,396,335	$	5,699,230

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(1)Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

(2) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities Derivatives in Statement of Condition (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	$ 13,609,840		$ 15,845,750
Derivative Assets Designated as Hedging Instruments	45,740		87,463	[1]
Derivative Liabilities Designated as Hedging Instruments	(673,323)		(961,145)
Notional Amount of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	1,591,607		1,695,438
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	934		934
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	(22,934)		(34,233)
Notional Amount of Derivatives	15,201,447		17,541,188
Derivative Assets, Before Netting and Collateral Adjustments	46,674		88,397
Derivative Liabilities, Before Netting and Collateral Adjustments	(696,257)		(995,378)
Derivative Assets	4,118		111
Derivative Liabilities	(649,781)		(907,092)
Netting Adjustments [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Amount Offset Against Collateral	(46,476)	[2]	(88,286)	[2]
Derivative Liability, Amount Offset Against Collateral	46,476	[2]	88,286	[2]
Derivative Assets	(42,556)	[3]	(88,286)
Derivative Liabilities	46,476	[3]	88,286
Interest-Rate Swaps [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	12,359,840		14,595,750
Derivative Assets Designated as Hedging Instruments	45,740		87,463
Derivative Liabilities Designated as Hedging Instruments	(619,480)		(896,248)
Notional Amount of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	1,273,500		1,364,500
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	665		849
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	(22,934)		(34,217)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	1,250,000		1,250,000
Derivative Assets Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Derivative Liabilities Designated as Hedging Instruments	(53,843)		(64,897)
Interest-Rate Caps or Floors [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	300,000		300,000
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	105		50
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0		0
Mortgage-Delivery Commmitment [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	18,107	[4]	30,938	[4]
Derivatives Assets Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	164	[4]	35	[4]
Derivatives Liabilities Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	0	[4]	(16)	[4]
Cash Collateral And Related Accrued Interest [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Amount Offset Against Collateral	3,920
Derivative Liability, Amount Offset Against Collateral	$ 0

[1] Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At December 31, 2012, we had additional net exposure of $18.0 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

[2] Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

[3] Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

[4] Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments as of September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands):

	Notional Amount of Derivatives		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	$	12,359,840	$	45,740		$	(619,480	)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps	1,250,000		—			(53,843		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	13,609,840		45,740			(673,323		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	1,273,500		665			(22,934		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	300,000		105			—
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)	18,107		164			—
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,591,607		934			(22,934		)
Total notional amount of derivatives	$	15,201,447
Total derivatives before netting adjustments			46,674			(696,257		)
Netting adjustments (2)			(46,476		)	46,476
Cash collateral and related accrued interest			3,920			—
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities			$	4,118		$	(649,781	)

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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Notional Amount of Derivatives		Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	$	14,595,750	$	87,463		$	(896,248	)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps	1,250,000		—			(64,897		)
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	15,845,750		87,463			(961,145		)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest-rate swaps	1,364,500		849			(34,217		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	300,000		50			—
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)	30,938		35			(16		)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	1,695,438		934			(34,233		)
Total notional amount of derivatives	$	17,541,188
Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments			88,397			(995,378		)
Netting adjustments (2)			(88,286		)	88,286
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities			$	111		$	(907,092	)

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(1) Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.

(2) Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty.

Net (Losses) Gains on Derivatives and Hedging Activities [Table Text Block]

Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities recorded in Other Income (Loss) for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, were as follows (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Derivatives and hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships:
Interest-rate swaps	$	491		$	597		$	1,827		$	255
Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness	13			—			53			—
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Economic hedges:
Interest-rate swaps	(1,611		)	(3,243		)	5,720			(10,105		)
Interest-rate caps or floors	(67		)	(207		)	55			(745		)
Mortgage-delivery commitments	104			767			(1,480		)	2,086
Total net gains related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(1,574		)	(2,683		)	4,295			(8,764		)
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities	$	(1,070	)	$	(2,086	)	$	6,175		$	(8,509	)

Gains (Losses) By Type of Hedged Item [Table Text Block]

The following tables present, by type of hedged item, the gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair-value hedge relationships and the impact of those derivatives on our net interest income for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	21,441		$	(21,300	)	$	141		$	(36,468	)
Investments	16,806			(16,418		)	388			(9,437		)
Deposits	(372		)	372			—			395
COs – bonds	3,407			(3,445		)	(38		)	13,640
Total	$	41,282		$	(40,791	)	$	491		$	(31,870	)
	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	1,375		$	(1,116	)	$	259		$	(45,869	)
Investments	7,645			(7,183		)	462			(10,256		)
Deposits	(293		)	293			—			385
COs – bonds	(6,947		)	6,823			(124		)	21,003
Total	$	1,780		$	(1,183	)	$	597		$	(34,737	)

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(1)  The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	176,729		$	(175,986	)	$	743		$	(114,058	)
Investments	111,118			(109,922		)	1,196			(29,004		)
Deposits	(1,150		)	1,150			—			1,183
COs – bonds	(65,727		)	65,615			(112		)	52,616
Total	$	220,970		$	(219,143	)	$	1,827		$	(89,263	)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Gain/(Loss) on Derivative			Gain/(Loss) on Hedged Item			Net Fair-Value Hedge Ineffectiveness			Effect of Derivatives on Net Interest Income (1)
Hedged Item:
Advances	$	55,505		$	(56,798	)	$	(1,293	)	$	(149,548	)
Investments	(5,066		)	6,321			1,255			(30,626		)
Deposits	(908		)	908			—			1,151
COs – bonds	(109,114		)	109,407			293			68,893
Total	$	(59,583	)	$	59,838		$	255		$	(110,130	)

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(1)  The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedge relationships is presented in the statement of operations as interest income or interest expense of the respective hedged item.

Post-haircut Value of Incremental Collateral Based on Incremental Credit Rating Downgrades [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the post-haircut value of incremental collateral that certain derivatives counterparties could have required us to deliver based on incremental credit rating downgrades at September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands).

Post-haircut Value of Incremental Collateral to be Delivered  as of September 30, 2013
Ratings Downgrade (1)
From	To	Incremental Collateral(2)
AA+	AA or AA-	$	39,587
AA-	A+, A or A-	53,117
A-	below A-	39,152

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(1) Ratings are expressed in this table according to S&P's conventions but include the equivalent of such rating by Moody's. If there is a split rating, the lower rating is used.

(2) Additional collateral of $14.4 million could be called by counterparties as of September 30, 2013, at our current credit rating of AA+ (based on the lower of our credit ratings from S&P and Moody's) and is not included in the table.

Fair value of derivative instruments with and without the legal right of offset [Table Text Block]

The following presents separately the fair value of derivative instruments with and without the legal right of offset, including the related collateral received from or pledged to counterparties, based on the terms of our master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013
	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative instruments with legal right of offset
Gross recognized amount
Bilateral derivatives	$	43,620		$	(693,225	)
Cleared derivatives	2,890			(3,032		)
Total gross recognized amount	46,510			(696,257		)
Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral
Bilateral derivatives	(43,444		)	43,444
Cleared derivatives	888			3,032
Total gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(42,556		)	46,476
Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral
Bilateral derivatives	176			(649,781		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	3,954			(649,781		)
Derivative instruments without legal right of offset
Bilateral derivatives (1)	164			—
Total derivative instruments without legal right of offset	164			—
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities
Bilateral derivatives	340			(649,781		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities	4,118			(649,781		)
Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (2)
Can be sold or repledged
Bilateral derivatives	—			73,770
Total can be sold or repledged	—			73,770
Cannot be sold or repledged
Bilateral derivatives	—			448,670
Total cannot be sold or repledged	—			448,670
Net unsecured amount
Bilateral derivatives	340			(127,341		)
Cleared derivatives	3,778			—
Total net unsecured amount	$	4,118		$	(127,341	)

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(1) Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

(2) Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At September 30, 2013, we had additional net exposure of $6.8 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

	December 31, 2012
	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities
Derivative instruments with legal right of offset
Gross recognized amount	$	88,362		$	(995,362	)
Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(88,286		)	88,286
Total net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	76			(907,076		)
Derivative instruments without legal right of offset (1)	35			(16		)
Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities	111			(907,092		)
Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (2)
Collateral received or pledged - Can be sold or repledged	—			115,339
Collateral received or pledged - Cannot be sold or repledged	—			672,890
Net unsecured amount	$	111		$	(118,863	)

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(1) Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

(2) Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At December 31, 2012, we had additional net exposure of $18.0 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

For additional information on our derivatives and hedging activities, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 11 — Derivatives and Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the 2012 Annual Report.

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Allowance for credit losses - Impact of Loss Mitigation Features (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Allowance for Credit Losses [Abstract]
Total estimated losses	$ 3,902		$ 10,053
Less: estimated losses in excess of the first-loss account, to be absorbed by participating financial institutions	(1,208)		(5,010)
Less: estimated performance-based credit-enhancement fees available for recapture	(737)		(629)
Net allowance for credit losses	$ 1,957	$ 1,999	$ 4,414	$ 5,514	$ 6,114	$ 7,800

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Held-to-Maturity Securities Redemption Terms (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 4,700,146		$ 5,781,510
Carrying Value	4,361,134	[1],[2]	5,396,335	[1],[2]
Fair Value	4,700,205		5,699,230
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Due in one year or less, Amortized Cost	67,943		0
Due in one year or less, Carrying Amount	67,943	[1]	0	[1]
Due in one year or less, Fair Value	68,472		0
Due after one year through five years, Amortized Cost	1,179		69,581
Due after one year through five years, Carrying Amount	1,179	[1]	69,581	[1]
Due after one year through five years, Fair Value	1,252		71,102
Due after five years through 10 years, Amortized Cost	30,091		32,562
Due after five years through 10 years, Carrying Amount	30,091	[1]	32,562	[1]
Due after five years through 10 years, Fair Value	30,587		33,604
Due after 10 years, Amortized Cost	163,635		169,699
Due after 10 years, Carrying Amount	163,635	[1]	169,699	[1]
Due after 10 years, Fair Value	141,867		152,063
Amortized Cost	262,848		271,842
Carrying Value	262,848	[1]	271,842	[1]
Fair Value	242,178		256,769
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	4,437,298	[3]	5,509,668	[3]
Carrying Value	4,098,286	[1],[3]	5,124,493	[1],[3]
Fair Value	$ 4,458,027	[3]	$ 5,442,461	[3]

[1] Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

[2] Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $4,700,205 and $5,699,230 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

[3] MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Available-for-Sale Securities (Securities with Unrealized Losses) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	$ 1,532,928	$ 100,435
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(23,370)	(181)
12 Months or More, Fair Value	787,848	889,018
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(73,336)	(81,471)
Total Fair Value	2,320,776	989,453
Total Unrealized Losses	(96,706)	(81,652)
Supranational institutions [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	430,792	473,484
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(23,113)	(28,693)
Total Fair Value	430,792	473,484
Total Unrealized Losses	(23,113)	(28,693)
U.S. government-owned corporations
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	247,345	291,081
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(38,752)	(39,025)
Total Fair Value	247,345	291,081
Total Unrealized Losses	(38,752)	(39,025)
GSEs [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	109,711	124,453
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(11,471)	(13,753)
Total Fair Value	109,711	124,453
Total Unrealized Losses	(11,471)	(13,753)
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	787,848	889,018
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(73,336)	(81,471)
Total Fair Value	787,848	889,018
Total Unrealized Losses	(73,336)	(81,471)
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities, US Government Guaranteed [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	228,122
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(2,974)
12 Months or More, Fair Value	0
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	0
Total Fair Value	228,122
Total Unrealized Losses	(2,974)
GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	1,304,806
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(20,396)
12 Months or More, Fair Value	0
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	0
Total Fair Value	1,304,806
Total Unrealized Losses	(20,396)
GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value		100,435
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses		(181)
12 Months or More, Fair Value		0
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses		0
Total Fair Value		100,435
Total Unrealized Losses		(181)
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	1,532,928
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(23,370)
12 Months or More, Fair Value	0
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	0
Total Fair Value	1,532,928
Total Unrealized Losses	$ (23,370)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth our off-balance-sheet commitments as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Expire within one year		Expire after one year		Total		Expire within one year		Expire after one year		Total
Standby letters of credit outstanding (1)	$	2,852,332	$	235,116	$	3,087,448	$	870,905	$	343,744	$	1,214,649
Commitments for standby bond purchases	—		—		—		158,960		—		158,960
Commitments for unused lines of credit - advances (2)	1,287,377		—		1,287,377		1,290,776		—		1,290,776
Commitments to make additional advances	18,713		49,124		67,837		22,985		72,036		95,021
Commitments to invest in mortgage loans	18,107		—		18,107		30,938		—		30,938
Unsettled CO bonds, at par (3)	45,000		—		45,000		124,100		—		124,100
Unsettled CO discount notes, at par	—		—		—		1,405,000		—		1,405,000

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(1) The amount of standby letters of credit outstanding excludes commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $38.4 million as of September 30, 2013. Also excluded are commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $12.6 million at December 31, 2012.

(2) Commitments for unused line-of-credit advances are generally for periods of up to 12 months. Since many of these commitments are not expected to be drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily indicate future liquidity requirements.

(3) We had no unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at September 30, 2013. We had $100.0 million in unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at December 31, 2012.

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Statements of Condition (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Available-for-sale securities pledged as collateral that may be repledged	$ 4,101	$ 8,582
Held-to-maturity securities pledged as collateral that may be repledged (a)	67,110	100,124
Allowance for credit losses	1,957	4,414
Common Stock, Class B, putable shares issued	24,410	34,552
Common Stock, Class B, putable, par value per share	$ 100	$ 100
Common Stock, Class B, putable shares outstanding	24,410	34,552
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities	$ 4,700,205	$ 5,699,230

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Advances

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Advances [Abstract]

Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances [Text Block]

Advances

General Terms. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had advances outstanding with interest rates ranging from (0.20) percent to 8.37 percent and (0.15) percent to 8.37 percent, respectively, as summarized below (dollars in thousands). Advances with negative interest rates contain embedded interest-rate features that have met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and are recorded as stand-alone derivatives, and which we economically hedge with derivatives containing offsetting interest-rate features.

	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Rate		Amount			Weighted Average Rate
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$	2,956		0.43	%	$	12,893		0.53	%
Due in one year or less	10,214,001			0.65		8,273,972			1.00
Due after one year through two years	2,106,545			2.28		2,198,709			2.61
Due after two years through three years	2,400,698			2.26		1,921,353			2.57
Due after three years through four years	3,220,895			2.82		2,347,511			2.56
Due after four years through five years	2,235,554			2.45		3,033,895			3.04
Thereafter	2,027,688			2.76		2,481,519			2.96
Total par value	22,208,337			1.67	%	20,269,852			2.05	%
Premiums	52,875					52,435
Discounts	(20,298		)			(23,087		)
Market value of embedded derivatives (1)	854					1,163
Hedging adjustments	313,354					489,341
Total	$	22,555,122				$	20,789,704

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(1) At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had certain advances with embedded features that met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and designate the embedded features as a stand-alone derivative.

We offer putable advances that provide us with the right to put the fixed-rate advance to the borrower (and thereby extinguish the advance) on predetermined exercise dates (put dates), and offer, subject to certain conditions, replacement funding at then-current advances rates. Generally, we would exercise the put options when interest rates increase. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had putable advances outstanding totaling $2.7 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively.

The following table sets forth our advances outstanding by the year of contractual maturity or next put date for putable advances (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date	Par Value		Percentage of Total		Par Value		Percentage of Total
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$	2,956	0.0	%	$	12,893	0.1	%
Due in one year or less	12,648,176		57.0		11,218,147		55.3
Due after one year through two years	1,959,795		8.8		1,919,209		9.5
Due after two years through three years	2,153,298		9.7		1,779,103		8.8
Due after three years through four years	1,763,370		7.9		1,906,611		9.4
Due after four years through five years	1,704,304		7.7		1,441,870		7.1
Thereafter	1,976,438		8.9		1,992,019		9.8
Total par value	$	22,208,337	100.0	%	$	20,269,852	100.0	%

We also offer callable advances that provide borrowers with the right to call, on predetermined option exercise dates, the advance prior to maturity without incurring prepayment or termination fees (callable advances). In exchange for receiving the right to call the advance on a predetermined call schedule, the borrower pays a higher fixed rate for the advance relative to an equivalent maturity, noncallable, fixed-rate advance. If the call option is exercised, replacement funding may be available. Other advances may only be prepaid by paying a fee (a prepayment fee) that makes us financially indifferent to the prepayment of the advance. At both September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had callable advances outstanding totaling $32.5 million.

Interest-Rate-Payment Terms. The following table details interest-rate-payment types for our outstanding advances (dollars in thousands):

Par value of advances	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Fixed-rate	$	21,789,381	$	19,179,459
Variable-rate	418,956		1,090,393
Total par value	$	22,208,337	$	20,269,852

Credit Risk Exposure and Security Terms. Our potential credit risk from advances is principally concentrated in commercial banks, insurance companies, savings institutions, and credit unions. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had $3.7 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively, of advances issued to members with at least $1.0 billion of advances outstanding. These advances were made to two borrowers at September 30, 2013, and one borrower at December 31, 2012, representing 16.7 percent and 9.0 percent, respectively, of total par value of outstanding advances. For information related to our credit risk on advances and allowance for credit losses, see Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses.

Prepayment Fees. We record prepayment fees received from borrowers on prepaid advances net of any associated basis adjustments related to hedging activities on those advances and net of deferred prepayment fees on advance prepayments considered to be loan modifications. Additionally, for certain advances products, the prepayment-fee provisions of the advance agreement could result in either a payment from the borrower or to the borrower when such an advance is prepaid, based upon market conditions at the time of prepayment (referred to as a symmetrical prepayment fee). Advances with a symmetrical prepayment fee provision are hedged with derivatives containing offsetting terms, so that we are financially indifferent to the borrower's decision to prepay such advances. The net amount of prepayment fees is reflected as interest income in the statement of operations.

For the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, net advance prepayment fees recognized in income are reflected in the following table (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Prepayment fees received from borrowers	$	12,270		$	23,247		$	40,644		$	91,471
Less: hedging fair-value adjustments on prepaid advances	(6,123		)	(11,125		)	(19,330		)	(50,270		)
Less: net premiums associated with prepaid advances	(430		)	(1,433		)	(4,424		)	(1,770		)
Less: deferred recognition of prepayment fees received from borrowers on advance prepayments deemed to be loan modifications	(3,896		)	(2,893		)	(5,298		)	(4,580		)
Prepayment fees recognized in income on advance restructurings deemed to be extinguishments	—			4,078			6,845			9,497
Net prepayment fees recognized in income	$	1,821		$	11,874		$	18,437		$	44,348

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Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 38,079	$ 50,820	$ 127,002	$ 153,608
Other comprehensive income:
Net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities	(17,195)	17,525	(61,671)	15,643
Net noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities
Noncredit portion	0	(2,013)	(63)	(10,931)
Reclassification adjustment for noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized as credit losses included in net income	1,448	1,028	2,226	2,257
Accretion of noncredit portion	14,256	17,838	44,000	56,131
Total net noncredit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities	15,704	16,853	46,163	47,457
Net unrealized (losses) gains relating to hedging activities
Unrealized (losses) gains	(6,173)	(10,448)	11,001	(32,874)
Reclassification adjustment for previously deferred hedging gains and losses included in net income	4	4	11	11
Total net unrealized (losses) gains relating to hedging activities	(6,169)	(10,444)	11,012	(32,863)
Pension and postretirement benefits	(323)	(166)	(969)	(500)
Total other comprehensive (loss) income	(7,983)	23,768	(5,465)	29,737
Total comprehensive income	$ 30,096	$ 74,588	$ 121,537	$ 183,345

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment OTTI Credit Losses Recognized During Life of Security (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013
Other-than-temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized During the Life of the Security [Abstract]
Par Value	$ 1,673,811
Amortized Cost	1,219,690
Carrying Value	880,678
Fair Value	1,167,383
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member] | Prime [Member]
Other-than-temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized During the Life of the Security [Abstract]
Par Value	65,201
Amortized Cost	55,351
Carrying Value	41,623
Fair Value	54,608
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member] | Alt-A [Member]
Other-than-temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized During the Life of the Security [Abstract]
Par Value	1,603,544
Amortized Cost	1,159,835
Carrying Value	835,533
Fair Value	1,108,360
ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans [Member] | Subprime [Member]
Other-than-temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized During the Life of the Security [Abstract]
Par Value	5,066
Amortized Cost	4,504
Carrying Value	3,522
Fair Value	$ 4,415

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Statements of Condition (unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$ 3,172,772		$ 240,945
Interest-bearing deposits	219		192
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,500,000		4,015,000
Federal funds sold	500,000		600,000
Investment securities:
Trading securities	249,970		274,293
Available-for-sale securities - includes $4,101 and $8,582 pledged as collateral at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively that may be repledged	3,860,587		5,268,237
Held-to-maturity securities - includes $67,110 and $100,124 pledged as collateral at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively that may be repledged	4,361,134	[1],[2]	5,396,335	[1],[2]
Total investment securities	8,471,691		10,938,865
Advances	22,555,122		20,789,704
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $1,957 and $4,414 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively	3,401,111		3,478,896
Accrued interest receivable	75,943		100,404
Premises, software, and equipment, net	3,634		4,382
Derivative assets, net	4,118		111
Other assets	36,050		40,518
Total Assets	39,720,660		40,209,017
Deposits:
Interest-bearing	553,807		557,440
Non-interest-bearing	16,549		37,528
Total Deposits	570,356		594,968
Consolidated obligations [Abstract]
Bonds	24,201,697		26,119,848
Discount notes	10,475,911		8,639,048
Total consolidated obligations	34,677,608		34,758,896
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390		215,863
Accrued interest payable	101,206		96,356
Affordable Housing Program (AHP) payable	55,761		50,545
Derivative liabilities, net	649,781		907,092
Other liabilities	23,870		19,198
Total liabilities	37,055,972		36,642,918
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Capital
Capital stock – Class B – putable ($100 par value), 24,410 shares and 34,552 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively	2,441,028		3,455,165
Retained earnings:
Unrestricted	615,993		523,203
Restricted	89,752		64,351
Total retained earnings	705,745		587,554
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(482,085)		(476,620)
Total capital	2,664,688		3,566,099
Total Liabilities and Capital	$ 39,720,660		$ 40,209,017

[1] Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $4,700,205 and $5,699,230 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

[2] Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

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Available-for-Sale Securities (Redemption Terms) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 3,944,901		$ 5,290,880
Fair Value	3,860,587		5,268,237
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Due in One Year or Less, Amortized Cost	932,287		1,147,950
Due in One Year or Less, Fair Value	939,046		1,156,133
Due after One Year Through Five Years, Amortized Cost	0		786,779
Due after One Year Through Five Years, Fair Value	0		804,498
Due after Five Years Through Ten Years, Amortized Cost	0		0
Due after Five Years Through Ten Years, Fair Value	0		0
Due after Ten Years, Amortized Cost	861,184		970,490
Due after Ten Years, Fair Value	787,848		889,018
Amortized Cost	1,793,471		2,905,219
Fair Value	1,726,894		2,849,649
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	2,151,430	[1]	2,385,661	[1]
Fair Value	$ 2,133,693	[1]	$ 2,418,588	[1]

[1] MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Capital (Details) (USD $)			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 FHLBanks [Member]
Capital [Line Items]
Multiplier for Determining Permanent Capital in Leverage Capital Calculation	1.5
Class B capital stock	$ 2,441,028,000	$ 3,455,165,000
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390,000	215,863,000
Retained earnings	705,745,000	587,554,000
Total permanent capital	4,124,163,000	4,258,582,000
Credit-risk capital	419,065,000	473,233,000
Market-risk capital	120,327,000	80,026,000
Operations-risk capital	161,817,000	165,978,000
Risk-based capital required	701,209,000	719,237,000
Excess of risk-based capital requirement	3,422,954,000	3,539,345,000
Regulatory Capital, Required	1,588,826,000	1,608,361,000
Capital-to-asset ratio required	4.00%	4.00%
Leverage capital required	1,986,033,000	2,010,451,000
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio required	5.00%	5.00%
Actual risk-based capital	4,124,163,000	4,258,582,000
Actual regulatory capital	4,124,163,000	4,258,582,000
Actual capital-to-asset ratio	10.40%	10.60%
Actual leverage capital	6,186,245,000	6,387,873,000
Actual leverage capital-to-assets ratio	15.60%	15.90%
Quarterly percentage of net income contributed to restricted retained earnings per the Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement			20.00%
Percent of average balance of outstanding consolidated obligations required per Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement for each previous quarter			1.00%
Contribution requirement - Restricted Retained Earnings	358,100,000
Restricted retained earnings	$ 89,752,000	$ 64,351,000

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities Fair Value of Derivative Instruments With or Without Legal Rights of Offset (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets, Gross recognized amount	$ 46,510,000		$ 88,362,000
Derivative Liabilities, Gross recognized amount	(696,257,000)		(995,362,000)
Derivative Assets, Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(42,556,000)		(88,286,000)
Derivative Liabilities, Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	46,476,000		88,286,000
Derivative Assets, Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	3,954,000		76,000
Derivative Liabilities, Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	(649,781,000)		(907,076,000)
Derivative Assets, Derivative instruments without legal right of offset	164,000	[1]	35,000	[1]
Derivative Liabilities, Derivative instruments without legal right of offset	0	[1]	(16,000)	[1]
Derivative Assets	4,118,000		111,000
Derivative Liabilities	(649,781,000)		(907,092,000)
Derivative Assets, Fair Value of Securities Pledged as Collateral that May Be Sold or Repledged	0	[2]	0
Derivative Liabilities, Fair value of securities pledged as collateral that may be sold or repledged	73,770,000	[2]	115,339,000	[3]
Derivative Liabilities, Fair value of securities pledged as collateral that may not be sold or repledged	448,670,000	[2]	672,890,000	[3]
Net unsecured amount of derivative assets after related delivery of collateral	4,118,000		111,000
Net unsecured amount of derivative liabilities after related delivery of collateral	(127,341,000)		(118,863,000)
Derivative Liabilities, additional net exposure, collateral pledged to counterparties in excess of net liabilities	6,800,000		18,000,000
Over the Counter [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets, Gross recognized amount	43,620,000
Derivative Liabilities, Gross recognized amount	(693,225,000)
Derivative Assets, Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	(43,444,000)
Derivative Liabilities, Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	43,444,000
Derivative Assets, Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	176,000
Derivative Liabilities, Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	(649,781,000)
Derivative Assets, Derivative instruments without legal right of offset	164,000
Derivative Liabilities, Derivative instruments without legal right of offset	0
Derivative Assets	340,000
Derivative Liabilities	(649,781,000)
Derivative Assets, Fair Value of Securities Pledged as Collateral that May Be Sold or Repledged	0
Derivative Liabilities, Fair value of securities pledged as collateral that may be sold or repledged	73,770,000
Derivative Liabilities, Fair value of securities pledged as collateral that may not be sold or repledged	448,670,000
Net unsecured amount of derivative assets after related delivery of collateral	340,000
Net unsecured amount of derivative liabilities after related delivery of collateral	(127,341,000)
Exchange Cleared [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets, Gross recognized amount	2,890,000
Derivative Liabilities, Gross recognized amount	(3,032,000)
Derivative Assets, Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	888,000
Derivative Liabilities, Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral	3,032,000
Derivative Assets, Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	3,778,000
Derivative Liabilities, Net amounts after netting adjustments and cash collateral	0
Derivative Assets	3,778,000
Derivative Liabilities	0
Net unsecured amount of derivative assets after related delivery of collateral	3,778,000
Net unsecured amount of derivative liabilities after related delivery of collateral	$ 0

[1] Consists of mortgage delivery commitments.

[2] Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At September 30, 2013, we had additional net exposure of $6.8 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

[3] Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net unsecured amount. At December 31, 2012, we had additional net exposure of $18.0 million due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net liability position.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

We evaluate our individual available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities for other-than-temporary impairment each quarter. As part of our evaluation of securities for other-than-temporary impairment, we consider whether we intend to sell each security for which fair value is less than amortized cost or whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost. If either of these conditions is met, we recognize an other-than-temporary impairment charge in earnings equal to the entire difference between the security's amortized cost basis and its fair value at the statement of condition date. For securities in an unrealized loss position that meet neither of these conditions (excluding agency MBS) and for all residential private-label MBS, we perform a cash-flow analysis to determine whether the entire amortized cost basis of these impaired securities, including all previously other-than-temporarily impaired securities, will be recovered. If we do not expect to recover the entire amount, the unrealized loss position is considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired. We evaluate the security's other-than-temporary impairment to determine the amount of credit loss to be recognized in earnings, which is limited to the amount of that security's unrealized loss.

Federal Home Loan Bank Advances, Prepayment Fees, Policy

Prepayment Fees. We record prepayment fees received from borrowers on prepaid advances net of any associated basis adjustments related to hedging activities on those advances and net of deferred prepayment fees on advance prepayments considered to be loan modifications. Additionally, for certain advances products, the prepayment-fee provisions of the advance agreement could result in either a payment from the borrower or to the borrower when such an advance is prepaid, based upon market conditions at the time of prepayment (referred to as a symmetrical prepayment fee). Advances with a symmetrical prepayment fee provision are hedged with derivatives containing offsetting terms, so that we are financially indifferent to the borrower's decision to prepay such advances. The net amount of prepayment fees is reflected as interest income in the statement of operations.

Loans and Leases Receivable, Allowance for Loan Losses, Policy

We periodically adjust the key inputs to our method for determining our allowance for credit losses based on our investments in conventional mortgage loans. These adjustments are intended to align our loss projections with the market conditions that are relevant to these loans. The key inputs to our method include past and current performance of these loans (including portfolio-delinquency and default-migration statistics), overall loan-portfolio-performance characteristics (including loss-mitigation features, especially credit enhancements, as discussed below under — Credit Enhancements), and loss-severity estimates for these loans. We update the following inputs at least once per quarter: current outstanding loan amounts, delinquency statistics of the portfolio, and related loss-mitigation features (including credit-enhancement and estimated credit-enhancement fee-recovery amounts) for all master commitments. A master commitment is a document which provides the general terms under which the participating financial institution will deliver mortgage loans, including a maximum loan delivery amount, maximum credit enhancement, if applicable, and expiration date. Additionally, we review our method's default migration factor on a quarterly basis to determine if the portfolio has exhibited any change in loans migrating from current to delinquent or from delinquent to default and make adjustments as appropriate.

We use a third-party loan-loss projection model to determine our loss-severity estimates for our master commitments. The inputs to this model include loan-related characteristics (such as property types and locations), industry data (such as foreclosure timelines and associated costs), and current and projected housing prices. We update our loss-severity estimates each quarter.

Loans and Leases Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring Policy [Policy Text Block]

Troubled Debt Restructurings. We consider a troubled debt restructuring of a financing receivable to have occurred when we grant a concession to a borrower that we would not otherwise consider for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower's financial difficulties. We classify troubled debt restructurings at the end of the three-month trial period for troubled debt restructurings involved in our modification program for conventional mortgage loans.

We also consider troubled debt restructurings to have occurred when a borrower has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 7 bankruptcy) pursuant to which the bankruptcy court has discharged the borrower's obligation to us and the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Managing Credit Risk on Derivatives. We are subject to credit risk on our hedging activities due to the risk of nonperformance by nonmember counterparties (including DCOs and their clearing members acting as agent to the DCOs as well as bilateral counterparties) to the derivative agreements. We manage credit risk through credit analysis, collateral requirements and adherence to the requirements set forth in our policies, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) regulations, and FHFA regulations. All counterparties must execute master-netting agreements prior to entering into any non-cleared derivative (bilateral derivative) with us.

Our master-netting agreements for bilateral derivatives contain bilateral-collateral exchange agreements that require that credit exposure beyond a defined threshold amount be secured by readily marketable, U.S. Treasury or GSE securities, or cash. The level of these collateral threshold amounts varies according to the counterparty's Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) or Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) long-term credit ratings. Credit exposures are then measured daily and adjustments to collateral positions are made in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. These master-netting agreements also contain bilateral ratings-tied termination events permitting us to terminate all outstanding agreements with a counterparty in the event of a specified rating downgrade by Moody's or S&P. Based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, we do not anticipate any credit losses on our derivative agreements.

Joint and Several Liability, Policy

We evaluate the financial condition of the other FHLBanks primarily based on known regulatory actions, publicly available financial information, and individual long-term credit-rating action as of each period-end presented.

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Employee Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Retirement Plans [Text Block]

Employee Retirement Plans

Qualified Defined Benefit Multiemployer Plan. We participate in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan), a funded, tax-qualified, noncontributory defined-benefit pension plan. The Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan is treated as a multiemployer plan for accounting purposes, but operates as a multiple-employer plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, certain multiemployer plan disclosures, including the certified zone status, are not applicable to the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan. Under the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan, contributions made by a participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers since assets contributed by an employer are not segregated in a separate account or restricted to provide benefits only to employees of that employer. Also, in the event a participating employer is unable to meet its contribution requirements, the required contributions for the other participating employers could increase proportionately. The plan covers substantially all of our officers and employees. The following table sets forth our net pension costs under the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net pension cost	$	880	$	1,104	$	1,362	$	3,212

Qualified Defined Contribution Plan. We also participate in the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan for Financial

Institutions, a tax-qualified defined contribution plan. The plan covers substantially all of our officers and employees. We contribute a percentage of the participants' compensation by making a matching contribution equal to a percentage of voluntary employee contributions, subject to certain limitations. Our matching contributions are charged to compensation and benefits expense.

Nonqualified Defined Contribution Plan. We also maintain the Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan, a nonqualified, unfunded deferred compensation plan covering certain of our senior officers and directors. The plan's liability consists of the accumulated compensation deferrals and the accumulated earnings on these deferrals. Our obligation from this plan was $4.7 million and $3.6 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. We maintain a rabbi trust intended to satisfy future benefit obligations.

The following table sets forth expenses relating to our defined contribution plans (dollars in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Qualified Defined Contribution Plan - Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan	$	215	$	232	$	699	$	713
Nonqualified Defined Contribution Plan - Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan	16		11		120		80

Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan. We also maintain a nonqualified, single-employer unfunded defined-benefit plan covering certain senior officers, for which our obligation is detailed below. We maintain a rabbi trust intended to meet future benefit obligations.

Postretirement Benefits. We sponsor a fully insured postretirement benefit program that includes life insurance benefits for eligible retirees. We provide life insurance to all employees who retire on or after age 55 after completing six years of service. No contributions are required from the retirees. There are no funded plan assets that have been designated to provide postretirement benefits.

In connection with the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and postretirement benefits, we recorded the following amounts as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan						Postretirement Benefits
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Change in benefit obligation (1)
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	7,969		$	5,901		$	721		$	634
Service cost	419			418			24			32
Interest cost	271			293			22			28
Actuarial loss	1,570			1,657			(1		)	45
Benefits paid	(254		)	(300		)	(14		)	(18		)
Benefit obligation at end of period	9,975			7,969			752			721
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	—			—			—			—
Employer contribution	254			300			14			18
Benefits paid	(254		)	(300		)	(14		)	(18		)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period	—			—			—			—
Funded status at end of period	$	(9,975	)	$	(7,969	)	$	(752	)	$	(721	)

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(1) This represents projected benefit obligation for the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for postretirement benefits.

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss for our nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and postretirement benefits for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan For the Three Months Ended September 30,				Postretirement Benefits For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	169	$	120	$	8	$	8
Interest cost	109		83		7		7
Amortization of net actuarial loss	197		116		3		3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	475	$	319	$	18	$	18
	Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan For the Nine Months Ended September 30,				Postretirement Benefits For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	419	$	299	$	24	$	24
Interest cost	271		209		22		21
Amortization of net actuarial loss	591		349		9		7
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,281	$	857	$	55	$	52

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Fair Values (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Table Text Block]

The carrying values, fair values, and fair-value hierarchy of our financial instruments at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were as follows (dollars in thousands). These fair values do not represent an estimate of the Bank's overall market value as a going concern, which would take into account, among other things, our future business opportunities and the net profitability of our assets and liabilities.

	September 30, 2013
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral
Financial instruments
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	3,172,772		$	3,172,772		$	3,172,772		$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	219			219			219			—			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,500,000			1,499,980			—			1,499,980			—		—
Federal funds sold	500,000			499,998			—			499,998			—		—
Trading securities(1)	249,970			249,970			—			249,970			—		—
Available-for-sale securities(1)	3,860,587			3,860,587			—			3,860,587			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities(2)	4,361,134			4,700,205			—			3,080,792			1,619,413		—
Advances	22,555,122			22,713,838			—			22,713,838			—		—
Mortgage loans, net	3,401,111			3,457,996			—			3,457,996			—		—
Accrued interest receivable	75,943			75,943			—			75,943			—		—
Derivative assets(1)	4,118			4,118			—			46,674			—		(42,556		)
Other assets (1)	9,595			9,595			4,768			4,827			—		—
Liabilities:
Deposits	(570,356		)	(569,439		)	—			(569,439		)	—		—
COs:
Bonds	(24,201,697		)	(24,384,324		)	—			(24,384,324		)	—		—
Discount notes	(10,475,911		)	(10,476,247		)	—			(10,476,247		)	—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390		)	(977,390		)	(977,390		)	—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	(101,206		)	(101,206		)	—			(101,206		)	—		—
Derivative liabilities(1)	(649,781		)	(649,781		)	—			(696,257		)	—		46,476
Other:
Commitments to extend credit for advances	—			(2,508		)	—			(2,508		)	—		—
Standby letters of credit	(701		)	(701		)	—			(701		)	—		—

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(1) Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

(2) Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

	December 31, 2012
	Carrying Value			Total Fair Value			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral
Financial instruments
Assets:
Cash and due from banks	$	240,945		$	240,945		$	240,945		$	—		$	—	$	—
Interest-bearing deposits	192			192			192			—			—		—
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	4,015,000			4,014,989			—			4,014,989			—		—
Federal funds sold	600,000			599,994			—			599,994			—		—
Trading securities(1)	274,293			274,293			—			274,293			—		—
Available-for-sale securities(1)	5,268,237			5,268,237			—			5,268,237			—		—
Held-to-maturity securities(2)	5,396,335			5,699,230			—			4,060,941			1,638,289		—
Advances	20,789,704			21,168,928			—			21,168,928			—		—
Mortgage loans, net	3,478,896			3,667,342			—			3,667,342			—		—
Accrued interest receivable	100,404			100,404			—			100,404			—		—
Derivative assets(1)	111			111			—			88,397			—		(88,286		)
Other assets(1)	8,402			8,402			4,154			4,248			—		—
Liabilities:
Deposits	(594,968		)	(594,856		)	—			(594,856		)	—		—
COs:
Bonds	(26,119,848		)	(26,813,277		)	—			(26,813,277		)	—		—
Discount notes	(8,639,048		)	(8,639,373		)	—			(8,639,373		)	—		—
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(215,863		)	(215,863		)	(215,863		)	—			—		—
Accrued interest payable	(96,356		)	(96,356		)	—			(96,356		)	—		—
Derivative liabilities(1)	(907,092		)	(907,092		)	—			(995,378		)	—		88,286
Other:
Commitments to extend credit for advances	—			(229		)	—			(229		)	—		—
Standby bond-purchase agreements	—			358			—			358			—		—
Standby letters of credit	(523		)	(523		)	—			(523		)	—		—

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(1) Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

(2) Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.

Fair Value Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following tables present our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the statement of condition, which are recorded on a recurring basis at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by fair-value hierarchy level (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment (1)			Total
Assets:
Trading securities:
U.S. government-guaranteed – residential MBS	$	—	$	14,962		$	—	$	—		$	14,962
GSEs – residential MBS	—		3,803			—		—			3,803
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		231,205			—		—			231,205
Total trading securities	—		249,970			—		—			249,970
Available-for-sale securities:
Supranational institutions	—		430,792			—		—			430,792
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		247,345			—		—			247,345
GSEs	—		1,048,757			—		—			1,048,757
U.S. government guaranteed – residential MBS	—		291,530			—		—			291,530
GSEs – residential MBS	—		1,842,163			—		—			1,842,163
Total available-for-sale securities	—		3,860,587			—		—			3,860,587
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	—		46,510			—		(42,556		)	3,954
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		164			—		—			164
Total derivative assets	—		46,674			—		(42,556		)	4,118
Other assets	4,768		4,827			—		—			9,595
Total assets at fair value	$	4,768	$	4,162,058		$	—	$	(42,556	)	$	4,124,270
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	$	—	$	(696,257	)	$	—	$	46,476		$	(649,781	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		—			—		—			—
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	(696,257	)	$	—	$	46,476		$	(649,781	)

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(1)These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same clearing member and/or counterparty.

	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Netting Adjustment (1)			Total
Assets:
Trading securities:
U.S. government-guaranteed – residential MBS	$	—	$	16,876		$	—	$	—		$	16,876
GSEs – residential MBS	—		4,946			—		—			4,946
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		252,471			—		—			252,471
Total trading securities	—		274,293			—		—			274,293
Available-for-sale securities:
Supranational institutions	—		473,484			—		—			473,484
U.S. government-owned corporations	—		291,081			—		—			291,081
GSEs	—		2,085,084			—		—			2,085,084
U.S. government guaranteed – residential MBS	—		73,359			—		—			73,359
GSEs – residential MBS	—		2,244,794			—		—			2,244,794
GSEs – commercial MBS	—		100,435			—		—			100,435
Total available-for-sale securities	—		5,268,237			—		—			5,268,237
Derivative assets:
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	—		88,362			—		(88,286		)	76
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		35			—		—			35
Total derivative assets	—		88,397			—		(88,286		)	111
Other assets	4,154		4,248			—		—			8,402
Total assets at fair value	$	4,154	$	5,635,175		$	—	$	(88,286	)	$	5,551,043
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest-rate-exchange agreements	$	—	$	(995,362	)	$	—	$	88,286		$	(907,076	)
Mortgage delivery commitments	—		(16		)	—		—			(16		)
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	(995,378	)	$	—	$	88,286		$	(907,092	)

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(1)These amounts represent the effect of master netting agreements which allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparty. We did not hold cash collateral, including accrued interest, associated with derivatives subject to master netting agreements as of December 31, 2012.

Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following tables present financial assets by level within the fair-value hierarchy which are recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
REO	$	—	$	—	$	373	$	373

	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Held-to-maturity securities:
Private-label residential MBS	$	—	$	—	$	25	$	25
REO	—		—		195		195
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$	—	$	—	$	220	$	220

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Consolidated Obligations (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Total	$ 24,201,697		$ 26,119,848
COs – Discount Notes [Abstract]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Consolidated Obligations, Discount Notes	10,475,911		8,639,048
COs - Discount notes [Member]
COs – Discount Notes [Abstract]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Consolidated Obligations, Discount Notes	10,475,911		8,639,048
Par Value	10,476,500		8,640,000
Weighted Average Rate	0.05%	[1]	0.09%	[1]
COs - Bonds [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Due in one year or less	8,452,690		8,344,355
Due in one year or less, Weighted average rate	1.08%	[2]	1.67%	[2]
Due after one year through two years	3,738,790		5,447,000
Due after one year through two years, Weighted average rate	2.10%	[2]	1.36%	[2]
Due after two years through three years	3,426,190		3,482,025
Due after two years through three years, Weighted average rate	2.24%	[2]	2.44%	[2]
Due after three years through four years	2,508,440		1,975,360
Due after three years through four years, Weighted average rate	1.92%	[2]	2.34%	[2]
Due after four years through five years	1,983,770		3,122,805
Due after four years through five years, Weighted average rate	2.31%	[2]	2.22%	[2]
Thereafter	3,869,920		3,433,690
Thereafter, Weighted average rate	2.48%	[2]	2.55%	[2]
Par Value	23,979,800		25,805,235
Total, Weighted average rate	1.82%	[2]	1.94%	[2]
Premiums	241,497		270,614
Discounts	(20,826)		(22,842)
Hedging adjustment	1,226		66,841
Total	24,201,697		26,119,848
COs - Bonds [Member] | Fixed Interest Rate [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Par Value	20,124,800		21,385,235
COs - Bonds [Member] | Simple variable rate [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Par Value	2,970,000		3,570,000
COs - Bonds [Member] | Step-up [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Par Value	885,000		850,000
COs - Bonds [Member] | Earlier of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Due in one year or less	10,735,690		10,222,355
Due after one year through two years	3,778,790		5,547,000
Due after two years through three years	3,481,190		3,537,025
Due after three years through four years	2,533,440		1,975,360
Due after four years through five years	1,748,770		2,917,805
Thereafter	1,701,920		1,605,690
COs - Bonds [Member] | Noncallable and non-putable [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Par Value	21,546,800		23,732,235
COs - Bonds [Member] | Callable [Member]
CO Bonds [Abstract]
Par Value	$ 2,433,000		$ 2,073,000

[1] The CO discount notes' weighted-average rate represents a yield to maturity excluding concession fees.

[2] The CO bonds' weighted-average rate excludes concession fees.

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Held-to-Maturity Securities Fair Value and Unrealized Losses (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	$ 69,404	$ 1,220
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(1,440)	(2)
12 Months or More, Fair Value	1,189,887	1,571,697
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(130,005)	(264,638)
Total Fair Value	1,259,291	1,572,917
Total Unrealized Losses	(131,445)	(264,640)
HFA Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	155,814	163,864
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(22,056)	(17,881)
Total Fair Value	155,814	163,864
Total Unrealized Losses	(22,056)	(17,881)
GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	5,585	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(6)	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	45,424	60,776
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(324)	(337)
Total Fair Value	51,009	60,776
Total Unrealized Losses	(330)	(337)
GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value		1,220
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses		(2)
12 Months or More, Fair Value		0
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses		0
Total Fair Value		1,220
Total Unrealized Losses		(2)
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	63,819	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(1,434)	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	966,325	1,325,876
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(105,517)	(242,306)
Total Fair Value	1,030,144	1,325,876
Total Unrealized Losses	(106,951)	(242,306)
ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	0	0
12 Months or More, Fair Value	22,324	21,181
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(2,108)	(4,114)
Total Fair Value	22,324	21,181
Total Unrealized Losses	(2,108)	(4,114)
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	69,404	1,220
Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	(1,440)	(2)
12 Months or More, Fair Value	1,034,073	1,407,833
12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	(107,949)	(246,757)
Total Fair Value	1,103,477	1,409,053
Total Unrealized Losses	$ (109,389)	$ (246,759)

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Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified							9 Months Ended								9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2013 Fixed-rate 15-year single-family mortgages	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed-rate 15-year single-family mortgages	Sep. 30, 2013 Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages	Sep. 30, 2013 Conventional Mortgage Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Conventional Mortgage Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Government Loan Member [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Government Loan Member [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original contractual terms							15 years								20 years	30 years
Par Value	$ 3,345,283		$ 3,423,108				$ 614,920	$ 679,153	$ 2,730,363	$ 2,743,955	$ 2,905,884	$ 2,979,067	$ 439,399	$ 444,041
Premiums	59,679		60,573
Discounts	(3,519)		(4,021)
Deferred derivative gains, net	1,625		3,650
Total mortgage loans held for portfolio	3,403,068		3,483,310
Allowance for credit losses	(1,957)	(1,999)	(4,414)	(5,514)	(6,114)	(7,800)
Total mortgage loans, net of allowance for credit losses	$ 3,401,111		$ 3,478,896

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Consolidated Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

CO Bonds by Year of Contractual Maturity [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the outstanding CO bonds for which we were primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by year of contractual maturity (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Rate (1)		Amount			Weighted Average Rate (1)
Due in one year or less	$	8,452,690		1.08	%	$	8,344,355		1.67	%
Due after one year through two years	3,738,790			2.10		5,447,000			1.36
Due after two years through three years	3,426,190			2.24		3,482,025			2.44
Due after three years through four years	2,508,440			1.92		1,975,360			2.34
Due after four years through five years	1,983,770			2.31		3,122,805			2.22
Thereafter	3,869,920			2.48		3,433,690			2.55
Total par value	23,979,800			1.82	%	25,805,235			1.94	%
Premiums	241,497					270,614
Discounts	(20,826		)			(22,842		)
Hedging adjustments	1,226					66,841
	$	24,201,697				$	26,119,848

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(1)The CO bonds' weighted-average rate excludes concession fees.

CO Bonds by Call Feature [Table Text Block]

Our CO bonds outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, included (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Par value of CO bonds
Noncallable and non-putable	$	21,546,800	$	23,732,235
Callable	2,433,000		2,073,000
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

CO Bonds by Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the CO bonds for which we are primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by year of contractual maturity or next call date for callable CO bonds (dollars in thousands):

Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Due in one year or less	$	10,735,690	$	10,222,355
Due after one year through two years	3,778,790		5,547,000
Due after two years through three years	3,481,190		3,537,025
Due after three years through four years	2,533,440		1,975,360
Due after four years through five years	1,748,770		2,917,805
Thereafter	1,701,920		1,605,690
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

CO Bonds by Interest-rate-payment Type [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the CO bonds for which we were primarily liable by interest-rate-payment type at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Par value of CO bonds
Fixed-rate	$	20,124,800	$	21,385,235
Simple variable-rate	2,970,000		3,570,000
Step-up	885,000		850,000
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

CO Discount Notes [Table Text Block]

Outstanding CO discount notes for which we were primarily liable, all of which are due within one year, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Book Value		Par Value		Weighted Average Rate (1)
September 30, 2013	$	10,475,911	$	10,476,500	0.05	%
December 31, 2012	$	8,639,048	$	8,640,000	0.09	%

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(1)The CO discount notes' weighted-average rate represents a yield to maturity excluding concession fees.

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Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Abstract]

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio [Table Text Block]

The following table presents certain characteristics of the mortgage loans in which we have invested (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Real estate
Fixed-rate 15-year single-family mortgages	$	614,920		$	679,153
Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages	2,730,363			2,743,955
Premiums	59,679			60,573
Discounts	(3,519		)	(4,021		)
Deferred derivative gains, net	1,625			3,650
Total mortgage loans held for portfolio	3,403,068			3,483,310
Less: allowance for credit losses	(1,957		)	(4,414		)
Total mortgage loans, net of allowance for credit losses	$	3,401,111		$	3,478,896

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio by Collateral/Guarantee Type [Table Text Block]

The following table details the par value of mortgage loans held for portfolio (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Conventional mortgage loans	$	2,905,884	$	2,979,067
Government mortgage loans	439,399		444,041
Total par value	$	3,345,283	$	3,423,108

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Allowance for Credit Losses (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Allowance for Credit Losses [Abstract]

Rollforward of Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans [Table Text Block]

The following table presents a roll-forward of the allowance for credit losses on conventional mortgage loans for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, as well as the recorded investment in mortgage loans by impairment methodology at September 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands). The recorded investment in a loan is the par amount of the loan, adjusted for accrued interest, unamortized premiums or discounts, deferred derivative gains and losses, and direct write-downs. The recorded investment is net of any valuation allowance.

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Allowance for credit losses
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,999		$	6,114		$	4,414		$	7,800
Charge-offs	(125		)	(77		)	(310		)	(229		)
Recoveries	—			—			47			—
Provision for (reduction of) credit losses	83			(523		)	(2,194		)	(2,057		)
Balance at end of period	$	1,957		$	5,514		$	1,957		$	5,514
Ending balance, individually evaluated for impairment	$	562		$	—		$	562		$	—
Ending balance, collectively evaluated for impairment	$	1,395		$	5,514		$	1,395		$	5,514
Recorded investment, end of period (1)
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	6,743		$	2,256		$	6,743		$	2,256
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	2,961,768		$	3,041,201		$	2,961,768		$	3,041,201

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(1) These amounts exclude government mortgage loans because we make no allowance for credit losses based on our investments in government mortgage loans, as discussed above under — Government Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.

Recorded Investment in Delinquent Mortgage Loans [Table Text Block]

The tables below set forth certain key credit quality indicators for our investments in mortgage loans at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013
	Recorded Investment in Conventional Mortgage Loans			Recorded Investment in Government Mortgage Loans			Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	32,392		$	15,389		$	47,781
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	13,091			3,618			16,709
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	45,109			19,489			64,598
Total past due	90,592			38,496			129,088
Total current loans	2,877,919			413,215			3,291,134
Total mortgage loans	$	2,968,511		$	451,711		$	3,420,222
Other delinquency statistics
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)	$	17,945		$	6,709		$	24,654
Serious delinquency rate (2)	1.55		%	4.31		%	1.91		%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$	—		$	19,489		$	19,489
Loans on nonaccrual status (3)	$	45,409		$	—		$	45,409

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(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

(3) Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

	December 31, 2012
	Recorded Investment in Conventional Mortgage Loans			Recorded Investment in Government Mortgage Loans			Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	36,720		$	14,451		$	51,171
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	12,339			4,459			16,798
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	50,927			23,715			74,642
Total past due	99,986			42,625			142,611
Total current loans	2,944,184			414,400			3,358,584
Total mortgage loans	$	3,044,170		$	457,025		$	3,501,195
Other delinquency statistics
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)	$	23,580		$	11,022		$	34,602
Serious delinquency rate (2)	1.70		%	5.19		%	2.15		%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$	—		$	23,715		$	23,715
Loans on nonaccrual status (3)	$	51,609		$	—		$	51,609

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(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

(3) Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

The following tables present the recorded investment, par value and any related allowance for impaired loans individually assessed for impairment at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, and the average recorded investment and interest income recognized on these loans during the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	As of September 30, 2013						As of December 31, 2012
	Recorded Investment		Par Value		Related Allowance		Recorded Investment		Par Value		Related Allowance
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,524	$	3,479	$	—	$	2,752	$	2,726	$	—
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	3,219		3,197		562		—		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	6,743	$	6,676	$	562	$	2,752	$	2,726	$	—

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,516	$	31	$	2,282	$	27
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	4,144		1		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	7,660	$	32	$	2,282	$	27
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,315	$	140	$	1,513	$	54
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	2,072		3		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	5,387	$	143	$	1,513	$	54

Impact of Loss Mitigating Features of Conventional Mortgage Loans [Table Text Block]

The following table demonstrates the impact on our estimate of the allowance for credit losses resulting from the loss-mitigating features of conventional mortgage loans (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Total estimated losses	$	3,902		$	10,053
Less: estimated losses in excess of the first-loss account, to be absorbed by participating financial institutions	(1,208		)	(5,010		)
Less: estimated performance-based credit-enhancement fees available for recapture	(737		)	(629		)
Net allowance for credit losses	$	1,957		$	4,414

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis [Abstract]

Other-than-Temporary Impairment [Text Block]

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment

We evaluate our individual available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities for other-than-temporary impairment each quarter. As part of our evaluation of securities for other-than-temporary impairment, we consider whether we intend to sell each security for which fair value is less than amortized cost or whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost. If either of these conditions is met, we recognize an other-than-temporary impairment charge in earnings equal to the entire difference between the security's amortized cost basis and its fair value at the statement of condition date. For securities in an unrealized loss position that meet neither of these conditions (excluding agency MBS) and for all residential private-label MBS, we perform a cash-flow analysis to determine whether the entire amortized cost basis of these impaired securities, including all previously other-than-temporarily impaired securities, will be recovered. If we do not expect to recover the entire amount, the unrealized loss position is considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired. We evaluate the security's other-than-temporary impairment to determine the amount of credit loss to be recognized in earnings, which is limited to the amount of that security's unrealized loss.

Available-for-Sale Securities

As a result of our evaluations, we determined that none of our available-for-sale securities were other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013. At September 30, 2013, we held certain available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position. These unrealized losses reflect the impact of normal yield and spread fluctuations attendant with security markets. These unrealized losses are considered temporary as we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis on these available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position and neither intend to sell these securities nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of each security's remaining amortized cost basis. Additionally, there have been no shortfalls of principal or interest on any available-for-sale security. Regarding securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2013:

• Debentures issued by a supranational institution that were in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2013, are expected to return contractual principal and interest, based on our review and analysis of independent third-party credit reports on the supranational institution, and such supranational institution is rated triple-A (or equivalent) by each of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs).

• Debentures issued by U.S. government-owned corporations are not obligations of the U.S. government and not guaranteed by the U.S. government. However, these securities are rated at the same level as the U.S. government by the NRSROs. These ratings reflect the U.S. government's implicit support of the government-owned corporation as well as the entity's underlying business and financial risk.

• We have concluded that the probability of default on debt issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) is remote given their status as GSEs and their support from the U.S. government.

• Agency MBS. For MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which we sometimes refer to as agency MBS in this report, we determined that the strength of the issuers' guarantees through direct obligation or support from the U.S. government is sufficient to protect us from losses based on current expectations.

Held-to-Maturity Securities

HFA Securities. We have reviewed our investments in HFA securities and have determined that unrealized losses reflect the impact of normal market yield and spread fluctuations and illiquidity in the credit markets. We have determined that all unrealized losses are temporary given the creditworthiness of the issuers and the underlying collateral, including an assessment of past payment history (no shortfalls of principal or interest), property vacancy rates, debt service ratios, over-collateralization and other credit enhancement, and third-party bond insurance as applicable. As of September 30, 2013, none of our held-to-maturity investments in HFA securities were rated below investment grade by an NRSRO. Because the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and credit spreads and to illiquidity in the credit markets and not to a significant deterioration in the fundamental credit quality of these obligations, and because we do not intend to sell the investments nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investments before recovery of the amortized cost basis, we do not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013.

Agency MBS. For agency MBS, we determined that the strength of the issuers' guarantees through direct obligation or support from the U.S. government is sufficient to protect us from losses based on current expectations. Additionally, there have been no shortfalls of principal or interest on any such security. As a result, we have determined that, as of September 30, 2013, all of the gross unrealized losses on such MBS are temporary. We do not believe that the declines in market value of these securities are attributable to credit quality, and because we do not intend to sell the investments, nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investments before recovery of the amortized cost basis, we do not consider any of these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2013.

Private-Label Residential MBS and ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans. Our evaluation includes estimating the projected cash flows that we are likely to collect based on an assessment of all available information, including the structure of the applicable security and certain assumptions to determine whether we will recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security, such as:

• the remaining payment terms for the security;

• prepayment speeds;

• default rates;

• loss severity on the collateral supporting each security based on underlying loan-level borrower and loan characteristics;

• expected housing price changes; and

• interest-rate assumptions.

To assess whether the entire amortized cost basis of private-label residential MBS will be recovered, cash-flow analyses for each of our private-label residential MBS were performed. These analyses use two third-party models.

The first third-party model considers borrower characteristics and the particular attributes of the loans underlying our securities, in conjunction with assumptions about current home prices and future changes in home prices and interest rates, producing monthly projections of prepayments, defaults, and loss severities. A significant input to the first model is the forecast of future housing-price changes for the relevant states and core-based statistical areas (CBSAs), based on an assessment of the individual housing markets. The term CBSA refers collectively to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. As currently defined, a CBSA must contain at least one core urban area with a population of 10,000 or more people, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The FHLBank System committee (OTTI Governance Committee) developed a short-term housing price forecast using whole percentages, with projected changes ranging from a decrease of 5.0 percent to an increase of 8.0 percent over the 12 month period beginning July 1, 2013. For the vast majority of markets, the short-term forecast has changes from a decrease of 1.0 percent to an increase of 7.0 percent. Thereafter home prices were projected to recover using one of five different recovery paths. Under those recovery paths, home prices were projected to increase as follows:

Months	Recovery Range
1-6	0.0	%	to	3.0%
7-12	1.0	%	to	4.0%
13-18	2.0	%	to	4.0%
19-30	2.0	%	to	5.0%
31-54	2.0	%	to	6.0%
Thereafter	2.3	%	to	5.6%

The month-by-month projections of future loan performance are derived from the first model to determine projected prepayments, defaults, and loss severities. These projections are then input into a second model that calculates the projected loan-level cash flows and then allocates those cash flows and losses among the various classes in the securitization structure in accordance with the cash-flow and loss-allocation rules prescribed by the securitization structure. In a securitization in which the credit enhancement for the senior securities is derived from the presence of subordinate securities, losses are generally allocated first to the subordinate securities until their principal balance is reduced to zero. The projected cash flows are based on a number of assumptions and expectations and the results of these models can vary significantly with changes in assumptions and expectations. The scenario of cash flows determined based on the model approach described above reflects a best estimate scenario and includes a base case current-to-trough housing price forecast and a base case housing price recovery path described in the prior paragraph.

For those securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was determined to have occurred during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 (that is, a determination was made that less than the entire amortized cost basis is expected to be recovered), the following table presents a summary of the average projected values over the remaining lives of the securities for the significant inputs used to measure the amount of the credit loss recognized in earnings, as well as related current credit enhancement. Credit enhancement is defined as the percentage of subordinated tranches, over-collateralization, and other credit enhancement, if any, in a security structure that will generally absorb losses before we will experience a credit loss on the security. The calculated averages represent the dollar-weighted averages of all the private-label residential MBS and home equity loan investments in each category shown (dollars in thousands).

			Significant Inputs
			Projected Prepayment Rates		Projected Default Rates		Projected Loss Severities		Current Credit Enhancement
Private-label MBS by Year of Securitization	Par Value		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent
Private-label residential MBS
Alt-A (1)
2007	$	65,490	5.3	%	58.2	%	45.1	%	25.5	%
2005	9,797		6.1		45.5		41.5		22.3
Total Alt-A	$	75,287	5.4	%	56.5	%	44.7	%	25.1	%
ABS backed by home equity loans
Subprime (1)
2004 and prior	$	283	1.1	%	38.1	%	91.6	%	10.9	%

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(1)Securities are classified in the table above based upon the current performance characteristics of the underlying loan pool and therefore the manner in which the loan pool backing the security has been modeled (as prime, Alt-A, or subprime), rather than their classification of the security at the time of issuance.

The following table sets forth our securities for which other-than-temporary impairment credit losses were recognized during the life of the security through September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands). Securities are classified in the table below based on their classifications at the time of issuance. We note that we have instituted litigation in relation to certain of the private-label MBS in which we invested. Our complaint asserts, among others, claims for untrue or misleading statements in the sale of securities. It is possible that classifications of private-label MBS as provided herein when based on classification at the time of issuance (as per the following tables in this Note 6, for example) as disclosed by those securities' issuance documents, as well as other statements about the securities, are inaccurate.

	September 30, 2013
Other-Than-Temporarily Impaired Investment	Par Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Private-label residential MBS – Prime	$	65,201	$	55,351	$	41,623	$	54,608
Private-label residential MBS – Alt-A	1,603,544		1,159,835		835,533		1,108,360
ABS backed by home equity loans – Subprime	5,066		4,504		3,522		4,415
Total other-than-temporarily impaired securities	$	1,673,811	$	1,219,690	$	880,678	$	1,167,383

The following table presents a roll-forward of the amounts related to credit losses recognized in earnings. The roll-forward is the amount of credit losses on investment securities on which we recognized a portion of other-than-temporary impairment charges into accumulated other comprehensive loss (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Balance at beginning of period	$	472,243		$	520,654		$	497,102		$	544,833
Additions:
Credit losses for which other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized	—			—			—			—
Additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized(1)	1,528			1,092			2,343			5,544
Reductions:
Securities matured or paid-down during the period	(10,427		)	(8,065		)	(28,793		)	(32,697		)
Increase in cash flows expected to be collected which are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(5,864		)	(2,609		)	(13,172		)	(6,608		)
Balance at end of period	$	457,480		$	511,072		$	457,480		$	511,072

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(1) For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to July 1, 2013 and 2012. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to January 1, 2013 and 2012.

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Advances - Interest-Rate-Payment Terms (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Advances [Abstract]
Fixed-rate	$ 21,789,381	$ 19,179,459
Variable-rate	418,956	1,090,393
Total par value	$ 22,208,337	$ 20,269,852

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Transactions with Shareholders (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Dec. 31, 2012
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Capital Stock Outstanding	$ 2,441,028				$ 2,441,028				$ 3,455,165
Par Value of Advances	22,208,337				22,208,337				20,269,852
Total Accrued Interest Receivable	75,943				75,943				100,404
Interest income on outstanding advances	56,405		72,551		172,445		225,037
Bank of America , N.A. [Member]
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Capital Stock Outstanding	857,835				857,835
Percent of Total	25.10%				25.10%
Par Value of Advances	99,221				99,221
Percentage of Total Par Value of Advances	0.40%				0.40%
Total Accrued Interest Receivable	398				398
Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances	1.20%				1.20%
Interest income on outstanding advances	1,295	[1]	2,137	[1]	3,984	[1]	5,114	[1]
Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A. [Member]
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Capital Stock Outstanding									978,084	[2]
Percent of Total									26.60%	[2]
Par Value of Advances									101,795	[2]
Percentage of Total Par Value of Advances									0.50%	[2]
Total Accrued Interest Receivable									437	[2]
Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances									1.20%	[2]
RBS Citizens N.A. [Member]
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Capital Stock Outstanding	430,077				430,077				484,517
Percent of Total	12.60%				12.60%				13.20%
Par Value of Advances	19,298				19,298				519,808
Percentage of Total Par Value of Advances	0.10%				0.10%				2.60%
Total Accrued Interest Receivable	65				65				109
Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances	0.20%				0.20%				0.30%
Interest income on outstanding advances	210		3,155		977		8,367
CW Reinsurance Company [Member]
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Capital Stock Outstanding									1,900
Directors' Financial Institutions [Member]
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Capital Stock Outstanding	127,020				127,020				143,165
Percent of Total	3.70%				3.70%				3.90%
Par Value of Advances	655,493				655,493				792,839
Percentage of Total Par Value of Advances	3.00%				3.00%				3.90%
Total Accrued Interest Receivable	$ 1,668				$ 1,668				$ 2,138
Percent of Total Accrued Interest Receivable on Advances	5.10%				5.10%				6.10%
Minimum [Member]
Transactions with Shareholders [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Definiton of Related Party Voting Interests, Percent	10.00%				10.00%
Related Party Transaction, Definiton of Related Party Capital Stock, Percent	10.00%				10.00%
Transactions with Shareholders, Definition of Shareholder Concentrations Capital Stock, Percent	10.00%				10.00%

[1] Includes interest income from advances outstanding to BANA RI through the date of its merger with BANA in April 2013.

[2] Capital stock outstanding at December 31, 2012 included $1.9 million held by CW Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (BANA). Bank of America Rhode Island, N.A. (BANA RI) merged into BANA, its parent, during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. BANA is ineligible for membership.

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Trading Securities Trading Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Trading Securities [Abstract]

Trading Securities by Major Security Type [Table Text Block]

Our trading securities as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
United States (U.S.) government-guaranteed – residential	$	14,962	$	16,876
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) – residential	3,803		4,946
GSEs – commercial	231,205		252,471
Total	$	249,970	$	274,293

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Table Text Block]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table presents a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities			Noncredit Portion of Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-maturity Securities			Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities			Pension and Postretirement Benefits			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance, June 30, 2012	$	(50,442	)	$	(420,392	)	$	(54,727	)	$	(2,881	)	$	(528,442	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized gains (losses)	17,525			—			(10,448		)	—			7,077
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(2,013		)	—			—			(2,013		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			17,838			—			—			17,838
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			1,028			—			—			1,028
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			4			—			4
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(166		)	(166		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	17,525			16,853			(10,444		)	(166		)	23,768
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	(32,917	)	$	(403,539	)	$	(65,171	)	$	(3,047	)	$	(504,674	)
Balance, June 30, 2013	$	(67,119	)	$	(354,716	)	$	(47,846	)	$	(4,421	)	$	(474,102	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized losses	(17,195		)	—			(6,173		)	—			(23,368		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			—			—			—			—
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			14,256			—			—			14,256
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			1,448			—			—			1,448
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			4			—			4
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(323		)	(323		)
Other comprehensive (loss)income	(17,195		)	15,704			(6,169		)	(323		)	(7,983		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(84,314	)	$	(339,012	)	$	(54,015	)	$	(4,744	)	$	(482,085	)

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(1) Recorded in net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the statement of operations.

(2) Recorded in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities in the statement of operations.

(3) Recorded in other operating expenses in the statement of operations.

The following table presents a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities			Noncredit Portion of Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-maturity Securities			Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities			Pension and Postretirement Benefits			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	(48,560	)	$	(450,996	)	$	(32,308	)	$	(2,547	)	$	(534,411	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized gains (losses)	15,643			—			(32,874		)	—			(17,231		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(10,931		)	—			—			(10,931		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			56,131			—			—			56,131
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			2,257			—			—			2,257
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			11			—			11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(500		)	(500		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	15,643			47,457			(32,863		)	(500		)	29,737
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	(32,917	)	$	(403,539	)	$	(65,171	)	$	(3,047	)	$	(504,674	)
Balance, December 31, 2012	$	(22,643	)	$	(385,175	)	$	(65,027	)	$	(3,775	)	$	(476,620	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized (losses) gains	(61,671		)	—			11,001			—			(50,670		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(63		)	—			—			(63		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			44,000			—			—			44,000
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			2,226			—			—			2,226
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			11			—			11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(969		)	(969		)
Other comprehensive (loss)income	(61,671		)	46,163			11,012			(969		)	(5,465		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(84,314	)	$	(339,012	)	$	(54,015	)	$	(4,744	)	$	(482,085	)

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(1) Recorded in net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the statement of operations.

(2) Recorded in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities in the statement of operations.

(3) Recorded in other operating expenses in the statement of operations.

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Allowance for Credit Losses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Allowance for Credit Losses [Abstract]

Allowance for Credit Losses [Text Block]

Allowance for Credit Losses

An allowance for credit losses is a valuation allowance separately established for each identified portfolio segment, if necessary, to provide for probable losses inherent in our portfolio as of the statement of condition date. To the extent necessary, an allowance for credit losses for off-balance-sheet credit exposure is recorded as a liability.

For additional information see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Secured Member Credit Products

We manage our credit exposure to secured member credit products through an integrated approach that generally provides for a credit limit to be established for each borrower, includes an ongoing review of each borrower's financial condition, and is coupled with collateral and lending policies that are intended to limit risk of loss while balancing borrowers' needs for a reliable source of funding.

We continue to evaluate and make changes to our collateral guidelines based on market conditions. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we did not have any secured member credit products that were past due, on nonaccrual status, or considered impaired. In addition, there were no troubled debt restructurings related to credit products during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

Based upon the collateral held as security, our credit extension and collateral policies, management's credit analysis, and the repayment history on secured member credit products, we have not recorded any allowance for credit losses on secured member credit products at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, no liability to reflect an allowance for credit losses for off-balance-sheet credit exposures was recorded. See Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies for additional information on our off-balance-sheet credit exposure.

For additional information on our secured member credit exposure to credit products, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Government MortgageLoans Held for Portfolio

Based on our assessment of our servicers for our government loans, there is no allowance for credit losses for the government mortgage loan portfolio as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012. In addition, these mortgage loans are not placed on nonaccrual status due to the government guarantee or insurance on these loans and the contractual obligation of the loan servicers to repurchase their related loans when certain criteria are met.

For additional information on our government mortgage loans, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Conventional Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

We periodically adjust the key inputs to our method for determining our allowance for credit losses based on our investments in conventional mortgage loans. These adjustments are intended to align our loss projections with the market conditions that are relevant to these loans. The key inputs to our method include past and current performance of these loans (including portfolio-delinquency and default-migration statistics), overall loan-portfolio-performance characteristics (including loss-mitigation features, especially credit enhancements, as discussed below under — Credit Enhancements), and loss-severity estimates for these loans. We update the following inputs at least once per quarter: current outstanding loan amounts, delinquency statistics of the portfolio, and related loss-mitigation features (including credit-enhancement and estimated credit-enhancement fee-recovery amounts) for all master commitments. A master commitment is a document which provides the general terms under which the participating financial institution will deliver mortgage loans, including a maximum loan delivery amount, maximum credit enhancement, if applicable, and expiration date. Additionally, we review our method's default migration factor on a quarterly basis to determine if the portfolio has exhibited any change in loans migrating from current to delinquent or from delinquent to default and make adjustments as appropriate.

We use a third-party loan-loss projection model to determine our loss-severity estimates for our master commitments. The inputs to this model include loan-related characteristics (such as property types and locations), industry data (such as foreclosure timelines and associated costs), and current and projected housing prices. We update our loss-severity estimates each quarter.

Roll-Forward of Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans. The following table presents a roll-forward of the allowance for credit losses on conventional mortgage loans for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, as well as the recorded investment in mortgage loans by impairment methodology at September 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands). The recorded investment in a loan is the par amount of the loan, adjusted for accrued interest, unamortized premiums or discounts, deferred derivative gains and losses, and direct write-downs. The recorded investment is net of any valuation allowance.

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Allowance for credit losses
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,999		$	6,114		$	4,414		$	7,800
Charge-offs	(125		)	(77		)	(310		)	(229		)
Recoveries	—			—			47			—
Provision for (reduction of) credit losses	83			(523		)	(2,194		)	(2,057		)
Balance at end of period	$	1,957		$	5,514		$	1,957		$	5,514
Ending balance, individually evaluated for impairment	$	562		$	—		$	562		$	—
Ending balance, collectively evaluated for impairment	$	1,395		$	5,514		$	1,395		$	5,514
Recorded investment, end of period (1)
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	6,743		$	2,256		$	6,743		$	2,256
Collectively evaluated for impairment	$	2,961,768		$	3,041,201		$	2,961,768		$	3,041,201

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(1) These amounts exclude government mortgage loans because we make no allowance for credit losses based on our investments in government mortgage loans, as discussed above under — Government Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.

Credit Quality Indicators. Key credit quality indicators for mortgage loans include the migration of past due loans, nonaccrual loans, loans in process of foreclosure and impaired loans. The tables below set forth certain key credit quality indicators for our investments in mortgage loans at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013
	Recorded Investment in Conventional Mortgage Loans			Recorded Investment in Government Mortgage Loans			Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	32,392		$	15,389		$	47,781
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	13,091			3,618			16,709
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	45,109			19,489			64,598
Total past due	90,592			38,496			129,088
Total current loans	2,877,919			413,215			3,291,134
Total mortgage loans	$	2,968,511		$	451,711		$	3,420,222
Other delinquency statistics
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)	$	17,945		$	6,709		$	24,654
Serious delinquency rate (2)	1.55		%	4.31		%	1.91		%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$	—		$	19,489		$	19,489
Loans on nonaccrual status (3)	$	45,409		$	—		$	45,409

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(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

(3) Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

	December 31, 2012
	Recorded Investment in Conventional Mortgage Loans			Recorded Investment in Government Mortgage Loans			Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$	36,720		$	14,451		$	51,171
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	12,339			4,459			16,798
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	50,927			23,715			74,642
Total past due	99,986			42,625			142,611
Total current loans	2,944,184			414,400			3,358,584
Total mortgage loans	$	3,044,170		$	457,025		$	3,501,195
Other delinquency statistics
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)	$	23,580		$	11,022		$	34,602
Serious delinquency rate (2)	1.70		%	5.19		%	2.15		%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$	—		$	23,715		$	23,715
Loans on nonaccrual status (3)	$	51,609		$	—		$	51,609

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(1) Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

(3) Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

Individually Evaluated Impaired Loans. The following tables present the recorded investment, par value and any related allowance for impaired loans individually assessed for impairment at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, and the average recorded investment and interest income recognized on these loans during the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands).

	As of September 30, 2013						As of December 31, 2012
	Recorded Investment		Par Value		Related Allowance		Recorded Investment		Par Value		Related Allowance
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,524	$	3,479	$	—	$	2,752	$	2,726	$	—
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	3,219		3,197		562		—		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	6,743	$	6,676	$	562	$	2,752	$	2,726	$	—

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,516	$	31	$	2,282	$	27
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	4,144		1		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	7,660	$	32	$	2,282	$	27
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013				2012
	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with no related allowance	$	3,315	$	140	$	1,513	$	54
Individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans with a related allowance	2,072		3		—		—
Total individually evaluated impaired mortgage loans	$	5,387	$	143	$	1,513	$	54

Credit Enhancements. Our allowance for credit losses factors in the credit enhancements associated with conventional mortgage loans under the MPF program. These credit enhancements apply after the homeowner's equity is exhausted and can include primary and/or supplemental mortgage insurance or other kinds of credit enhancement. The credit enhancement amounts needed to protect us against credit losses are determined through the use of a model. Any incurred losses that would be recovered from the credit enhancements are not reserved as part of our allowance for loan losses. In such cases, a receivable is generally established to reflect the expected recovery from credit-enhancement arrangements.

Conventional mortgage loans are required to be credit enhanced so that the risk of loss is limited to the losses equivalent to an investor in a double-A rated MBS at the time of purchase. We share the risk of credit losses on our investments in mortgage loans with the related participating financial institution by structuring potential losses on these investments into layers with respect to each master commitment. We analyze the risk characteristics of our mortgage loans using a third-party model to determine the credit enhancement amount. This credit-enhancement amount is broken into a first-loss account and a credit-enhancement obligation of each participating financial institution, which is calculated based on the risk analysis to equal the difference between the amounts needed for the master commitment to have a rating equivalent to a double-A rated MBS and our initial first-loss account exposure.

Participating financial institutions are paid a credit-enhancement fee for assuming credit risk and in some instances all or a portion of the credit-enhancement fee may be performance-based. For certain MPF products, our losses incurred under the first-loss account can be mitigated by withholding future performance-based credit-enhancement fees that would otherwise be payable to the participating financial institutions. We record credit-enhancement fees paid to participating financial institutions as a reduction to mortgage-loan-interest income. We incurred credit-enhancement fees of $773,000 and $782,000 during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we incurred credit enhancement fees of $2.4 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

For additional information related to credit enhancements and the first-loss account, see Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 10 — Allowance for Credit Losses in the 2012 Annual Report.

Withheld performance-based credit-enhancement fees can mitigate losses from our investments in mortgage loans and therefore we consider our expectations for each master commitment for such withheld fees in determining the allowance for loan losses. More specifically, we determine the amount of credit-enhancement fees available to mitigate losses as follows: accrued credit-enhancement fees to be paid to participating financial institutions; plus projected credit-enhancement fees to be paid to the participating financial institutions using the weighted average life of the loans within each relevant master commitment (the CE Fees Estimation Factor); minus any losses incurred or expected to be incurred. Previously, for the year ended December 31, 2012, and the quarter ended March 31, 2013, we had determined the CE Fees Estimation Factor using the projected credit-enhancement fees to be paid to the participating financial institutions over the next 12 months. We believe that our current approach is an improvement from our prior estimation method. Available credit-enhancement fees cannot be shared between master commitments and, as a result, some master commitments may have sufficient credit-enhancement fees to recover all losses while other master commitments may not.

The following table demonstrates the impact on our estimate of the allowance for credit losses resulting from the loss-mitigating features of conventional mortgage loans (dollars in thousands).

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Total estimated losses	$	3,902		$	10,053
Less: estimated losses in excess of the first-loss account, to be absorbed by participating financial institutions	(1,208		)	(5,010		)
Less: estimated performance-based credit-enhancement fees available for recapture	(737		)	(629		)
Net allowance for credit losses	$	1,957		$	4,414

Troubled Debt Restructurings. We consider a troubled debt restructuring of a financing receivable to have occurred when we grant a concession to a borrower that we would not otherwise consider for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower's financial difficulties. We classify troubled debt restructurings at the end of the three-month trial period for troubled debt restructurings involved in our modification program for conventional mortgage loans.

We also consider troubled debt restructurings to have occurred when a borrower has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 7 bankruptcy) pursuant to which the bankruptcy court has discharged the borrower's obligation to us and the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt.

A mortgage loan considered to be a troubled debt restructuring is individually evaluated for impairment when determining its related allowance for credit losses. Credit loss is measured by factoring in expected cash shortfalls (i.e., loss severity rate) incurred as of the reporting date as well as the economic loss attributable to delaying the original contractual principal and interest due dates, if applicable. During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013, we had one troubled debt restructuring. The recorded investment in the troubled debt restructuring post-modification was $121,000 as of the modification date. During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2012, we had four troubled debt restructurings. The recorded investment in these troubled debt restructurings post-modification was $715,000 as of the modification date.

During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, we had four troubled debt restructurings. The recorded investment in these troubled debt restructurings post-modification was $880,000 as of the modification date.

During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012, we had 10 troubled debt restructurings. The recorded investment in these troubled debt restructurings post-modification was $1.9 million as of the modification date.

As of September 30, 2013, we had mortgage loans with a recorded investment of $3.6 million that are considered troubled debt restructurings of which $2.9 million were performing and $661,000 were nonperforming. As of December 31, 2012, we had mortgage loans with a recorded investment of $2.8 million that are considered troubled debt restructurings, of which $1.9 million were performing and $912,000 were nonperforming.

As of September 30, 2013, we had two troubled debt restructurings with a recorded investment of $509,000 that resulted from borrowers that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in which the bankruptcy court discharged the borrowers' obligations to us and the borrowers did not reaffirm the debt. We did not record an additional impairment charge or increase our allowance for credit losses since there are sufficient credit-enhancement fees remaining for the master commitment associated with these loans.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, none of our investments in conventional mortgage loans modified as troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months experienced a payment default. A loan modified as a troubled debt restructuring is considered to be in default if its contractual principal or interest is 60 days or more past due.

REO. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had $6.0 million and $8.7 million, respectively, in assets classified as REO. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, we sold REO assets with a recorded carrying value of $9.9 million and $8.2 million, respectively. Upon the sale of these properties, and inclusive of any proceeds received from primary mortgage-insurance coverage, we recognized net losses totaling $3.0 million and net gains totaling $308,000 during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Gains and losses on the sale of REO assets are recorded in other income.

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Subsequent Events (Details) (Subsequent Event [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified		0 Months Ended
	Oct. 25, 2013 Dividend Declared [Member]	Nov. 04, 2013 Dividend Paid [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Annualized rate of cash dividend	0.37%
Dividend, including dividends on mandatorily redeemable capital stock		$ 3.2

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities Narratives (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) recognized in other comprehensive income for hedged items in cash-flow hedging relationships	$ (6,173,000)		$ (10,448,000)	$ 11,001,000		$ (32,874,000)
Maximum length of time which we are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions				6 years
Deferred net losses on derivative instruments accumulated in other comprehensive loss	3,300,000			3,300,000
Aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position	649,800,000			649,800,000
Post-haircut value of collateral already posted	502,800,000			502,800,000
Rating Downgrade from AA+ to AA or AA - [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Additional collateral	39,587,000	[1],[2]		39,587,000	[1],[2]
Rating Downgrade From AA- to A+, A or A -[Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Additional collateral	53,117,000	[1],[2]		53,117,000	[1],[2]
Rating Downgrade From A- to below A- [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Additional collateral	39,152,000	[1],[2]		39,152,000	[1],[2]
AA+ Rating [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Additional collateral	$ 14,400,000			$ 14,400,000

[1] Ratings are expressed in this table according to S&P's conventions but include the equivalent of such rating by Moody's. If there is a split rating, the lower rating is used.

[2] Additional collateral of $14.4 million could be called by counterparties as of September 30, 2013, at our current credit rating of AA+ (based on the lower of our credit ratings from S&P and Moody's) and is not included in the table.

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Held-to-Maturity Securities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Held-to-maturity Securities [Abstract]

Held-to-maturity Securities Disclosure [Text Block]

Held-to-Maturity Securities

Major Security Types. Our held-to-maturity securities as of September 30, 2013, were (dollars in thousands):

	Amortized Cost		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains		Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses			Fair Value
U.S. agency obligations	$	9,749	$	—		$	9,749	$	809	$	—		$	10,558
State or local housing-finance-agency obligations (HFA securities)	185,156		—			185,156		48		(22,056		)	163,148
GSEs	67,943		—			67,943		529		—			68,472
	262,848		—			262,848		1,386		(22,056		)	242,178
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	30,128		—			30,128		672		—			30,800
U.S. government guaranteed – commercial	237,527		—			237,527		1,107		—			238,634
GSEs – residential	1,879,733		—			1,879,733		49,546		(330		)	1,928,949
GSEs – commercial	757,430		—			757,430		45,949		—			803,379
Private-label – residential	1,506,605		(338,030		)	1,168,575		285,865		(22,128		)	1,432,312
Private-label – commercial	1,621		—			1,621		8		—			1,629
Asset-backed securities (ABS) backed by home equity loans	24,254		(982		)	23,272		893		(1,841		)	22,324
	4,437,298		(339,012		)	4,098,286		384,040		(24,299		)	4,458,027
Total	$	4,700,146	$	(339,012	)	$	4,361,134	$	385,426	$	(46,355	)	$	4,700,205

Our held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2012, were (dollars in thousands):

	Amortized Cost		Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Carrying Value		Gross Unrecognized Holding Gains		Gross Unrecognized Holding Losses			Fair Value
U.S. agency obligations	$	12,877	$	—		$	12,877	$	1,243	$	—		$	14,120
HFA securities	189,719		—			189,719		44		(17,881		)	171,882
GSEs	69,246		—			69,246		1,521		—			70,767
	271,842		—			271,842		2,808		(17,881		)	256,769
MBS
U.S. government guaranteed – residential	38,313		—			38,313		879		—			39,192
U.S. government guaranteed – commercial	451,559		—			451,559		8,273		—			459,832
GSEs – residential	2,357,479		—			2,357,479		78,105		(337		)	2,435,247
GSEs – commercial	957,503		—			957,503		84,282		(2		)	1,041,783
Private-label – residential	1,669,041		(384,051		)	1,284,990		183,581		(34,184		)	1,434,387
Private-label – commercial	9,822		—			9,822		321		—			10,143
ABS backed by home equity loans	25,951		(1,124		)	24,827		719		(3,669		)	21,877
	5,509,668		(385,175		)	5,124,493		356,160		(38,192		)	5,442,461
Total	$	5,781,510	$	(385,175	)	$	5,396,335	$	358,968	$	(56,073	)	$	5,699,230

As of September 30, 2013, the amortized cost of our held-to-maturity securities included net discounts of $457.5 million. Of that amount, net premiums of $626,000 related to non-MBS and net discounts of $458.1 million related to MBS. As of December 31, 2012, the amortized cost of our held-to-maturity securities included net discounts of $494.9 million. Of that amount, net premiums of $1.9 million related to non-MBS and net discounts of $496.8 million related to MBS.

The following table summarizes our held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2013, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands). 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
HFA securities	$	—	$	—		$	155,814	$	(22,056	)	$	155,814	$	(22,056	)
MBS
GSEs – residential	5,585		(6		)	45,424		(324		)	51,009		(330		)
Private-label – residential	63,819		(1,434		)	966,325		(105,517		)	1,030,144		(106,951		)
ABS backed by home equity loans	—		—			22,324		(2,108		)	22,324		(2,108		)
	69,404		(1,440		)	1,034,073		(107,949		)	1,103,477		(109,389		)
Total	$	69,404	$	(1,440	)	$	1,189,887	$	(130,005	)	$	1,259,291	$	(131,445	)

The following table summarizes our held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2012, which are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands). 

	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair  Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
HFA securities	$	—	$	—		$	163,864	$	(17,881	)	$	163,864	$	(17,881	)
MBS
GSEs – residential	—		—			60,776		(337		)	60,776		(337		)
GSEs – commercial	1,220		(2		)	—		—			1,220		(2		)
Private-label – residential	—		—			1,325,876		(242,306		)	1,325,876		(242,306		)
ABS backed by home equity loans	—		—			21,181		(4,114		)	21,181		(4,114		)
	1,220		(2		)	1,407,833		(246,757		)	1,409,053		(246,759		)
Total	$	1,220	$	(2	)	$	1,571,697	$	(264,638	)	$	1,572,917	$	(264,640	)

Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and fair value of our held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, are shown below (dollars in thousands). Expected maturities of some securities and MBS may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
Year of Maturity	Amortized Cost		Carrying Value (1)		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value (1)		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	67,943	$	67,943	$	68,472	$	—	$	—	$	—
Due after one year through five years	1,179		1,179		1,252		69,581		69,581		71,102
Due after five years through 10 years	30,091		30,091		30,587		32,562		32,562		33,604
Due after 10 years	163,635		163,635		141,867		169,699		169,699		152,063
	262,848		262,848		242,178		271,842		271,842		256,769
MBS (2)	4,437,298		4,098,286		4,458,027		5,509,668		5,124,493		5,442,461
Total	$	4,700,146	$	4,361,134	$	4,700,205	$	5,781,510	$	5,396,335	$	5,699,230

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(1)Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

(2) MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 127,002	$ 153,608
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	(36,170)	(13,299)
Reduction of provision for credit losses	(2,194)	(2,057)
Change in net fair-value adjustments on derivatives and hedging activities	(21,529)	85,822
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses on investment securities, credit portion	2,343	5,544
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	4,956	16,993
Other adjustments	583	(312)
Net change in:
Market value of trading securities	11,278	(8,291)
Accrued interest receivable	24,461	20,567
Other assets	2,862	2,150
Accrued interest payable	4,850	18,181
Other liabilities	7,107	12,393
Total adjustments	(1,453)	137,691
Net cash provided by operating activities	125,549	291,299
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Interest-bearing deposits	(3,948)	(84)
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	2,515,000	1,775,000
Federal funds sold	100,000	1,170,000
Premises, software, and equipment	(671)	(784)
Trading securities:
Proceeds from long-term	13,045	3,035
Available-for-sale securities:
Proceeds from long-term	1,506,945	1,128,619
Purchases of long-term	(289,846)	(1,615,479)
Held-to-maturity securities:
Proceeds from long-term	1,089,923	1,016,930
Advances to members:
Proceeds	157,664,653	110,843,079
Disbursements	(159,602,066)	(109,610,045)
Mortgage loans held for portfolio:
Proceeds	595,488	610,854
Purchases	(535,022)	(947,759)
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets	9,454	7,904
Net cash provided by investing activities	3,062,955	4,381,270
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net change in deposits	(23,462)	12,079
Net payments on derivatives with a financing element	(14,275)	(27,101)
Net proceeds from issuance of consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	40,911,806	101,912,981
Bonds	4,802,462	7,879,848
Bonds transferred from other Federal Home Loan Banks	80,135	130,276
Payments for maturing and retiring consolidated obligations:
Discount notes	(39,074,702)	(104,572,190)
Bonds	(6,677,223)	(9,597,021)
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock	120,396	46,094
Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(97,995)	(12,580)
Payments for repurchase of capital stock	(275,011)	(237,412)
Cash dividends paid	(8,808)	(13,471)
Net cash used in financing activities	(256,677)	(4,478,497)
Net increase in cash and due from banks	2,931,827	194,072
Cash and due from banks at beginning of the year	240,945	112,094	112,094
Cash and due from banks at end of the period	3,172,772	306,166	240,945
Supplemental disclosures:
Interest paid	309,767	357,257
AHP payments	8,842	4,313	5,415
Noncash transfers of mortgage loans held for portfolio to real-estaste-owned (REO)	$ 7,863	$ 10,435

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Transactions with Other FHLBanks (Details) (FHLBank of Chicago [Member], USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
FHLBank of Chicago [Member]
Transactions with Other FHLBanks [Line Items]
MPF transaction-services fee expense	$ 387,000	$ 347,000	$ 1,156,000	$ 966,000

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Held-to-Maturity Securities Major Security Types (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 4,700,146		$ 5,781,510
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(339,012)		(385,175)
Carrying Value	4,361,134	[1],[2]	5,396,335	[1],[2]
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	385,426		358,968
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(46,355)		(56,073)
Fair Value	4,700,205		5,699,230
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	9,749		12,877
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	9,749		12,877
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	809		1,243
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	0		0
Fair Value	10,558		14,120
HFA Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	185,156		189,719
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	185,156		189,719
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	48		44
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(22,056)		(17,881)
Fair Value	163,148		171,882
GSEs [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	67,943		69,246
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	67,943		69,246
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	529		1,521
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	0		0
Fair Value	68,472		70,767
Other Than Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	262,848		271,842
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	262,848	[2]	271,842	[2]
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	1,386		2,808
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(22,056)		(17,881)
Fair Value	242,178		256,769
U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	30,128		38,313
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	30,128		38,313
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	672		879
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	0		0
Fair Value	30,800		39,192
U.S. Government Guaranteed - Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	237,527		451,559
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	237,527		451,559
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	1,107		8,273
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	0		0
Fair Value	238,634		459,832
GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,879,733		2,357,479
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	1,879,733		2,357,479
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	49,546		78,105
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(330)		(337)
Fair Value	1,928,949		2,435,247
GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	757,430		957,503
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	757,430		957,503
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	45,949		84,282
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	0		(2)
Fair Value	803,379		1,041,783
Private-Label Residential MBS[Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,506,605		1,669,041
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(338,030)		(384,051)
Carrying Value	1,168,575		1,284,990
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	285,865		183,581
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(22,128)		(34,184)
Fair Value	1,432,312		1,434,387
Private-Label – Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,621		9,822
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0		0
Carrying Value	1,621		9,822
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	8		321
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	0		0
Fair Value	1,629		10,143
ABS Backed by Home Equity Loans [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	24,254		25,951
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(982)		(1,124)
Carrying Value	23,272		24,827
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	893		719
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(1,841)		(3,669)
Fair Value	22,324		21,877
MBS [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	4,437,298	[3]	5,509,668	[3]
Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(339,012)		(385,175)
Carrying Value	4,098,286	[2],[3]	5,124,493	[2],[3]
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gains	384,040		356,160
Held to Maturity Securities Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Losses	(24,299)		(38,192)
Fair Value	$ 4,458,027	[3]	$ 5,442,461	[3]

[1] Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $4,700,205 and $5,699,230 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

[2] Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

[3] MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities because borrowers of the underlying loans may have the right to call or prepay their obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

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Trading Securities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trading securities	$ 249,970		$ 249,970		$ 274,293
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Trading Securities	726	4,669	(11,278)	8,291
U.S. Government Guaranteed - Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trading securities	14,962		14,962		16,876
GSEs – Residential MBS [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trading securities	3,803		3,803		4,946
GSEs – Commercial MBS [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Trading securities	$ 231,205		$ 231,205		$ 252,471

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Employee Retirement Plans - Costs of Retirement Plans (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan [Member]
Employee Retirement Plans [Line Items]
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense	$ 215,000	$ 232,000	$ 699,000	$ 713,000
Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan [Member]
Employee Retirement Plans [Line Items]
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense	16,000	11,000	120,000	80,000
Nonqualified defined contribution plan obligation	$ 4,700,000		$ 4,700,000		$ 3,600,000

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis [Abstract]

Recovery Ranges of Housing Price Change [Table Text Block]

Under those recovery paths, home prices were projected to increase as follows:

Months	Recovery Range
1-6	0.0	%	to	3.0%
7-12	1.0	%	to	4.0%
13-18	2.0	%	to	4.0%
19-30	2.0	%	to	5.0%
31-54	2.0	%	to	6.0%
Thereafter	2.3	%	to	5.6%

Significant Inputs for OTTI [Table Text Block]

For those securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was determined to have occurred during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 (that is, a determination was made that less than the entire amortized cost basis is expected to be recovered), the following table presents a summary of the average projected values over the remaining lives of the securities for the significant inputs used to measure the amount of the credit loss recognized in earnings, as well as related current credit enhancement. Credit enhancement is defined as the percentage of subordinated tranches, over-collateralization, and other credit enhancement, if any, in a security structure that will generally absorb losses before we will experience a credit loss on the security. The calculated averages represent the dollar-weighted averages of all the private-label residential MBS and home equity loan investments in each category shown (dollars in thousands).

			Significant Inputs
			Projected Prepayment Rates		Projected Default Rates		Projected Loss Severities		Current Credit Enhancement
Private-label MBS by Year of Securitization	Par Value		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent		Weighted Average Percent
Private-label residential MBS
Alt-A (1)
2007	$	65,490	5.3	%	58.2	%	45.1	%	25.5	%
2005	9,797		6.1		45.5		41.5		22.3
Total Alt-A	$	75,287	5.4	%	56.5	%	44.7	%	25.1	%
ABS backed by home equity loans
Subprime (1)
2004 and prior	$	283	1.1	%	38.1	%	91.6	%	10.9	%

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(1)Securities are classified in the table above based upon the current performance characteristics of the underlying loan pool and therefore the manner in which the loan pool backing the security has been modeled (as prime, Alt-A, or subprime), rather than their classification of the security at the time of issuance.

Total Securities Other-than-Temporarily Impaired during the Life of the Security [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth our securities for which other-than-temporary impairment credit losses were recognized during the life of the security through September 30, 2013 (dollars in thousands). Securities are classified in the table below based on their classifications at the time of issuance. We note that we have instituted litigation in relation to certain of the private-label MBS in which we invested. Our complaint asserts, among others, claims for untrue or misleading statements in the sale of securities. It is possible that classifications of private-label MBS as provided herein when based on classification at the time of issuance (as per the following tables in this Note 6, for example) as disclosed by those securities' issuance documents, as well as other statements about the securities, are inaccurate.

	September 30, 2013
Other-Than-Temporarily Impaired Investment	Par Value		Amortized Cost		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Private-label residential MBS – Prime	$	65,201	$	55,351	$	41,623	$	54,608
Private-label residential MBS – Alt-A	1,603,544		1,159,835		835,533		1,108,360
ABS backed by home equity loans – Subprime	5,066		4,504		3,522		4,415
Total other-than-temporarily impaired securities	$	1,673,811	$	1,219,690	$	880,678	$	1,167,383

Rollforward of the Amounts Related to Credit Losses Recognized into Earnings [Table Text Block]

The following table presents a roll-forward of the amounts related to credit losses recognized in earnings. The roll-forward is the amount of credit losses on investment securities on which we recognized a portion of other-than-temporary impairment charges into accumulated other comprehensive loss (dollars in thousands).

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Balance at beginning of period	$	472,243		$	520,654		$	497,102		$	544,833
Additions:
Credit losses for which other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized	—			—			—			—
Additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized(1)	1,528			1,092			2,343			5,544
Reductions:
Securities matured or paid-down during the period	(10,427		)	(8,065		)	(28,793		)	(32,697		)
Increase in cash flows expected to be collected which are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(5,864		)	(2,609		)	(13,172		)	(6,608		)
Balance at end of period	$	457,480		$	511,072		$	457,480		$	511,072

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(1) For the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to July 1, 2013 and 2012. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to January 1, 2013 and 2012.

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Employee Retirement Plans - Net Pension Costs (Details) (Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer Plan, Period Contributions	$ 880	$ 1,104	$ 1,362	$ 3,212

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012 Housing_Authorities
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit	$ 23,870,000		$ 19,198,000
Number of State Housing Authorities Standby Bond Purchase Agreements			1
Maximum term of commitments to invest in mortgage loans	45 days
Carrying value, including accrued interest, of securities pledged as collateral that cannot be sold or repledged	437,500,000		650,900,000
Carrying value, including accrued interest, of securities pledged as collateral that can be sold or repledged	71,400,000		109,100,000
Other FHLBanks [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Par value of other FHLBanks' outstanding COs for which we are jointly and severally liable	686,300,000,000		653,500,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of standby letters of credit	27 days
Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Term of standby letters of credit	20 years
Standby Letters of Credit Outstanding [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	2,852,332,000	[1]	870,905,000	[1]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	235,116,000	[1]	343,744,000	[1]
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	3,087,448,000	[1]	1,214,649,000	[1]
Value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit	701,000		523,000
Commitments for Standby Bond Purchases [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	0		158,960,000
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	0		0
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	0		158,960,000
Commitments for Unused Lines of Credit - Advances [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	1,287,377,000	[2]	1,290,776,000	[2]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	0	[2]	0	[2]
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	1,287,377,000	[2]	1,290,776,000	[2]
Commitments for Unused Lines of Credit - Advances [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Period for commitments for unused line-of-credit advances	12 months
Commitments to Make Aditional Advances [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	18,713,000		22,985,000
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	49,124,000		72,036,000
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	67,837,000		95,021,000
Commitments to Invest in Mortgage Loans [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	18,107,000		30,938,000
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	0		0
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	18,107,000		30,938,000
Unsettled CO Bonds, at Par [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	45,000,000	[3]	124,100,000	[3]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	0	[3]	0	[3]
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	45,000,000	[3]	124,100,000	[3]
Unsettled CO Bonds, at Par [Member] | Interest-Rate Swaps [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments			100,000,000
Unsettled CO Discount Notes, at Par [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	0		1,405,000,000
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring After One Year	0		0
Total Off-balance Sheet Commitments	0		1,405,000,000
Standby Letters of Credit Issuance Commitments [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Off-balance-sheet Commitments Expiring Within One Year	$ 38,400,000		$ 12,600,000

[1] The amount of standby letters of credit outstanding excludes commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $38.4 million as of September 30, 2013. Also excluded are commitments to issue standby letters of credit that expire within one year totaling $12.6 million at December 31, 2012.

[2] Commitments for unused line-of-credit advances are generally for periods of up to 12 months. Since many of these commitments are not expected to be drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily indicate future liquidity requirements.

[3] We had no unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at September 30, 2013. We had $100.0 million in unsettled CO bonds that were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps at December 31, 2012.

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Allowance for credit losses - Narratives (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Contracts	Sep. 30, 2012 Contracts	Sep. 30, 2013 Contracts	Sep. 30, 2012 Contracts	Dec. 31, 2012
Allowance for Credit Losses [Abstract]
Credit enhancement fees	$ 773,000	$ 782,000	$ 2,400,000	$ 2,300,000
Number of troubled debt restructurings	1	4	4	10
Post-modification recorded investment in the troubled debt restructurings	121,000	715,000	880,000	1,900,000
Recorded investment of trouble debt restructuring	3,600,000		3,600,000		2,800,000
Troubled debt restructurings - performing	2,900,000		2,900,000		1,900,000
Troubled debt restructurings - nonperforming	661,000		661,000		912,000
Number of troubled debt restructurings due to Chapter 7 bankruptcy			2
Troubled debt restructurings recorded investment due to Chapter 7 bankruptcy			509,000
Troubled debt restructuring default term			60 days
REO	6,000,000		6,000,000		8,700,000
Carrying amount of REO sold			9,900,000	8,200,000
Net gain (loss) on sale of REO assets			$ (3,000,000)	$ 308,000

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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Roll-forward of Amounts Related to Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings (Details) (Held-to-maturity Securities [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012
Held-to-maturity Securities [Member]
Other than Temporary Impairment, Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 472,243		$ 520,654		$ 497,102		$ 544,833
Credit losses for which other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized	0		0		0		0
Additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized	1,528	[1]	1,092	[1]	2,343	[1]	5,544	[1]
Securities matured during the period	(10,427)		(8,065)		(28,793)		(32,697)
Increase in cash flows expected to be collected which are recognized over the remaining life of the security	(5,864)		(2,609)		(13,172)		(6,608)
Balance at end of period	$ 457,480		$ 511,072		$ 457,480		$ 511,072

[1] For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to July 1, 2013 and 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, additional credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment charge was previously recognized relate to securities that were also previously impaired prior to January 1, 2013 and 2012.

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Employee Retirement Plans - Nonqualified Supplemental Defined Benefit and Postretirement Benefits (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Dec. 31, 2012
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Change in benefit obligation [Roll Forward]
Benefit obligation at beginning of year				$ 7,969	[1]	$ 5,901	[1]	$ 5,901	[1]
Service Cost	169		120	419	[1]	299		418	[1]
Interest Cost	109		83	271	[1]	209		293	[1]
Actuarial loss				1,570	[1]			1,657	[1]
Benefits paid				(254)	[1]			(300)	[1]
Benefit obligation at end of period	9,975	[1]		9,975	[1]			7,969	[1]
Change in plan assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year				0		0		0
Employer contribution				254				300
Benefits paid				(254)	[1]			(300)	[1]
Fair value of plan assets at end of period	0			0				0
Funded status at end of period	(9,975)			(9,975)				(7,969)
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Change in benefit obligation [Roll Forward]
Benefit obligation at beginning of year				721	[1]	634	[1]	634	[1]
Service Cost	8		8	24	[1]	24		32	[1]
Interest Cost	7		7	22	[1]	21		28	[1]
Actuarial loss				(1)	[1]			45	[1]
Benefits paid				(14)	[1]			(18)	[1]
Benefit obligation at end of period	752	[1]		752	[1]			721	[1]
Change in plan assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year				0		0		0
Employer contribution				14				18
Benefits paid				(14)	[1]			(18)	[1]
Fair value of plan assets at end of period	0			0				0
Funded status at end of period	$ (752)			$ (752)				$ (721)

[1] This represents projected benefit obligation for the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for postretirement benefits.

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Consolidated Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Consolidated Obligations [Text Block]

Consolidated Obligations

COs consist of CO bonds and CO discount notes. CO bonds are issued primarily to raise intermediate- and long-term funds and are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity. CO discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds and have original maturities of up to one year. These notes sell at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.

COs - Bonds. The following table sets forth the outstanding CO bonds for which we were primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by year of contractual maturity (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Year of Contractual Maturity	Amount			Weighted Average Rate (1)		Amount			Weighted Average Rate (1)
Due in one year or less	$	8,452,690		1.08	%	$	8,344,355		1.67	%
Due after one year through two years	3,738,790			2.10		5,447,000			1.36
Due after two years through three years	3,426,190			2.24		3,482,025			2.44
Due after three years through four years	2,508,440			1.92		1,975,360			2.34
Due after four years through five years	1,983,770			2.31		3,122,805			2.22
Thereafter	3,869,920			2.48		3,433,690			2.55
Total par value	23,979,800			1.82	%	25,805,235			1.94	%
Premiums	241,497					270,614
Discounts	(20,826		)			(22,842		)
Hedging adjustments	1,226					66,841
	$	24,201,697				$	26,119,848

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(1)The CO bonds' weighted-average rate excludes concession fees.

Our CO bonds outstanding at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, included (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Par value of CO bonds
Noncallable and non-putable	$	21,546,800	$	23,732,235
Callable	2,433,000		2,073,000
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

The following is a summary of the CO bonds for which we are primarily liable at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, by year of contractual maturity or next call date for callable CO bonds (dollars in thousands):

Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Due in one year or less	$	10,735,690	$	10,222,355
Due after one year through two years	3,778,790		5,547,000
Due after two years through three years	3,481,190		3,537,025
Due after three years through four years	2,533,440		1,975,360
Due after four years through five years	1,748,770		2,917,805
Thereafter	1,701,920		1,605,690
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

The following table sets forth the CO bonds for which we were primarily liable by interest-rate-payment type at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Par value of CO bonds
Fixed-rate	$	20,124,800	$	21,385,235
Simple variable-rate	2,970,000		3,570,000
Step-up	885,000		850,000
Total par value	$	23,979,800	$	25,805,235

COs – Discount Notes. Outstanding CO discount notes for which we were primarily liable, all of which are due within one year, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Book Value		Par Value		Weighted Average Rate (1)
September 30, 2013	$	10,475,911	$	10,476,500	0.05	%
December 31, 2012	$	8,639,048	$	8,640,000	0.09	%

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(1)The CO discount notes' weighted-average rate represents a yield to maturity excluding concession fees.

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Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Abstract]

Mortgage Loans Held for Portofolio [Text Block]

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

We invest in mortgage loans through the Mortgage Partnership Finance^® (MPF^®) program. These investments are either guaranteed or insured by federal agencies, as is the case with government mortgage loans, or are credit-enhanced by the related participating financial institution, as is the case with conventional mortgage loans. All such investments are held for portfolio. The mortgage loans are typically originated and credit-enhanced by the related participating financial institution. The majority of these loans are serviced by the originating institution or an affiliate thereof. However, a portion of these loans are sold servicing-released by the participating financial institution and serviced by a third-party servicer.

The following table presents certain characteristics of the mortgage loans in which we have invested (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Real estate
Fixed-rate 15-year single-family mortgages	$	614,920		$	679,153
Fixed-rate 20- and 30-year single-family mortgages	2,730,363			2,743,955
Premiums	59,679			60,573
Discounts	(3,519		)	(4,021		)
Deferred derivative gains, net	1,625			3,650
Total mortgage loans held for portfolio	3,403,068			3,483,310
Less: allowance for credit losses	(1,957		)	(4,414		)
Total mortgage loans, net of allowance for credit losses	$	3,401,111		$	3,478,896

The following table details the par value of mortgage loans held for portfolio (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Conventional mortgage loans	$	2,905,884	$	2,979,067
Government mortgage loans	439,399		444,041
Total par value	$	3,345,283	$	3,423,108

See Note 9 — Allowance for Credit Losses for information related to our credit risk from our investments in mortgage loans and allowance for credit losses based on these investments.

"Mortgage Partnership Finance," and "MPF," are registered trademarks of the FHLBank of Chicago.

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Allowance for credit losses - Credit Quality Indicators (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Mortgage Loans Past Due [Line Items]
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	$ 47,781		$ 51,171
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	16,709		16,798
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	64,598		74,642
Total past due	129,088		142,611
Total current loans	3,291,134		3,358,584
Total mortgage loans	3,420,222		3,501,195
In process of foreclosure, included above	24,654	[1]	34,602	[1]
Serious delinquency rate	1.91%	[2]	2.15%	[2]
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	19,489		23,715
Loans on nonaccrual status	45,409	[3]	51,609	[3]
Number of days past due, loans at serious delinquent status	90 days
Conventional Mortgage Loan [Member]
Mortgage Loans Past Due [Line Items]
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	32,392		36,720
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	13,091		12,339
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	45,109		50,927
Total past due	90,592		99,986
Total current loans	2,877,919		2,944,184
Total mortgage loans	2,968,511		3,044,170
In process of foreclosure, included above	17,945	[1]	23,580	[1]
Serious delinquency rate	1.55%	[2]	1.70%	[2]
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	0		0
Loans on nonaccrual status	45,409	[3]	51,609	[3]
Government Loan Member [Member]
Mortgage Loans Past Due [Line Items]
Past due 30-59 days delinquent	15,389		14,451
Past due 60-89 days delinquent	3,618		4,459
Past due 90 days or more delinquent	19,489		23,715
Total past due	38,496		42,625
Total current loans	413,215		414,400
Total mortgage loans	451,711		457,025
In process of foreclosure, included above	6,709	[1]	11,022	[1]
Serious delinquency rate	4.31%	[2]	5.19%	[2]
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	19,489		23,715
Loans on nonaccrual status	$ 0	[3]	$ 0	[3]

[1] Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported.

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

[3] Includes conventional mortgage loans with contractual principal or interest payments 90 days or more past due and not accruing interest as well as loans modified within the previous six months under our temporary loan modification plan.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Text Block]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table presents a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities			Noncredit Portion of Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-maturity Securities			Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities			Pension and Postretirement Benefits			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance, June 30, 2012	$	(50,442	)	$	(420,392	)	$	(54,727	)	$	(2,881	)	$	(528,442	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized gains (losses)	17,525			—			(10,448		)	—			7,077
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(2,013		)	—			—			(2,013		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			17,838			—			—			17,838
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			1,028			—			—			1,028
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			4			—			4
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(166		)	(166		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	17,525			16,853			(10,444		)	(166		)	23,768
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	(32,917	)	$	(403,539	)	$	(65,171	)	$	(3,047	)	$	(504,674	)
Balance, June 30, 2013	$	(67,119	)	$	(354,716	)	$	(47,846	)	$	(4,421	)	$	(474,102	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized losses	(17,195		)	—			(6,173		)	—			(23,368		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			—			—			—			—
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			14,256			—			—			14,256
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			1,448			—			—			1,448
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			4			—			4
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(323		)	(323		)
Other comprehensive (loss)income	(17,195		)	15,704			(6,169		)	(323		)	(7,983		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(84,314	)	$	(339,012	)	$	(54,015	)	$	(4,744	)	$	(482,085	)

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(1) Recorded in net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the statement of operations.

(2) Recorded in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities in the statement of operations.

(3) Recorded in other operating expenses in the statement of operations.

The following table presents a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	Net Unrealized Loss on Available-for-sale Securities			Noncredit Portion of Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-maturity Securities			Net Unrealized Loss Relating to Hedging Activities			Pension and Postretirement Benefits			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	(48,560	)	$	(450,996	)	$	(32,308	)	$	(2,547	)	$	(534,411	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized gains (losses)	15,643			—			(32,874		)	—			(17,231		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(10,931		)	—			—			(10,931		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			56,131			—			—			56,131
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			2,257			—			—			2,257
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			11			—			11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(500		)	(500		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	15,643			47,457			(32,863		)	(500		)	29,737
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	(32,917	)	$	(403,539	)	$	(65,171	)	$	(3,047	)	$	(504,674	)
Balance, December 31, 2012	$	(22,643	)	$	(385,175	)	$	(65,027	)	$	(3,775	)	$	(476,620	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications:
Net unrealized (losses) gains	(61,671		)	—			11,001			—			(50,670		)
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses	—			(63		)	—			—			(63		)
Accretion of noncredit loss	—			44,000			—			—			44,000
Reclassifications from other comprehensive income to net income
Noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses reclassified to credit loss (1)	—			2,226			—			—			2,226
Amortization - hedging activities (2)	—			—			11			—			11
Amortization - pension and postretirement benefits (3)	—			—			—			(969		)	(969		)
Other comprehensive (loss)income	(61,671		)	46,163			11,012			(969		)	(5,465		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(84,314	)	$	(339,012	)	$	(54,015	)	$	(4,744	)	$	(482,085	)

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(1) Recorded in net amount of impairment losses reclassified (from) to accumulated other comprehensive loss in the statement of operations.

(2) Recorded in net gains on derivatives and hedging activities in the statement of operations.

(3) Recorded in other operating expenses in the statement of operations.

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Affordable Housing Program

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Affordable Housing Program [Abstract]

Affordable Housing Program [Text Block]

Affordable Housing Program

We charge the amount set aside for the AHP to income and recognize it as a liability. We then reduce the AHP liability as the funds are disbursed. We had outstanding principal in AHP advances of $97.6 million and $99.9 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The following table presents a roll-forward of the AHP liability for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, and year ended December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Balance at beginning of year	$	50,545		$	34,241
AHP expense for the period	14,343			23,122
AHP direct grant disbursements	(8,842		)	(5,415		)
AHP subsidy for AHP advance disbursements	(327		)	(1,477		)
Return of previously disbursed grants and subsidies	42			74
Balance at end of period	$	55,761		$	50,545

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Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2013 Common Class A [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Common Class B [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2013
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Registrant Name	Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Entity Central Index Key	0001331463
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		0	34,266,181
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes

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Employee Retirement Plans Components of net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in AOCL (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]
Service Cost	$ 169	$ 120	$ 419	[1]	$ 299	$ 418	[1]
Interest Cost	109	83	271	[1]	209	293	[1]
Amortization of net actuarial loss	197	116	591		349
Net periodic benefit cost	475	319	1,281		857
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]
Service Cost	8	8	24	[1]	24	32	[1]
Interest Cost	7	7	22	[1]	21	28	[1]
Amortization of net actuarial loss	3	3	9		7
Net periodic benefit cost	$ 18	$ 18	$ 55		$ 52

[1] This represents projected benefit obligation for the nonqualified supplemental defined benefit retirement plan and accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for postretirement benefits.

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Capital

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Capital [Abstract]

Capital [Text Block]

Capital

We are subject to capital requirements under our capital plan, the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended

(the FHLBank Act) and FHFA regulations:

1. Risk-based capital. We are required to maintain at all times permanent capital, defined as Class B stock, including Class B stock classified as mandatorily redeemable capital stock, and retained earnings, in an amount at least equal to the sum of our credit-risk capital requirement, market-risk capital requirement, and operations-risk capital requirement, calculated in accordance with FHFA rules and regulations, referred to herein as the risk-based capital requirement. Only permanent capital satisfies the risk-based capital requirement.

2. Total regulatory capital. We are required to maintain at all times a total capital-to-assets ratio of at least four percent. Total regulatory capital is the sum of permanent capital, 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.

3. Leverage capital. We are required to maintain at all times a leverage capital-to-assets ratio of at least five percent. A leverage capital-to-assets ratio is defined as permanent capital weighted 1.5 times divided by total assets.

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock, which is classified as a liability under GAAP, is considered capital for determining our compliance with our regulatory capital requirements.

The following tables demonstrate our compliance with our regulatory capital requirements at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

Risk-Based Capital Requirements	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Permanent capital
Class B capital stock	$	2,441,028	$	3,455,165
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	977,390		215,863
Retained earnings	705,745		587,554
Total permanent capital	$	4,124,163	$	4,258,582
Risk-based capital requirement
Credit-risk capital	$	419,065	$	473,233
Market-risk capital	120,327		80,026
Operations-risk capital	161,817		165,978
Total risk-based capital requirement	$	701,209	$	719,237
Permanent capital in excess of risk-based capital requirement	$	3,422,954	$	3,539,345

	September 30, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Required			Actual			Required			Actual
Capital Ratio
Risk-based capital	$	701,209		$	4,124,163		$	719,237		$	4,258,582
Total regulatory capital	$	1,588,826		$	4,124,163		$	1,608,361		$	4,258,582
Total capital-to-asset ratio	4.0		%	10.4		%	4.0		%	10.6		%
Leverage Ratio
Leverage capital	$	1,986,033		$	6,186,245		$	2,010,451		$	6,387,873
Leverage capital-to-assets ratio	5.0		%	15.6		%	5.0		%	15.9		%

Restricted Retained Earnings. Pursuant to a joint capital agreement among the FHLBanks, as amended (the Joint Capital Agreement), and our capital plan, we, together with the other FHLBanks, are required to contribute 20 percent of our quarterly net income to a restricted retained earnings account until the balance of that account equals at least one percent of the FHLBank's average balance of outstanding COs (excluding fair-value adjustments) for the calendar quarter. At September 30, 2013, our total contribution requirement totaled $358.1 million. As of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, restricted retained earnings totaled $89.8 million and $64.4 million, respectively. These restricted retained earnings are not available to pay dividends.

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Advances - Outstanding by the Earlier of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Advances [Abstract]
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$ 2,956	$ 12,893
Due in one year or less	12,648,176	11,218,147
Due after one year through two years	1,959,795	1,919,209
Due after two years through three years	2,153,298	1,779,103
Due after three years through four years	1,763,370	1,906,611
Due after four years through five years	1,704,304	1,441,870
Thereafter	1,976,438	1,992,019
Total par value	$ 22,208,337	$ 20,269,852
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts, Percentage of Total	0.00%	0.10%
Due in one year or less, Percentage of total	57.00%	55.30%
Due after one year through two years, Percentage of total	8.80%	9.50%
Due after two years through three years, Percentage of total	9.70%	8.80%
Due after three years through four years, Percentage of total	7.90%	9.40%
Due after four years through five years, Percentage of total	7.70%	7.10%
Thereafter, Percentage of total	8.90%	9.80%
Total Percentage	100.00%	100.00%

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Advances - Year of Contractual Maturity (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Advances [Abstract]
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts	$ 2,956		$ 12,893
Due in one year or less	10,214,001		8,273,972
Due after one year through two years	2,106,545		2,198,709
Due after two years through three years	2,400,698		1,921,353
Due after three years through four years	3,220,895		2,347,511
Due after four years through five years	2,235,554		3,033,895
Thereafter	2,027,688		2,481,519
Total par value	22,208,337		20,269,852
Overdrawn demand-deposit accounts, Weighted average rate	0.43%		0.53%
Due in one year or less, Weighted average rate	0.65%		1.00%
Due after one year through two years, Weighted average rate	2.28%		2.61%
Due after two years through three years, Weighted average rate	2.26%		2.57%
Due after three years through four years, Weighted average rate	2.82%		2.56%
Due after four years through five years, Weighted average rate	2.45%		3.04%
Thereafter, Weighted average rate	2.76%		2.96%
Total Weighted average rate	1.67%		2.05%
Premiums	52,875		52,435
Discounts	(20,298)		(23,087)
Market value of embedded derivatives	854	[1]	1,163	[1]
Hedging adjustments	313,354		489,341
Total Advances	$ 22,555,122		$ 20,789,704

[1] At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we had certain advances with embedded features that met the requirements to be separated from the host contract and designate the embedded features as a stand-alone derivative.

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Fair Values (Carrying Value and Fair Value of Financial Instruments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Trading securities	$ 249,970		$ 274,293
Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587		5,268,237
Held-to-maturity Securities	4,361,134	[1],[2]	5,396,335	[1],[2]
Held-to-maturity securities	4,700,205		5,699,230
Derivative Asset	4,118		111
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390)		(215,863)
Derivative Liabilities	(649,781)		(907,092)
Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	3,172,772		240,945
Interest-bearing deposits	219		192
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	0		0
Federal funds sold	0		0
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Held-to-maturity securities	0	[4]	0
Advances	0		0
Mortgage loans, net	0		0
Accrued interest receivable	0		0
Derivative Asset	0	[3]	0
Other Assets	4,768	[3]	4,154
Deposits	0		0
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390)		(215,863)
Accrued interest payable	0		0
Derivative Liabilities	0	[3]	0
Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	0		0
Interest-bearing deposits	0		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,499,980		4,014,989
Federal funds sold	499,998		599,994
Trading securities	249,970	[3]	274,293
Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587	[3]	5,268,237
Held-to-maturity securities	3,080,792	[4]	4,060,941
Advances	22,713,838		21,168,928
Mortgage loans, net	3,457,996		3,667,342
Accrued interest receivable	75,943		100,404
Derivative Asset	46,674	[3]	88,397
Other Assets	4,827	[3]	4,248
Deposits	(569,439)		(594,856)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	0		0
Accrued interest payable	(101,206)		(96,356)
Derivative Liabilities	(696,257)	[3]	(995,378)
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	0		0
Interest-bearing deposits	0		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	0		0
Federal funds sold	0		0
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Held-to-maturity securities	1,619,413	[4]	1,638,289
Advances	0		0
Mortgage loans, net	0		0
Accrued interest receivable	0		0
Derivative Asset	0	[3]	0
Other Assets	0	[3]	0
Deposits	0		0
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	0		0
Accrued interest payable	0		0
Derivative Liabilities	0	[3]	0
Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	0		0
Interest-bearing deposits	0		0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	0		0
Federal funds sold	0		0
Trading securities	0	[3]	0
Available-for-sale securities	0	[3]	0
Held-to-maturity securities	0	[4]	0
Advances	0		0
Mortgage loans, net	0		0
Accrued interest receivable	0		0
Derivative Asset	(42,556)	[3]	(88,286)
Other Assets	0	[3]	0
Deposits	0		0
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	0		0
Accrued interest payable	0		0
Derivative Liabilities	46,476	[3]	88,286
Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	3,172,772		240,945
Interest-bearing deposits	219		192
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,500,000		4,015,000
Federal funds sold	500,000		600,000
Trading securities	249,970	[3]	274,293
Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587	[3]	5,268,237
Held-to-maturity Securities	4,361,134	[4]	5,396,335
Advances	22,555,122		20,789,704
Mortgage loans, net	3,401,111		3,478,896
Accrued interest receivable	75,943		100,404
Derivative Asset	4,118	[3]	111
Other Assets	9,595	[3]	8,402
Deposits	(570,356)		(594,968)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390)		(215,863)
Accrued interest payable	(101,206)		(96,356)
Derivative Liabilities	(649,781)	[3]	(907,092)
Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	3,172,772		240,945
Interest-bearing deposits	219		192
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,499,980		4,014,989
Federal funds sold	499,998		599,994
Trading securities	249,970	[3]	274,293
Available-for-sale securities	3,860,587	[3]	5,268,237
Held-to-maturity securities	4,700,205	[4]	5,699,230
Advances	22,713,838		21,168,928
Mortgage loans, net	3,457,996		3,667,342
Accrued interest receivable	75,943		100,404
Derivative Asset	4,118	[3]	111
Other Assets	9,595	[3]	8,402
Deposits	(569,439)		(594,856)
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock	(977,390)		(215,863)
Accrued interest payable	(101,206)		(96,356)
Derivative Liabilities	(649,781)	[3]	(907,092)
COs - Bonds [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Bonds	0		0
COs - Bonds [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Bonds	(24,384,324)		(26,813,277)
COs - Bonds [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Bonds	0		0
COs - Bonds [Member] | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Bonds	0		0
COs - Bonds [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Bonds	(24,201,697)		(26,119,848)
COs - Bonds [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Bonds	(24,384,324)		(26,813,277)
COs - Discount notes [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Discount Notes	0		0
COs - Discount notes [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Discount Notes	(10,476,247)		(8,639,373)
COs - Discount notes [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Discount Notes	0		0
COs - Discount notes [Member] | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Discount Notes	0		0
COs - Discount notes [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Discount Notes	(10,475,911)		(8,639,048)
COs - Discount notes [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
CO Discount Notes	(10,476,247)		(8,639,373)
Commitments to Extend Credit for Advances [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Commitments to Extend Credit for Advances [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	(2,508)		(229)
Commitments to Extend Credit for Advances [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Commitments to Extend Credit for Advances [Member] | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Commitments to Extend Credit for Advances [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Commitments to Extend Credit for Advances [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	(2,508)		(229)
Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other			0
Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other			358
Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other			0
Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements [Member] | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other			0
Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other			0
Standby Bond-Purchase Agreements [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other			358
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	(701)		(523)
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Netting Adjustments and Cash Collateral [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	0		0
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	(701)		(523)
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Total Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Other	$ (701)		$ (523)

[1] Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $4,700,205 and $5,699,230 at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

[2] Carrying value of held-to-maturity securities represents the sum of amortized cost and the amount of noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairment recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

[3] Carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

[4] Private-label residential MBS and HFA securities are categorized as Level 3. Private-label residential MBS that have incurred other-than-temporary impairment losses are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See the recurring and nonrecurring tables below for more details.