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Federal Reserve System Monthly Report on

Credit and Liquidity Programs
and the Balance Sheet
February 2011

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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Purpose

The Federal Reserve prepares this monthly report as
part of its efforts to enhance transparency about the
range of programs and tools that have been implemented in response to the financial crisis and to
ensure appropriate accountability to the Congress
and the public. The Federal Reserve’s statutory mandate in conducting monetary policy is to foster maximum employment and stable prices. Financial stability is a critical prerequisite for achieving sustainable
economic growth and price stability, and the Federal
Reserve implemented a number of credit and
liquidity programs to support the liquidity of financial institutions and to foster improved conditions in
financial markets in response to the extraordinary
strains that began to emerge in the summer of 2007.
This report provides detailed information on the
policy tools that were implemented to address the
financial crisis. In addition, it contains financial
reporting for the third quarter of 2010. Figures for
the full year of 2010 will be published following the
release of the financial statements of the Federal
Reserve System.

mented in response to the financial crisis is included
as Appendix A of this report. Information related to
the Federal Reserve’s temporary liquidity programs
and facilities that have closed or expired is
included in Appendix B of this report.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”),
which was signed into law on July 21, 2010, included
provisions designed to further promote transparency
by requiring disclosure of certain information about
entities that received loans or otherwise participated
in Federal Reserve credit and liquidity programs. As
provided by the Dodd-Frank Act, transaction-level
details and audit information from December 1,
2007, to July 21, 2010, are now posted on the Federal
Reserve Board's public website.1 Further information
on the transparency provisions of the Dodd-Frank
Act is included in Appendix C of this report.
For prior editions of this report and other resources,
please visit the Board's public website at
www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/
clbsreports.htm.

In fulfillment of Section 129 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, additional information on the status of certain credit facilities impleNote: Financial information in this report has not been audited.
Financial data are audited annually and are available at
www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_fedfinancials.htm.

1

This detailed information can be found at www.federalreserve.gov
/newsevents/reform_transaction.htm and www.federalreserve
.gov/newsevents/reform_audit.htm.

Abbreviations

ABCP

Asset-backed commercial paper

JPMC

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

ABS

Asset-backed securities

LLC

Limited liability company

AIA

American International Assurance
Company Ltd.

LSAP

Large-scale asset purchase programs

MBS

Mortgage-backed securities

AIG

American International Group, Inc.

ML II

Maiden Lane II LLC

AIGFP

AIG Financial Products Corp.

ML III

Maiden Lane III LLC

ALICO

American Life Insurance Company

MMMF

Money market mutual fund

AMLF

Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
Money Market Mutual Fund
Liquidity Facility

NRSRO

Nationally recognized statistical rating
organization

ARM

Adjustable rate mortgage

OIG

Office of the Inspector General

CAMELS

Capital, Assets, Management,
Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity

OMO

Open market operations

PDCF

Primary Dealer Credit Facility

CDO

Collateralized debt obligations

RMBS

CMBS

Commercial mortgage-backed
securities

Residential mortgage-backed
securities

SBA

Small Business Administration

CMO

Collateralized mortgage obligations

SOMA

System Open Market Account

CPFF

Commercial Paper Funding Facility

SPV

Special purpose vehicle

CUSIP

Committee on Uniform Security
Identification Procedures

TAF

Term Auction Facility

FCB

Foreign central bank

TALF

Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan
Facility

FOMC

Federal Open Market Committee

TARP

Troubled Asset Relief Program

FRBNY

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

TBA

To be announced

GAAP

Generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of
America

TIPS

Treasury inflation-protected securities

TSLF

Term Securities Lending Facility

GSE

Government-sponsored entity

VIE

Variable interest entity

IPO

Initial public offering

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Contents

Overview

..................................................................................................................................... 1

Recent Developments ............................................................................................................. 1

System Open Market Account (SOMA) .......................................................................... 5
Domestic SOMA Portfolio ....................................................................................................... 5
Liquidity Arrangements with Foreign Central Banks (FCBs) ....................................................... 8

Lending Facilities to Support Overall Market Liquidity

.......................................... 10

Lending to Depository Institutions .......................................................................................... 10
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) ................................................................. 12

Lending in Support of Specific Institutions .................................................................. 17
Quarterly Developments ........................................................................................................ 17
Bear Stearns and Maiden Lane LLC ....................................................................................... 17
AIG ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Maiden Lane II LLC ............................................................................................................... 22
Maiden Lane III LLC .............................................................................................................. 23

Federal Reserve Banks’ Financial Tables

....................................................................... 26

Quarterly Developments ........................................................................................................ 26
Combined Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income .................................................. 27
SOMA Financial Summary ..................................................................................................... 27
Loan Programs Financial Summary ........................................................................................ 27
Consolidated VIEs Financial Summary ................................................................................... 30

Appendix A .............................................................................................................................. 32
Additional Information Provided Pursuant to Section 129 of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 .................................................................................................... 32

Appendix B

.............................................................................................................................. 34

Information about Closed and Expired Credit and Liquidity Facilities and Programs .................. 34

Appendix C

.............................................................................................................................. 35

Federal Reserve Disclosure Requirements and Other Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 .......................................................... 35

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Tables and Figures

Overview

..................................................................................................................................... 1
Table 1. Assets, liabilities, and capital of the Federal Reserve System ........................................ 3
Figure 1. Credit and liquidity programs and the Federal Reserve's balance sheet ....................... 4

System Open Market Account (SOMA) .......................................................................... 5
Table 2. Domestic SOMA securities holdings ............................................................................ 6
Table 3. Amounts outstanding under dollar liquidity swaps ........................................................ 8

Lending Facilities to Support Overall Market Liquidity

.......................................... 10
Table 4. Discount window credit outstanding to depository institutions .................................... 10
Table 5. Concentration of discount window credit outstanding to depository institutions ........... 11
Table 6. Lendable value of collateral pledged by borrowing depository institutions ................... 11
Table 7. Lendable value of securities pledged by depository institutions by rating ..................... 12

Table 8. Discount window credit outstanding to borrowing depository institutions—
percent of collateral used .................................................................................................. 12
Table 9. TALF: Number of borrowers and loans outstanding .................................................... 13
Table 10. TALF collateral by underlying loan type .................................................................... 14
Table 11. TALF collateral by rating .......................................................................................... 14
Table 12A. Issuers of non-CMBS that collateralize outstanding TALF loans .............................. 15
Table 12B. Issuers of newly issued CMBS that collateralize outstanding TALF loans ................. 15
Table 12C. Issuers of legacy CMBS that collateralize outstanding TALF loans .......................... 15

Lending in Support of Specific Institutions .................................................................. 17
Table 13. Fair value asset coverage of FRBNY loan ................................................................. 17
Table 14. Maiden Lane LLC outstanding principal balance of loans .......................................... 17
Table 15. Maiden Lane LLC summary of portfolio composition, cash and cash
equivalents, and other assets and liabilities ........................................................................ 17
Table 16. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution by sector and rating .................................... 18
Figure 2. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution as of September 30, 2010 ........................... 18
Table 17A. AIG revolving credit facility .................................................................................... 19
Table 17B. Preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC .............................. 19
Figure 3. AIG revolving credit ................................................................................................. 22
Table 18. Maiden Lane II LLC outstanding principal balance of senior loan and fixed
deferred purchase price .................................................................................................... 22
Table 19. Maiden Lane II LLC summary of RMBS portfolio composition, cash and cash
equivalents, and other assets and liabilities ........................................................................ 22
Table 20. Maiden Lane II LLC securities distribution by sector and rating ................................. 23

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Figure 4. Maiden Lane II LLC securities distribution as of September 30, 2010 ......................... 23
Table 21. Maiden Lane III LLC outstanding principal balance of senior loan and equity
contribution ...................................................................................................................... 24
Table 22. Maiden Lane III LLC summary of portfolio composition, cash and cash
equivalents, and other assets and liabilities ........................................................................ 24
Figure 5. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution as of September 30, 2010 ........................ 24
Table 23. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution by sector, vintage, and rating ................... 25

Federal Reserve Banks’ Financial Tables

....................................................................... 26

Table 24. Federal Reserve Banks’ Combined Statement of Income and Comprehensive
Income ............................................................................................................................. 28
Table 25. SOMA financial summary ........................................................................................ 29
Table 26. Loan programs financial summary ........................................................................... 29
Table 27. Consolidated Variable Interest Entities Financial Summary ........................................ 30

Overview

Recent Developments
The Overview section of this report highlights developments in the operations of the Federal Reserve's
credit and liquidity programs and facilities over the
last four weeks, and presents data describing changes
in the assets, liabilities, and total capital of the Federal Reserve System.

American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
Fully Repays Revolving Credit Facility;
Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s
(FRBNY’s) Lending Commitment
Terminated
‰ On January 14, 2011, AIG, the U.S. Department
of the Treasury, and the FRBNY closed the comprehensive recapitalization plan to restructure the
assistance provided by the U.S. government to
AIG (the “Recapitalization”). As a result of the
closing of the Recapitalization, the revolving credit
facility extended to AIG and the preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings
LLC were fully repaid, and the FRBNY’s commitment to lend any further funds was terminated.
For more information please refer to the AIG
background section of this report on page 19.

FRBNY Continues to Expand List of
Counterparties for Reverse Repurchase
Transactions (Reverse Repos)
‰ On January 31, 2011, the FRBNY released an expanded list of counterparties for conducting reverse repos, and on February 1, 2011, announced
revised eligibility criteria for inclusion of additional counterparties. To prepare for the potential
need to conduct large-scale reverse repos, the
FRBNY is developing arrangements with an expanded set of counterparties with which it can
conduct these transactions. These counterparties
are in addition to the existing set of Primary Government Securities Dealer counterparties (“primary dealers”), with which the Federal Reserve
can already conduct reverse repos. Further information on reverse repo counterparties is available
online at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
rrp_announcements.html.

FRBNY Adds Two New Primary Dealers
‰ Effective February 2, 2011, the FRBNY added
two new primary dealers. The complete list of primary dealers is available online at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pridealers_current.html.

Federal Reserve Conducts Term Deposit
Facility (TDF) Auction

Federal Reserve Releases Quarterly
Accounting Updates

‰ On February 7, 2011, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $5 billion of 28-day term
deposits through the TDF. The awarded deposits
settled on February 10, 2011, and will mature on
March 10, 2011. Additional information about
term deposits, auction results, and future smallvalue offerings is available through the TDF Resource Center at www.frbservices.org/centralbank/
term_deposit_facility.html. The ongoing smallvalue TDF offerings are a matter of prudent
planning and have no implications for the nearterm conduct of monetary policy.

‰ The quarterly updates to the fair value of the three
Maiden Lane LLCs’ net portfolio holdings and the
fair value adjustment of the Term Asset-Backed
Securities Loan Facility (TALF), as of February,
2, 2011, were reported on the February 3, 2011,
H.4.1 statistical release based on updated valuations as of December 31, 2010. The updated valuations resulted in a combined net unrealized gain of
$800 million for Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane
II LLC, and Maiden Lane III LLC. The updated
valuations resulted in a net unrealized gain of
$18 million for TALF. Figures for the full year of

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2010 will be published in this report following the
release of the audited financial statements of the
Federal Reserve System.

Federal Reserve System Selected Assets,
Liabilities, and Total Capital
Table 1 of this section outlines selected assets and
liabilities and total capital of the Federal Reserve

System and presents the change in these components
over the past month and since this time last year.
Figure 1 of this section maps out the levels of selected
Federal Reserve assets and liabilities, securities holdings, and credit extended through liquidity facilities
since 2007.

February 2011

Table 1. Assets, liabilities, and capital of the Federal Reserve System
Billions of dollars
Item
Total assets
Selected assets
Securities held outright
U.S. Treasury securities1
Federal agency debt securities1
Mortgage-backed securities2
Memo: Overnight securities lending3
Memo: Net commitments to purchase mortgage-backed securities4
Lending to depository institutions5
6

Central bank liquidity swaps

Lending through other credit facilities
Net portfolio holdings of Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility7
Net portfolio holdings of TALF LLC8
Support for specific institutions
Credit extended to American International Group, Inc., net9,11
Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane LLC10
Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane II LLC10
Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane III LLC10
Preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC7,11
Total liabilities
Selected liabilities
Federal Reserve notes in circulation
Term deposits held by depository institutions
Other deposits held by depository institutions
U.S. Treasury, general account
U.S. Treasury, supplementary financing account
Other deposits
Funds from American International Group, Inc. asset dispositions,
held as agent11
Total capital

Current
January 26, 2011

Change from
December 29, 2010

Change from
January 27, 2010

2,447

+23

+197

2,224
1,114
145
965
18
0

+68
+98
−2
−27
+3
0

+314
+337
−19
−5
+14
−133

*

−*

−16

*

−*

−*

23
0
23

−2
0
−2

−32
−9
−23

1

+*

+1

65
0
26
16
22
0

−48
−20
−1
−*
−1
−26

−51
−26
−1
+1
−*
−25

2,394

+27

+196

935
0
1,086
94
200
1

−9
−5
+65
+5
0
+1

+57
0
−25
−33
+195
+1

0

−27

0

53

−4

+1

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
* Less than $500 million.
1
Face value.
2
Guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. Current face value, which is the remaining principal balance of the underlying mortgages. Does not include
unsettled transactions.
3
Securities loans under the overnight facility are off-balance-sheet transactions. These loans are shown here as a memo item to indicate the portion of securities held outright
that have been lent through this program.
4
Current face value. Includes commitments associated with outright purchases, dollar rolls, and coupon swaps.
5
Total of primary, secondary, and seasonal credit.
6
Dollar value of the foreign currency held under these agreements valued at the exchange rate to be used when the foreign currency is returned to the foreign central bank.
7
Book value.
8
As of January 26, 2011, TALF LLC had purchased no assets from the FRBNY.
9
Excludes credit extended to Maiden Lane II and III LLCs.
10
Fair value, reflecting values as of September 30, 2010. Fair value reflects an estimate of the price that would be received upon selling an asset if the transaction were to be
conducted in an orderly market on the measurement date. Fair values are updated quarterly.
11
As a result of the closing of the AIG Recapitalization on January 14, 2011, the credit extended to AIG was fully repaid and the Federal Reserve's commitment to lend any
further funds was terminated. In addition, the FRBNY has been paid in full for its preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC. The funds from AIG asset
dispositions that FRBNY held as agent were the source of repayment of the credit extended to AIG, as well as a portion of the FRBNY's preferred interests in ALICO Holdings
LLC. The remaining FRBNY preferred interests in ALICO Holdings LLC and AIA Aurora LLC, valued at approximately $20 billion, were purchased by AIG through a draw on the
Treasury’s Series F preferred stock commitment and then transferred by AIG to the Treasury as consideration for the draw on the available Series F funds.

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

Figure 1. Credit and liquidity programs and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet

System Open Market Account (SOMA)

Domestic SOMA Portfolio
Recent Developments
‰ The SOMA portfolio increased between December
29, 2010, and January 26, 2011. This development
is consistent with the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) announcement of its intention
to expand its holdings of Treasury securities in the
SOMA portfolio by $600 billion by the end of the
second quarter of this year.
‰ The FRBNY published on February 10, 2011, information on prices paid for securities included in
the mid-January 2011 and mid-February 2011 outright Treasury operations. The FRBNY also released the new outright Treasury operation schedule and announced plans to purchase
approximately $97 billion in Treasury securities,
which represents $80 billion of the announced
$600 billion purchase program and $17 billion in
purchases associated with principal payments from
agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), expected to be received between midFebruary and mid-March 2011. Details are available online at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
tot_operation_schedule.html.
‰ On January 31, 2011, the FRBNY further expanded its list of counterparties for conducting
reverse repos, and on February 1, 2011, announced
revised eligibility criteria for the inclusion of additional counterparties. To prepare for the potential
need to conduct large-scale reverse repos, the
FRBNY is developing arrangements with an expanded set of counterparties with which it can
conduct these transactions. These counterparties
are in addition to the existing set of primary dealer
counterparties, with which the Federal Reserve can
already conduct reverse repos. Further information
on reverse repo counterparties is available online at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
rrp_announcements.html.
‰ Effective February 2, 2011, the FRBNY also
added two new primary dealers, MF Global Inc.

and SG Americas Securities, LLC. The complete
list of primary dealers is available online at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
pridealers_current.html.
‰ As announced on January 10, 2011, the FRBNY
began a process to streamline the administration
of agency MBS held in the SOMA portfolio by
consolidating these securities through a service
offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called
CUSIP aggregation. A list of agency MBS holdings, including those aggregated, is available online
at www.ny.frb.org/markets/soma/
sysopen_accholdings.html.

Background
Open market operations (OMOs)—the purchase and
sale of securities in the open market by a central
bank—are a key tool used by the Federal Reserve in
the implementation of monetary policy. Historically,
the Federal Reserve has used OMOs to adjust the
supply of reserve balances so as to keep the federal
funds rate around the target federal funds rate established by the FOMC. OMOs are conducted by the
Trading Desk at the FRBNY, which acts as agent for
the FOMC. The range of securities that the Federal
Reserve is authorized to purchase and sell is relatively
limited. The authority to conduct OMOs is granted
under Section 14 of the Federal Reserve Act.
OMOs can be divided into two types: permanent and
temporary. Permanent OMOs are outright purchases
or sales of securities for the SOMA, the Federal Reserve's portfolio. Permanent OMOs traditionally have
been used to accommodate the longer-term factors
driving the expansion of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, principally the trend growth of currency
in circulation. More recently, the expansion of
SOMA securities holdings has been driven by largescale asset purchase programs (LSAPs). Temporary
OMOs typically are used to address reserve needs
that are deemed to be transitory in nature. These operations are either repurchase agreements (repos) or
reverse repurchase agreements (reverse repos). Under
a repo, the Trading Desk buys a security under an

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Table 2. Domestic SOMA securities holdings
Billions of dollars, as of January 26, 2011
Security type
U.S. Treasury bills
U.S. Treasury notes and bonds, nominal
U.S. Treasury notes and bonds, inflation-indexed1
Federal agency debt securities2
MBS3
Total SOMA securities holdings

Total par value
18
1,040
56
145
965
2,224

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to total because of rounding. Does not
include investments denominated in foreign currencies or unsettled transactions.
1
Includes inflation compensation.
2
Direct obligations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan
Banks.
3
Guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. Current face value of
the securities, which is the remaining principal balance of the underlying
mortgages.

agreement to resell that security in the future; under a
reverse repo, the Trading Desk sells a security under
an agreement to repurchase that security in the future. A repo is the economic equivalent of a collateralized loan; conversely, a reverse repo is the economic
equivalent of collateralized borrowing. In both types
of transactions, the difference between the purchase
and sale prices reflects the interest on the loan or borrowing. The composition of the SOMA is presented
in table 2.
Each OMO affects the Federal Reserve's balance
sheet; the size and nature of the effect depend on the
specifics of the operation. The Federal Reserve publishes its balance sheet each week in the H.4.1 statistical release, “Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of
Depository Institutions and Consolidated Statement
of Condition of Reserve Banks,” available at
www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41. The release
separately reports securities held outright, repos, and
reverse repos.
In addition, the Federal Reserve has long operated an
overnight securities lending facility as a vehicle to
address market pressures for specific Treasury securities. Since July 9, 2009, this facility has also lent
housing-related government-sponsored enterprise
(GSE) debt securities that are particularly sought
after. Amounts outstanding under this facility are
reported weekly in table 1A of the H.4.1 statistical
release.
The FRBNY's traditional counterparties for OMOs
are the primary dealers with which the FRBNY
trades U.S. government and select other securities. In
early 2010, the FRBNY revised its policy regarding

the administration of its relationships with primary
dealers in order to provide greater transparency
about the significant business standards expected of
primary dealers and to offer clearer guidance on the
process to become a primary dealer. The revised
policy offers a more structured presentation of the
business standards expected of a primary dealer; a
more formal application process for prospective primary dealers; an increase in the minimum net capital
requirement, from $50 million to $150 million; a seasoning requirement of one year of relevant operations before a prospective dealer may submit an application; and a clear notice of actions the FRBNY
may take against a noncompliant primary dealer.
Since late 2009, the FRBNY has taken steps to expand the types of counterparties for some OMOs to
include entities other than primary dealers. Details
on the counterparty expansion effort are presented
below.
LSAPs
In November 2008, the Federal Reserve announced
that it would buy direct obligations of Fannie Mae,
Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks,
and MBS guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac,
and Ginnie Mae. The goal of these debt purchases
was to reduce the cost and increase the availability of
credit for the purchase of houses. In March 2009, the
FOMC authorized purchases of up to $1.25 trillion
of agency MBS and up to $200 billion of agency direct obligations. Subsequently, in November 2009,
the FOMC announced that agency debt purchases
would be about $175 billion. This amount, while
somewhat less than the previously announced maximum of $200 billion, was consistent with the path of
purchases and reflected the limited availability of
agency debt.
The Federal Reserve also determined that supporting
the MBS “dollar roll” market promoted the goals of
the MBS purchase program. Dollar roll transactions
consist of a purchase or sale of “to be announced”
(TBA) MBS combined with an agreement to sell or
purchase TBA MBS on a specified future date. Because of principal and interest payments and occasional delays in the settlement of transactions, the
Federal Reserve also holds some cash and short-term
investments associated with the MBS purchase program. On June 28, 2010, the Federal Reserve began
entering into coupon swaps, which are trades with a
single counterparty in which the Federal Reserve
agrees to simultaneously sell TBA MBS in one coupon and to buy an equal face value of TBA MBS in a
different coupon. MBS dollar roll transactions and

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coupon swaps are recorded on settlement date and
may generate realized gains and losses.
In March 2009, the FOMC announced that it would
also purchase up to $300 billion of longer-term Treasury securities to help improve conditions in private
credit markets. The Federal Reserve purchased a
range of securities across the maturity spectrum, including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
(TIPS). The bulk of purchases were in intermediate
maturities. In August 2009, the FOMC announced
that it would gradually slow the pace of these transactions in order to promote a smooth transition in
markets as purchases of these Treasury securities
were completed. As anticipated, the purchases were
completed by the end of October 2009.
The FRBNY announced in August 2009 that it
would streamline the set of external investment managers for the agency-guaranteed MBS purchase program, reducing the number of investment managers
from four to two. As of March 2, 2010, the FRBNY
began to use its own staff on select days to transact
directly in the secondary market for agency MBS as
part of the FOMC's LSAPs, consistent with the announcement of November 2009. These changes were
not performance-related: the FRBNY had anticipated that it would adjust its use of external investment managers as it gained more experience with the
program.
In September 2009, the Federal Reserve began to
purchase on-the-run agency securities—the most recently issued securities—in order to mitigate market
dislocations and promote overall market functioning.
Prior to this change, purchases were focused on offthe-run agency securities.
On September 23, 2009, the FOMC announced its
intention to gradually slow the pace of its purchases
of agency-guaranteed MBS and agency debt. In
implementing this directive, the Trading Desk of the
FRBNY announced that it would scale back the average weekly purchase amounts of agency MBS and
reduce the size and frequency of agency debt purchases. As anticipated by the FOMC, these transactions were completed by the end of the first quarter
of 2010. As of August 19, 2010, the settlement of all
remaining outstanding MBS from these purchases
was complete. The Federal Reserve's outright holdings of MBS are reported weekly in tables 1, 3, 8, and
9 of the H.4.1 statistical release. In addition, detailed
data on all settled agency MBS holdings are published weekly on the FRBNY website at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/soma/
sysopen_accholdings.html.

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On August 10, 2010, the FOMC announced that the
Federal Reserve would maintain the level of domestic
securities holdings in the SOMA portfolio by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and
agency MBS in longer-term Treasury securities. As of
August 4, 2010, outright holdings of securities in the
SOMA portfolio totaled roughly $2 trillion.
On November 3, 2010, the FOMC decided to expand
its holdings of securities and announced that, in addition to maintaining the existing reinvestment
policy, it intends to purchase a further $600 billion of
longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011. The statement noted that the
FOMC will regularly review the pace of its securities
purchases and the overall size of the asset-purchase
program in light of incoming information and adjust
the program as needed to best foster maximum
employment and price stability.
In conjunction with the FOMC's November 3, 2010,
announcement, the FRBNY announced its plan to
execute the FOMC's existing reinvestment plan along
with the additional Treasury purchases through the
second quarter of 2011. The FRBNY also announced the distribution of maturities of securities it
plans to purchase. In addition, in order to promote
transparency in the market, the FRBNY announced
that it will publish the prices at which the securities
are purchased at the end of each scheduled monthly
purchase period. Finally, to provide operational flexibility and to ensure that it is able to purchase the
most attractive securities on a relative-value basis, the
FRBNY announced that it would temporarily relax
the 35 percent per-issue limit on SOMA holdings
under which it had been operating. On December 20,
2010, the FRBNY provided additional detail on the
increments by which SOMA holdings of individual
Treasury securities would be allowed to rise above the
35 percent threshold. Additional information is available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/lttreas_faq.html.
The FRBNY publishes a tentative schedule for Treasury security purchases at www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/tot_operation_schedule.html.
Reverse Repos
In December 2009, the FRBNY conducted its first
set of small-scale, real-value, triparty reverse repos
with primary dealers. Reverse repos are a tool that
could be used to support a reduction in monetary
accommodation at the appropriate time. Under a
reverse repo, the FRBNY Trading Desk sells a security under an agreement to repurchase that security
in the future. A reverse repo is the economic equiva-

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

lent of collateralized borrowing. The FRBNY periodically conducts these transactions to ensure operational readiness at the Federal Reserve, the major
clearing banks, and the primary dealers; the transactions had no material impact on the availability of
reserves or on market rates.
In August 2010, the FRBNY conducted another series of small-scale, real-value reverse repos with primary dealers using all eligible collateral types, including, for the first time, agency MBS from the SOMA
portfolio. Since late 2009, the FRBNY has taken
steps to expand the types of counterparties for some
OMOs to include entities other than primary dealers.
On March 8, 2010, the FRBNY announced the beginning of a program to expand its counterparties for
conducting reverse repos. This expansion was intended to enhance the capacity of such operations to
drain reserves beyond what could likely be conducted
through primary dealers. The additional counterparties are not eligible to participate in transactions conducted by the FRBNY other than reverse repos.
In this context, the FRBNY published the Reverse
Repurchase Transaction Eligibility Criteria for
Money Funds for the first set of expanded counterparties, domestic money market mutual funds, and,
on April 30, 2010, published the Reverse Repurchase
Program Form Master Repurchase Agreement for
Money Funds, which sets out the legal terms and
conditions under which the FRBNY and its money
market mutual fund counterparties may undertake
reverse repos.
On August 18, 2010, the FRBNY published a list of
money market funds eligible to participate as counterparties to reverse repos with the Federal Reserve.
Each listed fund submitted an application and meets
the criteria published by the FRBNY on March 8,
2010. Inclusion on the list does not constitute a public endorsement by the FRBNY of any listed counterparty and should not substitute for prudent counterparty risk management and due diligence.
On September 23, 2010, the FRBNY published the
Reverse Repurchase Transaction Eligibility Criteria
for Money Funds II, allowing a second wave of
money market mutual funds to apply to participate
in reverse repo transactions with the FRBNY. The
FRBNY also published an updated version of the
Reverse Repurchase Program Form Master Repurchase Agreement for Money Funds, including applicable Annexes. The expanded counterparty list and
updated criteria and master agreement are available

on the FRBNY's website at www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/rrp_announcements.html.
On October 12, 2010, the FRBNY announced another series of small-scale, real-value, triparty reverse
repo transactions using all eligible collateral types.
The first set of operations, conducted using only the
expanded reverse repo transaction counterparties
announced on August 18, 2010, commenced on October 13, 2010. The second set of operations, which
was open to all eligible reverse repo counterparties,
commenced on October 18 and was completed on
October 27, 2010. The results of these operations are
available on the FRBNY website at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/omo/dmm/temp.cfm.
The outstanding amounts of reverse repos are reported weekly in tables 1, 2, 8, and 9 of the H.4.1
statistical release.
These activities with respect to reverse repos are a
matter of prudent advance planning by the Federal
Reserve. They do not represent any change in the
stance of monetary policy, and no inference should
be drawn about the timing of any change in the
stance of monetary policy in the future.

Liquidity Arrangements with Foreign
Central Banks (FCBs)
Recent Developments
‰ Amounts outstanding under the dollar liquidity
swap arrangements were little changed in January
2011. As presented in table 3, the total amount of
liquidity provided under these lines was $0.1 billion as of January 26, 2011.

Background
Because of the global character of bank funding
markets, the Federal Reserve has at times coordinated with other central banks to provide liquidity.
Table 3. Amounts outstanding under dollar liquidity swaps
As of January 26, 2011
Central bank
Bank of Canada
Bank of England
Bank of Japan
European Central Bank
Swiss National Bank
Total

Amount
($ billions)

Settlement
date

Term

Interest
rate

—
—
—
0.1
—
0.1

—
—
—
1/20/2011
—
—

—
—
—
7-day
—
—

—
—
—
1.18%
—
—

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

February 2011

During the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve entered into agreements to establish temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (central bank liquidity
swap lines) with a number of FCBs. Two types of
temporary swap lines were established: dollar liquidity lines and foreign currency liquidity lines. These
temporary arrangements expired on February 1,
2010. However, in May 2010, temporary dollar liquidity swap lines were re-established with certain
FCBs in order to address the re-emergence of strains
in global U.S. dollar short-term funding markets. In
December 2010, the FOMC authorized an extension
of the arrangements through August 1, 2011.
The FRBNY operates the swap lines under the authority granted under Section 14 of the Federal Reserve Act and in compliance with authorizations,
policies, and procedures established by the FOMC.
Dollar Liquidity Swaps
On December 12, 2007, the FOMC announced that
it had authorized dollar liquidity swap lines with the
European Central Bank and the Swiss National Bank
to provide liquidity in U.S. dollars to overseas markets. Subsequently, the FOMC authorized dollar liquidity swap lines between the Federal Reserve and
each of the following FCBs: the Reserve Bank of
Australia, the Banco Central do Brasil, the Bank of
Canada, the Bank of Japan, Danmarks Nationalbank, the Bank of England, the European Central
Bank, the Bank of Korea, the Banco de Mexico, the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Norges Bank, the
Monetary Authority of Singapore, Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank. These temporary
dollar liquidity swap arrangements expired on February 1, 2010. In May 2010, the FOMC re-authorized
dollar liquidity swap lines with the Bank of Canada,
the Bank of England, the European Central Bank,
the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank
through January 2011. Subsequently, these arrangements were extended through August 1, 2011.
Swaps under these lines consist of two transactions.
When an FCB draws on its swap line with the
FRBNY, the FCB sells a specified amount of its currency to the FRBNY in exchange for dollars at the
prevailing market exchange rate. The FRBNY holds
the foreign currency in an account at the FCB. The
dollars that the FRBNY provides are then deposited
in an account that the FCB maintains at the
FRBNY. At the same time, the FRBNY and the
FCB enter into a binding agreement for a second
transaction that obligates the FCB to buy back its
currency on a specified future date at the same ex-

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change rate. The second transaction unwinds the first
at the same exchange rate used in the initial transaction; as a result, the recorded value of the foreign
currency amounts is not affected by changes in the
market exchange rate. At the conclusion of the second transaction, the FCB compensates the FRBNY
at a market-based interest rate.
When the FCB lends the dollars it obtained by drawing on its swap line to institutions in its jurisdiction,
the dollars are transferred from the FCB account at
the FRBNY to the account of the bank that the borrowing institution uses to clear its dollar transactions.
The FCB is obligated to return the dollars to the
FRBNY under the terms of the agreement, and the
FRBNY is not a counterparty to the loan extended
by the FCB. The FCB bears the credit risk associated
with the loans it makes to institutions in its jurisdiction.
The foreign currency that the Federal Reserve acquires in these transactions is recorded as an asset on
the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. In tables 1, 8,
and 9 of the weekly H.4.1 statistical release, the dollar value of amounts that the FCBs have drawn but
not yet repaid is reported in the line entitled “Central
bank liquidity swaps.” Dollar liquidity swaps have
maturities ranging from overnight to three months.
Table 2 of the H.4.1 statistical release reports the maturity distribution of the outstanding dollar liquidity
swaps. Detailed information about drawings on the
swap lines by the participating FCBs is presented on
the FRBNY's website at www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/fxswap.
Foreign-Currency Liquidity Swap Lines
On April 6, 2009, the FOMC announced foreigncurrency liquidity swap lines with the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan,
and the Swiss National Bank. These lines were designed to provide the Federal Reserve with the capacity to offer liquidity to U.S. institutions in foreign
currency should a need arise. These lines mirrored
the existing dollar liquidity swap lines, which provided FCBs with the capacity to offer U.S. dollar
liquidity to financial institutions in their jurisdictions.
Foreign-currency swap lines provided the Federal
Reserve with the ability to address financial strains
by providing foreign currency-denominated liquidity
to U.S. institutions in amounts of up to £30 billion
(sterling), €80 billion (euro), ¥10 trillion (yen), and
CHF 40 billion (Swiss francs). The Federal Reserve
did not draw on these swap lines, and they expired on
February 1, 2010.

Lending Facilities to Support Overall
Market Liquidity

Lending to Depository Institutions
Recent Developments
‰ Credit provided to depository institutions through
the discount window decreased in January 2011,
but remains generally around the levels seen prior
to 2007. As presented in table 6, the lendable value
of collateral pledged by depository institutions
with discount window loans outstanding on January 26, 2011, was $1 billion; discount window
credit outstanding on that date amounted to
$64 million.

Background
The discount window helps to relieve liquidity strains
for individual depository institutions and for the
banking system as a whole by providing a source of
funding in times of need. Much of the statutory
framework that governs lending to depository institu-

Table 4. Discount window credit outstanding to depository
institutions
Daily average borrowing for each class of borrower
over four weeks ending January 26, 2011

Type and size of borrower
Commercial banks3
Assets: more than $50 billion
Assets: $5 billion to $50 billion
Assets: $250 million to $5 billion
Assets: less than $250 million
Thrift institutions and credit unions
Total

Average
number of
borrowers1

Average
borrowing
($ billions)2

0
*
4
6
3
14

0
**
**
**
**
**

Note: Unaudited. Includes primary, secondary, and seasonal credit. Size categories
based on total domestic assets from Call Report data as of September 30, 2010.
Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
* Fewer than one borrower.
** Less than $500 million.
1
Average daily number of depository institutions with credit outstanding. Over
this period, a total of 132 institutions borrowed.
2
Average daily borrowing by all depositories in each category.
3
Includes branches and agencies of foreign banks.

tions is contained in Section 10B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended. The general policies that govern discount window lending are set forth in the
Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation A.
Depository institutions have, since 2003, had access
to three types of discount window credit: primary
credit, secondary credit, and seasonal credit. Primary
credit is available to depository institutions in generally sound financial condition with few administrative requirements. Secondary credit may be provided
to depository institutions that do not qualify for primary credit, subject to review by the lending Reserve
Bank. Seasonal credit provides short-term funds to
smaller depository institutions that experience regular seasonal swings in loans and deposits.
On August 17, 2007, in order to promote orderly
market functioning, the Federal Reserve narrowed
the spread between the primary credit rate (generally
referred to as the discount rate) and the FOMC's
target federal funds rate to 50 basis points and began
to allow the provision of primary credit for terms as
long as 30 days. On March 16, 2008, the Federal Reserve further narrowed the spread between the primary credit rate and the target federal funds rate to
25 basis points, and increased the maximum maturity
of primary credit loans to 90 days.
On November 17, 2009, in response to improved financial conditions, the Federal Reserve announced
that the maximum maturity on primary credit loans
would be reduced to 28 days effective January 14,
2010. On February 18, 2010, the Federal Reserve increased the spread between the primary credit rate
and the top of the target range for the federal funds
rate to 50 basis points, effective February 19, 2010.
The Federal Reserve also announced that, effective
March 18, 2010, the typical maximum maturity of
primary credit loans would be shortened to overnight. These changes represented further normalization of the Federal Reserve’s lending facilities and
did not signal any change in the outlook for the
economy or for monetary policy.

February 2011

Table 5. Concentration of discount window credit
outstanding to depository institutions

Table 6. Lendable value of collateral pledged
by borrowing depository institutions

For four weeks ending January 26, 2011

Billions of dollars, as of January 26, 2011

Rank by amount of borrowing
Top five
Next five
Other
Total

Number
of borrowers

Daily average
borrowing
($ billions)

5
5
4
14

*
*
*
*

Type of collateral
Loans
Commercial
Residential mortgage
Commercial real estate
Consumer
Securities
U.S. Treasury/agency
Municipal
Corporate market instruments
MBS/CMO: agency-guaranteed
MBS/CMO: other
Asset-backed
International (sovereign, agency, municipal, and corporate)
Other
Term Deposit Facility deposits
Total

Note: Unaudited. Amount of primary, secondary, and seasonal credit extended to
the top five and next five borrowers on each day, as ranked by daily average
borrowing. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
* Less than $500 million.

On August 6, 2010, the Federal Reserve announced
changes to its practices for disclosure of discount
window lending information in accordance with the
provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “DoddFrank Act”). For discount window loans extended to
depository institutions on or after July 21, 2010, the
Federal Reserve will publicly disclose certain information about the transaction approximately two
years after the loan was extended. The disclosure will
include the name and identifying details of the depository institution, the amount borrowed, the interest rate paid, and information identifying the types
and amount of collateral pledged. More detail on
these changes is reported on the Federal Reserve’s
Discount Window website at
www.frbdiscountwindow.org.
In extending credit to depository institutions, the
Federal Reserve closely monitors the financial condition of borrowers. Monitoring the financial condition of depository institutions is a four-step process
designed to minimize the risk of loss to the Federal
Reserve posed by weak or failing depository institutions. The first step is monitoring, on an ongoing
basis, the safety and soundness of all depository institutions that access or may access the discount window and the payment services provided by the Federal Reserve. The second step is identifying
institutions whose condition, characteristics, or affiliation would present higher-than-acceptable risk to
the Federal Reserve in the absence of controls on
their access to Federal Reserve lending facilities and
other Federal Reserve services. The third step is
communicating—to staff within the Federal Reserve
System and to other supervisory agencies, if and
when necessary—relevant information about those
institutions identified as posing higher risk. The

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Lendable
value

*
*
1
*
*
*
0
*
*
0
0
0
1

Note: Unaudited. Collateral pledged by borrowers of primary, secondary, and
seasonal credit as of the date shown. Total primary, secondary, and seasonal
credit on this date was $64 million. The lendable value of collateral pledged by all
depository institutions, including those without any outstanding loans, was
$1,297 billion. Lendable value is value after application of appropriate haircuts.
Components may not sum to total because of rounding.
* Less than $500 million.

fourth step is implementing appropriate measures to
mitigate the risks posed by such entities.
At the heart of the condition-monitoring process is
an internal rating system that provides a framework
for identifying institutions that may pose undue risks
to the Federal Reserve. The rating system relies
mostly on information from each institution's primary supervisor, including CAMELS ratings, to
identify potentially problematic institutions and classify them according to the severity of the risk they
pose to the Federal Reserve.1 Having identified institutions that pose a higher risk, the Federal Reserve
then puts in place a standard set of risk controls that
become increasingly stringent as the risk posed by an
institution grows; individual Reserve Banks may
implement additional risk controls to further mitigate
risk if they deem it necessary.
Collateral
All extensions of discount window credit by the Federal Reserve must be secured to the satisfaction of the
1

CAMELS (Capital, Assets, Management, Earnings, Liquidity,
and Sensitivity) is a rating system employed by banking regulators to assess the soundness of commercial banks and thrifts.
Similar rating systems are used for other types of depository
institutions.

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lending Reserve Bank by “acceptable collateral.” Assets accepted as collateral are assigned a lendable
value deemed appropriate by the Reserve Bank; lendable value is determined as the market price of the
asset, less a haircut. When a market price is not available, a haircut may be applied to the outstanding balance or a valuation based on an asset's cash flow.
Haircuts reflect credit risk and, for traded assets, the
historical volatility of the asset's price and the liquidity of the market in which the asset is traded; the
Federal Reserve's haircuts are generally in line with
typical market practice. The Federal Reserve applies
larger haircuts, and thus assigns lower lendable values, to assets for which no market price is available
relative to comparable assets for which a market price
is available. A borrower may be required to pledge
additional collateral if its financial condition weakens. Collateral is pledged by depository institutions
under the terms and conditions specified in the Federal Reserve Banks' standard lending agreement, Operating Circular No. 10, available at
www.frbservices.org/files/regulations/pdf/
operating_circular_10.pdf.
Discount window loans are generally made with recourse to the borrower beyond the pledged collateral.
Nonetheless, collateral plays an important role in
mitigating the credit risk associated with these extensions of credit. The Federal Reserve generally accepts
as collateral for discount window loans any assets
that meet regulatory standards for sound asset qual-

Table 7. Lendable value of securities pledged
by depository institutions by rating
Billions of dollars, as of January 26, 2011
Type of security and rating
U.S. Treasury, agency, and agency-guaranteed securities
Other securities
AAA
Aa/AA1
A2
Baa/BBB3
Other investment-grade4
Total

Lendable
value
206
164
42
47
16
34
508

Note: Unaudited. Lendable value for all institutions that have pledged collateral,
including those that were not borrowing on the date shown. Lendable value is
value after application of appropriate haircuts. Components may not sum to total
because of rounding.
1
Includes short-term securities with A-1+ or F1+ rating or MIG 1 or SP-1+
municipal bond rating.
2
Includes short-term securities with A-1 or F1 rating or SP-1 municipal bond
rating.
3
Includes short-term securities with A-2, P-2, A-3, or P-3 rating.
4
Determined based on a credit review by a Reserve Bank.

Table 8. Discount window credit outstanding to borrowing
depository institutions—percent of collateral used
As of January 26, 2011

Percent of collateral used
More than 0 and less than 25
25 to 50
50 to 75
75 to 90
More than 90
Total

Number
of borrowers

Total
borrowing
($ billions)

9
3
1
1
2
16

*
*
*
*
*
*

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
* Less than $500 million.

ity. This category of assets includes most performing
loans and most investment-grade securities, although
for some types of securities (including commercial
mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, and certain
non-dollar-denominated foreign securities) only
AAA-rated securities are accepted. An institution
may not pledge as collateral any instruments that the
institution or its affiliates have issued. To ensure that
they can borrow from the Federal Reserve should the
need arise, many depository institutions that do not
have an outstanding discount window loan nevertheless routinely pledge collateral.
The Federal Reserve periodically reviews its collateral
valuation practices. The most recent changes to the
lending margins on discount window collateral took
effect on October 19, 2009, and reflected the results
of a broad-based review, which began before the financial crisis, of methodology and data sources. For
more information on collateral margins, refer to the
Discount Window and Payments System Risk public
website, www.frbdiscountwindow.org.
As presented in table 8, depository institutions that
borrow from the Federal Reserve generally maintain
collateral in excess of their current borrowing levels.

Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan
Facility (TALF)
Recent Developments
‰ As of January 26, 2011, the number of TALF borrowers and loans outstanding had declined from
their levels in December 2010. Prepayments by
borrowers primarily contributed to the decline in
loans outstanding and fully accounted for the de-

February 2011

cline in TALF borrowers. TALF LLC, a limited
liability company (LLC) formed to purchase and
manage assets received by the FRBNY from the
TALF program, remains in operation, but as of
January 26, 2011, TALF LLC had not purchased
any assets from the FRBNY.

Background
On November 25, 2008, the Federal Reserve announced the creation of the TALF under the authority of Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. The
TALF is a funding facility under which the FRBNY
was authorized to extend up to $200 billion of credit
to holders of eligible asset-backed securities (ABS).2
The TALF was intended to assist financial markets in
accommodating the credit needs of consumers and
businesses of all sizes by facilitating the issuance of
ABS collateralized by a variety of consumer and
business loans; it was also intended to improve marTable 9. TALF: Number of borrowers and loans outstanding
As of January 26, 2011
Lending program
Non-CMBS
CMBS
Total

Number
of borrowers

Borrowing
($ billions)1

67
42
91

19
4
23

Note: Unaudited. “Number of borrowers” may exceed total because borrowers
may be included in more than one category. “Borrowing” amounts may not sum to
total because of rounding.
1
Book value.

ket conditions for ABS more generally. TALF loans
backed by commercial mortgage-backed securities
(CMBS) or by ABS backed by government guaranteed loans have maturities of up to five years; all
other TALF loans have three-year maturities. Using
funds authorized under the Troubled Asset Relief
Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the Treasury committed to provide $20 billion in credit protection to the FRBNY in
connection with the TALF to support the $200 billion of authorized lending value under the program.
This commitment was reduced to $4.3 billion in July
2010 to reflect the fact that only $43 billion of TALF
loans were outstanding when the program was closed
to new lending.

2

For additional information on the TALF, refer to
www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_lendingother.htm.

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Eligible collateral for TALF loans included U.S.
dollar-denominated ABS backed by student loans,
auto loans, credit card loans, equipment loans, floorplan loans, insurance premium finance loans, loans
guaranteed by the Small Business Administration
(SBA), residential mortgage servicing advances, or
commercial mortgages. At the time a TALF loan was
extended, all eligible collateral was required to have a
credit rating in the highest investment-grade rating
category from two or more eligible nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) and
could not have a credit rating below the highest
investment-grade rating category from an eligible
NRSRO. Certain collateral also had to pass an internal risk assessment by the FRBNY.
Additionally, all or substantially all of the credit exposures underlying eligible ABS were required to be
exposures to U.S.-domiciled obligors or with respect
to real property located in the United States or its
territories. Except for ABS for which the underlying
credit exposures are SBA-guaranteed loans, eligible
newly issued ABS must have been issued on or after
January 1, 2009. Eligible legacy CMBS must have
been issued before January 1, 2009, must be senior in
payment priority to all other interests in the underlying pool of commercial mortgages, and must meet
certain other criteria designed to protect the Federal
Reserve and the Treasury from credit risk. Collateral
would not be accepted from a particular borrower if
the collateral was backed by loans originated or securitized by that borrower or its affiliate except in very
limited circumstances.
The loans provided through the TALF were designed
to be limited in recourse to the collateral, generally
allowing borrowers the option of surrendering the
collateral to the FRBNY in full satisfaction of the
TALF loan. The FRBNY's loan is secured by the
ABS collateral, with the FRBNY lending an amount
equal to the market value of the ABS, less a haircut.
The haircut is a buffer which protects the FRBNY
against a decline in the collateral's value. The Federal
Reserve set initial haircuts for each type of eligible
collateral to reflect an assessment of the riskiness and
maturity of the various types of eligible ABS. Breakdowns of TALF collateral by underlying loan type
and credit rating are presented in tables 10 and 11,
respectively.
Consistent with previous announcements, the Federal
Reserve closed the TALF for new loan extensions
against newly issued CMBS on June 30, 2010, and for
new loans against all other types of collateral on
March 31, 2010. TALF loans extended by the

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

FRBNY during this program will mature over the
next several years, with all loans maturing no later
than March 30, 2015.

Table 10. TALF collateral by underlying loan type
Billions of dollars, as of January 26, 2011
Type of collateral
By underlying loan type
Auto
Commercial mortgages
Newly issued
Legacy
Credit card
Equipment
Floorplan
Premium finance
Servicing advances
Small business
Student loan
Total

Value

TALF LLC
2
5
0
5
6
*
3
2
*
1
8
26

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to total because of rounding. Data
represent the face value of collateral.
* Less than $500 million.

Table 11. TALF collateral by rating
Billions of dollars, as of January 26, 2011
Type of collateral
Asset-backed securities with minimum rating of: 1
AAA/Aaa
Total

Value

26
26

Note: Unaudited. Data represent the face value of collateral.
Eligible ABS collateral for the TALF was required to have a credit rating in the
highest investment-grade rating category from at least two eligible NRSROs
and could not have a credit rating below the highest investment-grade rating
category from an eligible NRSRO. When pledged collateral is downgraded
below the highest investment-grade rating, existing loans against the collateral
remain outstanding.

1

TALF LLC was formed to purchase and manage any
ABS that might be surrendered by a TALF borrower
or otherwise claimed by the FRBNY in connection
with its enforcement rights to the TALF collateral. In
certain limited circumstances, TALF LLC may also
purchase TALF program loans from the FRBNY.
TALF LLC has committed to purchase, for a fee, all
such assets at a price equal to the TALF loan, plus
accrued but unpaid interest.
Purchases of these securities are funded first through
the fees received by TALF LLC and any interest
TALF LLC has earned on its investments. In the
event that such funding proves insufficient, the
TARP will provide additional subordinated debt
funding to TALF LLC to finance up to $4.3 billion
of asset purchases. Subsequently, the FRBNY will
finance any additional purchases of securities by providing senior debt funding to TALF LLC. Thus, the
TARP funds provide credit protection to the
FRBNY. Financial information on TALF LLC is
reported weekly in tables 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 of the H.4.1
statistical release. As of January 26, 2011, TALF
LLC had purchased no assets from the FRBNY.

February 2011

Table 12A. Issuers of non-CMBS that collateralize
outstanding TALF loans

Table 12C. Issuers of legacy CMBS that collateralize
outstanding TALF loans

As of January 26, 2011

As of January 26, 2011
Issuers

Ally Master Owner Trust
American Express Credit Account Master Trust
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2009-1
ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2010-A
Bank of America Auto Trust 2009-1
BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust
BMW Vehicle Lease Trust 2009-1
Cabela's Credit Card Master Note Trust
CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2009-1
CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2009-A
Chase Issuance Trust
Chesapeake Funding LLC
Chrysler Financial Auto Securitization Trust 2009-A
CIT Equipment Collateral 2009-VT1
Citibank Omni Master Trust
CNH Equipment Trust 2009-B
CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust
Discover Card Execution Note Trust
FIFC Premium Funding LLC
First National Master Note Trust
Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2009-A
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2009-A
Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A
GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust
GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2009-2
Honda Auto Receivables 2009-2 Owner Trust
Marlin Leasing Receivables XII LLC
Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust
Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2009-A
OCWEN Servicer Advance Receivables Funding Company II LTD.
PFS Financing Corp.
SLC Private Student Loan Trust 2009-A
SLC Private Student Loan Trust 2010-B
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2009-B
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2009-C
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2009-CT
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2009-D
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2010-A
U.S. Small Business Administration
Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2009-A
WHEELS SPV, LLC
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note Trust
World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2009-A
World Omni Master Owner Trust

Table 12B. Issuers of newly issued CMBS that collateralize
outstanding TALF loans
As of January 26, 2011
Issuers1
1

There are no outstanding TALF loans collateralized with newly issued CMBS.

Issuers
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2004-2
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2005-1
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2005-3
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2005-5
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2005-6
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-1
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-2
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-4
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-5
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-6
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-1
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-2
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-3
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2004-PWR4
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2004-TOP16
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-PWR7
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-PWR9
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-PWR10
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-TOP20
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-PWR11
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-PWR12
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-TOP24
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-PWR16
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-PWR17
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-PWR18
CD 2005-CD1 Commercial Mortgage Trust
CD 2006-CD2 Mortgage Trust
CD 2006-CD3 Mortgage Trust
CD 2007-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C1
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-C7
COMM 2004-LNB2 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2005-C6 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2005-LP5 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2006-C7 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-GG1
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-GG3
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-GG5
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-GG9
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C3
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C5
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C1
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C2
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C3
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C4
CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C1
CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C1
CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C3
CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C5
CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C6
GE Commercial Mortgage Corporation Series 2005-C1
GE Commercial Mortgage Corporation Series 2005-C4
GE Commercial Mortgage Corporation Series 2007-C1 Trust
GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II Series 2005-GG4
GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-GG6
GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-GG8
GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-GG10

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Table 12C. Issuers of legacy CMBS that collateralize
outstanding TALF loans—Continued
As of January 26, 2011
Issuers
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2004-C2
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2004-C3
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2004-CIBC8
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2004-CIBC10
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-CIBC11
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-CIBC13
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-LDP3
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-LDP4
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-LDP5
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-CIBC15
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-LDP7
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-LDP8
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-LDP9
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-CIBC20
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-LDP11
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-LDP12
LB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C3
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C1
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C7
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C2
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C1
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C3
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C6
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C7
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C1
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C2
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C6
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2004-KEY2
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2005-CIP1
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2007-C1
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-4
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-8
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2005-HQ5
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2005-HQ6
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2005-IQ9
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-HQ10
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ11
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-TOP21
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-IQ13
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-IQ14
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-IQ15
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-TOP27
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2004-C14
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2005-C19
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2005-C20
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2005-C22
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C24
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C25
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C27
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C28
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C29
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C30
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C32
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C33
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C34

Lending in Support of Specific Institutions

Quarterly Developments
‰ Cash flows generated from the Maiden Lane LLC,
Maiden Lane II LLC, and Maiden Lane III LLC
portfolios are used to pay down the FRBNY's
loans to those LLCs. For the third quarter of
2010, repayments totaled approximately $3 billion,
as presented in tables 14, 18, and 21.

the purchase of a portfolio of mortgage-related securities, residential and commercial mortgage loans,
and associated hedges from Bear Stearns. In the

Table 14. Maiden Lane LLC outstanding principal balance of
loans
Millions of dollars

Background
During the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve extended credit to certain specific institutions in order
to avert disorderly failures that could result in severe
dislocations and strains for the financial system as a
whole and harm the U.S. economy. In certain other
cases, the Federal Reserve committed to extend
credit, if necessary, to support important financial
firms.

Bear Stearns and Maiden Lane LLC
In March 2008, the FRBNY and JPMorgan Chase &
Co. (JPMC) entered into an arrangement related to
financing provided by the FRBNY to facilitate the
acquisition of JPMC and The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (Bear Stearns). In connection with the
transaction, the Federal Reserve Board authorized
the FRBNY, under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, to extend credit to a Delaware limited liability company, Maiden Lane LLC, to partially fund
Table 13. Fair value asset coverage of FRBNY loan
Millions of dollars

Maiden Lane LLC
Maiden Lane II LLC
Maiden Lane III LLC

Fair value asset
coverage of FRBNY
loan on 9/30/2010

Fair value asset
coverage of FRBNY
loan on 6/30/2010

815
2,554
8,581

(17)
1,652
7,453

Note: Unaudited. Fair value asset coverage is the amount by which the fair value
of the net portfolio assets of each LLC (refer to table 27) is greater or less than the
outstanding balance of the loans extended by the FRBNY, including accrued
interest.

Principal balance at closing
Most recent quarterly activity
Principal balance on 6/30/2010 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Accrued and capitalized interest from
6/30/2010 to 9/30/2010
Repayment during the period from
6/30/2010 to 9/30/2010
Principal balance on 9/30/2010 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)

FRBNY
senior
loan

JPMC
subordinate
loan

28,820

1,150

29,331

1,280

55

17

(1,180)

—

28,206

1,297

Note: Unaudited. As part of the asset purchase agreement, JPMC made a loan to
Maiden Lane LLC. For repayment purposes, this obligation is subordinated to the
senior loan extended by the FRBNY.

Table 15. Maiden Lane LLC summary of portfolio
composition, cash and cash equivalents, and other assets
and liabilities
Millions of dollars

Federal Agency and GSE MBS
Non-agency RMBS
Commercial loans
Residential loans
Swap contracts1
Other investments
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets2
Other liabilities1,3
Net assets

Fair value
on 9/30/2010

Fair value
on 6/30/2010

18,547
1,907
5,121
628
717
1,032
1,784
139
(854)
29,021

19,880
1,922
4,823
611
958
1,029
1,299
463
(1,671)
29,314

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Fair value of swap contracts is presented net of associated liabilities.
2
Including interest and principal receivable and other receivables.
3
Including amounts payable for securities purchased, collateral posted to
Maiden Lane LLC by swap counterparties, and other liabilities and accrued
expenses.

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second quarter of 2008, the FRBNY extended credit
to Maiden Lane LLC. The LLC manages its assets
through time to maximize the repayment of credit
extended to the LLC and to minimize disruption to
the financial markets.
The two-year accumulation period that followed the
closing date for Maiden Lane LLC ended on June 26,
2010. Consistent with the terms of the Maiden Lane
LLC transaction, the distribution of the proceeds
realized on the asset portfolio held by Maiden Lane
LLC, after payment of certain fees and expenses, will
occur on a monthly basis going forward unless otherwise directed by the Federal Reserve. The monthly
distributions will be used to cover the expenses and
repay the obligations of the LLC, including the principal and interest on the loan from the FRBNY.

The assets of Maiden Lane LLC are presented
weekly in tables 1, 8, and 9 of the H.4.1 statistical
release. Additional details on the accounts of Maiden
Lane LLC are presented in table 4 of the H.4.1 statistical release. Details of the terms of the loan, as well
as information on the holdings of the Maiden Lane
LLC, including the CUSIP number, descriptor, and
the current principal balance or notional amount
outstanding for nearly all of the holdings of Maiden
Lane LLC with the exception of residential whole
loans, is published on the FRBNY website at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/maidenlane.html.
Information about the assets and liabilities of
Maiden Lane LLC is presented as of September 30,
2010, in tables 14 through 16 and figure 2. This information is updated on a quarterly basis.

Table 16. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution by sector and rating
Percent, as of September 30, 2010
Rating
Sector1

Federal Agency and GSE MBS
Non-agency RMBS
Other2
Total

AAA

AA+ to AA-

A+ to A-

BBB+
to BBB-

BB+
and lower

Gov’t/
Agency

Not
rated

Total

0.0
0.3
0.9
1.2

0.0
0.4
0.6
1.0

0.0
0.6
0.2
0.8

0.0
0.2
1.5
1.7

0.0
7.4
1.5
8.8

86.3
0.0
0.0
86.3

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

86.3
8.9
4.8
100.0

Note: Unaudited. This table presents the sector and ratings composition of the securities in the Maiden Lane LLC portfolio as a percentage of all securities in the portfolio. It is
based on the fair value of the securities. Lowest of all ratings is used for purposes of this table. Rows and columns may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Does not include Maiden Lane LLC’s swaps and other derivative contracts and commercial and residential mortgage loans.
2
Includes all asset sectors that, individually, represent less than 5 percent of the aggregate fair value of securities in the portfolio.

Figure 2. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution as of September 30, 2010

February 2011

AIG

Table 17B. Preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC
and ALICO Holdings LLC

Recent Developments

Millions of dollars

‰ On January 14, 2011, AIG, the Treasury, and the
FRBNY closed the Recapitalization. As a result,
the revolving credit facility extended to AIG and
the preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and
ALICO Holdings LLC were fully repaid, and the
FRBNY’s commitment to lend any further funds
was terminated. This section provides background
information on the assistance provided to AIG.

Background
On September 16, 2008, the Federal Reserve, with the
full support of the Treasury, announced that it would
lend to AIG to prevent a disorderly failure of this
systemically important firm, protect the financial
system and the broader economy, and provide the
company time to restructure its operations in an orderly manner. Initially, the FRBNY extended an
$85 billion line of credit to the company. The terms
of the credit facility are disclosed on the Federal
Reserve’s website at www.federalreserve.gov/
monetarypolicy/bst_supportspecific.htm. Loans that
were drawn under this facility are presented in table 1
of the weekly H.4.1 statistical release.
On November 10, 2008, the Federal Reserve and the
Treasury announced a restructuring of the government's financial support to AIG. As part of this restructuring, two new LLCs, Maiden Lane II LLC
and Maiden Lane III LLC, were created, and the line
of credit extended to AIG was reduced from $85 billion to $60 billion. (On October 8, 2008, the FRBNY
was authorized to extend credit under a special securities borrowing facility to certain AIG subsidiaries.
This arrangement was discontinued after the estabTable 17A. AIG revolving credit facility
Millions of dollars
Value
Balance on December 29, 2010
Principal drawdowns
Principal repayments and reductions
Recapitalized interest and fees
Restructuring allowance, net
Balance on January 26, 2011

19

20,282
0
(15,213)
(5,736)
666
0

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to total because of rounding. Does not
include Maiden Lane II LLC and Maiden Lane III LLC. Does not include preferred
interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC. As a result of the closing of
the AIG recapitalization plan, the revolving credit facility was fully repaid, and the
FRBNY’s commitment to lend any further funds was terminated.

Balance on January 26, 2011
Preferred Interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC1
Accrued dividends on preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC
and ALICO Holdings LLC

Value
0
0

Note: Unaudited. As a result of the closing of the AIG Recapitalization, a portion of
the preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC were redeemed.
AIG purchased the remaining preferred interests from the FRBNY, including all
accrued dividends, through a draw on the Treasury’s Series F preferred stock
commitment and transferred the preferred interests purchased from the FRBNY to
the Treasury as consideration for the draw on the available Series F funds.
1
Book value.

lishment of the Maiden Lane II facility.) More detail
on these LLCs is reported in the remainder of this
section. Additional information is included in tables
5 and 6 of the H.4.1 statistical release.
On March 2, 2009, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury announced further restructuring of the government's assistance to AIG, designed to enhance the
company's capital and liquidity in order to facilitate
the orderly completion of the company's global divestiture program. Additional information on the
March 2009 restructuring is available at
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/
other/20090302a.htm.
On April 17, 2009, the FRBNY implemented the
March 2, 2009, loan restructuring adjustment. The
interest rate on the loan to AIG, the three-month
Libor plus 300 basis points, was modified by removing the existing interest rate floor of 3.5 percent on
the Libor component. Consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as of July 29,
2009, the reported value of the AIG revolving credit
extension was reduced by a $1.3 billion adjustment to
reflect the loan restructuring. This restructuring adjustment was intended to recognize the economic
effect of the reduced interest rate and was recovered
as the adjustment amortized over the remaining term
of the credit extension.
The lending under this facility was secured by a
pledge of assets of AIG and its primary nonregulated subsidiaries, including all or a substantial portion of AIG's ownership interest in its regulated U.S.
and foreign subsidiaries. Furthermore, AIG's obligations to the FRBNY were guaranteed by certain domestic, nonregulated subsidiaries of AIG with more
than $50 million in assets.

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On June 25, 2009, the FRBNY entered into agreements with AIG to carry out two transactions previously approved and announced on March 2, 2009, as
part of the restructuring of the U.S. government’s
assistance to AIG. These transactions were completed on December 1, 2009. Under these agreements, the FRBNY received preferred interests in
two special purpose vehicles (SPVs), AIA Aurora
LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC, formed to hold the
outstanding common stock of AIG's largest foreign
insurance subsidiaries, American International
Assurance Company, Ltd (AIA) and American Life
Insurance Company (ALICO). In exchange, upon
the closing of each transaction and the resulting issuance of preferred interests, the outstanding balance
of, and amount available excluding capitalized interest and fees to AIG under, the revolving credit facility was reduced by $25 billion. Specifically, the maximum principal amount available was reduced from
$60 billion to $35 billion. By establishing the AIA
and ALICO SPVs as separate legal entities, these
transactions positioned AIA and ALICO for future
initial public offerings (IPOs) or sale.

and MetLife, and was expected to close by the end of
2010, subject to the approvals of certain domestic
and international regulatory bodies and to customary
closing conditions. AIG has stated that it intended to
monetize the securities received in the ALICO transaction over time, subject to market conditions, following the lapse of certain minimum holding periods
set forth in the definitive agreement entered into with
MetLife on March 8, 2010.

On March 1, 2010, AIG announced the signing of a
definitive agreement for the sale of AIA to Prudential
plc (Prudential) for approximately $35.5 billion,
including approximately $25 billion in cash, $8.5 billion in face value of equity and equity-linked securities, and $2.0 billion in face value of preferred stock
of Prudential, subject to closing adjustments. AIG
stated that the cash portion of the proceeds from the
sale would be used to fully redeem the approximately
$16 billion of preferred interests held by the FRBNY
in the SPV that holds AIA, and to repay approximately $9 billion of its borrowing under the revolving
credit facility with the FRBNY. The transaction was
approved by the boards of directors of both AIG
and Prudential, and was expected to close by the end
of 2010, subject to approval by Prudential shareholders, regulatory approvals, and customary closing conditions.

On September 30, 2010, AIG announced an agreement with the Treasury, the FRBNY, and the trustees
of the AIG Credit Facility Trust (the “Trust”) on a
comprehensive recapitalization plan (the “Recapitalization”) designed to facilitate repayment of all its
obligations to American taxpayers.3 The measures
included:

On March 8, 2010, AIG announced the signing of a
definitive agreement for the sale of ALICO to
MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) for approximately $15.5 billion, including $6.8 billion in cash and the remainder
in equity securities of MetLife, subject to closing adjustments. In connection with this agreement, AIG
stated that the cash portion of the proceeds from this
sale would be used to redeem an equivalent amount
of the approximately $9 billion of preferred interests
held by the FRBNY in ALICO. The transaction was
approved by the boards of directors of both AIG

In early June 2010, in response to efforts by Prudential to negotiate for a lower purchase price of $30.4
billion, AIG announced that it would not consider
modification to the agreed-upon terms (described
above) of the transaction. Subsequently, Prudential
announced its intention to not proceed with the
transaction. On June 3, 2010, Prudential and AIG
confirmed that the parties had agreed to terminate
the definitive agreement for the sale of AIA, as provided for in the sale agreement.
AIG announced plans to conduct an IPO of AIA by
seeking a listing of AIA on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange in July 2010.

‰ an accelerated repayment of the outstanding balance (including all accrued interest and fees) on the
AIG revolving credit facility and termination of
that facility,
‰ a draw by AIG of up to $22 billion of undrawn
Series F funds available to the company under the
TARP to purchase an equal amount of the
FRBNY’s preferred interests in the AIA and
ALICO SPVs,
‰ the transfer by AIG of the preferred interests purchased from the FRBNY to the Treasury as consideration for the draw on the available Series F
funds, and

3

The AIG Credit Facility Trust, which was established for the
sole benefit of the U.S. Treasury, held the U.S. government's
equity interest in AIG that was received as a condition of the
AIG revolving credit agreement. For more information about
the Trust, refer to www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets/
2009/an090116.html and www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/
news/markets/2010/Trust_FAQ_Final.pdf.

February 2011

‰ the conversion of the AIG preferred stock currently owned by the Treasury and the Trust into
common equity of AIG.
Also on September 30, 2010, AIG announced a definitive agreement to sell its Japan-based life insurance subsidiaries, AIG Star Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
and AIG Edison Life Insurance Company, to Prudential Financial, Inc. for a total purchase price of
$4.8 billion, comprising $4.2 billion in cash and $0.6
billion in the assumption of third-party debt. The
transaction was subject to receipt of regulatory approval and was expected to close in the first quarter
of 2011.
On October 29, 2010, AIG completed the IPO of
AIA, raising total gross proceeds of $20.5 billion. On
November 1, 2010, AIG completed the sale of
ALICO to MetLife for approximately $16.2 billion,
including gross cash proceeds of $7.2 billion and the
remainder in securities of MetLife. AIG stated that it
intended to monetize the MetLife securities received
in the transaction over time, subject to market conditions and following the lapse of certain lock-up provisions specified in the definitive agreement entered
into with MetLife, to provide additional funds to
repay the government.
On December 27, 2010, AIG announced that it had
obtained a total of $3 billion in 364-day and 3-year
bank credit facilities. AIG also announced that
Chartis, a wholly owned subsidiary, had obtained a
$1.3 billion 1-year letter-of-credit facility. The facilities became available upon closing of the Recapitalization.
Pending closing of the Recapitalization, the FRBNY
held the cash proceeds from certain AIG asset dispositions as agent. The FRBNY began to hold as agent
net cash proceeds from the IPO of AIA on October
29, 2010, and the sale of ALICO on November 1,
2010. The funds that were held by the FRBNY as
agent from the disposition of AIG assets are included in table 1 of this report and in table 1 of the
H.4.1 statistical release. On December 8, 2010, AIG
announced a definitive agreement with ALICO
Holdings LLC, AIA Aurora LLC, the FRBNY, the
Treasury, and the Trust regarding the Recapitalization announced on September 30, 2010. The December 8 definitive agreement superseded the agreement
in principle, dated September 30, and included forms
of several other agreements governing the Recapitalization.

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On January 14, 2011, AIG, the Treasury, and the
FRBNY closed the Recapitalization. Upon closing,
the cash proceeds from certain asset dispositions,
including the IPO of AIA and the sale of ALICO,
were used first to repay in full the amount then outstanding under the AIG revolving credit facility, including accrued interest and fees, and then to redeem
a portion of the preferred interests in AIA Aurora
LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC previously received
by the FRBNY in exchange for an equivalent reduction of the amount of debt outstanding on the revolving credit facility. AIG purchased the remaining
preferred interests from the FRBNY, including all
accrued dividends, through a draw on the Treasury’s
Series F preferred stock commitment and transferred
the preferred interests purchased from the FRBNY
to the Treasury as consideration for the draw on the
available Series F funds. As a result of the closing of
the Recapitalization, the revolving credit facility was
fully repaid, and the FRBNY’s commitment to lend
any further funds was terminated.
Under the AIG revolving credit facility, all net cash
proceeds received from the sale by AIG of its subsidiaries or businesses (other than sales in the ordinary
course of business) were applied to pay down outstanding borrowings under the facility (and related
accrued and unpaid interest), unless otherwise
waived by the FRBNY. Additionally, the maximum
principal amount of available credit to AIG under
the revolving credit facility was reduced by the
amount of net cash proceeds applied to pay the principal amount of outstanding borrowings under the
facility, unless otherwise waived by the FRBNY. Between March and December 2010, the maximum
principal amount available under the AIG revolving
credit facility was reduced from $34.4 billion to
approximately $24.5 billion primarily in connection
with AIG's sale of interests in several subsidiaries
and other assets. As a result of the closing of the
Recapitalization, the revolving credit facility was
fully repaid, and the FRBNY’s commitment to lend
any further funds was terminated.
Figure 3 presents the amount of credit extended to
AIG over time through the credit facility, including
the principal, interest, and commitment fees, along
with the facility ceiling.

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Figure 3. AIG revolving credit

Note: The above data illustrate selected components of the amount of credit extended to the American International Group, Inc., including loan principal, all capitalized interest
and fees, and the amortized portion of the initial commitment fee. The data exclude commercial paper sold by AIG and its subsidiaries to the Commercial Paper Funding Facility
as well as amounts borrowed prior to December 12, 2008, under a securities borrowing arrangement. The facility ceiling represents the limit on the credit agreement plus capitalized interest and fees. From November 7, 2008, until December 1, 2009, the ceiling was $60 billion (excluding capitalized interest and fees); on December 1, 2009, it was
reduced to $35 billion. On January 14, 2011, AIG, the Treasury, and the FRBNY closed the Recapitalization. As a result of the closing, the revolving credit facility was fully repaid,
and the FRBNY’s commitment to lend any further funds was terminated.

Maiden Lane II LLC
Pursuant to authority granted by the Federal Reserve
Board under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve
Act, the FRBNY, on December 12, 2008, lent
approximately $19.5 billion to a newly formed Delaware limited liability company, Maiden Lane II LLC,
to partially fund the purchase of residential
mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) from the securities lending portfolio of several regulated U.S. insurance subsidiaries of AIG. Maiden Lane II LLC acquired the RMBS, which had an aggregate par value
Table 18. Maiden Lane II LLC outstanding principal balance
of senior loan and fixed deferred purchase price
Millions of dollars

of approximately $39.3 billion, at the then-current
market value of approximately $20.8 billion, which
was substantially below par value.4 The full portfolio
of RMBS held by Maiden Lane II LLC serves as
collateral for the Federal Reserve's loan to Maiden
Lane II LLC. AIG's insurance subsidiaries also have
4

The aggregate amount of interest and principal proceeds from
RMBS received after the announcement date, but prior to the
settlement date, net of financing costs, amounted to approximately $0.3 billion and therefore reduced the amount of funding required at settlement by $0.3 billion, from $20.8 billion to
$20.5 billion.

Table 19. Maiden Lane II LLC summary of RMBS portfolio
composition, cash and cash equivalents, and
other assets and liabilities
Millions of dollars

Principal balance at closing
Most recent quarterly activity
Principal balance on 6/30/2010 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Accrued and capitalized interest from
6/30/2010 to 9/30/2010
Repayment during the period from
6/30/2010 to 9/30/2010
Principal balance on 9/30/2010 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)

FRBNY
senior
loan

AIG fixed
deferred
purchase
price

19,494

1,000

14,672

1,053

47

9

(655)

—

14,064

1,062

Note: Unaudited. As part of the asset purchase agreement, AIG subsidiaries were
entitled to receive from Maiden Lane II LLC a fixed deferred purchase price plus
interest on the amount. This obligation is subordinated to the senior loan extended
by the FRBNY, and it reduced the amount paid by Maiden Lane II LLC for the
assets by a corresponding amount.

Alt-A ARM
Subprime
Option ARM
Other1
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets2
Other liabilities3
Net assets

Fair value
on 9/30/2010

Fair value
on 6/30/2010

5,001
8,998
1,111
1,296
211
2
(1)
16,618

4,957
8,781
1,089
1,264
230
4
(1)
16,323

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding
1
Includes all asset sectors that, individually, represent less than 5 percent of
aggregate outstanding fair value of securities in the portfolio.
2
Including interest and principal receivable and other receivables.
3
Including accrued expenses and other payables.

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Table 20. Maiden Lane II LLC securities distribution by sector and rating
Percent, as of September 30, 2010
Rating
RMBS sector

Alt-A ARM
Subprime
Option ARM
Other1
Total

AAA

AA+ to AA-

A+ to A-

BBB+ to BBB-

BB+ and lower

Total

0.3
4.5
0.0
0.0
4.8

2.3
2.4
0.0
0.5
5.2

1.2
1.4
0.0
0.0
2.6

1.0
0.8
0.1
0.1
2.0

25.7
45.7
6.7
7.3
85.4

30.5
54.8
6.8
7.9
100.0

Note: Unaudited. This table presents the sector and ratings composition of Maiden Lane II LLC’s RMBS portfolio as a percentage of aggregate fair value of the securities in the
portfolio. Lowest of all ratings is used for the purposes of this table. Rows and columns may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Includes all asset sectors that, individually, represent less than 5 percent of the aggregate fair value of securities in the portfolio.

Figure 4. Maiden Lane II LLC securities distribution as of September 30, 2010

a $1 billion subordinated position in Maiden Lane II
LLC that is available to absorb first any losses that
may be realized.

30, 2010, in tables 18 through 20 and figure 4. This
information is updated on a quarterly basis.

The net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane II LLC
are presented in tables 1, 8, and 9 of the weekly H.4.1
statistical release. Additional detail on the accounts
of Maiden Lane II LLC is presented in table 5 of the
H.4.1 statistical release. Details on the terms of the
loan, as well as information on the holdings of the
Maiden Lane II LLC, including the CUSIP number,
descriptor, and the current principal balance or notional amount outstanding for all the positions in the
portfolio, is published on the FRBNY website at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/maidenlane2.html.

Maiden Lane III LLC

Information about the assets and liabilities of
Maiden Lane II LLC is presented as of September

Pursuant to authority granted by the Federal Reserve
Board under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve
Act, the FRBNY in November and December 2008,
lent approximately $24.3 billion to a newly formed
Delaware limited liability company, Maiden Lane III
LLC, to fund the purchase of certain asset-backed
collateralized debt obligations (ABS CDOs) from
certain counterparties of AIG Financial Products
Corp. (AIGFP) on which AIGFP had written credit
default swaps and similar contracts. Maiden Lane III
LLC acquired these CDOs, which had an aggregate
par value of approximately $62.1 billion, at the thencurrent market value of approximately $29.6 billion,

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

which was substantially below par value.5 The full
portfolio of CDOs held by Maiden Lane III LLC
serves as collateral for the Federal Reserve’s loan to
Maiden Lane III LLC. An AIG subsidiary also has a
$5 billion subordinated position in Maiden Lane III
LLC that is available to absorb first any losses that
may be realized. Assets of the portfolio of the LLC
will be managed to maximize cash flows to ensure
repayment of obligations of the LLC while minimizing disruptions to financial markets.
The net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane III LLC
are presented in tables 1, 8, and 9 of the weekly H.4.1
statistical release. Additional detail on the accounts
of Maiden Lane III LLC is presented in table 6 of
the H.4.1 statistical release. Information on the holdings of the Maiden Lane III LLC, including the CUSIP number, descriptor, and the current principal
balance or notional amount outstanding for all the
positions in the portfolio, is published on the
FRBNY website at www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/maidenlane3.html.

Table 21. Maiden Lane III LLC outstanding principal balance
of senior loan and equity contribution
Millions of dollars

Principal balance at closing
Most recent quarterly activity
Principal balance on 6/30/2010 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Accrued and capitalized interest from
6/30/2010 to 9/30/2010
Repayment during the period from
6/30/2010 to 9/30/2010
Principal balance on 9/30/2010 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)

FRBNY
senior loan

AIG equity
contribution

24,339

5,000

16,294

5,278

52

44

(1,208)

—

15,138

5,322

Note: Unaudited. As part of the asset purchase agreement, AIG purchased a
$5 billion equity contribution, which is subordinated to the senior loan extended by
the FRBNY.

Table 22. Maiden Lane III LLC summary of portfolio
composition, cash and cash equivalents, and other assets
and liabilities
Millions of dollars

Information about the assets and liabilities of
Maiden Lane III LLC is presented as of September
30, 2010, in tables 21 through 23 and figure 5. This
information is updated on a quarterly basis.

5

The aggregate amount of interest and principal proceeds from
CDOs received after the announcement date, but prior to the
settlement dates, net of financing costs, amounted to approximately $0.3 billion and therefore reduced the amount of funding required at settlement by $0.3 billion, from $29.6 billion to
$29.3 billion.

High-grade ABS CDO
Mezzanine ABS CDO
Commercial real estate CDO
RMBS, CMBS, and Other
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets1
Other liabilities2
Net assets

Fair value
on 9/30/2010

Fair value
on 6/30/2010

15,382
2,068
5,589
288
362
34
(3)
23,719

15,500
1,997
5,564
266
390
32
(3)
23,747

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Including interest and principal receivable and other receivables.
2
Including accrued expenses.

Figure 5. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution as of September 30, 2010

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Table 23. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution by sector, vintage, and rating
Percent, as of September 30, 2010
Rating
Sector and vintage1
AAA

AA+ to AA-

A+ to A-

BBB+ to BBB-

BB+ and lower

Total

High-grade ABS CDO
Pre-2005
2005
2006
2007

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

65.9
22.6
30.4
6.5
6.5

65.9
22.6
30.4
6.5
6.5

Mezzanine ABS CDO
Pre-2005
2005
2006
2007

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

8.8
5.2
2.9
0.0
0.6

8.9
5.3
2.9
0.0
0.6

Commercial real estate CDO
Pre-2005
2005
2006
2007

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

23.4
3.0
0.0
0.0
20.4

24.0
3.6
0.0
0.0
20.4

RMBS, CMBS, and Other
Pre-2005
2005
2006
2007
Total

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.7

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.8
0.1
0.6
0.1
0.0
98.9

1.2
0.2
0.9
0.1
0.0
100.0

Note: Unaudited. This table presents the sector, vintage, and rating composition of the securities in the Maiden Lane III LLC portfolio as a percentage of all securities in the
portfolio. It is based on the fair value of the securities. Lowest of all ratings is used for purposes of this table. Rows and columns may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
The year of issuance with the highest concentration of underlying assets as measured by outstanding principal balance determines the vintage of the CDO.

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Federal Reserve Banks’ Financial Tables

Quarterly Developments

‰ Interest earned from Federal Reserve lending programs was approximately $2.3 billion during the
first three quarters of 2010, as presented in
table 26; interest earned on credit extended to AIG
and loans made by the TALF accounted for most
of the total.

The Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Banks,
and the consolidated LLCs are all subject to several
levels of audit and review. The Reserve Banks’ financial statements and those of the consolidated LLC
entities are audited annually by an independent auditing firm retained by the Board of Governors. To
ensure auditor independence, the Board requires that
the external auditor be independent in all matters
relating to the audit. Specifically, the external auditor
may not perform services for the Reserve Banks or
others that would place it in a position of auditing its
own work, making management decisions on behalf
of the Reserve Banks, or in any other way impairing
its audit independence. In addition, the Reserve
Banks, including the consolidated LLCs, are subject
to oversight by the Board.

‰ Net income reported on the consolidated financial
statements of the FRBNY, including changes in
valuation, for the Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II,
and Maiden Lane III LLCs, was approximately
$2.4 billion, $1.5 billion, and $2.3 billion, respectively, during the first three quarters of 2010. Net
income for the Commercial Paper Funding Facility
(CPFF) LLC was approximately $0.2 billion during the first three quarters of 2010, as presented in
table 27.

The Board of Governors’ financial statements are
audited annually by an independent auditing firm
retained by the Board's Office of Inspector General
(OIG). The audit firm also provides a report on compliance and on internal control over financial reporting in accordance with government auditing standards. The OIG also conducts audits, reviews, and
investigations relating to the Board’s programs and
operations as well as of Board functions delegated to
the Reserve Banks.

‰ After providing for the payment of dividends and
reserving an amount necessary to equate surplus
with capital paid in, distributions to the Treasury
as interest on Federal Reserve notes totaled $56.5
billion during the first three quarters 2010, as presented in table 24.

Audited annual financial statements for the Reserve
Banks and Board of Governors are available at
www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/
bst_fedfinancials.htm. In this report, the Federal Reserve prepares unaudited quarterly updates to tables
included in the Federal Reserve Board’s Annual Report, available at www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/
rptcongress/default.htm. As required by the DoddFrank Act, the Federal Reserve posted an audit
webpage on December 3, 2010. This page will be updated as reports and other information become available. More information can be found at www.
federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_audit.htm.

‰ The average daily balance of the Federal Reserve
SOMA holdings was approximately $2.1 trillion
during the first three quarters of 2010, as presented in table 25. Net earnings from the portfolio
were approximately $57.9 billion; most of the
earnings were attributable to interest income on
Treasury securities and federal agency and GSE
MBS.

Background
The Federal Reserve Banks prepare annual financial
statements reflecting balances as of December 31,
and income and expenses for the year then ended.
The Federal Reserve Bank financial statements also
include the accounts and results of operations of
several LLCs that have been consolidated with the
FRBNY (the “consolidated LLCs”).

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Combined Statement of Income and
Comprehensive Income
Table 24 presents unaudited combined Reserve Bank
income and expense information for the first three
quarters of 2010. Tables 25 through 27 present information for the SOMA portfolio, the Federal Reserve
loan programs, and the variable interest entities
(VIEs)—the CPFF LLC; Maiden Lane, Maiden
Lane II, and Maiden Lane III LLCs; and TALF
LLC—for the period from January 1, 2010, to
September 30, 2010. These tables are updated quarterly.

SOMA Financial Summary
Table 25 shows the Federal Reserve's average daily
balance of assets and liabilities in the SOMA portfolio for the period from January 1, 2010, though September 30, 2010, the related interest income and expense, and the realized and unrealized gains and
losses for the year to date. Treasury securities, GSE
debt securities, as well as federal agency and GSE
MBS making up the SOMA portfolio, are recorded
at amortized cost on a settlement-date basis, rather
than using a fair value presentation. The amortized
cost presentation more appropriately reflects the Reserve Banks’ purpose for holding these securities
given the Federal Reserve’s unique responsibility to
conduct monetary policy.
Although the fair value of security holdings can be
substantially greater than or less than the recorded
value at any point in time, these unrealized gains or
losses have no effect on the ability of the Reserve
Banks to meet their financial obligations and responsibilities. As of September 30, 2010, the fair value of
the Treasury securities held in the SOMA, excluding
accrued interest, was $920.3 billion (amortized cost
was $840.6 billion); the fair value of the GSE debt,
excluding accrued interest, was $166.3 billion (amortized cost was $160.2 billion); the fair value of the
federal agency and GSE MBS, excluding accrued
interest, was $1,128.8 billion (amortized cost was
$1,092.6 billion); and the fair value of investments
denominated in foreign currencies was $26.1 billion
(amortized cost was $25.9 billion). Fair value was
determined by reference to quoted prices for identical
securities, except for MBS, for which market values
are determined using a model-based approach based
on observable inputs for similar securities.
The FRBNY conducts purchases and sales of U.S.
government securities under authorization and direc-

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tion from the FOMC. The FRBNY buys and sells
securities at market prices from securities dealers and
foreign and international account holders. The
FOMC has also authorized the FRBNY to purchase
and sell U.S. government securities under agreements
to resell or repurchase such securities (commonly
referred to as repurchase and reverse repurchase
transactions).
The SOMA holds foreign currency deposits and foreign government debt instruments denominated in
foreign currencies with foreign central banks and the
Bank for International Settlements. Central bank
liquidity swaps are the foreign currencies that the
Federal Reserve acquires and records as an asset (excluding accrued interest) on the Federal Reserve's
balance sheet. On January 5, 2009, the Federal Reserve began purchasing MBS guaranteed by Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. Transactions in
MBS are recorded on settlement dates, which can
extend several months into the future. MBS dollar
roll transactions, which consist of a purchase or sale
of TBA MBS combined with an agreement to sell or
purchase TBA MBS on a specified future date, may
generate realized gains and losses. On June 28, 2010,
the Federal Reserve began entering into coupon
swaps, which are trades with a single counterparty in
which the Federal Reserve agrees to simultaneously
sell TBA MBS in one coupon and to buy an equal
face value of TBA MBS in a different coupon. MBS
dollar roll transactions, and coupon swaps are recorded on settlement date and may generate realized
gains and losses.

Loan Programs Financial Summary
Table 26 summarizes the average daily loan balances
and interest income of the Federal Reserve during
the first three quarters of 2010. The most significant
loan balance is the TALF, which was established in
2009. As noted earlier in this report, during 2008 the
Federal Reserve established several lending facilities
under authority of Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. Many of these lending facilities have since
been closed. Credit remains outstanding to AIG and
under the TALF; the Reserve Banks record amounts
funded under these programs as loans. Interest income from these loan programs was about $2.3 billion during the first three quarters of 2010. All loans
must be fully collateralized to the satisfaction of the
lending Reserve Bank, with an appropriate haircut
applied to the collateral. At September 30, 2010, no
loans were impaired, and an allowance for loan losses
was not required.

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Table 24. Federal Reserve Banks’ Combined Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income
Millions of dollars
January 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010
Interest income:
Loans to depository institutions (refer to table 26)
Other loans (refer to table 26)
System Open Market Account (refer to table 25)
Consolidated variable interest entities (refer to table 27):
Investments held by consolidated variable interest entities:
Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II, and Maiden Lane III LLCs
Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC
Total interest income
Interest expense:
System Open Market Account (refer to table 25)
Depository institution deposits
Term deposit facility
Beneficial interest in consolidated variable interest entities (refer to table 27)
Total interest expense
Provision for loan restructuring (refer to table 26)
Net interest income, after provision for loan restructuring

50
2,286
56,743

3,218
213
62,510

68
2,036
2
206
2,312
—
60,198

Non-interest income (loss):
Other loans unrealized gains (losses)1
System Open Market Account—realized and unrealized losses, net (refer to table 25)
Investments held by consolidated variable interest entities gains (losses), net (refer to table 27):
Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II, and Maiden Lane III LLCs
Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC
TALF LLC1
Beneficial interest in consolidated variable interest entities gains (losses), net
Dividends on preferred securities
Income from services
Reimbursable services to government agencies
Other income
Total non-interest income (loss)

7,298
1
—
(3,920)
951
433
308
65
5,935

Operating expenses:
Salaries and other benefits
Occupancy expense
Equipment expense
Assessments by the Board of Governors
Professional fees related to consolidated variable interest entities (refer to table 27)
Other expenses
Total operating expenses

2,002
218
129
844
82
383
3,658

Net income prior to distribution

(412)
1,211

62,476
2

Change in funded status of benefit plans
Comprehensive income prior to distribution

235
62,711

Distribution of comprehensive income:
Dividends paid to member banks
Transferred to surplus, distributions to U.S. Treasury, and change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

1,182
61,529

Memo: Distributions to U.S. Treasury (interest on Federal Reserve notes)3

55,391

Note: Unaudited.
1
The fair value option was elected for all TALF loans. Recording all TALF loans at fair value, rather than at the remaining principal amount outstanding, results in consistent
accounting treatment among all TALF-related transactions and provides the most appropriate presentation of the TALF program in the financial statements by matching the
change in fair value of TALF loans, the related put agreement with the consolidated TALF LLC, and the valuation of the other beneficial interests in TALF LLC.
2
Represents the recognition of benefit plan deferred actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs.
3
The Board of Governors requires each Reserve Bank to distribute any remaining net earnings to the U.S. Treasury as interest on Federal Reserve notes, after providing for the
payment of dividends and reservation of an amount necessary to equate surplus with capital paid-in. These distributions are made weekly based on estimated net earnings
for the preceding week. The amount of each Bank’s weekly distribution to the U.S. Treasury is affected by significant losses and increases in capital paid-in at a Reserve
Bank, and requires that the Reserve Bank retain net earnings until the surplus is equal to the capital paid-in. The distributions to the U.S. Treasury are reported on an accrual
basis; actual payments to the U.S. Treasury during the period from January 1, 2010, through September 30, 2010, were $56.5 billion.

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Table 25. SOMA financial summary
Millions of dollars
January 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010
Average
daily
balance
SOMA assets
U.S. Treasury securities1
Government-sponsored enterprise debt securities1
Federal agency and government-sponsored enterprise
mortgage-backed securities2
Investments denominated in foreign currencies3
Central bank liquidity swaps4
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
Other assets5
Total assets
SOMA liabilities
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Other liabilities6
Total liabilities
SOMA assets and liabilities

Interest
income
(expense)

Realized
gains
(losses)

Unrealized
gains
(losses)

Net
earnings

807,320
170,627

19,442
2,670

–
–

–
–

19,442
2,670

1,087,687
24,567
1,289
–
385
2,091,875

34,455
165
11
–
–
56,743

782
–
–
–
–
782

–
429
–
–
–
429

35,237
594
11
–
–
57,954

59,121
1,068
60,189

(68)
–
(68)

–
–
–

–
–
–

(68)
–
(68)

2,031,686

56,675

782

429

57,886

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Face value, net of unamortized premiums and discounts.
2
Guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. Current face value of the securities, which is the remaining principal balance of the underlying mortgages, net of
premiums and discounts. Does not include unsettled transactions.
3
Includes accrued interest. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are revalued daily at market exchange rates.
4
Dollar value of foreign currency held under these agreements valued at the exchange rate to be used when the foreign currency is returned to the foreign central bank. This
exchange rate equals the market exchange rate used when the foreign currency was acquired from the foreign central bank.
5
Cash and short-term investments related to the federal agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities portfolio.
6
Related to the purchases of federal agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities that the seller fails to deliver the securities on the settlement date.

Table 26. Loan programs financial summary
Millions of dollars
January 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010
Loan programs1

Average daily
balance2

Interest
income3

Provision for
loan restructuring

Total

Primary, secondary, and seasonal credit
Term Auction Facility (TAF)
Total loans to depository institutions

6,266
9,499
15,765

32
18
50

—
—
—

32
18
50

Credit extended to American International Group, Inc. (AIG), net
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)4
Total loans to others

23,862
43,135
66,997

1,658
628
2,286

—
—
—

1,658
628
2,286

82,762
—
82,762

2,336
—
2,336

—
—
—

2,336
—
2,336

Total loan programs
Allowance for loan losses
Total loan programs, net

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Does not include loans to consolidated VIEs. Does not include preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC.
2
Average daily balance includes outstanding principal and capitalized interest net of unamortized deferred commitment fees and allowance for loan restructuring, and
excludes undrawn amounts.
3
Interest income includes the amortization of the deferred commitment and administrative fees.
4
Book value.

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Table 27. Consolidated Variable Interest Entities Financial Summary
Millions of dollars
CPFF
LLC

TALF
LLC

ML
LLC

ML II
LLC

ML III
LLC

Total
Maiden
Lane LLCs

0
0
0

601
0
601

30,052
(1,031)
29,021

16,619
(1)
16,618

23,722
(3)
23,719

70,393
(1,035)
69,358

0
...
0

0
105
105

28,206
1,297
29,503

14,064
1,062
15,126

15,138
5,322
20,460

57,408
7,681
65,089

Allocated to FRBNY
Allocated to other beneficial interests
Cumulative change in net assets

0
...
0

(96)
592
496

0
(482)
(482)

1,243
249
1,492

2,184
1,075
3,259

3,427
842
4,269

Summary of consolidated VIE net income for the current year through September 30,
2010, including a reconciliation of total consolidated VIE net income to the
consolidated VIE net income recorded by FRBNY
Portfolio interest income4
Interest expense on loans extended by FRBNY5
Interest expense—other
Portfolio holdings gains (losses)
Professional fees
Net income (loss) of consolidated LLCs

213
(4)
0
1
(2)
208

0
0
(3)
0
0
(3)

889
(154)
(49)
2,364
(54)
2,996

609
(142)
(26)
2,190
(8)
2,623

1,720
(158)
(129)
2,744
(18)
4,159

3,218
(454)
(204)
7,298
(80)
9,778

Less: Net income (loss) allocated to other beneficial interests
Net income (loss) allocated to FRBNY
Add: Interest expense on loans extended by FRBNY, eliminated in consolidation5

...
208
(4)

(107)*
104
0

766
2,230
154

1,285
1,338
142

1,975
2,184
158

4,026
5,752
454

Net income (loss) recorded by FRBNY

212

104**

2,384

1,480

2,342

6,206

Item

Net portfolio assets of the consolidated LLCs and the net position of FRBNY and
subordinated interest holders as of September 30, 2010
Net portfolio assets1
Liabilities of consolidated LLCs
Net portfolio assets available
Loans extended to the consolidated LLCs by FRBNY2
Other beneficial interests2,3
Total loans and other beneficial interests
Cumulative change in net assets since the inception of the programs

Note: Unaudited.
* Represents the amount of TALF LLC’s income allocated to the Treasury.
** In addition to the TALF LLC net income of $104 million, the FRBNY reported $216 million of income on TALF loans during the first three quarters of 2010. Earnings on TALF
loans include interest income and fees of $628 million and unrealized losses of $412 million.
... Not applicable.
1
CPFF LLC commercial paper holdings are recorded at book value; other holdings are recorded at fair value. TALF LLC, Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II, and Maiden Lane III
holdings are recorded at fair value.
2
Includes accrued interest.
3
The other beneficial interest holder related to TALF LLC is the Treasury. JPMC is the beneficial interest holder for Maiden Lane LLC. AIG is the beneficial interest holder for
Maiden Lane II and Maiden Lane III LLCs.
4
Interest income is recorded when earned, and it includes amortization of premiums, accretion of discounts, and paydown gains and losses.
5
Interest expense recorded by each VIE on the loans extended by the FRBNY is eliminated when the VIEs are consolidated in the FRBNY’s financial statements and, as a result,
the consolidated VIEs’ net income (loss) recorded by the FRBNY is increased by this amount.

Consolidated VIEs Financial
Summary
Table 27 summarizes the assets and liabilities of various consolidated VIEs previously discussed in this
report. It also summarizes the net position of senior
and subordinated interest holders and the allocation
of the change in net assets to interest holders. The
FRBNY is the sole and managing member of TALF
LLC and the primary beneficiary of the Maiden
Lane LLCs. The FRBNY was the sole beneficiary of
CPFF LLC, which was dissolved on August 30, 2010.

Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane II LLC, Maiden
Lane III LLC, and TALF LLC holdings are recorded
at fair value, which reflects an estimate of the price
that would be received upon selling an asset if the
transaction were to be conducted in an orderly market on the measurement date. Consistent with
GAAP, the assets and liabilities of these LLCs have
been consolidated with the assets and liabilities of
the FRBNY. As a consequence of the consolidation,
the extensions of credit from the FRBNY to the
LLCs are eliminated.

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“Net portfolio assets available” represents the net
assets available to beneficiaries of the consolidated
VIEs and for repayment of loans extended by the
FRBNY. “Net income (loss) allocated to FRBNY”
represents the allocation of the change in net assets
and liabilities of the consolidated VIEs available for
repayment of the loans extended by the FRBNY and

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other beneficiaries of the consolidated VIEs. The
differences between the fair value of the net assets
available and the face value of the loans (including
accrued interest) are indicative of gains or losses that
would have been incurred by the beneficiaries if the
assets had been fully liquidated at prices equal to the
fair value as of September 30, 2010.

Appendix A

Additional Information Provided
Pursuant to Section 129 of the
Emergency Economic Stabilization
Act of 2008
In light of improved functioning of financial markets, on February 1, 2010, the Federal Reserve closed
the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF), CPFF, and the
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market
Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF). As of that
date, all loans under the TSLF, PDCF, and AMLF
had been repaid in full, with interest, in accordance
with the terms of each facility, and each of the facilities resulted in no loss to the Federal Reserve or taxpayers. All remaining commercial paper holdings of
the CPFF matured on April 26, 2010, and the CPFF
LLC was dissolved on August 30, 2010, following the
payment of expenses and the termination or expiration of existing contractual agreements. The CPFF
did not result in any loss to the Federal Reserve or
taxpayers.
AIG, on September 30, 2010, announced a comprehensive recapitalization plan designed to restructure
the assistance provided by the U.S. government to the
company. The company completed the Recapitalization on January 14, 2011. At closing of the Recapitalization, AIG repaid in full the amount then outstanding under the revolving credit facility
established by the FRBNY, including all accrued interest and fees. The FRBNY also received the full
amount, including all accrued dividends, of the preferred interests (SPV Preferred Interests) in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings LLC, two SPVs
formed as part of the March 2009 restructuring of
the U.S. government’s assistance. FRBNY received
the SPV Preferred Interests as part of the March
2009 restructuring in exchange for an equivalent reduction of the amount of debt then outstanding on
the revolving credit facility. AIG redeemed a portion
of the FRBNY’s SPV Preferred Interests with cash
proceeds from asset dispositions, and purchased the

remaining SPV Preferred Interests, valued at approximately $20 billion, from the FRBNY through a draw
on the Treasury’s Series F preferred stock commitment and transferred the SPV Preferred Interests
purchased from the FRBNY to the Treasury as consideration for the draw on the available Series F
funds. At the time of the closing, the collateral backing the remaining SPV Preferred Interests received by
the Treasury had an estimated value of more than
$25 billion. The revolving credit facility, and the SPV
Preferred Interests held by the FRBNY in connection with the revolving credit facility, did not result in
any loss to the Federal Reserve or taxpayers.
For the reasons discussed below, the Board does not
anticipate that the Federal Reserve or taxpayers will
incur any net loss on the loans provided by the
FRBNY under the TALF or to Maiden Lane LLC,
Maiden Lane II LLC, or Maiden Lane III LLC (collectively, the “Maiden Lane facilities”). In making
these assessments, the Board has considered, among
other things, the terms and conditions governing the
relevant facility and the type, nature, and value of the
current collateral or other security arrangements associated with the facility. As discussed earlier in this
report, the Federal Reserve has established various
terms and conditions governing the types of collateral that may be pledged in support of a loan under a
facility in order to mitigate the risk of loss. In the
case of the Maiden Lane facilities, the Board also has
considered analyses of the projected returns on the
portfolio holdings of the respective SPV (the assets
of which serve as collateral for the loan(s) extended
to the SPV) conducted by the FRBNY or its advisors
in connection with the most recent quarterly revaluation of the assets of each SPV.

TALF
Under the TALF, the FRBNY made loans on a collateralized basis to holders of eligible ABS and
CMBS. The potential for the Federal Reserve or taxpayers to incur any net loss on the TALF loans extended by the FRBNY to the holders of ABS and

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CMBS is mitigated by the quality of the collateral,
the risk assessment performed by the FRBNY on all
pledged collateral, and the margin by which the value
of the collateral exceeds the amount of the loan (the
haircut). Potential losses to the Federal Reserve also
are mitigated by the portion of interest on the TALF
loans to borrowers transferred to TALF LLC and by
the credit protection provided by the Treasury under
the TARP (initially $20 billion and subsequently reduced to $4.3 billion in light of the $43 billion in
TALF loans outstanding when the TALF closed to
new lending on June 30, 2010), both of which are
available to TALF LLC to purchase any collateral
received by the FRBNY from a borrower in lieu of
repaying a TALF loan or foreclosed upon due to a
default by the borrower. TALF loans extended by the
FRBNY during the program will mature over the
next several years, with all loans maturing no later
than March 30, 2015.

and reported in the H.4.1 release for that date—are
based on quarterly revaluations as of September 30,
2010.

Loans to Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane II
LLC, and Maiden Lane III LLC

In addition, JPMorgan Chase will absorb the first
$1.15 billion of realized losses on the assets of
Maiden Lane, should any occur. Similarly, certain
U.S. insurance subsidiaries of AIG have a $1 billion
subordinated position in ML II and an AIG affiliate
has a $5 billion subordinated position in ML III,
which are available to absorb first any loss that ultimately may be incurred by ML II or ML III, respectively. Moreover, under the terms of the agreements,
the FRBNY is entitled to any residual cash flow generated by the collateral assets held by Maiden Lane
after the loans made by the FRBNY and JPMorgan
Chase are repaid, and five-sixths and two-thirds of
any residual cash flow generated by the assets held by
ML II and ML III, respectively, after the senior note
of the FRBNY and the subordinate positions of
AIG affiliates for these facilities are repaid.

The portfolio holdings of each of Maiden Lane LLC
(Maiden Lane), Maiden Lane II LLC (ML II), and
Maiden Lane III LLC (ML III) are revalued in accordance with GAAP as of the end of each quarter
to reflect an estimate of the fair value of the assets on
the measurement date. The fair value determined
through these revaluations may fluctuate over time.
In addition, the fair value of the portfolio holdings
that is reported on the weekly H.4.1 statistical release
reflects any accrued interest earnings, principal repayments, expense payments and, to the extent any may
have occurred since the most recent measurement
date, realized gains or losses. The fair values as of
January 26, 2011—as shown in table 1 of this report

Because the collateral assets for the loans to Maiden
Lane, ML II, and ML III are expected to generate
cash proceeds and may be sold over time or held to
maturity, the current reported fair values of the net
portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane, ML II, and
ML III do not reflect the amount of aggregate proceeds that the Federal Reserve could receive from the
assets of the respective entity over the extended term
of the loan to the entity. The extended terms of the
loans provide an opportunity to dispose of the assets
of each entity in an orderly manner over time and to
collect interest on the assets held by the entity prior
to their sale, other disposition, or maturity. Each of
the loans extended to Maiden Lane, ML II, and
ML III is current under the terms of the relevant
loan agreement.

Appendix B

Information about Closed and
Expired Credit and Liquidity
Facilities and Programs
During the financial crisis that emerged during the
summer of 2007, the Federal Reserve took a number
of important steps aimed at providing liquidity to
important financial markets and institutions to support overall financial stability. Financial stability is a
critical prerequisite for achieving sustainable economic growth, and all of the Federal Reserve’s actions were directed toward achieving the Federal
Reserve’s statutory monetary policy objectives. Specifically, the Federal Reserve implemented a number
of programs designed to support the liquidity of financial institutions and foster improved conditions in
financial markets, and also extended credit to certain
specific institutions and committed to extend credit
to support systemically important financial firms.
As financial conditions have improved, the need for
the broad-based facilities has dissipated, and most
were closed in 2010. Specifically, on February 1,
2010, the Federal Reserve closed the AMLF, CPFF,
the PDCF, and the TSLF. On April 26, 2010, all remaining commercial paper holdings of the CPFF
matured, and the CPFF LLC was dissolved on August 30, 2010, following the payment of expenses and
the termination or expiration of existing contractual
agreements. Also in April 2010, the credit extended
through the last Term Auction Facility (TAF) auction in March matured, marking the close of that
facility.
The temporary liquidity swap arrangements between
the Federal Reserve and other FCBs also expired on
February 1, 2010. However, the Federal Reserve reestablished temporary liquidity swap arrangements
with a group of FCBs in May 2010 and subsequently
authorized and extension of these arrangements in
December 2010, enabling them to offer U.S. dollar
liquidity to financial institutions in their jurisdictions
through August 1, 2011. Information related to these
arrangements can be found in the body of this report.

The Federal Reserve followed sound riskmanagement practices in administering all of these
programs, incurred no credit losses on programs that
have been wound down, and expects to incur no
credit losses on the few remaining programs. These
facilities were open to participants that met clearly
outlined eligibility criteria; participation in them reflected the severe market disruptions during the financial crisis and generally did not reflect participants’ financial weakness.
The Federal Reserve is committed to transparency
and has previously provided extensive aggregate information on its facilities in this and other weekly
reports. Background information about the closed
and expired facilities previously included in this appendix, as well as detailed information on individual
loans under the TAF and PDCF, including the identities of borrowers and descriptions of pledged collateral; detailed information on the commercial paper
purchased by the CPFF, including the identities of
issuers and the issuers’ parents/sponsors; detailed
information on AMLF loans, including the identities
of money market mutual funds (MMMFs) that sold
asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) that was
used as AMLF collateral; and information about the
support provided to Citigroup and Bank of America,
is now available on the Federal Reserve’s public website. This detailed data can be downloaded in multiple formats at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/
reform_transaction.htm.
Historical data related to these facilities, previously
reported on the H.4.1 statistical release, “Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions
and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks,”
which includes the weekly publication of the Federal
Reserve's balance sheet, is available through the Data
Download Program, available at www.federalreserve.gov/
datadownload. The Data Download Program provides interactive access to Federal Reserve statistical
data in a variety of formats. For prior editions of this
report and other resources, please visit the Board's
public website at www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/
clbsreports.htm.

Appendix C

Federal Reserve Disclosure
Requirements and Other Provisions
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection
Act of 2010
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed
into law.6 The Dodd-Frank Act included changes
designed to promote transparency while protecting
monetary policy independence and the efficacy of
the Federal Reserve's liquidity programs and OMOs.
In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act modified the Federal Reserve’s authority to provide emergency liquidity to nondepository institutions under Section 13(3)
of the Federal Reserve Act in light of other amendments that provide the U.S. government with new
authority to resolve failing, systemically important
nonbank financial institutions in an orderly manner.
As provided by the Dodd-Frank Act, on December
1, 2010, the Federal Reserve posted to its public website detailed information about entities that received
loans or other financial assistance under a Section
13(3) credit facility between December 1, 2007, and
July 21, 2010, and about persons or entities that participated in the agency MBS purchase program, used
foreign currency liquidity swap lines, or borrowed
through the TAF during that time frame. This disclosure includes more than 21,000 individual credit and
other transactions conducted to stabilize markets
during the financial crisis, restore the flow of credit
to American families and businesses, and support
6

The full text of the Dodd-Frank Act is available at
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr4173enr/pdf/BILLS111hr4173enr.pdf.

economic recovery and job creation in the aftermath
of the crisis. The Federal Reserve's disclosure about
these transactions is available at www.federalreserve.gov/
newsevents/reform_transaction.htm.
As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Federal Reserve also posted an audit webpage, available at
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_audit.htm.
This page will be updated as reports and other information become available.
The Dodd-Frank Act also established a framework
for the delayed disclosure of information on entities
that, after July 21, 2010, received a loan from the discount window under Section 10B of the Federal Reserve Act or from a Section 13(3) facility, or participated in OMO transactions. Generally, this
framework requires the Federal Reserve to publicly
disclose certain information about these discount
window borrowers and OMO counterparties approximately two years after the relevant loan or
transaction; information about borrowers under future Section 13(3) facilities will be disclosed one year
after the authorization for the facility is terminated.
Information to be disclosed will include the names
and identifying details of each borrower or counterparty, the amount borrowed, the interest rate paid,
and information identifying the types and amounts
of collateral pledged or assets transferred in connection with the borrowing or transaction.
Going forward, any emergency lending programs and
facilities authorized by the Federal Reserve under
Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act must have
broad-based eligibility, and must be approved by the
Secretary of the Treasury.