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Federal Reserve System Monthly Report on

Credit and Liquidity Programs
and the Balance Sheet
June 2012

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. It also provides financial reporting for
the Federal Reserve System for the first quarter of
2012.
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.

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 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.

1

This detailed information is available online at
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_transaction.htm and
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_audit.htm.

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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 program

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

Government-sponsored enterprise

VIE

Variable interest entity

GSE

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Contents

Overview

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

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

System Open Market Account

............................................................................................ 4
Domestic SOMA Portfolio ....................................................................................................... 4
Liquidity Arrangements with Foreign Central Banks .................................................................. 7

Lending Facilities to Support Overall Market Liquidity

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

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

Lending in Support of Specific Institutions .................................................................. 16
Quarterly Developments ........................................................................................................ 16
Bear Stearns and Maiden Lane LLC ....................................................................................... 16
AIG, Maiden Lane II LLC, and Maiden Lane III LLC ................................................................. 18

Federal Reserve Banks’ Financial Tables

....................................................................... 23

Quarterly Developments ........................................................................................................ 23
Combined Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income .................................................. 23
SOMA Financial Summary ..................................................................................................... 25
Loan Programs Financial Summary ........................................................................................ 26
Consolidated VIEs Financial Summary ................................................................................... 26

Appendix A: Additional Information Provided Pursuant to Section 129
of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ............................................ 28
Appendix B: Information about Closed and Expired Credit and
Liquidity Facilities and Programs .................................................................................... 30
Appendix C: Federal Reserve Disclosure Requirements and Other
Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010 ......................................................................................................... 32

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Tables and Figures

Overview

..................................................................................................................................... 1
Table 1. Assets, liabilities, and capital of the Federal Reserve System ....................................... 2
Figure 1. Credit and liquidity programs and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet ....................... 3

System Open Market Account

............................................................................................ 4

Table 2. Domestic SOMA securities holdings ........................................................................... 5
Table 3. Amounts outstanding under dollar liquidity swaps ....................................................... 8

Lending Facilities to Support Overall Market Liquidity

.......................................... 10
10
11
12
12

Table 4. Discount window credit outstanding to depository institutions ...................................
Table 5. Concentration of discount window credit outstanding to depository institutions ..........
Table 6. Lendable value of collateral pledged by borrowing depository institutions ..................
Table 7. Lendable value of securities pledged by depository institutions by rating ....................
Table 8. Discount window credit outstanding to borrowing depository institutions—
percent of collateral used .................................................................................................
Table 9. TALF: Number of borrowers and loans outstanding ...................................................
Table 10. TALF collateral by underlying loan type ...................................................................
Table 11. TALF collateral by rating .........................................................................................
Table 12A. Issuers of non-CMBS that collateralize outstanding TALF loans .............................
Table 12B. Issuers of newly issued CMBS that collateralize outstanding TALF loans ................
Table 12C. Issuers of legacy CMBS that collateralize outstanding TALF loans .........................

12
13
14
14
15
15
15

Lending in Support of Specific Institutions .................................................................. 16
Table 13. Fair value asset coverage of FRBNY loan ................................................................ 16
Table 14. Maiden Lane LLC outstanding principal balance of loans ......................................... 16
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 ................................... 17
Figure 2. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution as of March 31, 2012 ................................... 17
Table 17. Maiden Lane II LLC outstanding principal balance of senior loan and fixed
deferred purchase price ................................................................................................... 19
Table 18. Maiden Lane II LLC summary of RMBS portfolio composition, cash and cash
equivalents, and other assets and liabilities ....................................................................... 19
Table 19. Maiden Lane III LLC outstanding principal balance of senior loan and equity
contribution ..................................................................................................................... 21
Table 20. Maiden Lane III LLC summary of portfolio composition, cash and cash
equivalents, and other assets and liabilities ....................................................................... 21
Table 21. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution by sector, vintage, and rating .................. 21
Figure 3. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution as of March 31, 2012 ............................... 22

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Federal Reserve Banks’ Financial Tables

....................................................................... 23

Table 22. Federal Reserve Banks’ Combined Statement of Income and Comprehensive
Income ............................................................................................................................
Table 23. SOMA financial summary .......................................................................................
Table 24. Loan programs financial summary ..........................................................................
Table 25. Consolidated Variable Interest Entities Financial Summary .......................................

24
25
26
27

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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 since last
month’s report, and presents data describing changes
in the assets, liabilities, and total capital of the Federal Reserve System as of May 30, 2012.

FRBNY Loans to Maiden Lane LLC and
Maiden Lane III LLC Repaid
‰ On June 14, 2012, the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (FRBNY) announced that its loans to
Maiden Lane LLC and Maiden Lane III LLC
have been repaid in full, with interest. The original
amounts of these loans were $28.8 billion and
$24.3 billion, respectively. These repayments mark
the retirement of the last remaining debts owed to
the FRBNY from the crisis-era interventions with
The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. and American
International Group, Inc. (AIG). The FRBNY will
continue to sell the remaining assets from the
Maiden Lane LLC and Maiden Lane III LLC
portfolios as market conditions warrant and if the
sales represent good value for the public. In accordance with the LLCs’ agreements, proceeds from
future sales in Maiden Lane LLC will be used
to repay the subordinated loan extended by
JPMorgan Chase & Co., after which the FRBNY
will receive all residual profits, and proceeds from
future sales in Maiden Lane III LLC will be used
to repay the equity contribution made by AIG,
after which the FRBNY will receive 2∕3rds of
residual profits. Additional information is available

at www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets
/2012/an120614.html and www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/maidenlane.html.

FOMC Announces Continuation of
Maturity Extension Program and Agency
Security Reinvestments
‰ On June 20, 2012, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced that it would continue
through the end of the 2012 its program to extend
the average maturity of its holdings of securities.
The maturity extension program was initially
announced on September 21, 2011, and had been
scheduled for completion by the end of June 2012.
The FOMC also announced that it is maintaining
its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency
mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in agency MBS,
and suspended, for the duration of the maturity
extension program, its policy of rolling over
maturing Treasury securities into new issues at
auction. Additional information is available at
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/
monetary/20120620a.htm.

Federal Reserve System Selected Assets,
Liabilities, and Total Capital
Table 1 reports 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 displays the levels of selected Federal Reserve
assets and liabilities, securities holdings, and credit
extended through liquidity facilities since 2007.

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

Table 1. Assets, liabilities, and capital of the Federal Reserve System
Billions of dollars
Current
May 30, 2012

Change from
April 25, 2012

Change from
June 1, 2011

2,845

−24

+52

2,602
1,657
93
852
16
34

−8
−11
−2
+4
+2
+2

+33
+125
−26
−66
−1
+34

*

+*

−*

22

−10

+22

Lending through the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility7

5

−2

−9

Net portfolio holdings of TALF LLC8

1

+*

+*

Support for specific institutions
Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane LLC9
Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane II LLC9
Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane III LLC9

19
4
*
15

−5
−*
+*
−5

−45
−21
−15
−9

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

2,790

−25

+50

1,068
3
1,526
68
0
10

+10
+3
−*
−35
0
−2

+84
+3
−67
−6
−5
+10

55

+1

+2

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
Central bank liquidity swaps6

Total capital

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 May 30, 2012, TALF LLC had purchased no assets from the FRBNY.
9
Fair value, reflecting values as of March 31, 2012. 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.

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

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System Open Market Account

Domestic SOMA Portfolio
Recent Developments
‰ Between April 25 and May 30, 2012, the System
Open Market Account’s (SOMA’s) holdings of
Treasury securities fell slightly. As purchases and
sales of Treasury securities continue under the
maturity extension program announced by the
FOMC on September 21, 2011, holdings may fluctuate modestly due to differences in the amounts
and settlement dates for individual purchase and
sale transactions.
‰ The SOMA’s holdings of agency debt declined
slightly between April 25 and May 30, 2012, due to
principal payments, while holdings of agency MBS
increased. As principal payments from agency debt
and MBS are reinvested in agency MBS under the
FOMC’s reinvestment policy announced on September 21, 2011, holdings of agency MBS may
vary modestly due to differences between principal
payment dates and settlement dates for purchases.
‰ On June 20, 2012, the FOMC announced that it
would continue through the end of the 2012 its
program to extend the average maturity of its
holdings of securities. Specifically, the FOMC
intends to purchase Treasury securities with
remaining maturities of six years to 30 years and
to sell or redeem an equal amount of Treasury
securities with remaining maturities of approximately three years or less. The continuation of the
maturity extension program will proceed at the
current pace and result in the purchase, as well as
the sale and redemption, of about $267 billion in
Treasury securities by the end of 2012. The FOMC
also announced that it is maintaining its existing
policy of reinvesting principal payments from its
holdings of agency debt and agency MBS in
agency MBS, and suspended, for the duration of
the maturity extension program, its policy of rolling over maturing Treasury securities into new
issues at auction. Additional information is avail-

able at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/
press/monetary/20120620a.htm.

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 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.

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Table 2. Domestic SOMA securities holdings
Billions of dollars, as of May 30, 2012
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
1,561
77
93
852
2,602

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.

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.1
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 pri1

A current list of primary dealers is available on the FRBNY’s
website at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pridealers_
current.html.

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mary 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.2 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.

Large-Scale Asset Purchase Programs
In November 2008, the Federal Reserve announced
that it would buy direct obligations of the Federal
National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie
Mac), and the Federal Home Loan Banks, and MBS
guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the
Government National Mortgage Association (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, during the time in which transactions were being conducted, 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 Fed2

More information on the FRBNY’s administration of its relationships with primary dealers—including requirements for
business standards, financial condition and supervision, and
compliance and controls—is available at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pridealers_policies.html and
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pridealers_faq_100111.html.

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

eral 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.
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 debt 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 off-the-run agency debt 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. In January 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.
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, including those that
have been aggregated, are published weekly on the
FRBNY website at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
soma/sysopen_accholdings.html.
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.
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 intended to purchase a further $600 billion
of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the
second quarter of 2011.
As the FRBNY executed the purchase of additional
Treasury securities and the reinvestment plan, as
directed by the FOMC in November 2010, it
announced the distribution of maturities of securities
it planned to purchase. In addition, in order to promote transparency in the market, the FRBNY began
publishing the prices at which the securities were purchased at the end of each scheduled monthly purchase period. Finally, to provide operational flexibility and to ensure that it was able to purchase the
most attractive securities on a relative-value basis, the
FRBNY temporarily relaxed the 35 percent per-issue
limit on SOMA holdings under which it had been
operating.
On June 22, 2011, the FOMC announced that it
would maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments on all domestic securities in the
SOMA in Treasury securities. The last purchase
under the $600 billion program announced in
November 2010 occurred on June 30, 2011.
On September 21, 2011, the FOMC announced that
it would extend the average maturity of its holdings
of securities—by purchasing $400 billion par of
Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 6
years to 30 years and selling an equal par amount of
Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 3
years or less—by the end of June 2012. The FOMC
also announced that it would reinvest principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency

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MBS in agency MBS. In addition, the FOMC maintained its existing policy of rolling over maturing
Treasury securities at auction. The FRBNY Trading
Desk began to execute these directives on October 3,
2011. Additional information on the maturity extension program and the reinvestment of agency securities is available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
opolicy/operating_policy_110921.html and
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pomo_landing.html.

Reverse Repos
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 equivalent of collateralized borrowing. The FRBNY periodically conducts these transactions to ensure operational readiness at the Federal
Reserve, the major clearing banks, the primary dealers, and other counterparties; the transactions have
no material impact on the availability of reserves or
on market rates.
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.
Expanded Counterparties
Since late 2009, the FRBNY has taken steps to
expand the types of counterparties for reverse repos
to include entities other than primary dealers. This
initiative is intended to enhance the Federal Reserve’s
capacity to conduct large-scale reverse repo 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.
To date, the FRBNY has initiated three waves of
counterparty expansions aimed at domestic money
market funds. With each wave, the set of eligibility
criteria was broadened to allow more and smaller
money market funds to participate as counterparties.
With each expansion, the FRBNY published
updated eligibility criteria and the Reverse Repurchase Program Form Master Repurchase Agreement
for Money Funds, which set out the legal terms and

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conditions under which the FRBNY and its money
market mutual fund counterparties may undertake
reverse repos.
In addition, on July 27, 2011, the FRBNY
announced that it had accepted two GSEs—Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae—as reverse repo counterparties. On July 28, the FRBNY released the criteria for
acceptance of banks and savings associations as
counterparties eligible to participate in reverse repos.
On December 1, 2011, the FRBNY announced that
eight banks had been accepted as reverse repo counterparties and, on December 2, released a second
round of criteria for the acceptance of banks and
savings associations as reverse repo counterparties.
The expanded reverse repo counterparties list is available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/expanded_
counterparties.html.
Each institution accepted as a reverse repo counterparty submitted an application and meets the criteria
published by the FRBNY pursuant to the relevant
counterparty expansion wave. Acceptance as a counterparty 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. Further information on
reverse repo counterparties is available on the
FRBNY’s website at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
rrp_announcements.html.
Transactions
In December 2009, the FRBNY conducted its first
set of small-scale, real-value, triparty reverse repos
with primary dealers. Additional series of reverse
repos have been conducted since 2009, some of which
were open to the sets of expanded counterparties
(money market mutual funds, GSEs, banks, and savings associations) announced through December
2011.
Additional details and 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.

Liquidity Arrangements with Foreign
Central Banks
Recent Developments
‰ As presented in table 3, as of May 30, 2012, the
outstanding dollar liquidity under the central bank

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Table 3. Amounts outstanding under dollar liquidity swaps
As of May 30, 2012

Central bank

Total
Individual
amount
transaction
outstanding
amount
($ billions) ($ billions)

Term

Interest
rate

—
—

—
—

—
—

Bank of Canada
Bank of England

—
—

Bank of Japan

0.2

0.1
0.1

3/8/2012
4/5/2012

85-day 0.61%
84-day 0.63%

22.0

6.3
5.2
10.3
0.3

3/29/2012
4/26/2012
5/24/2012
5/24/2012

84-day
84-day
84-day
7-day

0.63%
0.64%
0.66%
0.66%

—

—

—

—

22.2

—

—

—

European Central Bank

Swiss National Bank
Total

—
22.2

—
—

Settlement
date

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

liquidity swap arrangements has declined to
approximately $22.2 billion, comprising $22.0 billion extended to the European Central Bank and
$0.2 billion to the Bank of Japan. The decline
occurred mainly as 84-day transactions conducted
with the European Central Bank matured and
were replaced with equivalent term transactions of
smaller amounts. Detailed information about swap
operations is available at www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/fxswap/fxswap.cfm.

Background
Because of the global character of bank funding
markets, the Federal Reserve has at times coordinated with other central banks to provide liquidity. In
December 2007, the Federal Reserve entered into
agreements to establish temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (central bank liquidity swap
lines) with the European Central Bank and the Swiss
National Bank in order to provide liquidity in U.S.
dollars. Subsequently, the FOMC authorized swap
lines with 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 Bank of Korea, the Banco de Mexico, the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Norges Bank, the
Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Sveriges
Riksbank. Two types of temporary swap lines were
established: U.S. dollar liquidity lines and foreign
currency liquidity lines. These temporary arrangements expired on February 1, 2010.

However, in May 2010, temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap lines were re-established with the Bank of
Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central
Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National
Bank 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. In June
2011, the FOMC authorized another extension of
the arrangements through August 1, 2012. On
November 30, 2011, the FOMC and these five foreign central banks (FCBs) agreed to reduce the rate
on these swap arrangements from the U.S. dollar
overnight index swap (OIS) rate plus 100 basis points
to the OIS rate plus 50 basis points, and extended the
authorization of these swap arrangements through
February 1, 2013. In addition, as a contingency
measure, the FOMC agreed to establish temporary
bilateral liquidity swap arrangements with these five
FCBs to provide liquidity in any of their currencies if
necessary.
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
Dollar liquidity swaps consist of two transactions.
When an FCB draws on its swap line with the
FRBNY, the FCB transfers 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 return the U.S.
dollars and the FRBNY to return the foreign currency on a specified future date at the same exchange
rate as the initial transaction. Because the swap transactions will be unwound at the same exchange rate
used in the initial transaction, 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 bor-

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rowing institution uses to clear its dollar transactions.
The FCB is obligated to return the dollars to the
FRBNY under the terms of the agreement. Neither
the FRBNY nor the Federal Reserve is 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 foreign currency liquidity swap lines with the Bank of England,

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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 mirror dollar liquidity swap lines, which provide FCBs with the capacity
to offer U.S. dollar liquidity to financial institutions
in their jurisdictions. Under the foreign currency
swap lines established in April 2009, the Federal
Reserve had the ability to provide foreign currencydenominated 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.
In November 2011, as a contingency measure, the
FOMC agreed to establish temporary bilateral liquidity swap arrangements with the Bank of Canada, the
Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European
Central Bank, and the Swiss National Bank so that
liquidity can be provided in any of their currencies if
necessary. The swap lines are authorized until February 1, 2013. So far, the Federal Reserve has not
drawn on these swap lines. Additional information is
available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
liquidity_swap.html.

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Lending Facilities to Support Overall Market
Liquidity

Lending to Depository Institutions
Recent Developments
‰ Credit provided to depository institutions through
the discount window 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 May 30, 2012, was approximately
$1 billion; discount window credit outstanding on
that date amounted to $82 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 institutions is contained in Section 10B of the Federal
Reserve Act, as amended. The general policies that

Table 4. Discount window credit outstanding to depository
institutions
Daily average borrowing for each class of borrower over five weeks ending
May 30, 2012

Type and size of borrower
Commercial banks 3
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

*
*
4
14
2
21

**
**
**
**
**
**

Note: Unaudited. Includes primary, secondary, and seasonal credit. Size categories
based on total domestic assets from Call Report data as of March 31, 2012.
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 187 institutions borrowed.
2
Average daily borrowing by all depositories in each category.
3
Includes branches and agencies of foreign banks.

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.
On August 6, 2010, the Federal Reserve announced
changes to its practices for disclosure of discount

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Table 5. Concentration of discount window credit
outstanding to depository institutions
For five weeks ending May 30, 2012

Rank by amount of borrowing
Top five
Next five
Other
Total

Number of
borrowers

Daily average
borrowing
($ billions)

5
5
11
21

*
*
*
*

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

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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.3 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
window lending information in accordance with the
provisions of the Dodd-Frank 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 is
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
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

All extensions of discount window credit by the Federal Reserve must be secured to the satisfaction of the
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
3

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

Table 7. Lendable value of securities pledged by depository
institutions by rating

Billions of dollars, as of May 30, 2012

Billions of dollars, as of May 30, 2012

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

Lendable
value

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
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 $82 million. The lendable value of collateral pledged by all
depository institutions, including those without any outstanding loans, was $1,370
billion. Lendable value is value after application of appropriate haircuts.
Components may not sum to total because of rounding.
* Less than $500 million.

Lendable
value

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

233
114
69
40
14
36
506

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 May 30, 2012

quality. 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.

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)

13
5
6
1
0
25

*
*
*
*
0
*

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

Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan
Facility
Recent Developments
‰ As of May 30, 2012, the amount of TALF loans
outstanding and the number of TALF borrowers
had declined somewhat from their April 2012 levels. 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 May 30, 2012, TALF LLC
had purchased no assets from the FRBNY.

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Table 9. TALF: Number of borrowers and loans outstanding
As of May 30, 2012
Lending program
Non-CMBS
CMBS
Total

Number
of borrowers

Borrowing
($ billions)1

32
16
39

4
1
5

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.

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).4 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 market 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.
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 recog4

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

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nized 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. All TALF loans were extended by
the FRBNY and will mature over the next several
years, with all loans maturing no later than March
30, 2015.

TALF LLC
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

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Table 10. TALF collateral by underlying loan type

Table 11. TALF collateral by rating

Billions of dollars, as of May 30, 2012

Billions of dollars, as of May 30, 2012

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

*
1
0
1
1
0
1
*
*
*
2
6

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

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.

Type of collateral
Asset-backed securities with minimum rating of:
AAA/Aaa
Total

Value
1

6
6

Note: Unaudited. Data represent the face value of collateral.
1
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.

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 May 30, 2012, TALF LLC
had purchased no assets from the FRBNY.

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

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

As of May 30, 2012

As of May 30, 2012
Issuers

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2009-1
ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2010-A
Bank of America Auto Trust 2009-1
CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2009-A
Chesapeake Funding LLC
Chrysler Financial Auto Securitization Trust 2009-A
Citibank Omni Master Trust
CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust
Discover Card Execution Note Trust
FIFC Premium Funding LLC
First National Master Note Trust
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
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-CT
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2009-D
SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2010-A
U.S. Small Business Administration
WHEELS SPV, LLC
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note Trust

Table 12B. Issuers of newly issued CMBS that collateralize
outstanding TALF loans
As of May 30, 2012
Issuers1
1

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

Table 12C. Issuers of legacy CMBS that collateralize
outstanding TALF loans
As of May 30, 2012
Issuers
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2005-3
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc. Series 2005-5
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-1
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-5
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-1
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-2
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-3
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2004-PWR4

Issuers
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2004-TOP16
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-PWR10
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-PWR7
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-PWR11
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-PWR16
CD 2006-CD3 Mortgage Trust
CD 2007-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust
COMM 2004-LNB2 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2005-C6 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2006-C7 Mortgage Trust
COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-GG3
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-GG5
Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-GG9
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C1
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C2
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C4
CS First Boston Mortgage Secur 2004-C1
CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C3
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
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2004-C2
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-CIBC13
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-LDP9
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 2007-C1
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C2
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C6
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 2007-8
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-TOP21
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 2005-C20
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C28
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C29
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C32
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2007-C33

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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 first quarter of 2012,
repayments totaled approximately $9.6 billion, as
presented in tables 14, 17, and 19.

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.

Table 13. Fair value asset coverage of FRBNY loan
Millions of dollars
Fair value asset
coverage of FRBNY
loan on 3/31/2012

Fair value asset
coverage of FRBNY
loan on 12/31/2011

2,661
N/A*
10,981

2,262
2,462
7,991

Maiden Lane LLC
Maiden Lane II LLC
Maiden Lane III LLC

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 25) is greater or less than the
outstanding balance of the loans extended by the FRBNY, including accrued
interest.
* The FRBNY loan to Maiden Lane II LLC was repaid on March 1, 2012.

Bear Stearns and Maiden Lane LLC
Recent Developments
‰ On June 14, 2012, the FRBNY announced that its
loan to Maiden Lane LLC has been repaid in full,
with interest. This repayment marks the retirement
of the remaining debt owed to the FRBNY from

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

Since inception
Principal balance at closing
Accrued and capitalized interest to 3/31/2012
Repayments to 3/31/2012
Principal balance on 3/31/2012 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Most recent quarterly activity
Principal balance on 12/31/2011 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Accrued and capitalized interest from 12/31/
2011 to 3/31/2012
Repayment during the period from 12/31/2011 to
3/31/20121
Principal balance on 3/31/2012 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)

FRBNY
senior
loan

JPMC
subordinate
loan

28,820
762
(26,669)

1,150
253
—

2,913

1,403

4,859

1,385

7

18

(1,953)

—

2,913

1,403

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.
1
Repayment amount for the period includes $1.6 billion of proceeds received
from asset sales. Due to the cash flow cut off date used to calculate the cash
available for the repayment, the portion of the repayment amount comprised of
sale proceeds may not reconcile to the total sale proceeds reported each
month. Proceeds received after the cut off date are applied to the loan in the
next monthly payment cycle.

the crisis-era intervention with The Bear Stearns
Companies, Inc. (Bear Stearns). The FRBNY will
continue to sell the remaining assets from the
Maiden Lane LLC portfolio as market conditions
warrant and if the sales represent good value for
the public. In accordance with the Maiden Lane
LLC agreements, proceeds from future asset sales
will be used to repay the subordinated loan
extended by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC),
after which the FRBNY will receive all residual
profits. Additional information is available at
www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/
markets/2012/an120614.html and
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/maidenlane.html.

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‰ The repayments of the senior loan extended by the
FRBNY to Maiden Lane LLC totaled $1.8 billion
during the period from March 31 to May 30, 2012.

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

Background
In March 2008, the FRBNY and JPMC entered into
an arrangement related to financing provided by the
FRBNY to facilitate the acquisition by JPMC of
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 the purchase of
a portfolio of mortgage-related securities, residential
and commercial mortgage loans, and associated
hedges from Bear Stearns. In the 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.

Federal agency and GSE MBS
Non-agency RMBS
Commercial loans
Residential loans
Swap contracts
Other investments2
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets3
Other liabilities4
Net assets

Fair value
on 3/31/20121

Fair value
on 12/31/20111

422
1,270
1,320
3
516
631
1,874
82
(544)
5,574

440
1,537
2,861
378
551
1,335
534
63
(578)
7,121

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Change in fair value from the prior quarter reflects a combination of asset
repayment of principal, change in the price of portfolio securities, realized gains
and losses as a result of sales, and the disbursement of cash to repay the
Senior Loan.
2
Primarily composed of short-term investments (mainly of U.S. Treasury
securities), CMBS, and CDOs.
3
Including interest and principal receivable and other assets.
4
Including amounts payable for securities purchased, collateral posted to
Maiden Lane LLC by swap counterparties, and other liabilities and accrued
expenses.

Table 16. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution by sector and rating
Percent, as of March 31, 2012
Rating
Sector1

Federal agency and GSE MBS
Non-agency RMBS
Other
Total

AAA

AA+ to AA-

A+ to A-

BBB+
to BBB-

BB+
and lower

Gov’t/ Agency

Not rated
(NR)

Total

0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2

0.0
0.2
1.3
1.5

0.0
0.9
0.1
1.0

0.0
0.3
6.4
6.7

0.0
51.6
3.2
54.8

18.2
0.0
15.1
33.2

0.0
1.4
1.2
2.6

18.2
54.7
27.2
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 commercial and residential mortgage loans.

Figure 2. Maiden Lane LLC securities distribution as of March 31, 2012

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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. Detailed information on the terms of the
loan, the holdings of 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), and the sale
of Maiden Lane LLC assets (including monthly lists
of assets sold from Maiden Lane LLC and quarterly
updates on total proceeds from sales and the total
amount purchased by each counterparty) 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 March 31,
2012, in tables 14 through 16 and figure 2. This information is updated on a quarterly basis.

AIG, Maiden Lane II LLC, and
Maiden Lane III LLC
Recent Developments
‰ On June 14, 2012, the FRBNY announced that its
loan to Maiden Lane III LLC has been repaid in
full, with interest. The repayment marks the retirement of the last remaining debts owed to the
FRBNY from the crisis-era interventions with
AIG. The FRBNY will continue to sell the remaining assets from the Maiden Lane III LLC portfolio
as market conditions warrant and if the sales represent good value for the public. In accordance
with the Maiden Lane III LLC agreements, proceeds from future asset sales will be used to repay
the equity contribution made by AIG, after which
the FRBNY will receive 2∕3rds of residual profits.
Additional information is available at
www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets/

2012/an120614.html and www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/maidenlane.html.
‰ Information regarding recent security offerings
and sales from the Maiden Lane III LLC portfolio
is available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
ml3_sec_offerings.html; this information is
updated as offerings and sales occur.
‰ The repayments of the senior loan extended by the
FRBNY to Maiden Lane III LLC totaled $5.5 billion during the period from March 31 to May 30,
2012.

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. At that time, the Federal Reserve,
under the authority of Section 13(3) of the Federal
Reserve Act, authorized the FRBNY to extend an
$85 billion line of credit (the “revolving credit facility”) to AIG. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury
subsequently restructured the government’s financial
support to AIG as follows:
‰ On November 10, 2008, the Federal Reserve and
the Treasury announced a restructuring as part of
which the line of credit extended to AIG was
reduced, and which included Federal Reserve loans
to two new LLCs, Maiden Lane II LLC and
Maiden Lane III LLC. More detail on these LLCs
is reported below. Additional information is
included in tables 5 and 6 of the H.4.1 statistical
release.
‰ On March 2, 2009, the Federal Reserve and Treasury announced a further restructuring of the government’s assistance to AIG. As part of this
restructuring, the FRBNY received $25 billion of
preferred interests in two special purpose vehicles
(SPVs), AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO Holdings
LLC, (the “SPV Preferred Interests”) in exchange
for an equivalent reduction of the amount of debt
then outstanding on the revolving credit facility.
Additional information on the March 2009
restructuring is available at www.federalreserve.gov/
newsevents/press/other/20090302a.htm.
On September 30, 2010, AIG announced a comprehensive recapitalization plan (the “Recapitalization”)

June 2012

that included repayment of AIG’s obligations to the
FRBNY and termination of the FRBNY’s commitment to lend any further funds. At the closing of the
Recapitalization on January 14, 2011, AIG repaid in
full the remaining amount 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 SPV Preferred Interests. AIG purchased a portion of the SPV Preferred Interests from
the FRBNY though a draw on the Treasury’s Series
F preferred stock commitment. AIG then transferred
the SPV Preferred Interests purchased from the
FRBNY to the Treasury as consideration for the
draw on the available Series F funds.
On October 31, 2011, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report that reviewed the Federal Reserve’s financial assistance to AIG. The report
can be found on the Federal Reserve’s audit webpage
at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/
reform_audit_gao.htm. A comprehensive overview of
financial assistance provided to AIG is available
online at www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/
bst_supportspecific.htm and www.newyorkfed.org/
aboutthefed/aig/index.html.

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Table 17. Maiden Lane II LLC outstanding principal balance
of senior loan and fixed deferred purchase price
Millions of dollars

Since inception
Principal balance at closing
Accrued and capitalized interest to 3/31/2012
Repayments to 3/31/2012
Principal balance on 3/31/2012 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Most recent quarterly activity
Principal balance on 12/31/2011 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Accrued and capitalized interest from
12/31/2011 to 3/31/2012
Repayment during the period from
12/31/2011 to 3/31/20121
Principal balance on 3/31/2012 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)

FRBNY
senior
loan

AIG fixed
deferred
purchase price

19,494
580
(20,074)

1,000
113
(1,113)

0

0

6,792

1,106

11

7

(6,803)

(1,113)

0

0

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 was 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.
1
Repayment amount for the period includes $10.3 billion in proceeds received
from asset sales. Due to the cash flow cut off date used to calculate the cash
available for the repayment, the portion of the repayment amount comprised of
sale proceeds may not reconcile to the total sale proceeds reported each
month. Proceeds received after the cut off date are applied to the loan in the
next monthly payment cycle.

Maiden Lane II LLC
Pursuant to authority granted by the Federal Reserve
Board under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve
Act, on December 12, 2008, the FRBNY 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 of approximately $39.3 billion, at the thencurrent market value of approximately $20.8 billion,
which was substantially below par value.5 The full
portfolio of RMBS held by Maiden Lane II LLC
served as collateral for the Federal Reserve’s loan to
Maiden Lane II LLC. AIG’s insurance subsidiaries
also had a $1 billion subordinated position (in the
form of a fixed deferred purchase price) in Maiden
Lane II LLC that was available to absorb first any
5

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

Alt-A ARM
Subprime
Option ARM
Other2
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets3
Other liabilities4
Net assets

Fair value
on 3/31/20121

Fair value
on 12/31/20111

—
—
—
—
19
0
(0)
19

2,175
5,392
536
1,002
149
3
(3)
9,254

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Change in fair value from the prior quarter reflects a combination of asset
repayment of principal, change in the price, realized gains and losses as a
result of sales, and the disbursement of cash to repay the Senior Loan.
2
Includes all asset sectors that, individually, represent less than 5 percent of
aggregate outstanding fair value of securities in the portfolio.
3
Including interest and principal receivable.
4
Including accrued expenses and other payables.
1

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losses that may have been realized. After repayment
in full of the FRBNY’s loan and the fixed deferred
purchase price (each including accrued interest), any
remaining proceeds would be split 5∕6ths to the
FRBNY and 1∕6th to the AIG insurance subsidiaries.
On March 30, 2011, the Federal Reserve announced
that the FRBNY, through its investment manager,
BlackRock Solutions, would dispose of the securities
in the Maiden Lane II LLC portfolio individually
and in segments through a competitive sales process
over time as market conditions warranted. Approximately $10 billion in face amount of securities was
sold during the second quarter of 2011 through competitive bid list auctions. Bid list sales were later
halted owing to unfavorable market conditions. In
response to an investor offer, competitive sales
resumed in early 2012 and on January 19, 2012, the
FRBNY announced that it had sold $7.014 billion in
face value of assets from its Maiden Lane II LLC
portfolio through a competitive bidding process to
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. On February 8,
an additional $6.2 billion in face value of Maiden
Lane II LLC portfolio assets was sold through a
competitive bidding process to Goldman Sachs &
Co. On February 28, the portfolio’s remaining
$6.0 billion in face value of assets was sold to Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
On March 1, 2012, proceeds from these asset sales,
along with cash flow generated by the securities while
held in the Maiden Lane II portfolio, enabled the
repayment of the remaining outstanding balance of
the senior loan from the FRBNY to Maiden Lane II
LLC with interest, along with a portion of the fixed
deferred purchase price owed to insurance subsidiaries of AIG that held a subordinated position in
Maiden Lane II LLC. On March 15, the remaining
portion of the fixed deferred purchase price plus
interest owed to the AIG subsidiaries was repaid in
full. In addition, in accordance with the Maiden
Lane II agreements described above, residual proceeds were split 5∕6ths to the FRBNY and 1∕6th to the
AIG subsidiaries. A small cash balance remains in
Maiden Lane II LLC in order to meet trailing
expenses and other obligations. The FRBNY has
also announced that the transactions generated a
net gain of approximately $2.8 billion, including
$580 million in accrued interest, for the benefit of
the U.S. public.

H.4.1 statistical release. Detailed information on the
terms of the loan, the holdings of 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), and
the disposition of Maiden Lane II LLC assets
(including offering announcements and results,
monthly lists of assets sold, and quarterly updates on
total proceeds from sales and the total amount purchased by each counterparty) is published on the
FRBNY website at www.newyorkfed.org/
markets/maidenlane.html.
Information about the assets and liabilities of
Maiden Lane II LLC is presented as of March 31,
2012, in tables 17 and 18. This information is updated
on a quarterly basis.

Maiden Lane III LLC
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,
which was substantially below par value.6 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. AIG together with an AIG
subsidiary also have a $5 billion subordinated position (in the form of an equity contribution) in
Maiden Lane III LLC that is available to absorb first
any losses that may be realized. After repayment in
full of the FRBNY’s loan and AIG’s equity interest
(each including accrued interest), any remaining proceeds will be split 2∕3rds to the FRBNY and 1∕3rd to
AIG (or its assignee). The LLC’s assets will be managed to ensure repayment of obligations of the LLC
while minimizing disruptions to financial markets.

6

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

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.

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Table 19. Maiden Lane III LLC outstanding principal balance
of senior loan and equity contribution

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Table 20. Maiden Lane III LLC summary of portfolio
composition, cash and cash equivalents, and other assets
and liabilities

Millions of dollars

Millions of dollars

Since inception
Principal balance at closing
Accrued and capitalized interest to 3/31/2012
Repayments to 3/31/2012
Principal balance on 3/31/2012 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Most recent quarterly activity
Principal balance on 12/31/2011 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)
Accrued and capitalized interest from
12/31/2011 to 3/31/2012
Repayment during the period from
12/31/2011 to 3/31/2012
Principal balance on 3/31/2012 (including
accrued and capitalized interest)

FRBNY
senior
loan

AIG equity
contribution

24,339
722
(16,068)

5,000
586
—

8,993

5,587

9,826

5,542

30

45

(863)

—

8,993

5,587

High-grade ABS CDO
Mezzanine ABS CDO
Commercial real estate CDO
RMBS, CMBS, and Other
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets2
Other liabilities3
Net assets

Fair value
on 3/31/20121

Fair value
on 12/31/20111

12,852
1,566
5,154
276
95
33
(2)
19,974

11,236
1,453
4,784
261
55
31
(3)
17,817

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1
Change in fair value from the prior quarter reflects a combination of asset
repayment of principal, change in the price, and realized gains and losses as a
result of sales and the disbursement of cash to repay the Senior Loan.
2
Including interest and principal receivable.
3
Including accrued expenses.

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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 21. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution by sector, vintage, and rating
Percent, as of March 31, 2012
Rating
Sector and vintage1
AAA

AA+ to AA-

A+ to A-

BBB+ to BBB-

BB+ and lower

Not rated (NR)

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

62.0
20.7
29.9
5.3
6.1

2.7
0.8
1.9
0.0
0.0

64.8
21.4
31.9
5.3
6.1

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

0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0

7.4
4.7
2.7
0.0
0.0

0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0

7.9
5.2
2.7
0.0
0.0

Commercial real estate 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

26.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
22.8

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

26.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
22.8

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

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.5

1.0
0.1
0.8
0.1
0.0
96.4

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9

1.4
0.2
1.1
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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Figure 3. Maiden Lane III LLC securities distribution as of March 31, 2012

On April 3, 2012, the FRBNY revised Maiden Lane
III LLC’s investment objective to allow for asset
sales, and began conducting such sales shortly thereafter. Between April 26 and May 10, 2012, the
FRBNY announced that it had sold a total of $9.9
billion in face value of assets from the Maiden Lane
III LLC portfolio following two separate competitive
bid processes. These transactions resulted in a substantial reduction of the Maiden Lane III LLC portfolio and the senior loan to Maiden Lane III LLC
extended by the FRBNY. Additional information
about the sales is available at www.newyorkfed.org/
newsevents/news/markets/2012/an120426.html and
www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets/
2012/an120510.html. Information regarding subsequent security offerings and sales from the Maiden
Lane III LLC portfolio is available at
www.newyorkfed.org/markets/ml3_sec_offerings.html.

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/maidenlane.html.
Information about the assets and liabilities of
Maiden Lane III LLC is presented as of March 31,
2012, in tables 19 through 21 and figure 3. This information is updated on a quarterly basis.

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Federal Reserve Banks’ Financial Tables

Quarterly Developments
‰ The average daily balance of the Federal Reserve
SOMA holdings was approximately $2.7 trillion
during the first quarter of 2012, as presented in
table 23. Net earnings from the portfolio were
approximately $22.9 billion; most of the earnings
were attributable to interest income on Treasury
securities and federal agency and GSE MBS.
‰ Interest earned from Federal Reserve lending programs was approximately $35 million during the
first quarter of 2012, as presented in table 24;
interest earned on loans made by the TALF
accounted for most of the total.
‰ As presented in table 25, the consolidated financial
statements of the FRBNY reported net income
(including changes in valuation) of approximately
$0.4 billion, $1.2 billion, and $2.0 billion for
Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II, and Maiden Lane
III LLCs, respectively, during the first quarter of
2012.
‰ 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 $22.4
billion during of the first quarter of 2012, as presented in table 22.

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”).
The Federal Reserve Banks and the consolidated
LLCs are subject to several levels of audit and review.
The combined financial statements of the Reserve
Banks as well as the financial statements of each of
the 12 Reserve Banks 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, which also performs reviews.
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.
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/
publications/annual-report/default.htm. As required
by the Dodd-Frank 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.

Combined Statement of Income and
Comprehensive Income
Table 22 presents unaudited combined Reserve Bank
income and expense information for the first quarter

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

Table 22. Federal Reserve Banks’ Combined Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income
Millions of dollars
January 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012
Interest income:
Loans to depository institutions (refer to table 24)
Other loans, net (refer to table 24)
System Open Market Account (refer to table 23)
Investments held by consolidated variable interest entities (refer to table 25)
Total interest income

—
35
20,349
562
20,946

Interest expense:
System Open Market Account (refer to table 23)
Beneficial interest in consolidated variable interest entities (refer to table 25)
Depository institution deposits
Term deposit facility
Total interest expense

23
71
996
1
1,091

Provision for loan losses and restructuring (refer to table 24)
Net interest income, after provision for loan losses and restructuring
Non-interest income (loss):
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), unrealized losses1
System Open Market Account—realized and unrealized gains, net (refer to table 23)
Investments held by consolidated variable interest entities gains, net (refer to table 25):
Beneficial interest in consolidated variable interest entities losses, net
Income from services
Reimbursable services to government agencies
Other income
Total non-interest income

—
19,855

(12)
2,560
4,276
(1,208)
116
89
17
5,838

Operating expenses:
Salaries and other benefits
Occupancy
Equipment
Assessments by the Board of Governors:
Board of Governors operating expenses and currency costs
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Office of Financial Research
Professional fees related to consolidated variable interest entities (refer to table 25)
Other
Total operating expenses

708
74
44
253
64
—
10
103
1,256

Net income prior to distribution

24,437
2

Change in prior service costs related to benefit plans
Change in actuarial gains related to benefit plans2
Comprehensive income prior to distribution

25
47
24,509

Distribution of comprehensive income:
Dividends paid to member banks
Transferred to surplus and change in accumulated other comprehensive loss
Payments to U.S. Treasury as interest on Federal Reserve notes3

407
1,704
22,398

Total distribution

24,509

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, 2012, through March 31, 2012, were $20.3 billion.

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of 2012. Tables 23 through 25 present information
for the SOMA portfolio, the Federal Reserve loan
programs, and the variable interest entities (VIEs)—
Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II, and Maiden Lane III
LLCs; and TALF LLC—for the period from January
1, 2012, to March 31, 2012. These tables are updated
quarterly.

SOMA Financial Summary
Table 23 shows the Federal Reserve’s average daily
balance of assets and liabilities in the SOMA portfolio for the period from January 1, 2012, though
March 31, 2012, 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

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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 March 31, 2012, the fair value of the
Treasury securities held in the SOMA, excluding
accrued interest, was $1,892 billion (amortized cost
was $1,764 billion); the fair value of the federal
agency and GSE MBS, excluding accrued interest,
was $892 billion (amortized cost was $849 billion);
the fair value of the GSE debt, excluding accrued
interest, was $106 billion (amortized cost was $100
billion); and the fair value of investments denominated in foreign currencies was $26 billion (amortized
cost was $26 billion). Fair value was determined by
reference to quoted prices for identical securities,
except for MBS, for which market values are deter-

Table 23. SOMA financial summary
Millions of dollars
January 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012

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

Average
daily
balance

Interest
income
(expense)

Realized
gains
(losses)

1,753,233
104,431

11,058
698

2,847
—

—
—

13,905
698

855,208
25,782
90,821
—
63
2,829,538

8,416
40
136
—
1
20,349

121
—
—
—
—
2,968

—
(408)
—
—
—
(408)

8,537
(368)
136
—
1
22,909

88,871
1,177
90,048

(23)
—
(23)

—
—
—

—
—
—

(23)
—
(23)

2,739,490

20,326

2,968

(408)

22,886

Unrealized
gains
(losses)

Net
earnings

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 GSE MBS portfolio.
6
Represents the obligation to return cash margin posted by counterparties as collateral under commitments to purchase and sell federal agency and GSE MBS, as well as
obligations that arise from the failure of a seller to deliver securities on the settlement date.

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Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet

Table 24. Loan programs financial summary
Millions of dollars
January 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012
Loan programs

1

Interest
income

Provision for
loan losses and
restructuring

Total

19

—

—

—

—
7,935
7,935

—
35
35

—
—
—

—
35
35

7,954
—
7,954

35
—
35

—
—
—

35
—
35

Average daily
balance

Loans to depository institutions
Credit extended to American International Group, Inc. (AIG), net
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)2
Total other loans
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.
2
Book value.

mined 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 direction 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 consist of a purchase or sale of
TBA MBS combined with an agreement to sell or
purchase TBA MBS on a specified future date.
Beginning on June 28, 2010, the Federal Reserve
entered into a limited number of 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 and coupon swaps transactions may generate
realized gains and losses.

Loan Programs Financial Summary
Table 24 summarizes the average daily loan balances
and interest income of the Federal Reserve during
the first quarter of 2012. The most significant loan
balance is the TALF, which generated interest income
of about $35 million during this period. All loans
must be fully collateralized to the satisfaction of the
lending Reserve Bank, with an appropriate haircut
applied to the collateral. At March 31, 2012, no loans
were impaired, and an allowance for loan losses was
not required.

Consolidated VIEs Financial
Summary
Table 25 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.
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

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Table 25. Consolidated Variable Interest Entities Financial Summary
Millions of dollars
ML III
LLC

Total
Maiden
Lane LLCs

19
0
19

19,976
(2)
19,974

26,206
(639)
25,567

2,913
1,403
4,316

0
0
0

8,993
5,586
14,579

11,906
6,989
18,895

46
674
720

1,258
0
1,258

16
3
19

3,615
1,780
5,395

4,889
1,783
6,672

Summary of consolidated VIE net income for the current year through March 31, 2012,
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

0
0
(1)
0
0
(1)

29
(8)
(18)
381
(4)
380

53
(11)
(7)
1,350
(1)
1,384

480
(30)
(45)
2,545
(5)
2,945

562
(49)
(70)
4,276
(10)
4,709

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

5*
(6)
0

0
380
8

231
1,153
11

972
1,973
30

1,203
3,506
49

Net income (loss) recorded by FRBNY

(6)**

388

1,164

2,003

3,555

TALF
LLC

ML
LLC

Net portfolio assets of the consolidated LLCs and the net position of FRBNY and
subordinated interest holders as of March 31, 2012
Net portfolio assets1
Liabilities of consolidated LLCs
Net portfolio assets available

830
0
830

6,211
(637)
5,574

Loans extended to the consolidated LLCs by FRBNY2
Other beneficial interests2,3
Total loans and other beneficial interests

0
110
110

Item

ML II
LLC

Cumulative change in net assets since the inception of the programs
Allocated to FRBNY
Allocated to other beneficial interests
Cumulative change in net assets

Note: Unaudited. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
* Represents the amount of TALF LLC’s income allocated to the U.S.Treasury.
** In addition to the TALF LLC net loss of $6 million, the FRBNY reported $23 million of income on TALF loans during the first quarter of 2012. Income on TALF loans includes
interest of $35 million and loss on the valuation of loans of $12 million.
1
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 U.S. 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.

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 U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (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.
“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
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 March 31, 2012.

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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), the Commercial
Paper Funding Facility (CPFF), and the AssetBacked 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 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. The 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. As part of the Recapitalization, 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. AIG then 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.
On March 1, 2012, the loan from the FRBNY to
Maiden Lane II LLC was repaid in full with interest,
in accordance with the terms of the facility. This loan
did not result in any loss to the Federal Reserve or
taxpayers. The FRBNY has announced that the
Maiden Lane II facility resulted a net gain of
approximately $2.8 billion for the benefit of the U.S.
public.
On June 14, 2012, the loans from the FRBNY to
Maiden Lane LLC and Maiden Lane III LLC were
repaid in full with interest, in accordance with the
terms of the respective facilities. These loans did not
result in any loss to the Federal Reserve or taxpayers.
The FRBNY, through its outside advisors, will continue to sell the remaining assets from the Maiden
Lane LLC and Maiden Lane III LLC portfolios as
market conditions warrant and if the sales represent
good value for the public. There is no fixed timeframe for these sales. Under the terms of the LLC’s
aggreements, proceeds from future sales in Maiden
Lane LLC would be used to retire the subordinated
loan extended by JPMorgan Chase & Co., after
which the FRBNY would receive all residual proceeds. Proceeds from future sales in Maiden Lane
LLC would be used to repay the equity contribution
extended by AIG, after which the FRBNY would
receive 2∕3rds of residual proceeds.

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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 Term Asset-Backed Securities
Loan Facility (TALF). In making this assessment,
the Board has considered, among other things, the
terms and conditions governing the facility and the
type, nature, and value of the current collateral or
other security arrangements.

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
CMBS is mitigated by the quality of the collateral,

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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. All TALF loans were
extended by the FRBNY and will mature over the
next several years, with all loans maturing no later
than March 30, 2015.

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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. Broad-based 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.
As financial conditions improved, the need for the
broad-based facilities 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
re-established temporary liquidity swap arrangements with a group of FCBs in May 2010 and subsequently authorized further extensions of these

arrangements, which enabled the FCBs to offer U.S.
dollar liquidity to financial institutions in their jurisdictions. These arrangements are currently authorized through February 1, 2013. In November 2011, as
a contingency measure, the FOMC agreed to establish temporary bilateral liquidity swap arrangements
with five FCBs. Information related to these arrangements can be found in the body of this report.
As part of AIG’s Recapitalization plan, completed
on January 14, 2011, AIG fully repaid the amount
outstanding under the revolving credit facility,
including all accrued interest and fees, extended by
the Federal Reserve; the Federal Reserve received the
full amount, including all accrued dividends, of the
preferred interests in AIA Aurora LLC and ALICO
Holdings LLC; and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to lend any further funds to the company was
terminated. Additional information 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. The
Federal Reserve is committed to transparency and
has previously provided extensive aggregate information on its liquidity and credit programs in this and
other 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 AIG, Citigroup, and
Bank of America, is available on the Federal
Reserve’s public website. This detailed data can be

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downloaded in multiple formats at
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_
transaction.htm. Information about the singletranche 28-day term repurchase agreements
announced on March 7, 2008, and conducted by the
Federal Reserve between March and December 2008
are available at www.newyorkfed.org/markets/
fast_facts_stomo.html.
Historical data related to these facilities, previously
reported on the H.4.1 statistical release, “Factors
Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institu-

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tions 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.

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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.7 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
7

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.