FHLB Reform in the Media

Shelterforce
Banks for the People: Why Federal Home Loan Banks Need a Reset
August 19, 2026

The New York Times
Opinion: The 100-Year-Old Bank That Could Solve Our Housing Crisis
April 8, 2026

American Banker
Exclusive: Lawmakers introduce bipartisan FHLB bond bill
February 26, 2026

American Banker
Executive compensation of FHLBank execs comes under scrutiny
April 10, 2025

The Economist
The American government’s accidental private-credit subsidy
April 5, 2025

American Banker
Federal Home Loan banks' profits skyrocket from 2023 liquidity crisis
March 3, 2024

The Economist
Another Bank Subsidy America Should Kill Off
February 13, 2024

Bank Think: American Banker
FHFA's Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don't Let it Escape.
February 2, 2024

The Hill: Opinion
Kudos to Congress for Forcing Bankers' Hands on Affordable Housing
February 1, 2024

Opinion: Bloomberg
Bank Runs are Terrible. The Fed can Eliminate Them.
January 10, 2024

Blog Post: Cato Institute
The Decline and Fall of the Federal Home Loan Banks
January 2, 2024

Podcast: Economics Matters
Top Banking Expert, Cornelius Hurley Says Our Next Banking Crisis Is Here
2023

News Report: Fitch Ratings
Potential FHLB Rule Changes Could Weaken US Bank Liquidity Profiles
December 14, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
Why the US is Overhauling Federal Home Loan Banks
December 13, 2023

News Report: NOVOGRADAC
Analysis of FHLBank System’s Nearly 100-Year History Paves Way for Future of Housing Finance
December 6, 2023

News Report: Reuters
Life insurers binge on US financing aimed at helping housing
December 5, 2023

News Report: ABA Banking Journal
FHFA's Thompson: Home loan banks not meant as lender of last resort
November 20, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
US Calls for New FHLB Limits After Bank Turmoil Brought Scrutiny
November 7, 2023

News Report: American Banker Podcast
The 'poignant American drama' of the Home Loan Bank System
November 3, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
A Vegas Whale and Wall Street Tap Billions Meant for Housing
October 20, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
Flawed US Home-Loan System Neglects the Buyers Who Need It Most
September 14, 2023

Op-Ed: The Hill
A layperson’s guide to the Federal Home Loan Banks review
September 27, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
US Officials Weigh Pathway to Let More Firms Tap Federal Home Loan Banks
August 30, 2023

News Report: American Banker
Should the Federal Home Loan Banks Become Public Benefit Corporations?
August 28, 2023

Op-Ed: Financial Times
The dangerous role of America’s weird lenders-of-next-to-last resort: Inside a byzantine corner of the US financial system
August 18, 2023

Op-Ed: Financial Times
When US safety nets undercut the financial system
July 20, 2023

Op-Ed: Bloomberg Editorial Board
Home Loan Banks Are Adrift and Asking for Trouble
July 19, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
US Regulator Weighs Limiting Big Banks’ Borrowing From FHLBs
June 30, 2023

Op-Ed: American Banker
Trouble in Camelot, as the Home Loan banks face scrutiny
June 15, 2023

News Report: Bloomberg
$1.5 Trillion Backstop for Homebuyers Props Up Banks Instead
June 4, 2023

Op-Ed: American Banker
Federal Home Loan Banks should not be bailing out banks
May, 24 2023

Op-Ed: American Banker
Home Loan banks could be doing much more to support affordable housing
May 22, 2023

News Report: POLITICO
Government-backed lenders provided $30B to three failed banks. Lawmakers want to know why.
April 14, 2023

Op-Ed: American Banker
Home Loan banks' liquidity mission is vital to housing and development
April 10, 2023

News Report: American Banker
Banks tap Federal Home Loan Bank System for $90 billion in liquidity
March 23, 2023

News Report: Wall Street Journal
How the Last-Ditch Effort to Save Silicon Valley Bank Failed
March 22, 2023

News Report: American Banker
Is the Home Loan banks’ mission to boost liquidity or housing?
March 7, 2023

Op-Ed: American Banker
The FHFA is coming for the Home Loan banks
February 14, 2023

News Report: American Banker
Status quo 'is not acceptable' for Home Loan banks, FHFA chief says
February 13, 2023

News Report: Wall Street Journal
The $42 Billion Question: Why Aren’t Americans Ditching Big Banks?
December 8, 2022

News Report: American Banker
Former Fed Gov. Tarullo sees systemic risk in 'irrelevant' Federal Home Loan banks
July 7, 2022