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As of December 31, 2019, total assets were $162.1 billion, an increase of $17.7 billion, or 12.3 percent, from total assets of $144.4 billion as of December 31, 2018. The increase in total assets was primarily the result of increased investments in the FHLBNY’s liquidity portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities and funds invested in overnight money market assets to ensure that the FHLBNY met its regulatory liquidity requirements. Total liquidity assets were $39.5 billion at December 31, 2019 and were $17.6 billion at December 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2019, advances were $100.7 billion, a decrease of $4.5 billion, or 4.3 percent, from $105.2 billion as of December 31, 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, total capital was $7.5 billion, a decrease of $0.2 billion from total capital of $7.7 billion at December 31, 2018. The FHLBNY’s retained earnings increased during 2019 by $107.0 million to $1.8 billion as of December 31, 2019, of which approximately $1.1 billion is unrestricted retained earnings and $685.8 million is restricted retained earnings. At December 31, 2019, the FHLBNY met its regulatory capital ratios and liquidity requirements.

The FHLBNY allocated $52.6 million from its 2019 earnings for its Affordable Housing Program, a decrease of $9.8 million, or 15.7 percent, from the Affordable Housing Program allocation in 2018.

The FHLBNY will publish its 2019 audited financial results in its Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is expected to be filed on or about March 20, 2020.

About the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is a Congressionally chartered, wholesale Bank. It is part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 11 regional, stockholder-owned banks. As of December 31, 2019, the FHLBNY serves 323 financial institutions in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Federal Home Loan Banks support the efforts of local members to help provide financing for America’s homebuyers.

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