Souring mortgage bonds that aren’t backed by the government continued to cause heartburn for some of the Federal Home Loan Banks during the second quarter. Two banks reported second-quarter losses in part because of larger loss provisions for the so-called private-label mortgage securities.
Bad mortgage bets continue to bleed home loan banks
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