First Quarter 2024 Highlights
- Net income of $274 million
- Affordable Housing Program (AHP)
assessments of $30 million
- Member Impact Fund disbursements of
$20 million
- Advances totaled $111.0 billion
- Mortgage loans held for portfolio,
net totaled $10.4 billion
- Letters of credit totaled $15.6
billion
- Retained earnings totaled $3.3
billion
Dividend
The Board of Directors approved a first quarter 2024 dividend to
be paid at an annualized rate of 9.25 percent on average
activity-based stock, an increase of 0.25 percent from the prior
quarter, and 6.00 percent on average membership stock, an increase
of 2.45 percent from the prior quarter. The Federal Home Loan Bank
of Des Moines (the Bank) expects to make dividend payments totaling
$147 million on May 13, 2024.
Affordable Housing and Community Impact
The Bank’s housing and community development programs are
central to its mission by providing reliable liquidity and funding
to help its members build strong communities. The success of the
cooperative means more funding is allocated to support members in
these community-building initiatives, as 10 percent of the Bank’s
earnings are allocated to funding affordable housing initiatives in
the Bank’s district. During the first quarter of 2024, the Bank
accrued AHP assessments of $30 million and disbursed $8 million of
AHP funds through its housing grants and/or down payment assistance
programs as a part of its ongoing mission to support members’
affordable housing and community development needs. In addition,
the Bank awarded $20 million through a matching program with our
members to hundreds of non-profit and government agencies through
the Member Impact Fund, a discretionary non-AHP program, during the
first quarter of 2024.
Financial Results Discussion
Net Income - For the three months ended March
31, 2024, the Bank recorded net income of $274 million compared to
$191 million for the same period in 2023.
Net Interest Income - For the three months
ended March 31, 2024, the Bank recorded net interest income of $349
million, an increase of $67 million when compared to the same
period in 2023. The increase was driven primarily by higher
short-term interest rates and average balances, which improved
earnings on invested capital. In addition, net interest income
increased due to higher asset liability spreads resulting from an
increase in longer-term advances and higher yielding
mortgage-backed security (MBS) purchases.
Other Income (Loss) - For the three months
ended March 31, 2024, the Bank recorded other income (loss) of $4
million, an increase of $19 million when compared to the same
period in 2023. The change was primarily driven by changes in fair
value on the Bank’s trading securities, fair value option
instruments, and economic derivatives.
Assets - The Bank’s total assets decreased to
$176.3 billion at March 31, 2024, from $184.4 billion at December
31, 2023, driven primarily by a decline in advances, partially
offset by an increase in investments. Advances decreased $11.6
billion due mainly to a decline in borrowings by large depository
institution members. Investments increased $3.2 billion primarily
due to an increase in short-term investments, mainly securities
purchased under agreements to resell and federal funds sold, as
well as the purchase of agency MBS.
Capital - Total capital decreased to $9.7
billion at March 31, 2024 from $9.8 billion at December 31, 2023,
primarily due to a decrease in activity-based capital stock
resulting from a decline in advance balances.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Financial
Highlights(preliminary and
unaudited)Dollars in millions |
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
Selected Balance Sheet Items |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Investments |
$ |
53,018 |
|
|
$ |
49,828 |
|
Advances |
|
110,976 |
|
|
|
122,530 |
|
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net |
|
10,351 |
|
|
|
9,967 |
|
Total assets |
|
176,269 |
|
|
|
184,406 |
|
Consolidated obligations |
|
164,045 |
|
|
|
171,498 |
|
Capital stock - Class B putable |
|
6,442 |
|
|
|
6,873 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
3,276 |
|
|
|
3,138 |
|
Total capital |
|
9,709 |
|
|
|
9,831 |
|
Total regulatory capital1 |
|
9,728 |
|
|
|
10,023 |
|
Regulatory capital ratio |
|
5.52 |
% |
|
|
5.44 |
% |
1 Total regulatory capital includes capital stock, mandatorily
redeemable capital stock, and retained earnings. The regulatory
capital ratio is calculated as regulatory capital as a percentage
of period end assets.
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For the Three Months EndedMarch 31, |
|
Operating Results |
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Net interest income |
$ |
349 |
|
|
$ |
282 |
|
Provision (reversal) for
credit losses on mortgage loans |
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Other income (loss) |
|
4 |
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
Other expense |
|
50 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
Affordable Housing Program
assessments |
|
30 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Net income |
$ |
274 |
|
|
$ |
191 |
|
Performance
Ratios |
|
|
Net interest spread |
|
0.43 |
% |
|
|
0.41 |
% |
Net interest margin |
|
0.74 |
|
|
|
0.66 |
|
Return on average equity
(annualized) |
|
11.36 |
|
|
|
8.51 |
|
Return on average assets
(annualized) |
|
0.57 |
|
|
|
0.44 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The financial results reported in this earnings release for the
first quarter of 2024 are preliminary until the Bank announces
unaudited financial results in its First Quarter 2024 Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, expected to be
available next month at www.fhlbdm.com and www.sec.gov.
The Bank is a member-owned cooperative whose mission is to be a
reliable provider of funding, liquidity, and services for its
members so that they can meet the housing, business, and economic
development needs of the communities they serve. The Bank is wholly
owned by over 1,250 members, including commercial banks, savings
institutions, credit unions, insurance companies, and community
development financial institutions. The Bank serves Alaska, Hawaii,
Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific
territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Bank is one of 11 regional banks that
make up the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
Statements contained in this announcement, including statements
describing the objectives, projections, estimates, or future
predictions in the Bank’s operations, may be forward-looking
statements. These statements may be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology, such as believes, projects, expects,
anticipates, estimates, intends, strategy, plan, could, should,
may, and will or their negatives or other variations on these
terms. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or
uncertainty, and actual results could differ materially from those
expressed or implied or could affect the extent to which a
particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is
realized. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such statements. A detailed discussion of the more
important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
and events to differ from such forward-looking statements can be
found in the “Risk Factors” section of the Bank’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.
These forward- looking statements apply only as of the date they
are made, and the Bank undertakes no obligation to update or revise
publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
Contact: Julie DeVader 515.412.2172jdevader@fhlbdm.com