Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Annual 2024 Financial Results

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Friday, February 21st, 2025

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2024. All numbers reported below for 2024 are approximate until the Bank announces audited financial results in its Form 10-K, which is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on or about March 7, 2025.

Fourth Quarter 2024 Operating Results

  • Net interest income for the fourth quarter of 2024 was $250 million, an increase of $9 million, compared to net interest income of $241 million for the same period in 2023. The increase in net interest income was primarily related to a decrease in interest rates between the comparative quarters which impacted expense from interest-bearing liabilities more than the income from interest-earning assets, partially offset by a decrease in average advance balances.

  • The average advance balances were $96.1 billion and $111.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2024 and 2023, respectively.

  • Net income for the fourth quarter of 2024 was $176 million, an increase of $2 million, compared to net income of $174 million for the same period in 2023. The Bank had $16 million of voluntary housing contribution expense during the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $12 million during the same period in 2023.

  • The net yield on interest-earnings assets for the fourth quarter of 2024 was 67 basis points, an increase of nine basis points, compared to 58 basis points for the same period in 2023. Many of the Bank's assets and liabilities are indexed to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). Average daily SOFR during the fourth quarter of 2024 was 4.68 percent compared to 5.32 percent for the same period in 2023.

  • The Bank's fourth quarter of 2024 performance resulted in an annualized return on average equity (ROE) of 8.36 percent as compared to 7.83 percent for the same period in 2023. The increase in ROE was primarily due a decrease in the average total capital outstanding during the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

Annual 2024 Operating Results

  • Net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $966 million, an increase of $77 million, compared to net interest income of $889 million for the same period in 2023. The increase in net interest income was primarily related to an increase in interest rates during the year which impacted income from interest-earning assets more than the expense from interest-bearing liabilities, partially offset by a decrease in average advance balances.

  • The average advance balances were $98.8 billion and $125.4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

  • Net income for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $697 million, an increase of $48 million, compared to net income of $649 million for the same period in 2023. The increase in net income was primarily due to a $77 million increase in net interest income. Additionally, during 2024 the Bank had $49 million of voluntary housing contributions expense, compared to $19 million during 2023.

  • The net yield on interest-earnings assets for the year ended December 31, 2024 was 64 basis points, an increase of 14 basis points, compared to 50 basis points for the same period in 2023. The year-to-date average daily SOFR as of December 31, 2024 was 5.15 percent compared to 5.01 percent for the same period in 2023.

  • The Bank's 2024 performance resulted in an annualized return on average equity (ROE) of 8.31 percent as compared to 7.43 percent for the same period in 2023. The increase in ROE was primarily due to the increase in net income during the year.

Financial Condition Highlights

  • Total assets were $147.1 billion as of December 31, 2024, a decrease of $5.3 billion from December 31, 2023.

  • Advances outstanding were $85.8 billion as of December 31, 2024, a decrease of $10.8 billion from December 31, 2023.

  • Total capital was $7.9 billion as of December 31, 2024, a decrease of $183 million from December 31, 2023. Retained earnings increased to $2.8 billion as of December 31, 2024, compared to $2.5 billion as of December 31, 2023.

  • As of December 31, 2024, the Bank was in compliance with all applicable regulatory capital and liquidity requirements.

Reliable Source of Liquidity

  • For 2024, the Bank originated a total of $311.4 billion of advances, thereby providing significant liquidity to its members to support lending and other activities in their communities. The Bank is proud to continue to execute on its mission to be a reliable source of liquidity and funding for its members, while remaining adequately capitalized.

Commitment to Affordable Housing and Community Development

  • The Bank is required and commits 10 percent of its income before assessments to support the affordable housing and community development needs of communities served by its members as required by law, which amounted to $72 million for the 2023 statutory Affordable Housing Program (AHP) assessment available for funding in 2024. As of December 31, 2024, the Bank has accrued $77 million to its AHP pool of funds that will be available to the Bank’s members and their communities in 2025 for funding of eligible projects.

  • During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Bank made an additional $49 million of voluntary housing and community investment contributions. This consisted of $15 million of additional voluntary housing contributions to the Bank's AHP Homeownership Set-aside Program, $8 million of additional voluntary housing contributions to the Bank’s AHP General Fund, $20 million of voluntary contributions to the Bank’s Workforce Housing Plus+ Program, and $6 million of voluntary contributions to the Bank’s Heirs’ Property Family Wealth Protection Fund.

  • In 2025, the Bank has voluntarily committed an additional five percent of its 2024 income before assessments, equal to $41 million, to further support the affordable housing and community development needs of its communities. This will result in a total commitment by the Bank to support affordable housing and community development needs of $118 million in 2025.

  • Since the inception of its AHP in 1990, the Bank has awarded more than $1.2 billion in AHP funds, assisting more than 177,000 households.

 
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Financial Highlights
(Preliminary and unaudited)
(Dollars in millions)
 
    As of December 31,
Statements of Condition  2024    2023
  Advances $         85,829       $         96,608    
  Investments           60,084                 54,207    
  Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net           89                 103    
  Total assets           147,091                 152,370    
  Total consolidated obligations, net           135,851                 141,572    
  Total capital stock           5,148                 5,597    
  Retained earnings           2,785                 2,524    
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss           —                 (5 )  
  Total capital           7,933                 8,116    
  Capital-to-assets ratio (GAAP)           5.39   %             5.33   %
  Capital-to-assets ratio (Regulatory)           5.39   %             5.33   %

 

    Three Months Ended December 31,   Years Ended December 31,
Operating Results and Performance Ratios  2024    2023    2024    2023
  Net interest income $         250       $         241       $         966       $         889    
  Standby letters of credit fees           4                 4                 17                 10    
  Other income (loss)           2                 (1 )               6                 (5 )  
  Total noninterest expense (1)           61                 51                 215                 173    
  Affordable Housing Program assessment           19                 19                 77                 72    
  Net income           176                 174                 697                 649    
  Return on average assets           0.46   %             0.41   %             0.45   %             0.36   %
  Return on average equity           8.36   %             7.83   %             8.31   %             7.43   %

 

 

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(1) Total noninterest expense includes voluntary housing and community investment contributions of $16 million and $12 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $49 million and $19 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
   

Additional financial information concerning the Bank's results of operations for the most recently completed year ended December 31, 2024, will be available in the Bank's Form 10-K that the Bank expects to file with the SEC on or about March 7, 2025 and will be available at www.fhlbatl.com and on www.sec.gov.