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Federal Home Loan Bank Act


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Legislation passed by the U.S. government in 1932 in response to the failure of the banking system. The Act was designed to assist individuals by creating a system that provided low cost funds to banks to use in mortgage and loan creation. It created the Federal Home Loan Bank system.


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