WASHINGTON—The U.S. government is eyeing a potential revamp for the Federal Home Loan Banks, a nearly $1 trillion network of government-chartered cooperatives that provide cheap funding to thousands of banks.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Wednesday that it would launch this fall a review of the structure and role of the home-loan banks, a 90-year-old system that has drawn scrutiny from current and former policy makers over whether its modern-day activities fully match its original mission of supporting mortgage lending.