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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Declares Second Quarter Dividend

    ATLANTA, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Federal Home
Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) has approved an annualized dividend
rate for the second quarter of 5.75 percent, applicable to capital stock
held during the period from April 1, 2008, to June 30, 2008. FHLBank
Atlanta will credit this dividend to members' daily investment accounts at
close of business on July 1, 2008.

    FHLBank Atlanta members may obtain additional dividend payment
information by contacting FHLBank Atlanta's Member Support and Operations
department at 1.800.536.9650, ext. 8299 or 5608.

    About FHLBank Atlanta

    The Bank is a cooperative financial services organization that provides
funding, community development grants, and a host of other banking services
to more than 1,200 member financial institutions in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the
District of Columbia. The Bank is one of 12 district banks in the Federal
Home Loan Bank System (FHLBank System), which since 1990 has contributed
more than $2 billion to affordable housing development in the United
States.

    Some of the statements made in this announcement are "forward-looking
statements," which include statements with respect to the Bank's plans,
intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, many of which may be beyond the Bank's
control, and which may cause the Bank's actual performance to be materially
different from the future performance expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements.

    The forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of
factors, including, without limitation: legislative and regulatory actions
or changes; future economic and market conditions; political, national and
world events; and adverse developments or events affecting or involving
other Federal Home Loan Banks or the FHLBank System in general. Additional
factors that might cause the Bank's results to differ from these
forward-looking statements are provided in detail in the Bank's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at
http://www.sec.gov.



SOURCE Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta




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    CONTACT:
    Sharon Cook of Federal Home Loan Bank of
    Atlanta, +1-404-888-8173, scook@fhlbatl.com