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FHLB Advances (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
FHLB Advances [Abstract] |
Advances | Maturity dates of FHLB advances were as follows:
September 30, | 2011 | 2010
| (In thousands)
FHLB advances |  |
Within 1 year | — |  | — |
1 to 3 years | — |  | 100,000 |
4 to 5 years | 1,212,066 |  | 415,548 |
More than 5 years | 750,000 |  | 1,350,000 |
| $ | 1,962,066 |  | $ | 1,865,548 |
$1,150,000,000 of the 2011 advances and $1,350,000,000 of the 2010 advances included in the above table are callable by the FHLB. If these callable advances were to be called at the earliest call dates, the maturities of all FHLB advances would be as follows:
September 30, | 2011 | 2010
| (In thousands)
FHLB advances |  |
Within 1 year | $ | 1,100,000 |  | $ | 400,000 |
1 to 3 years | 450,000 |  | 875,000 |
4 to 5 years | 412,066 |  | 390,548 |
More than 5 years | — |  | 200,000 |
| $ | 1,962,066 |  | $ | 1,865,548 |
Weighted average cost and amount of advances | Financial data pertaining to the weighted-average cost and the amount of FHLB advances were as follows:
September 30, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
| (In thousands)
Weighted average interest rate at end of year | 4.10 | % | 4.24 | % | 4.39 | %
Weighted daily average interest rate during the year | 4.35 | % | 4.46 | % | 4.23 | %
Daily average of FHLB advances | $ | 1,883,135 |  | $ | 2,070,843 |  | $ | 2,243,242 |
Maximum amount of FHLB advances at any month end | 1,962,616 |  | 2,078,695 |  | 2,743,026 |
Interest expense during the year | 81,994 |  | 92,402 |  | 94,048 |

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