Bank and thrift members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system had outstanding advances of $565.7 billion at June 30, a quarterly increase of 8 percent, according to an analysis by Inside The GSEs. Year-over-year numbers are also up, with the second quarter of 2017 now 4 percent higher than the $545.6 billion reported in the first quarter of 2016. In fact, the number reported in the second quarter represented the largest volume of advances for the past 12 months. However, the top three advance users were all down for the quarter. Although JPMorgan Chase continues to lead among borrowers with $68.5 billion in advances, it was down some from the $74.3 billion...