After zooming to a new monthly record high of $237.77 billion in July, Federal Home Loan Bank debt issuance turned the volume down just a notch in August, registering $219.7 billion for the month, still a healthy level of activity. That helped the FHLBanks smash the record of $1.70 trillion in debt issuance for the entire year of 2007 – with four months left... [Includes one chart]