US Data: H.4.1 - Factors Affecting Reserve Bals of Dep Insts>

Release for week ended: August 16, 2017

Source: Federal Reserve H.4.1

Amounts in millions of U.S. dollars

*Calculation by Market News International

                                           Daily average:

Reserve Bank credit, related items           Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday

and reserve balances                           Aug 16      Aug 9      Aug 16

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,429,877      1,432  4,423,240

 Securities held outright                    4,246,347      4,010  4,251,319

  US Treasury (1)                            2,465,238         26  2,465,247

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,337,565          0  2,337,565

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             108,973          0    108,973

   Inflation compensation (3)                   18,699         26     18,709

  Federal agency (2)                             8,097          0      8,097

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,773,013      3,984  1,777,975

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          164,441       -141    164,467

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,592         11    -14,628

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       229         25        213

  Primary credit                                    18         16          2

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  211          9        211

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,710          0      1,708

 Float                                            -331        -54       -269

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   36          0         36

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   32,036      -2420     20,394

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,372         75     21,204

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

S.D.R. certificate account                       5,200          0      5,200

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,070         14     49,070

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,516,561      1,521  4,509,755

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,565,711        370  1,566,526

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    328,519     -9,191    337,323

 Foreign official, intl accounts               240,551         99    244,483

 Others                                         87,968     -9,289     92,840

Treasury cash holdings                             167         -4        176

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          236,888      5,236    192,776

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions              14733      14733      14733

 U.S. Treasury, general account                130,954    -18,908     96,029

 Foreign official                                5,168         -1      5,165

 Other                                          86,033      9,412     76,849

Other liabilities and capital (8)               48,888       1016     47,982

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,180,173      -2574  2,144,783

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,336,388      4,095  2,364,971

                                     Daily average:

                                       Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                          Aug 16      Aug 9     Aug 16      Aug 9

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts    3,332,639     -3,517  3,333,673       -280

   Total includes:

                       U.S. Treasury   3,009,333     -2,641  3,012,167      2,674

                      Federal Agency     261,574       -841    260,161     -2,332

               Other Securities (14)      61,731        -36     61,345       -623

          Securities Lent To Dealers      21,760     -1,194     21,972     -2,395

              Overnight Facility (9)      21,760     -1,194     21,972     -2,395

            U.S. Treasury Seucrities      21,760     -1,194     21,972     -2,395

              Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Aug 16      Aug 9      Aug 9

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,777,975      8,946  1,769,029

 Commitments to buy MBS                         20,273    -11,107     31,380

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,708         -2      1,710

Notes:

(1) Including securities lent to dealers under the overnight

and term securities lending facilities.

(2) Face value of the securities.

(3) Compensation that adjusts for effects of inflation on the original face

value of inflation-indexed securities.

(4) Cash value of agreements collateralized by U.S. government and federal

agency securities.

(5) Fair value.

(6) Estimated.

(7) Cash value of agreements collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.

(8) Includes the liability for earnings remittances due to the U.S. Treasury.

(9)Fully collateralized by other U.S. Treasury Securities

(10)Fully collateralized by other U.S. Treasury Securities, federal agency securities

and highly rated non-agency MBS.

(11)Includes credit extended through the PDCF and credit extended to

certain other broker-dealers.

(12)Reflects extensions of credit to banks to finance purchases of high-quality

asset-backed commercial paper from money market mutual funds.

(13)Pending the closing of the recapitalization plan announced by AIG on

September 30, 2010, the case proceeds from the dispostion of certain AIG

assets will be held by the FRBNY as agent.

(14)Includes nonmarketable US Treasury securities, supranationals

corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, and commercial paper

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