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

Release for week ended: October 25, 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                           Oct 25     Oct 18      Oct 25

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,427,620     -4,951  4,421,630

 Securities held outright                    4,247,653     -4,694  4,243,048

  US Treasury (1)                            2,465,696         87  2,465,727

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,337,326          0  2,337,326

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             109,412          0    109,412

   Inflation compensation (3)                   18,957         86     18,989

  Federal agency (2)                             6,757          0      6,757

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,775,200     -4,781  1,770,563

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          161,750       -460    161,540

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,346         32    -14,333

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       144        -21        149

  Primary credit                                     6          1         15

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  137        -22        134

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,706          0      1,711

 Float                                            -252         25       -263

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   37          2         37

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   30,929        166     29,741

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,089       -128     21,094

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,202         14     49,202

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,514,152     -5,066  4,508,166

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,583,555       -770  1,584,028

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    336,618      9,844    347,903

 Foreign official, intl accounts               232,390       4740    235,846

 Others                                        104,228      5,104    112,057

Treasury cash holdings                             216          2        215

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          301,654     23,912    286,901

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions              14140      14140      14140

 U.S. Treasury, general account                196,332     17,358    185,092

 Foreign official                                5,208         41      5,166

 Other                                          85,973     -7,628     82,503

Other liabilities and capital (8)               48,278       -592     47,501

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,270,319     32,395  2,266,548

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,243,832    -37,462  2,241,618

                                       Daily average:

                                         Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                            Oct 25     Oct 18     Oct 25     Oct 18

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts      3,364,785       -318  3,369,860      4,301

   Total includes:

                         U.S. Treasury   3,038,432      1,207  3,042,718      4,650

                        Federal Agency     261,779      -1574    262,502       -457

                 Other Securities (14)      64,574         49     64,640        108

            Securities Lent To Dealers      24,059        323     25,231      5,141

                Overnight Facility (9)      24,059        323     25,231      5,141

              U.S. Treasury Seucrities      24,059        323     25,231      5,142

                Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0         -1

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Oct 25     Oct 18     Oct 18

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,770,563     -7,382  1,777,945

 Commitments to buy MBS                         17,524     -5,953     23,477

 Commitments to sell MBS                            20         20          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,711          6      1,705

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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