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

Release for week ended: November 22, 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                           Nov 22     Nov 15      Nov 22

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,409,994    -12,738  4,410,770

 Securities held outright                    4,239,490     -1,844  4,239,896

  US Treasury (1)                            2,456,745     -2,840  2,456,822

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,327,698     -3,003  2,327,698

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             109,537          0    109,537

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,510        162     19,588

  Federal agency (2)                             4,729      -2028      4,391

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,778,016      3,025  1,778,683

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          160,884       -168    160,744

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,265          2    -14,251

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           9        -28          0

 Other loans to institutions                        67         -1         56

  Primary credit                                    17         -2         10

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   50          1         46

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,710         -2      1,710

 Float                                            -322        -90       -475

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   35          0         35

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   22,386     -10607     23,054

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,174        187     21,231

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,273         14     49,273

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,496,682    -12,537  4,497,515

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,594,545      3,299  1,598,883

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    266,421      3,994    283,250

 Foreign official, intl accounts               228,371      4,245    231,616

 Others                                         38,051       -250     51,634

Treasury cash holdings                             205        -16        204

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          246,552    -23,696    236,937

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                163,579    -11,052    151,783

 Foreign official                                5,166        -92      5,165

 Other                                          77,806    -12,554     79,989

Other liabilities and capital (8)               49,053        231     48,407

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,156,775    -16,189  2,167,681

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,339,907       3652  2,329,834

                                    Daily average:

                                      Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                         Nov 22     Nov 15     Nov 22     Nov 15

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts   3,372,270      3,162  3,384,366     18,939

   Total includes:

                      U.S. Treasury   3,042,804      2,358  3,049,514     11,994

                     Federal Agency     261,994       -261    263,345      2,106

              Other Securities (14)      67,472       1065     71,507      4,839

         Securities Lent To Dealers      20,956       -241     21,806     -1,398

             Overnight Facility (9)      20,956       -241     21,806     -1,398

           U.S. Treasury Seucrities      20,956       -241     21,806     -1,398

             Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Nov 22     Nov 15     Nov 15

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,778,683      2,829  1,775,854

 Commitments to buy MBS                         17,136     -4,126     21,262

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0        -10         10

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,710          0      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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