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

Release for week ended: November 29, 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 29     Nov 22      Nov 29

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,405,898     -4,096  4,397,722

 Securities held outright                    4,235,014     -4,476  4,228,444

  US Treasury (1)                            2,456,900        155  2,456,959

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,327,698          0  2,327,698

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,666        156     19,724

  Federal agency (2)                             4,391       -338      4,391

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,773,723     -4,293  1,767,095

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          160,463       -421    160,163

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,236         29    -14,225

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0         -9          0

 Other loans to institutions                        50        -17         67

  Primary credit                                     6        -11         24

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   44         -6         43

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,710          0      1,709

 Float                                            -447       -125      -1446

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   35          0         35

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   23,309        923     22,975

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,356        182     21,296

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,287         14     49,287

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,492,782     -3,900  4,484,546

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,599,215      4,670  1,599,963

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    278,286     11,865    294,644

 Foreign official, intl accounts               231,096      2,725    227,625

 Others                                         47,190      9,139     67,019

Treasury cash holdings                             203         -2        202

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          271,785     25,233    271,340

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                172,282      8,703    178,685

 Foreign official                                5,166          0      5,167

 Other                                          94,336     16,530     87,488

Other liabilities and capital (8)               48,398       -655     47,226

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,197,886     41,111  2,213,375

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,294,895     -45012  2,271,171

                                      Daily average:

                                        Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                           Nov 29     Nov 22     Nov 29     Nov 22

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts     3,387,303     15,033  3,387,254      2,888

   Total includes:

                        U.S. Treasury   3,047,684      4,880  3,045,662     -3,852

                       Federal Agency     263,788       1794    263,784        439

                Other Securities (14)      75,831       8359     77,807      6,300

           Securities Lent To Dealers      21,163        207     17,827     -3,979

               Overnight Facility (9)      21,163        207     17,827     -3,979

             U.S. Treasury Seucrities      21,163        207     17,827     -3,979

               Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Nov 29     Nov 22     Nov 22

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,767,095    -11,588  1,778,683

 Commitments to buy MBS                         20,542      3,406     17,136

 Commitments to sell MBS                           168        168          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,709         -1      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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