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

Release for week ended: December 6, 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                            Dec 6     Nov 29       Dec 6

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,396,552     -9,346  4,397,213

 Securities held outright                    4,225,967     -9,047  4,225,961

  US Treasury (1)                            2,454,481     -2,419  2,454,474

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,324,604     -3,094  2,324,604

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             110,134        597    110,134

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,743         77     19,736

  Federal agency (2)                             4,391          0      4,391

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,767,095     -6,628  1,767,096

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          159,986       -477    159,883

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,230          6    -14,219

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        42         -8         43

  Primary credit                                     5         -1          5

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   37         -7         37

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -391         56       -578

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   35          0         35

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   23,431        122     24,378

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,282        -74     21,174

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,301         14     49,301

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,483,376     -9,406  4,483,930

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,599,548        333  1,602,906

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    299,815     21,529    303,714

 Foreign official, intl accounts               228,835     -2,261    227,346

 Others                                         70,980     23,790     76,368

Treasury cash holdings                             201         -2        199

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          210,427    -61,358    203,711

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                127,586    -44,696    122,127

 Foreign official                                5,168          2      5,168

 Other                                          77,673    -16,663     76,416

Other liabilities and capital (8)               48,295       -103     48,105

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,158,286    -39,600  2,158,636

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,325,090      30195  2,325,293

                                      Daily average:

                                        Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                            Dec 6     Nov 29      Dec 6     Nov 29

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts     3,390,157      2,854  3,392,716      5,462

   Total includes:

                        U.S. Treasury   3,047,883        199  3,050,251      4,589

                       Federal Agency     264,315        527    264,312        528

                Other Securities (14)      77,959       2128     78,153        346

           Securities Lent To Dealers      19,843      -1320     23,171      5,344

               Overnight Facility (9)      19,843      -1320     23,171      5,344

             U.S. Treasury Seucrities      19,843      -1320     23,171      5,344

               Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Dec 6     Nov 29     Nov 29

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,767,096          1  1,767,095

 Commitments to buy MBS                         28,371      7,829     20,542

 Commitments to sell MBS                           168          0        168

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,711          2      1,709

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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