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

Release for week ended: December 13, 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 13      Dec 6      Dec 13

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,400,762      4,210  4,413,202

 Securities held outright                    4,227,640      1,673  4,238,883

  US Treasury (1)                            2,454,262       -219  2,454,256

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,324,404       -200  2,324,404

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             110,134          0    110,134

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,724        -19     19,717

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,768,986      1,891  1,780,237

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          159,789       -197    160,036

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,198         32    -14,187

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        44          2         35

  Primary credit                                     8          3          4

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   36         -1         31

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,711          0      1,712

 Float                                            -260        131       -253

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   42          7         42

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   25,994       2563     26,934

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,075       -207     21,082

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,315         14     49,315

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,487,393      4,017  4,499,840

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,602,440      2,892  1,604,008

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    322,411     22,596    372,129

 Foreign official, intl accounts               225,032     -3,803    228,737

 Others                                         97,378     26,398    143,392

Treasury cash holdings                             200         -1        206

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          161,383    -49,044    151,689

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                 76,208    -51,378     64,734

 Foreign official                                5,241         73      5,252

 Other                                          79,933      2,260     81,703

Other liabilities and capital (8)               48,397        102     49,047

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,134,831    -23,455  2,177,079

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,352,562     27,472  2,322,762

                                      Daily average:

                                        Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                           Dec 13      Dec 6     Dec 13      Dec 6

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts     3,384,653     -5,504  3,381,935    -10,781

   Total includes:

                        U.S. Treasury   3,042,073     -5,810  3,038,987    -11,264

                       Federal Agency     264,152       -163    264,426        114

                Other Securities (14)      78,429        470     78,523        370

           Securities Lent To Dealers      20,863      1,020     23,154        -17

               Overnight Facility (9)      20,863      1,020     23,154        -17

             U.S. Treasury Seucrities      20,863      1,020     23,154        -17

               Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Dec 13      Dec 6      Dec 6

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,780,237     13,141  1,767,096

 Commitments to buy MBS                         19,481     -8,890     28,371

 Commitments to sell MBS                            83        -85        168

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,712          1      1,711

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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