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

Release for week ended: December 20, 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 20     Dec 13      Dec 20

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,408,292      7,530  4,407,899

 Securities held outright                    4,234,009      6,369  4,234,079

  US Treasury (1)                            2,454,244        -18  2,454,237

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,324,404          0  2,324,404

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,706        -18     19,699

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,775,374      6,388  1,775,451

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          159,695        -94    159,519

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,166         32    -14,153

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       110         66        112

  Primary credit                                    77         69         77

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   33         -3         35

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -215         45       -159

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   57         15         57

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   27,089       1095     26,732

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,160         85     21,206

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,329         14     49,329

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,495,021      7,628  4,494,674

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,603,997      1,557  1,607,915

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    328,627      6,216    349,802

 Foreign official, intl accounts               227,801      2,769    222,220

 Others                                        100,826      3,448    127,582

Treasury cash holdings                             204          4        191

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          244,274     82,891    251,378

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                155,612     79,404    170,817

 Foreign official                                5,297         56      5,253

 Other                                          83,365      3,432     75,308

Other liabilities and capital (8)               48,756        359     48,248

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,225,858     91,027  2,257,534

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,269,164    -83,398  2,237,141

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Dec 20     Dec 13     Dec 20     Dec 13

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,372,657    -11,996  3,365,606    -16,329

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,030,979    -11,094  3,024,798    -14,189

                            Federal Agency     263,606       -546    262,740     -1,686

                     Other Securities (14)      78,072       -357     78,068       -455

                Securities Lent To Dealers      21,635        772     24,410      1,256

                    Overnight Facility (9)      21,635        772     24,410      1,256

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      21,635        772     24,410      1,256

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Dec 20     Dec 13     Dec 13

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,775,451     -4,786  1,780,237

 Commitments to buy MBS                         17,147     -2,334     19,481

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0        -83         83

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,712          0      1,712

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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