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

Release for week ended: February 21, 2018

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                           Feb 21     Feb 14      Feb 21

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,369,153    -15,920  4,371,074

 Securities held outright                    4,203,713       -789  4,205,755

  US Treasury (1)                            2,432,071     -4,109  2,432,066

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,303,503     -4,088  2,303,503

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             109,413          0    109,413

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,155        -20     19,149

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,767,250      3,319  1,769,298

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          156,705       -291    156,605

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,114        -69    -14,105

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        23          5         33

  Primary credit                                     7          4         18

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   16          1         15

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,715          0      1,710

 Float                                            -139         17       -179

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   67          5         67

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   21,184    -14,797     21,187

 Foreign currency denominated assets            22,309        290     22,106

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,479         14     49,479

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,457,182    -15,617  4,458,900

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,619,357      5,691  1,621,652

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    258,502     -7,651    280,170

 Foreign official, intl accounts               234,359      4,671    234,999

 Others                                         24,144    -12,322     45,171

Treasury cash holdings                             281          7        293

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          308,082     17,310    294,575

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                214,677     16,996    208,817

 Foreign official                                5,254         -2      5,255

 Other                                          88,151        316     80,502

Other liabilities and capital (8)               47,580       -425     46,870

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,233,802     14,932  2,243,561

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,223,380    -30,549  2,215,339

                                    Daily average:

                                      Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                         Feb 21     Feb 14     Feb 21     Feb 14

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts   3,412,451     13,785  3,415,692     13,709

   Total includes:

                      U.S. Treasury   3,069,702     12,754  3,072,404     12,340

                     Federal Agency     262,106       -417    262,647        -17

              Other Securities (14)      80,643      1,448     80,641      1,387

         Securities Lent To Dealers      26,890     -1,565     26,512     -1,665

             Overnight Facility (9)      26,890     -1,565     26,512     -1,665

           U.S. Treasury Seucrities      26,890     -1,565     26,512     -1,661

             Agency Debt Securities           0         -1          0         -4

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Feb 21     Feb 14     Feb 14

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,769,298     -2,629  1,771,927

 Commitments to buy MBS                         10,746     -5,324     16,070

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,710         -5      1,715

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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