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

Release for week ended: March 7, 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                            Mar 7     Feb 28       Mar 7

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,354,327    -11,766  4,355,053

 Securities held outright                    4,188,725    -11,989  4,188,784

  US Treasury (1)                            2,424,343     -6,672  2,424,402

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,293,885     -8,244  2,293,885

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             111,220       1477    111,220

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,238         95     19,297

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,759,991     -5,317  1,759,991

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          155,878       -431    155,799

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,111        -18    -14,100

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        13        -10         11

  Primary credit                                     3         -5          3

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   10         -4          8

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,708         -2      1,708

 Float                                            -285         86       -485

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   65         -7         65

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   22,333        602     23,273

 Foreign currency denominated assets            22,269        133     22,334

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,507         14     49,507

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,442,345    -11,619  4,443,136

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,629,524      6,347  1,633,084

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    237,439    -17,895    233,466

 Foreign official, intl accounts               222,869     -9,959    219,171

 Others                                         14,570     -7,936     14,295

Treasury cash holdings                             306         11        316

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          277,785    -19,364    269,959

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                195,071     -7,549    187,515

 Foreign official                                5,255          1      5,254

 Other                                          77,459    -11,816     77,190

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,276        214     44,959

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,190,329    -30,688  2,181,784

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,252,016     19,069  2,261,352

                                      Daily average:

                                        Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                            Mar 7     Feb 28      Mar 7     Feb 28

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts     3,440,379     22,047  3,445,725     22,706

   Total includes:

                        U.S. Treasury   3,095,637     21,232  3,101,474     22,970

                       Federal Agency     264,195        723    263,595       -696

                Other Securities (14)      80,548         93     80,657        434

           Securities Lent To Dealers      26,608        123     25,136       -789

               Overnight Facility (9)      26,608        123     25,136       -789

             U.S. Treasury Seucrities      26,608        123     25,136       -789

               Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Mar 7     Feb 28     Feb 28

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,759,991         19  1,759,972

 Commitments to buy MBS                         17,069      3,355     13,714

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,708          0      1,708

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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