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

Release for week ended: March 28, 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 28     Mar 21      Mar 28

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,357,353     -4,181  4,351,268

 Securities held outright                    4,188,614     -4,445  4,183,642

  US Treasury (1)                            2,424,824        160  2,424,883

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,293,885          0  2,293,885

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             111,220          0    111,220

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,719        160     19,778

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,759,398     -4,607  1,754,368

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          154,811       -503    154,546

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,023         40    -13,995

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        19          3         16

  Primary credit                                     5          0          2

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   14          3         14

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,708          0      1,709

 Float                                            -208        -55       -530

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   79          2         79

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   26,354        778     25,802

 Foreign currency denominated assets            22,362        161     22,255

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,549         14     49,549

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,445,505     -4,007  4,439,313

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,635,299      1,097  1,636,934

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    240,288     -1,458    255,440

 Foreign official, intl accounts               229,377     -1,663    237,542

 Others                                         10,912        206     17,898

Treasury cash holdings                             317          1        319

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          410,621      6,436    382,337

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                318,858      2,404    300,355

 Foreign official                                5,309         55      5,254

 Other                                          86,454      3,977     76,728

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,658        182     45,278

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,332,184      6,259  2,320,308

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,113,321    -10,266  2,119,005

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Mar 28     Mar 21     Mar 28     Mar 21

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,444,223      4,188  3,443,854       -783

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,090,936     -6,531  3,090,437     -1,661

                            Federal Agency     272,606      9,470    273,164         60

                     Other Securities (14)      80,681       1249     80,253        818

                Securities Lent To Dealers      24,458       1758     24,538     -1,402

                    Overnight Facility (9)      24,458       1758     24,538     -1,402

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      24,458       1758     24,538     -1,402

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Mar 28     Mar 21     Mar 21

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,754,368     -8,803  1,763,171

 Commitments to buy MBS                         12,031      2,941      9,090

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,709          1      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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