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

Release for week ended: April 4, 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                            Apr 4     Mar 28       Apr 4

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,351,813     -5,540  4,345,426

 Securities held outright                    4,178,587    -10,027  4,171,790

  US Treasury (1)                            2,419,828     -4,996  2,413,031

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,288,742     -5,143  2,281,885

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   19,866        147     19,926

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,754,368     -5,030  1,754,368

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          154,393       -418    154,279

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -14,010         13    -14,038

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        29         10         24

  Primary credit                                    10          5          2

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   19          5         23

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -532       -324       -378

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                 5011       4932       5011

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   26,626        272     27,029

 Foreign currency denominated assets            22,269        -93     22,166

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,566         14     49,566

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,439,889     -5,619  4,433,399

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,637,768      2,466  1,640,597

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    270,063     29,775    265,257

 Foreign official, intl accounts               248,976     19,599    260,687

 Others                                         21,087     10,175      4,570

Treasury cash holdings                             319          2        320

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          393,054    -17,567    384,291

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                303,916    -14,942    300,604

 Foreign official                                5,255        -54      5,254

 Other                                          83,883     -2,571     78,434

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,639     -1,019     44,202

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,345,844     13,657  2,334,668

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,094,045    -19,276  2,098,731

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                 Apr 4     Mar 28      Apr 4     Mar 28

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,437,837     -6,386  3,441,253     -2,601

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,084,140     -6,796  3,088,031     -2,406

                            Federal Agency     274,105      1,499    273,923        759

                     Other Securities (14)      79,592      -1089     79,298       -955

                Securities Lent To Dealers      26,918       2460     24,874        336

                    Overnight Facility (9)      26,918       2460     24,874        336

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      26,918       2460     24,874        336

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Apr 4     Mar 28     Mar 28

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,754,368          0  1,754,368

 Commitments to buy MBS                         14,422      2,391     12,031

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,708         -1      1,709

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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