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

Release for week ended: April 18, 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 18     Apr 11      Apr 18

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,348,539      6,362  4,345,288

 Securities held outright                    4,176,513      4,729  4,173,760

  US Treasury (1)                            2,413,097         72  2,413,079

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,281,932         47  2,281,995

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             111,029       -105    110,907

   Inflation compensation (3)                   20,136        131     20,177

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,759,025      4,657  1,756,290

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          153,963       -174    153,776

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,992         28    -13,981

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        35          5         43

  Primary credit                                     5          4         10

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   30          1         33

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,709          1      1,710

 Float                                            -175         20       -288

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   82          3         82

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   30,404      1,751     30,185

 Foreign currency denominated assets            22,154         25     22,205

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,594         14     49,594

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,436,528      6,400  4,433,328

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,640,479        479  1,642,295

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    240,534     -7,447    247,748

 Foreign official, intl accounts               235,406     -8,324    233,727

 Others                                          5,128        878     14,021

Treasury cash holdings                             307        -12        298

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          368,303     -7,931    431,175

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                275,246    -18,837    350,943

 Foreign official                                5,254          0      5,253

 Other                                          87,803     10,906     74,979

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,515       -115     44,652

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,295,138    -15,024  2,366,169

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,141,390     21,425  2,067,159

                                     Daily average:

                                       Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                          Apr 18     Apr 11     Apr 18     Apr 11

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts    3,437,043    -13,174  3,414,373    -37,935

   Total includes:

                       U.S. Treasury   3,083,169    -13,598  3,060,861    -38,143

                      Federal Agency     274,252        331    273,974         53

               Other Securities (14)      79,622         93     79,538        154

          Securities Lent To Dealers      17,410     -3,064     12,275     -6,055

              Overnight Facility (9)      17,410     -3,064     12,275     -6,055

            U.S. Treasury Seucrities      17,410     -3,064     12,275     -6,055

              Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Apr 18     Apr 11     Apr 11

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,756,290      1,921  1,754,369

 Commitments to buy MBS                         10,765     -6,054     16,819

 Commitments to sell MBS                           145        -13        158

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,710          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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