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

Release for week ended: April 25, 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 25     Apr 18      Apr 25

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,343,468     -5,071  4,332,805

 Securities held outright                    4,171,756     -4,757  4,162,576

  US Treasury (1)                            2,413,167         70  2,413,218

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,281,995         63  2,281,995

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             110,907       -122    110,907

   Inflation compensation (3)                   20,265        129     20,316

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,754,198     -4,827  1,744,967

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          153,453       -510    153,073

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,962         30    -13,950

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        63         28         87

  Primary credit                                    24         19         34

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   39          9         53

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,711          2      1,714

 Float                                            -171          4       -136

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   82          0         82

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   30,535        131     29,359

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,998       -156     21,819

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,608         14     49,608

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,431,314     -5,214  4,420,473

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,641,794       1315  1,643,335

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    246,134      5,600    238,414

 Foreign official, intl accounts               235,576        170    234,844

 Others                                         10,558       5430      3,570

Treasury cash holdings                             297        -10        290

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          445,040     76,737    482,773

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                359,599     84,353    403,067

 Foreign official                                5,254          0      5,254

 Other                                          80,188     -7,615     74,452

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,459        -56     44,714

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,378,724     83,586  2,409,526

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  2,052,590    -88,800  2,010,948

                                    Daily average:

                                      Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                         Apr 25     Apr 18     Apr 25     Apr 18

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts   3,411,778    -25,265  3,413,842       -531

   Total includes:

                      U.S. Treasury   3,058,704    -24,465  3,061,976      1,115

                     Federal Agency     274,194        -58    273,588       -386

              Other Securities (14)      78,880       -742     78,278     -1,260

         Securities Lent To Dealers      16,928       -482     17,227      4,952

             Overnight Facility (9)      16,928       -482     17,227      4,952

           U.S. Treasury Seucrities      16,928       -482     17,227      4,952

             Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Apr 25     Apr 18     Apr 18

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,744,967    -11,323  1,756,290

 Commitments to buy MBS                          9,263     -1,502     10,765

 Commitments to sell MBS                            20       -125        145

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,714          4      1,710

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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