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

Release for week ended: May 2, 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                            May 2     Apr 25       May 2

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,325,731    -17,737  4,316,168

 Securities held outright                    4,155,002    -16,754  4,144,823

  US Treasury (1)                            2,405,640      -7527  2,395,460

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,273,456      -8539  2,262,072

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             111,782        875    112,949

   Inflation compensation (3)                   20,401        136     20,439

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,744,972     -9,226  1,744,972

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          152,873       -580    152,775

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,920         42    -13,936

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       125         62        221

  Primary credit                                    68         44        160

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   57         18         61

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,714          3      1,714

 Float                                            -633       -462       -250

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                  117         35        117

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   30,453        -82     30,704

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,705       -293     21,574

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,622         14     49,622

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,413,300    -18,014  4,403,606

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,643,659      1,865  1,646,124

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    248,184      2,050    256,172

 Foreign official, intl accounts               242,937      7,361    249,652

 Others                                          5,246     -5,312      6,520

Treasury cash holdings                             289         -8        282

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          482,132     37,092    464,660

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                399,984     40,385    384,961

 Foreign official                                5,254          0      5,254

 Other                                          76,894     -3,294     74,445

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,453     -1,006     44,545

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,418,716     39,992  2,411,783

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,994,584    -58,006  1,991,823

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                 May 2     Apr 25      May 2     Apr 25

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,407,543     -4,235  3,400,597    -13,245

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,055,022     -3,682  3,048,217    -13,759

                            Federal Agency     275,165        971    275,585      1,997

                     Other Securities (14)      77,355     -1,525     76,796     -1,482

                Securities Lent To Dealers      19,964      3,036     23,071      5,844

                    Overnight Facility (9)      19,964      3,036     23,071      5,844

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      19,964      3,036     23,071      5,844

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 May 2     Apr 25     Apr 25

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,744,972          5  1,744,967

 Commitments to buy MBS                         11,342      2,079      9,263

 Commitments to sell MBS                            20          0         20

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,714          0      1,714

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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