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

Release for week ended: May 16, 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 16      May 9      May 16

Reserve Bank credit:                     4,314,388     -3,149  4,297,980

 Securities held outright                4,143,592     -1,274  4,136,872

  US Treasury (1)                        2,393,105      -2398  2,386,966

   Bills (2)                                     0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)          2,259,606      -2466  2,253,442

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)         112,949          0    112,949

   Inflation compensation (3)               20,550         68     20,575

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

 Mortgage-based securities               1,746,096      1,124  1,745,514

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec      152,388       -228    152,249

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec     -13,910          7    -13,953

 Repurchase agreements (4)                      18          9         65

 Other loans to institutions                    86          8         73

  Primary credit                                23          5          9

  Secondary credit                               0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                               63          3         64

  Other credit extensions                        0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)   1,715          0      1,712

 Float                                        -192        -23       -189

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)               80          0         80

 Other Federal Reserve assets               30,610     -1,649     21,070

 Foreign currency denominated assets        21,505        -42     21,323

Gold stock                                  11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)           49,650         14     49,650

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                           4,401,784     -3,177  4,385,194

Currency in circulation (6)              1,650,743      3,965  1,653,732

Reverse repo agreements (7)                248,899     -4,604    256,904

 Foreign official, intl accounts           245,616     -3,333    254,359

 Others                                      3,283     -1,271      2,545

Treasury cash holdings                         271         -9        262

Deposits with Fed other than reserves      420,241    -12,661    407,149

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions              0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account            337,258    -16,483    327,748

 Foreign official                            5,255          0      5,255

 Other                                      77,728      3,822     74,145

Other liabilities and capital (8)           45,360       -387     44,486

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds       2,365,514    -13,697  2,362,533

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)              2,036,270     10,520  2,022,661

                                         Daily average:

                                         Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                            May 16      May 9     May 16    May 9

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts      3,387,225     -9,382  3,382,042   -3,890

   Total includes:

                           U.S. Treasury 3,035,153     -9,039  3,030,605   -2,832

                          Federal Agency   275,520        -80    275,174     -462

                   Other Securities (14)    76,553       -262     76,263     -596

              Securities Lent To Dealers    20,622      1,749     19,222   -1,342

                  Overnight Facility (9)    20,622      1,749     19,222   -1,342

                U.S. Treasury Seucrities    20,622      1,749     19,222   -1,342

                  Agency Debt Securities         0          0          0        0

                                        Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                            May 16      May 9      May 9

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright 1,745,514        542  1,744,972

 Commitments to buy MBS                      9,272     -4,529     13,801

 Commitments to sell MBS                       173        153         20

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings           1,712         -3      1,715

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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