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

Release for week ended: August 8, 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                            Aug 8      Aug 1       Aug 8

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,217,655    -14,796  4,218,548

 Securities held outright                    4,048,861    -16,452  4,048,879

  US Treasury (1)                            2,336,907    -16,455  2,336,925

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,200,589    -17,028  2,200,589

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             114,592        504    114,592

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,726         69     21,744

  Federal agency (2)                             2,409          0      2,409

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,709,545          3  1,709,545

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          147,851       -246    147,790

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,815         19    -13,804

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       228         -4        255

  Primary credit                                     3         -5          3

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  224          0        251

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,717          1      1,719

 Float                                            -195        252       -215

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                  100          0        100

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   32,908      1,634     33,825

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,042        -77     21,052

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,712         14     49,712

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,304,650    -14,859  4,305,553

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,669,431      1,632  1,671,632

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    236,817     -3,159    237,390

 Foreign official, intl accounts               234,971     -2,459    235,731

 Others                                          1,847       -698      1,659

Treasury cash holdings                             215          8        219

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          402,457    -26,450    386,101

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                326,471    -25,052    311,690

 Foreign official                                5,258          1      5,257

 Other                                          70,728     -1,399     69,154

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,341       -731     44,108

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,353,261    -28,700  2,339,450

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,951,389     13,841  1,966,103

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                 Aug 8      Aug 1      Aug 8      Aug 1

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,442,216      8,007  3,437,538      3,208

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,068,604      6,526  3,064,763      4,630

                            Federal Agency     300,380      1,616    300,335        -88

                     Other Securities (14)      73,232       -135     72,439     -1,335

                Securities Lent To Dealers      18,608        829     17,811       -588

                    Overnight Facility (9)      18,608        829     17,811       -588

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      18,608        829     17,811       -588

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Aug 8      Aug 1      Aug 1

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,709,545          1  1,709,544

 Commitments to buy MBS                         10,814      1,734      9,080

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,719          3      1,716

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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