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

Release for week ended: August 15, 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 15      Aug 8      Aug 15

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,217,017       -638  4,189,779

 Securities held outright                    4,048,286       -575  4,034,988

  US Treasury (1)                            2,335,158     -1,749  2,324,391

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,198,791     -1,798  2,188,006

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             114,592          0    114,592

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,775         49     21,793

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,710,719      1,174  1,708,187

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          147,646       -205    147,461

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,796         19    -13,844

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       242         14        246

  Primary credit                                     6          3          7

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  236         12        240

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,719          2      1,719

 Float                                            -160         35       -147

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                  106          6        106

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   32,973         65     19,250

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,860       -182     20,788

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,701         14     49,701

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,303,819       -806  4,276,509

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,670,987      1,582  1,673,616

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    242,520      5,703    249,536

 Foreign official, intl accounts               240,872      5,901    249,221

 Others                                          1,648       -199        315

Treasury cash holdings                             219          4        219

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          422,163     19,706    389,611

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                342,799     16,328    318,117

 Foreign official                                5,258          0      5,257

 Other                                          74,107      3,379     66,237

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,382      1,041     44,783

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,381,272     28,036  2,357,765

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,922,547    -28,842  1,918,744

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Aug 15      Aug 8     Aug 15      Aug 8

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,432,313     -9,903  3,424,516    -13,022

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,059,736     -8,868  3,053,169    -11,594

                            Federal Agency     300,593        213    300,417         82

                     Other Securities (14)      71,984     -1,248     70,930     -1,509

                Securities Lent To Dealers      15,450     -3,158     16,938       -873

                    Overnight Facility (9)      15,450     -3,158     16,938       -873

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      15,450     -3,158     16,938       -873

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Aug 15      Aug 8      Aug 8

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,708,187     -1,358  1,709,545

 Commitments to buy MBS                          7,619     -3,195     10,814

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,719          0      1,719

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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