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 22     Aug 15      Aug 22

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,189,859    -27,158  4,189,432

 Securities held outright                    4,034,202    -14,084  4,033,680

  US Treasury (1)                            2,324,508    -10,650  2,324,540

   Bills (2)                                        86         86        100

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,188,006    -10,785  2,188,006

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,824         49     21,842

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,707,285     -3,434  1,706,731

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          147,228       -418    147,068

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,826        -30    -13,815

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       285         43        285

  Primary credit                                    36         30         10

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  248         12        274

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)       1,719          0      1,720

 Float                                            -167         -7       -224

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   68        -38         68

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   20,350    -12,623     20,651

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,927         67     21,080

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,715         14     49,715

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,276,742    -27,077  4,276,468

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,673,728      2,741  1,675,101

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    249,010      6,490    244,204

 Foreign official, intl accounts               246,607      5,735    243,078

 Others                                          2,403        755      1,126

Treasury cash holdings                             219          0        217

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          426,013      3,850    409,586

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                348,393      5,594    334,992

 Foreign official                                5,274         16      5,256

 Other                                          72,346     -1,761     69,338

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,519       -863     44,574

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,393,488     12,216  2,373,682

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,883,254    -39,293  1,902,785

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Aug 22     Aug 15     Aug 22     Aug 15

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,429,843     -2,470  3,427,977      3,461

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,059,207       -529  3,058,309      5,140

                            Federal Agency     299,655       -938    298,707     -1,710

                     Other Securities (14)      70,982     -1,002     70,961         31

                Securities Lent To Dealers      14,211     -1,239     15,826     -1,112

                    Overnight Facility (9)      14,211     -1,239     15,826     -1,112

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      14,211     -1,239     15,826     -1,112

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Aug 22     Aug 15     Aug 15

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,706,731     -1,456  1,708,187

 Commitments to buy MBS                          4,945     -2,674      7,619

 Commitments to sell MBS                            15         15          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,720          1      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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