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                            Sep 5     Aug 30       Sep 5

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,169,309    -16,355  4,168,781

 Securities held outright                    4,014,244    -15,302  4,012,617

  US Treasury (1)                            2,314,829      -9742  2,313,202

   Bills (2)                                       100          0        100

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,177,374     -10632  2,175,602

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             115,438        846    115,579

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,917         44     21,921

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,697,006     -5,560  1,697,006

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          146,411       -373    146,268

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,790          6    -13,776

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       239        -54        261

  Primary credit                                    10        -14          1

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  229        -41        260

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -540       -324       -501

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   90         -2         90

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   20,936       -306     22,104

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,057        -28     21,034

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,743         14     49,743

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,256,350    -16,368  4,255,799

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,685,662      9,288  1,688,628

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    236,679     -5,559    229,652

 Foreign official, intl accounts               236,229     -3,200    229,642

 Others                                            450      -2359         10

Treasury cash holdings                             211         -5        208

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          394,921    -29,531    395,380

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0     -2,487          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                323,764    -18,779    324,437

 Foreign official                                5,256          0      5,256

 Other                                          65,901     -8,264     65,686

Other liabilities and capital (8)               43,866      -1649     44,030

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,361,340    -27,454  2,357,898

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,895,010     11,086  1,897,901

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                 Sep 5     Aug 30      Sep 5     Aug 30

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,428,848       -208  3,432,256     12,984

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,060,274        405  3,064,214     13,902

                            Federal Agency     298,558       -171    298,458       -200

                     Other Securities (14)      70,016       -442     69,584       -718

                Securities Lent To Dealers      17,288       -704     16,990     -2,641

                    Overnight Facility (9)      17,288       -704     16,990     -2,641

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      17,288       -704     16,990     -2,641

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Sep 5     Aug 30     Aug 30

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,697,006          0  1,697,006

 Commitments to buy MBS                          7,734      1,810      5,924

 Commitments to sell MBS                            15          0         15

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings               1,719          1      1,718

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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