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

Release for week ended: September 27, 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 26     Sep 19      Sep 26

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,161,375    -11,860  4,153,289

 Securities held outright                    4,004,300     -9,835  3,997,380

  US Treasury (1)                            2,313,207          2  2,313,208

   Bills (2)                                       100          0        100

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,175,602          0  2,175,602

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             115,579          0    115,579

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,927          2     21,928

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,688,684     -9,836  1,681,763

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          145,265       -621    144,968

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,700         32    -13,688

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       347         43        359

  Primary credit                                    56         16         64

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                  292         28        295

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)           7      -1223          7

 Float                                            -170         -9       -399

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   90        -10         90

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   25,236       -236     24,572

 Foreign currency denominated assets            21,086         42     21,077

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,785         14     49,785

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,248,487    -11,804  4,240,392

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,684,591       -589  1,686,023

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    235,244      3,964    229,759

 Foreign official, intl accounts               222,577     -5,063    224,134

 Others                                         12,667      9,027      5,625

Treasury cash holdings                             212          4        214

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          450,804     31,753    441,804

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                370,031     34,153    367,243

 Foreign official                                5,256          0      5,255

 Other                                          75,517     -2,400     69,306

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,137        462     44,717

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,415,987     35,592  2,402,518

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,832,500    -47,396  1,837,874

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Sep 26     Sep 19     Sep 26     Sep 19

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,438,549     12,473  3,436,081      2,349

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,063,876     12,303  3,062,390      4,221

                            Federal Agency     305,742        302    305,625       -521

                     Other Securities (14)      68,930       -132     68,066     -1,352

                Securities Lent To Dealers      18,866      3,022     17,672      2,460

                    Overnight Facility (9)      18,866      3,022     17,672      2,460

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      18,866      3,022     17,672      2,460

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Sep 26     Sep 19     Sep 19

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,681,763    -13,460  1,695,223

 Commitments to buy MBS                          4,350       -710      5,060

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0         -5          5

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings                   7          0          7

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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