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

Release for week ended: November 23, 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                           Nov 23     Nov 15      Nov 23

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,070,057    -34,892  4,067,341

 Securities held outright                    3,920,173    -22,157  3,917,324

  US Treasury (1)                            2,253,067     -17342  2,253,085

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,115,384     -17378  2,115,384

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   22,104         36     22,122

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,664,697     -4,815  1,661,830

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          142,429       -425    142,177

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,553        -64    -13,538

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           9          9          0

 Other loans to institutions                        91         -4         71

  Primary credit                                     5        -15         15

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   86         11         55

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)           7          0          7

 Float                                            -149         22       -178

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   58         11         58

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   20,991     -12285     21,421

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,681        138     20,665

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,871         14     49,871

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,156,850    -34,740  4,154,119

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,702,919       1853  1,706,046

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    244,499     19,447    250,869

 Foreign official, intl accounts               229,642      5,232    234,664

 Others                                         14,856     14,214     16,205

Treasury cash holdings                             218        -11        208

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          406,024    -12,912    394,093

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                330,202    -10,892    317,331

 Foreign official                                5,257         -1      5,257

 Other                                          70,565     -2,019     71,505

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,462        536     45,401

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,399,121      8,914  2,396,617

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,757,729    -43,654  1,757,502

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Nov 23     Nov 15     Nov 23     Nov 15

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,405,119    -15,020  3,399,944    -20,718

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,031,347    -15,644  3,027,259    -18,556

                            Federal Agency     307,737       1100    306,819     -1,385

                     Other Securities (14)      66,036       -475     65,866       -777

                Securities Lent To Dealers      15,674       -254     16,552        284

                    Overnight Facility (9)      15,674       -254     16,552        284

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      15,674       -254     16,552        284

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Nov 23     Nov 15     Nov 15

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,661,830     -8,995  1,670,825

 Commitments to buy MBS                            175       -998      1,173

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

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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