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

Release for week ended: November 28, 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 28     Nov 23      Nov 28

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,063,826     -6,231  4,058,291

 Securities held outright                    3,913,760     -6,413  3,908,994

  US Treasury (1)                            2,253,103         36  2,253,117

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,115,384          0  2,115,384

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   22,141         37     22,154

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,658,247     -6,450  1,653,468

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          141,951       -478    141,721

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,523         30    -13,512

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0         -9          0

 Other loans to institutions                        76        -15         84

  Primary credit                                    10          5          4

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   66        -20         81

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -180        -31       -385

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   67          9         68

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   21,670        679     21,314

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,579       -102     20,483

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,885         14     49,885

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,150,531     -6,319  4,144,901

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,706,212       3293  1,706,501

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    239,188     -5,311    227,315

 Foreign official, intl accounts               230,883      1,241    225,756

 Others                                          8,305     -6,551      1,559

Treasury cash holdings                             207        -11        203

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          421,560     15,536    408,352

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                340,596     10,394    332,336

 Foreign official                                5,259          2      5,257

 Other                                          75,705      5,140     70,759

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,706       -756     43,848

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,411,872     12,751  2,386,219

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,738,659    -19,070  1,758,681

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Nov 28     Nov 23     Nov 28     Nov 23

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,401,805     -3,314  3,399,960         16

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,028,931     -2,416  3,026,225     -1,034

                            Federal Agency     306,844       -893    307,306        487

                     Other Securities (14)      66,029         -7     66,429        563

                Securities Lent To Dealers      16,285        611     15,937       -615

                    Overnight Facility (9)      16,285        611     15,937       -615

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      16,285        611     15,937       -615

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Nov 28     Nov 23     Nov 23

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,653,468     -8,362  1,661,830

 Commitments to buy MBS                            212         37        175

 Commitments to sell MBS                            67         67          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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