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

Release for week ended: December 6, 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                            Dec 6     Nov 28       Dec 6

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,047,767    -16,059  4,046,978

 Securities held outright                    3,898,205    -15,555  3,896,430

  US Treasury (1)                            2,242,326     -10777  2,240,551

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,103,737     -11647  2,101,796

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             116,407        828    116,545

   Inflation compensation (3)                   22,183         42     22,210

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,653,470     -4,777  1,653,470

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          141,594       -357    141,473

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,545        -22    -13,539

 Repurchase agreements (4)                          19         19         66

 Other loans to institutions                        55        -21         57

  Primary credit                                     5         -5         10

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   50        -16         46

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -487       -307       -446

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                  194        127        194

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   21,724         54     22,736

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,626         47     20,611

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,849         14     49,849

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,134,483    -15,998  4,133,678

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,704,553      -1608  1,706,179

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    232,520     -6,668    235,657

 Foreign official, intl accounts               229,969       -914    232,522

 Others                                          2,551     -5,754      3,135

Treasury cash holdings                             203         -4        202

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          414,237     -7,323    409,997

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                337,564     -3,032    328,613

 Foreign official                                5,271         12      5,357

 Other                                          71,402     -4,303     76,027

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,829        123     45,338

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,396,342    -15,480  2,397,373

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,738,141       -518  1,736,305

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                 Dec 6     Nov 28      Dec 6     Nov 28

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,403,912      2,107  3,407,519      7,559

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,028,922         -9  3,032,187      5,962

                            Federal Agency     308,343       1499    308,498      1,192

                     Other Securities (14)      66,646        617     66,834        405

                Securities Lent To Dealers      18,989      2,704     21,855      5,918

                    Overnight Facility (9)      18,989      2,704     21,855      5,918

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      18,989      2,704     21,855      5,918

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Dec 6     Nov 28     Nov 28

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,653,470          2  1,653,468

 Commitments to buy MBS                            292         80        212

 Commitments to sell MBS                           135         68         67

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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