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

Release for week ended: December 13, 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 13      Dec 6      Dec 13

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,048,583        816  4,049,260

 Securities held outright                    3,896,464     -1,741  3,896,485

  US Treasury (1)                            2,240,586      -1740  2,240,606

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,101,796      -1941  2,101,796

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             116,545        138    116,545

   Inflation compensation (3)                   22,245         62     22,266

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,653,470          0  1,653,470

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          141,349       -245    141,265

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,520         25    -13,510

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0        -19          0

 Other loans to institutions                        72         17         69

  Primary credit                                    21         16          9

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   51          1         60

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -195        292       -405

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                  120        -74        120

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   24,285       2561     25,229

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,653         27     20,612

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,863         14     49,863

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,135,340        857  4,135,976

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,705,098        545  1,705,801

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    237,320      4,800    235,444

 Foreign official, intl accounts               234,105      4,136    234,983

 Others                                          3,215        664        461

Treasury cash holdings                             202         -1        201

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          412,086     -2,151    398,381

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                334,967     -2,597    322,663

 Foreign official                                5,254        -17      5,243

 Other                                          71,864        462     70,475

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,095        266     44,737

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,399,801      3,459  2,384,564

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,735,539     -2,602  1,751,413

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Dec 13      Dec 6     Dec 13      Dec 6

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,384,504    -19,408  3,391,859    -15,660

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,009,199    -19,723  3,016,534    -15,653

                            Federal Agency     308,412         69    308,398       -100

                     Other Securities (14)      66,893        247     66,927         93

                Securities Lent To Dealers      20,851      1,862     21,491       -364

                    Overnight Facility (9)      20,851      1,862     21,491       -364

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      20,851      1,862     21,491       -364

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Dec 13      Dec 6      Dec 6

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,653,470          0  1,653,470

 Commitments to buy MBS                            356         64        292

 Commitments to sell MBS                           133         -2        135

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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