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

Release for week ended: December 20, 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 20     Dec 13      Dec 20

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,048,105       -478  4,045,163

 Securities held outright                    3,894,463     -2,001  3,891,757

  US Treasury (1)                            2,240,641         55  2,240,661

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,101,796          0  2,101,796

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             116,545          0    116,545

   Inflation compensation (3)                   22,300         55     22,321

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,651,413     -2,057  1,648,687

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          141,051       -298    140,884

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,491         29    -13,479

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        74          2         95

  Primary credit                                     9        -12         18

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   65         14         77

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)           2         -5          0

 Float                                            -157         38       -180

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   70        -50         70

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   26,092       1807     26,016

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,606        -47     20,761

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,845         14     49,845

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,134,797       -511  4,132,011

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,705,804        737  1,709,041

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    245,796      8,476    252,619

 Foreign official, intl accounts               243,800      9,695    246,637

 Others                                          1,996     -1,219      5,982

Treasury cash holdings                             202          0        205

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          438,200     26,114    475,635

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                350,714     15,747    396,293

 Foreign official                                5,243        -11      5,244

 Other                                          82,243     10,379     74,098

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,657        562     45,346

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,435,659     35,890  2,482,847

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,699,138    -36,401  1,649,163

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Dec 20     Dec 13     Dec 20     Dec 13

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,403,169     18,665  3,404,499     12,640

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,027,792     18,593  3,028,654     12,120

                            Federal Agency     308,710        298    309,340        942

                     Other Securities (14)      66,667       -226     66,505       -422

                Securities Lent To Dealers      22,898      2,047     22,710      1,219

                    Overnight Facility (9)      22,898      2,047     22,710      1,219

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      22,898      2,047     22,710      1,219

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Dec 20     Dec 13     Dec 13

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,648,687     -4,783  1,653,470

 Commitments to buy MBS                            254       -102        356

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0       -133        133

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings                   0         -7          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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