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

Release for week ended: December 27, 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 27     Dec 20      Dec 27

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,043,982     -4,123  4,036,348

 Securities held outright                    3,886,608     -7,855  3,880,249

  US Treasury (1)                            2,240,698         57  2,240,717

   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)                   22,357         57     22,376

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,643,501     -7,912  1,637,123

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          140,525       -526    140,257

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,459         32    -13,448

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                       102         28         77

  Primary credit                                    38         29         12

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   64         -1         65

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -238        -81       -212

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                 4207       4137       4207

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   26,236        144     25,217

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,847        241     20,874

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,859         14     49,859

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,130,930      -3867  4,123,322

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,712,526       6722  1,716,129

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    251,943      6,147    244,820

 Foreign official, intl accounts               244,391        591    243,815

 Others                                          7,552      5,556      1,005

Treasury cash holdings                             206          4        214

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          460,092     21,892    456,788

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                374,085     23,371    368,236

 Foreign official                                5,379        136      6,191

 Other                                          80,628     -1,615     82,361

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,940       -717     44,440

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,469,706     34,047  2,462,391

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,661,223    -37,915  1,660,932

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Dec 27     Dec 20     Dec 27     Dec 20

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,396,908     -6,261  3,396,564     -7,935

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,023,167     -4,625  3,023,234     -5,420

                            Federal Agency     307,564      -1146    307,203     -2,137

                     Other Securities (14)      66,177       -490     66,127       -378

                Securities Lent To Dealers      22,713       -185     22,999        289

                    Overnight Facility (9)      22,713       -185     22,999        289

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      22,713       -185     22,999        289

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Dec 27     Dec 20     Dec 20

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,637,123    -11,564  1,648,687

 Commitments to buy MBS                            288         34        254

 Commitments to sell MBS                             0          0          0

Maiden Lane Net Portfolio Holdings                   0          0          0

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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