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

Release for week ended: January 3, 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                            Jan 3     Dec 27       Jan 3

Reserve Bank credit:                         4,029,010    -14,972  4,019,072

 Securities held outright                    3,872,472    -14,136  3,862,049

  US Treasury (1)                            2,232,940      -7758  2,222,517

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,093,992      -7804  2,083,586

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

   Inflation compensation (3)                   22,403         46     22,386

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,637,123     -6,378  1,637,123

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          140,106       -419    140,008

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,430         29    -13,418

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        64        -38          6

  Primary credit                                    14        -24          5

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   50        -14          1

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -603       -365       -140

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                 4207          0       4207

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   26,193        -43     26,359

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,947        100     20,999

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,873         14     49,873

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,116,071     -14859  4,106,185

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,719,151       6625  1,720,052

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    266,620     14,677    276,394

 Foreign official, intl accounts               250,061      5,670    256,913

 Others                                         16,558      9,006     19,481

Treasury cash holdings                             214          8        214

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          463,176      3,084    458,581

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                379,902      5,817    382,616

 Foreign official                                5,244       -135      5,244

 Other                                          78,031     -2,597     70,720

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,055        115     43,610

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,494,215     24,509  2,498,850

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,621,856    -39,367  1,607,335

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                 Jan 3     Dec 27      Jan 3     Dec 27

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,388,981     -7,927  3,383,715    -12,849

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,015,780     -7,387  3,010,531    -12,703

                            Federal Agency     307,126       -438    307,113        -90

                     Other Securities (14)      66,075       -102     66,071        -56

                Securities Lent To Dealers      24,505      1,792     28,728      5,729

                    Overnight Facility (9)      24,505      1,792     28,728      5,729

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      24,505      1,792     28,728      5,729

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                 Jan 3     Dec 27     Dec 27

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,637,123          0  1,637,123

 Commitments to buy MBS                            288          0        288

 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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