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

Release for week ended: February 20, 2019
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                           Feb 20     Feb 13      Feb 20
Reserve Bank credit:                         3,952,113    -36,473  3,942,314
 Securities held outright                    3,805,780    -24,103  3,798,759
  US Treasury (1)                            2,185,562     -20082  2,182,201
   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0
   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,049,429     -19967  2,046,102
   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             114,769          0    114,769
   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,364       -115     21,330
  Federal agency (2)                             2,409          0      2,409
 Mortgage-based securities                   1,617,809     -4,021  1,614,150
 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          137,764       -390    137,544
 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,252        -14    -13,250
 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0
 Other loans to institutions                        19         -1         23
  Primary credit                                     5         -1          9
  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0
  Seasonal credit                                   14          0         14
  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0
 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)           0          0          0
 Float                                            -167        -45       -190
Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   68         -3         68
 Other Federal Reserve assets                   21,901     -11917     19,360
 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,733        -63     20,807
Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041
S.D.R. certificate account                       5,200          0      5,200
Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,860         14     49,860
Total factors supplying
 reserve funds                               4,038,946    -36,523  4,029,222
Currency in circulation (6)                  1,710,893       4767  1,712,038
Reverse repo agreements (7)                    248,929       -247    255,179
 Foreign official, intl accounts               245,120     -2,095    252,904
 Others                                          3,810      1,849      2,275
Treasury cash holdings                             281         13        297
Deposits with Fed other than reserves          402,219    -23,251    398,025
 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0
 U.S. Treasury, general account                333,896    -25,213    331,003
 Foreign official                                5,244          0      5,243
 Other                                          63,079      1,961     61,779
Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,044       -411     43,938
Total factors, other than reserve
 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,406,367    -19,129  2,409,477
Reserve balances with
  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,632,580    -17,393  1,619,745
                                           Daily average:
                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from
                                                Feb 20     Feb 13     Feb 20     Feb 13
Mktable securities held in custody
 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,431,887      5,069  3,437,391      3,815
   Total includes:
                             U.S. Treasury   3,036,550        339  3,043,860      6,094
                            Federal Agency     324,688       4561    322,835     -2,325
                     Other Securities (14)      70,649        169     70,696         46
                Securities Lent To Dealers      22,842      4,177     22,833      4,702
                    Overnight Facility (9)      22,842      4,177     22,833      4,702
                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      22,842      4,177     22,833      4,702
                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0
                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday
                                                Feb 20     Feb 13     Feb 13
Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,614,150     -7,806  1,621,956
 Commitments to buy MBS                            324         45        279
 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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