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

Release for week ended: February 27, 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 27     Feb 20      Feb 27

Reserve Bank credit:                         3,939,793    -12,320  3,934,831

 Securities held outright                    3,795,931     -9,849  3,792,109

  US Treasury (1)                            2,182,132      -3430  2,182,092

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,046,102      -3327  2,046,102

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             114,769          0    114,769

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,261       -103     21,221

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,611,390     -6,419  1,607,609

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          137,302       -462    137,099

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,230         22    -13,218

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        23          4         12

  Primary credit                                    13          8          3

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                   10         -4          9

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -273       -106       -897

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   88         20         88

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   19,952      -1949     19,637

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,780         47     20,792

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,874         14     49,874

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,026,688    -12,258  4,021,738

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,710,884         -9  1,712,356

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    253,532      4,603    251,348

 Foreign official, intl accounts               249,700      4,580    249,433

 Others                                          3,832         22      1,915

Treasury cash holdings                             300         19        312

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          376,293    -25,926    330,718

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                310,574    -23,322    266,024

 Foreign official                                5,244          0      5,243

 Other                                          60,475     -2,604     59,451

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,929        885     44,794

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,385,938    -20,429  2,339,528

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,640,750      8,170  1,682,210

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Feb 27     Feb 20     Feb 27     Feb 20

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,442,315     10,428  3,452,721     15,330

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,046,954     10,404  3,057,282     13,422

                            Federal Agency     324,007       -681    323,824        989

                     Other Securities (14)      71,353        704     71,615        919

                Securities Lent To Dealers      22,568       -274     21,030     -1,803

                    Overnight Facility (9)      22,568       -274     21,030     -1,803

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      22,568       -274     21,030     -1,803

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Feb 27     Feb 20     Feb 20

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,607,609     -6,541  1,614,150

 Commitments to buy MBS                            286        -38        324

 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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