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

Release for week ended: March 6, 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                            Mar 6     Feb 27       Mar 6
Reserve Bank credit:                         3,929,242    -10,551  3,929,790
 Securities held outright                    3,785,416    -10,515  3,785,438
  US Treasury (1)                            2,175,399      -6733  2,175,420
   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0
   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,039,011      -7091  2,039,011
   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             115,154        385    115,154
   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,234        -27     21,255
  Federal agency (2)                             2,409          0      2,409
 Mortgage-based securities                   1,607,609     -3,781  1,607,609
 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          136,945       -357    136,856
 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,223          7    -13,213
 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0
 Other loans to institutions                        12        -11          6
  Primary credit                                     6         -7          0
  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0
  Seasonal credit                                    6         -4          6
  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0
 Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane (5)           0          0          0
 Float                                            -333        -60       -594
Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   65        -23         65
 Other Federal Reserve assets                   20,361        409     21,232
 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,719        -61     20,679
Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041
S.D.R. certificate account                       5,200          0      5,200
Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,888         14     49,888
Total factors supplying
 reserve funds                               4,016,091    -10,597  4,016,598
Currency in circulation (6)                  1,714,830       3946  1,719,446
Reverse repo agreements (7)                    250,100     -3,432    237,132
 Foreign official, intl accounts               247,584     -2,116    235,017
 Others                                          2,516     -1,316      2,115
Treasury cash holdings                             315         15        330
Deposits with Fed other than reserves          284,823    -91,470    278,730
 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0
 U.S. Treasury, general account                220,045    -90,529    213,611
 Foreign official                                5,244          0      5,244
 Other                                          59,534       -941     59,874
Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,408       -521     44,413
Total factors, other than reserve
 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,294,477    -91,461  2,280,051
Reserve balances with
  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,721,614     80,864  1,736,547
                                           Daily average:
                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from
                                                 Mar 6     Feb 27      Mar 6     Feb 27
Mktable securities held in custody
 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,465,953     23,638  3,467,068     14,347
   Total includes:
                             U.S. Treasury   3,070,622     23,668  3,071,735     14,453
                            Federal Agency     323,719       -288    323,711       -113
                     Other Securities (14)      71,612        259     71,622          7
                Securities Lent To Dealers      26,480      3,912     23,488      2,458
                    Overnight Facility (9)      26,480      3,912     23,488      2,458
                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      26,480      3,912     23,488      2,458
                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0
                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday
                                                 Mar 6     Feb 27     Feb 27
Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,607,609          0  1,607,609
 Commitments to buy MBS                            357         71        286
 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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