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

Release for week ended: March 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                           Mar 20     Mar 13      Mar 20

Reserve Bank credit:                         3,928,207     -3,485  3,923,800

 Securities held outright                    3,781,370     -4,128  3,777,418

  US Treasury (1)                            2,175,516         59  2,175,537

   Bills (2)                                         0          0          0

   Notes and bonds, nominal (2)              2,039,011          0  2,039,011

   Notes and bonds, infl-index (2)             115,154          0    115,154

   Inflation compensation (3)                   21,351         58     21,373

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

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,603,445     -4,186  1,599,472

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          136,378       -364    136,138

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,164         31    -13,153

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        10         -1         11

  Primary credit                                     1         -2          5

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                    9          0          6

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -172        -15       -179

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   68          1         68

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   23,717        991     23,497

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,702         67     20,733

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,881         14     49,881

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,015,031     -3,404  4,010,655

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,720,637        724  1,722,303

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    245,953      9,039    240,872

 Foreign official, intl accounts               245,044      8,248    240,255

 Others                                            909        791        617

Treasury cash holdings                             335          4        334

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          373,692     61,947    379,062

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                303,623     57,651    314,749

 Foreign official                                5,244          1      5,244

 Other                                          64,825      4,296     59,069

Other liabilities and capital (8)               44,683       -902     44,272

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,385,300     70,812  2,386,843

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,629,731    -74,217  1,623,812

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Mar 20     Mar 13     Mar 20     Mar 13

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,479,384      7,212  3,476,205      3,147

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,082,769      6,702  3,080,163      4,637

                            Federal Agency     325,311       1059    323,624     -2,119

                     Other Securities (14)      71,303       -551     72,418        629

                Securities Lent To Dealers      22,975       -682     24,152        843

                    Overnight Facility (9)      22,975       -682     24,152        843

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      22,975       -682     24,152        843

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Mar 20     Mar 13     Mar 13

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,599,472     -8,295  1,607,767

 Commitments to buy MBS                            276         19        257

 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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