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

Release for week ended: March 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                           Mar 27     Mar 20      Mar 27

Reserve Bank credit:                         3,921,319     -6,888  3,916,543

 Securities held outright                    3,774,597     -6,773  3,770,666

  US Treasury (1)                            2,175,575         59  2,175,596

   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)                   21,410         59     21,431

  Federal agency (2)                             2,400         -9      2,347

 Mortgage-based securities                   1,596,623     -6,822  1,592,723

 Unamortized premiums on outright sec          135,904       -474    135,705

 Unamortized discounts on outright sec         -13,134         30    -13,122

 Repurchase agreements (4)                           0          0          0

 Other loans to institutions                        15          5         27

  Primary credit                                     8          7         21

  Secondary credit                                   0          0          0

  Seasonal credit                                    7         -2          6

  Other credit extensions                            0          0          0

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

 Float                                            -176         -4       -352

Central Bank liquidity swaps (13)                   66         -2         66

 Other Federal Reserve assets                   24,046        329     23,553

 Foreign currency denominated assets            20,765         63     20,700

Gold stock                                      11,041          0     11,041

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

Treasury currency outstanding (6)               49,895         14     49,895

Total factors supplying

 reserve funds                               4,008,221     -6,810  4,003,378

Currency in circulation (6)                  1,721,828      1,191  1,723,754

Reverse repo agreements (7)                    241,853     -4,100    241,600

 Foreign official, intl accounts               239,521     -5,523    241,434

 Others                                          2,331      1,422        166

Treasury cash holdings                             334         -1        336

Deposits with Fed other than reserves          376,477      2,785    359,678

 Term Deposits Held By Institutions                  0          0          0

 U.S. Treasury, general account                310,868      7,245    295,593

 Foreign official                                5,243         -1      5,243

 Other                                          60,366     -4,459     58,842

Other liabilities and capital (8)               45,447        764     45,223

Total factors, other than reserve

 balances, absorbing reserve funds           2,385,939        639  2,370,591

Reserve balances with

  Federal Reserve banks (7)                  1,622,282     -7,449  1,632,788

                                           Daily average:

                                             Wk ended   Chg from  Wednesday   Chg from

                                                Mar 27     Mar 20     Mar 27     Mar 20

Mktable securities held in custody

 for foreign offl and intl accounts          3,470,097     -9,287  3,462,340    -13,865

   Total includes:

                             U.S. Treasury   3,071,921    -10,848  3,064,343    -15,820

                            Federal Agency     325,925        614    325,744      2,120

                     Other Securities (14)      72,251        948     72,253       -165

                Securities Lent To Dealers      24,538      1,563     26,796      2,644

                    Overnight Facility (9)      24,538      1,563     26,796      2,644

                  U.S. Treasury Seucrities      24,538      1,563     26,796      2,644

                    Agency Debt Securities           0          0          0          0

                                            Wednesday   Chg from  Wednesday

                                                Mar 27     Mar 20     Mar 20

Mortgage-backed Securities Held Outright     1,592,723     -6,749  1,599,472

 Commitments to buy MBS                            260        -16        276

 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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