FEDERAL RESERVE
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H.4.1
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
Condition Statement of F.R. Banks
                                                                                                September 18,  1997
Millions of dollars
                                                              Averages of daily figures
      Reserve balances of depository institutions at      Week ended     Change from week ended        Wednesday
 F.R. Banks, Reserve Bank credit, and related items      Sep 17, 1997   Sep 10, 1997    Sep 18, 1996  Sep 17, 1997
 
Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     451,587   -       1,533   +    25,585   452,774
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         410,918   +       1,051   +    24,002   411,268
    Held under repurchase agreements                             7,608   -       2,070   +     3,594     8,925
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                                925   -          30   -     1,386       925
    Held under repurchase agreements                               560   -       1,258   +       324       916
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                               84   +          22   +        68        29
    Seasonal credit                                                374   +           2   +        63       384
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                           732   +         150   +       183      -265
   Other F.R. assets                                            30,386   +         601   -     1,262    30,593
Gold stock                                                      11,051               0   +         1    11,050
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,200               0   -       518     9,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,489   +          14   +       733    25,489
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  497,327   -       1,519   +    25,801   498,514
 
Currency in circulation*                                       458,654   -       1,444   +    26,924   458,736
Treasury cash holdings*                                            260               0   -        24       263
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                       6,807   +       2,095   +     1,053    10,987
  Foreign                                                          167   -           7   -         6       159
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   7,027   +          27   +       739     7,027
  Other                                                            362   +          25   -         4       373
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              15,904   -         150   +     1,845    15,643
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                489,181   +         545   +    30,528   493,187
 
Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                            8,146   -       2,063   -     4,727     5,327
 
On   September 17, 1997,  the face amount of marketable U.S. government securities held in custody by the Federal Reserve Banks for foreign
official and international accounts was $ 641,530 million, a change of - $ 2,610 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 15,160 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 15,160 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 14,810 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 14,810 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 235 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
3 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 6,809 million and adjustments of $ 218 million to compensate for float.
5 Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float.
 
* Estimated (Treasury's figures).
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
 
 
 
 
Worksheet for H.4.1 (a)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF ALL FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
Millions of Dollars
 
                                                                            Change Since
                                                 *         Wednesday      Wednesday        Wednesday
                                                         Sep 17, 1997   Sep 10, 1997     Sep 18, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,050                 0      +         1
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,200                 0      -       518
Coin                                                            506       +        19      -        68
 
Loans                                                           413       +        45      +        61
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                               925                 0      -     1,386
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                          916       -     1,592      +       708
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    194,794       -       233      +     8,288
                   Notes (2)                                161,482       +     1,687      +     9,091
                   Bonds                                     54,991                 0      +     7,123
    Total bought outright (3)                               411,268       +     1,454      +    24,501
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        8,925       -     3,593      +     4,015
     Total U.S. government securities                       420,193       -     2,139      +    28,516
       Total loans and securities                           422,447       -     3,686      +    27,899
 
Items in process of collection              (539)             6,801       -       123      +        69
Bank premises                                                 1,267       +         3      +        62
Other assets (4)                                             29,305       +       286      -     1,430
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (539)           480,576       -     3,503      +    26,014
 
                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       434,015       -     1,544      +    26,358
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    12,978       -     7,351      -     5,630
  U.S. Treasury--general account                             10,987       +     5,429      +     2,772
  Foreign--official accounts                                    159       +         3      -         7
    Other                                                       373       +        29      +         2
      Total deposits                                         24,496       -     1,890      -     2,863
Deferred availability cash items            (539)             6,422       +       118      +       687
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   4,715       -       213      +       442
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (539)           469,647       -     3,530      +    24,625
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               5,212       -         1      +       669
Surplus                                                       4,496                 0      +       529
Other capital accounts                                        1,220       +        29      +       192
                                                                          
 
*Figures in parentheses are the eliminations made in the consolidation process.
1 Does not include U.S. government and federal agency securities resold under matched sale-purchase transactions to foreign official
   and international accounts of which $ 0 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
2 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and  $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 14,810 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 235 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
4 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates.  Includes special investment account
   at Chicago of $ 138 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.
5 Includes exchange-translation account reflecting the monthly revaluation at market exchange rates of foreign exchange commitments.
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
 
 
 
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES, SEPTEMBER 17, 1997
Acceptances and securities held under repurchase agreements are classified as maturing within 15 days in accordance with maximum 
maturity of the agreements.
Millions of dollars
                                                                U.S. government           Federal agency
               Loans  Acceptances                                 securities (1)           obligations
                                                                     Weekly                     Weekly
                                                          Holdings   changes          Holdings  changes
Within 15 day     344        0  Within 15 days              23,047  -          1,031      976  -           1532
16 days to 90      69        0  16 days to 90 days          90,361  +          3,238       46  -             60
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          132,971  -          5,388      202                 0
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      91,415  +          1,042      338                 0
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    37,657                 0      255                 0
                                Over 10 years               44,741                 0       25                 0
    Total         413        0       Total                 420,193  -          2,139     1841  -           1592
 
1 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
 
 
 
 
H.4.1 (b)
 
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1997
Millions of dollars
                                                                                                                                                                   Kansas                   San
                                           Total      Boston      New York  Philadelphia Cleveland    Richmond    Atlanta     Chicago    St. Louis  Minneapolis     City       Dallas    Francisco
         ASSETS
Gold certificate account                     11,050         624       3,937         350         669         965         723       1,069         401         147         286         459       1,420
Special drawing rights certif. acct.          9,200         530       3,202         282         574         792         602         900         340         123         247         367       1,241
Coin                                            506          14          20          53          32          72          66          61          22          19          34          50          63
 
Loans                                           413           0           0           3           0          20          11          66          90         153          60           5           5
Acceptances                                       0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                               925          56         299          31          64          88          62          99          37          13          26          34         116
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)           916           0         916           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    194,794      11,875      63,006       6,512      13,474      18,534      12,999      20,778       7,758       2,713       5,562       7,074      24,508
                   Notes (2)                161,482       9,844      52,232       5,398      11,170      15,365      10,776      17,224       6,432       2,249       4,611       5,864      20,317
                   Bonds                     54,991       3,352      17,787       1,838       3,804       5,232       3,670       5,866       2,190         766       1,570       1,997       6,919
     Total bought outright(3)               411,268      25,072     133,025      13,749      28,448      39,131      27,444      43,868      16,380       5,728      11,743      14,936      51,744
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         8,925           0       8,925           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            420,193      25,072     141,950      13,749      28,448      39,131      27,444      43,868      16,380       5,728      11,743      14,936      51,744
       Total loans and securities           422,447      25,128     143,165      13,783      28,512      39,239      27,517      44,032      16,507       5,893      11,830      14,975      51,866
 
Items in process of collection                7,339         436         944         265         364         539         625         741         373         624         427         412       1,591
Bank premises                                 1,267          94         153          50         122         126          77         108          31         141          55         151         159
Other assets(4)                              29,305       1,248       8,864       1,377       1,788       2,261       2,312       3,199         822         564         956       1,347       4,567
Interdistrict settlement account                 -0       -3217       23100       -2969       -1919       -6779       -1747       -3132       -2405       -2079        -444        3396       -1806
          TOTAL ASSETS                      481,114      24,857     183,385      13,191      30,142      37,214      30,176      46,978      16,091       5,432      13,390      21,156      59,101
 
1 Does not include U.S. government and federal agency securities resold under matched sale-purchase transactions to foreign official and
   international accounts, of which $ 0 was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
2 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 14,810 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 235 million
   securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
4 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates.  Includes special investment account at Chicago of 
   $ 138 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.
 
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
 
 
 
 
H.4.1 (c)
 
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1997
Millions of dollars
                                                                                                                                                                   Kansas                   San
                                           Total      Boston      New York  Philadelphia Cleveland    Richmond    Atlanta     Chicago    St. Louis  Minneapolis     City       Dallas    Francisco
       LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                       434,015      23,064     165,764      11,598      28,150      33,249      27,017      42,584      14,905       4,107      11,795      19,025      52,758
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    12,978         708       1,833         608         583       1,167       1,320       2,050         502         250         738       1,048       2,171
  U.S. Treasury--general account             10,987           0      10,987           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    159           5          48           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         373           0         108           1           3         112           1         141           0           1           4           0           1
    Total deposits                           24,496         713      12,975         617         596       1,288       1,335       2,208         506         255         747       1,057       2,199
Deferred credit items                         6,960         404         837         222         346         613         747         619         258         587         378         350       1,600
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               4,715         282       1,469         183         312         433         330         493         196         100         166         188         563
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       470,186      24,464     181,044      12,619      29,404      35,583      29,429      45,904      15,866       5,048      13,086      20,619      57,119
 
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               5,212         186       1,100         281         356         808         311         512         105         196         124         264         969
Surplus                                       4,496         168       1,023         268         286         310         415         524         112         104         171         250         865
Other capital accounts                        1,220          41         218          23          96         512          21          38           9          84           9          23         148
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            481,114      24,857     183,385      13,191      30,142      37,214      30,176      46,978      16,091       5,432      13,390      21,156      59,101
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
 
F.R. notes outstanding                      547,679      29,602     206,900      15,277      32,849      40,256      36,186      50,868      17,390       5,889      14,213      26,014      72,234
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  113,664       6,538      41,137       3,679       4,699       7,008       9,169       8,284       2,485       1,782       2,418       6,989      19,476
  F.R. notes, net                           434,015      23,064     165,764      11,598      28,150      33,249      27,017      42,584      14,905       4,107      11,795      19,025      52,758
Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account                  11,050
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                      9,200
   Other eligible assets                          0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities         413,765
     Total collateral                       434,015
 
1 Includes exchange translation account reflecting the monthly revaluation at market exchange rates of foreign exchange commitments.
 
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.