FEDERAL RESERVE
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H.4.1
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
Condition Statement of F.R. Banks
                                                                                                April 3,  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      Apr 2, 1997    Mar 26, 1997    Apr 3, 1996   Apr 2, 1997
 
Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     438,627   +         199   +    22,849   440,368
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         396,821   -         886   +    19,344   397,056
    Held under repurchase agreements                             6,166   -         617   +     2,664     8,211
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                              1,994   -          12   -       532     1,994
    Held under repurchase agreements                             2,147   +         914   +     1,147     1,731
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                              566   +         552   +       539         2
    Seasonal credit                                                 57   +          16   +        44        60
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                           453   -           7   +       438       933
   Other F.R. assets                                            30,423   +         238   -       796    30,380
Gold stock                                                      11,050               0   -         2    11,050
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,200               0   -       968     9,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,163   +          14   +       885    25,163
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  484,041   +         213   +    22,763   485,782
 
Currency in circulation*                                       444,469   +       1,120   +    27,228   446,047
Treasury cash holdings*                                            308               0   -         6       280
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                       5,535   +         159   -       481     5,092
  Foreign                                                          304   +         137   +       124       230
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   6,947   -         126   +     1,018     6,947
  Other                                                            382   +           9   -        22       377
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              14,630   -          33   +     1,995    14,369
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                472,576   +       1,266   +    29,856   473,342
 
Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                           11,465   -       1,054   -     7,093    12,440
 
On   April 2, 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 $ 651,516 million, a change of + $ 4,220 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 14,108 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 14,108 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 13,873 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 13,873 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 0 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
3 Includes $ 350 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 2 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 6,758 million and adjustments of $ 189 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
                                                         Apr 2, 1997    Mar 26, 1997     Apr 3, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,050                 0      -         2
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,200                 0      -       968
Coin                                                            660       -        16      +        99
 
Loans                                                            62       +         2      +        38
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                             1,994                 0      -       532
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        1,731       -       740      +       731
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    191,130       -       525      +     2,496
                   Notes (2)                                154,527                 0      +     8,740
                   Bonds                                     51,399                 0      +     6,431
    Total bought outright (3)                               397,056       -       524      +    17,667
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        8,211       -     2,737      +     6,308
     Total U.S. government securities                       405,267       -     3,261      +    23,975
       Total loans and securities                           409,055       -     4,000      +    24,212
 
Items in process of collection              (367)             7,876       +     1,857      +     1,408
Bank premises                                                 1,242       -         7      +        91
Other assets (4)                                             29,129       -       138      -       975
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (367)           468,212       -     2,305      +    23,865
 
                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       421,824       +     1,659      +    26,183
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    19,761       -     5,631      -     5,453
  U.S. Treasury--general account                              5,092       +       672      +       608
  Foreign--official accounts                                    230       +        68      +        64
    Other                                                       377       +        14      +         9
      Total deposits                                         25,460       -     4,877      -     4,772
Deferred availability cash items            (367)             6,559       +     1,059      +       370
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   4,553       -       119      +       485
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (367)           458,396       -     2,278      +    22,266
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               4,762       +         9      +       724
Surplus                                                       4,496                 0      +       530
Other capital accounts                                          558       -        35      +       345
                                                                          
 
*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 $ 350 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and  $ 2 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 13,873 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 0 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 $ 131 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, APRIL 2, 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      20        0  Within 15 days              21,717  -          2,891     1741  -           1012
16 days to 90      42        0  16 days to 90 days          94,717  +          4,564      760  +            260
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          117,727  -          3,324      293  +             12
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      92,382  -          1,609      460                 0
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    36,608                 0      447                 0
                                Over 10 years               42,117                 0       25                 0
    Total          62        0       Total                 405,267  -          3,261     3725  -            740
 
1 Includes $ 350 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 2 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 APRIL 2, 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         661       4,051         423         624         919         769       1,140         474         168         321         433       1,067
Special drawing rights certif. acct.          9,200         530       3,202         282         574         792         602         900         340         123         247         367       1,241
Coin                                            660          20          33          66          32         109          76          81          27          26          53          51          85
                                                                                                                                                     
Loans                                            62           7           0           2           0           0           0          11          16          17          10           0           0
Acceptances                                       0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
Federal agency obligations                                                                                                                                       
  Bought outright                             1,994         117         742          77         117         165         133         216          93          30          62          71         169
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         1,731           0       1,731           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    191,130      11,246      71,080       7,397      11,234      15,849      12,755      20,713       8,954       2,883       5,987       6,844      16,188
                   Notes (2)                154,527       9,092      57,468       5,981       9,082      12,814      10,312      16,746       7,239       2,331       4,840       5,533      13,088
                   Bonds                     51,399       3,024      19,115       1,989       3,021       4,262       3,430       5,570       2,408         775       1,610       1,841       4,353
     Total bought outright(3)               397,056      23,362     147,663      15,367      23,337      32,925      26,498      43,030      18,601       5,988      12,437      14,218      33,629
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         8,211           0       8,211           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            405,267      23,362     155,874      15,367      23,337      32,925      26,498      43,030      18,601       5,988      12,437      14,218      33,629
       Total loans and securities           409,055      23,486     158,347      15,446      23,454      33,091      26,631      43,257      18,710       6,035      12,509      14,289      33,798
 
Items in process of collection                8,243         923         848         330         303         656         869         683         289         555         410         443       1,935
Bank premises                                 1,242          95         153          50         114         127          73         109          31         122          56         154         160
Other assets(4)                              29,129       1,238       8,870       1,447       1,701       2,202       2,335       3,237         886         575         994       1,365       4,278
Interdistrict settlement account                  0        -717      -17197       -3084        3165        2637       -3381       -2647       -3780       -1241       -1454        4983       22717
          TOTAL ASSETS                      468,579      26,236     158,308      14,959      29,967      40,533      27,974      46,760      16,976       6,363      13,135      22,085      65,281
 
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 $ 350 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 2 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 13,873 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 0 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 
   $ 131 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 APRIL 2, 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                       421,824      23,723     144,729      13,047      27,867      37,043      24,065      41,690      15,612       5,071      11,475      19,804      57,696
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    19,761       1,404       3,543         887         950       1,766       1,745       2,719         667         458         700       1,242       3,679
  U.S. Treasury--general account              5,092           0       5,092           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    230           5         119           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         377           1         122           0           1         107           6         134           1           1           1           1           1
    Total deposits                           25,460       1,410       8,877         896         960       1,883       1,765       2,870         671         462         707       1,251       3,708
Deferred credit items                         6,926         463         794         243         300         538         880         598         233         507         419         327       1,624
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               4,553         265       1,616         195         260         367         320         477         213          98         170         178         394
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       458,763      25,861     156,017      14,381      29,387      39,832      27,029      45,635      16,729       6,138      12,771      21,561      63,423
 
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               4,762         179       1,076         289         283         338         464         547         115         111         179         260         920
Surplus                                       4,496         168       1,023         268         286         310         415         524         112         104         171         250         865
Other capital accounts                          558          29         191          22          12          53          66          53          20          11          15          14          73
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            468,579      26,236     158,308      14,959      29,967      40,533      27,974      46,760      16,976       6,363      13,135      22,085      65,281
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
 
F.R. notes outstanding                      525,782      29,721     187,576      16,025      31,059      43,002      32,268      49,201      18,235       6,626      13,404      25,125      73,541
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  103,958       5,997      42,847       2,977       3,192       5,959       8,203       7,510       2,624       1,555       1,929       5,321      15,845
  F.R. notes, net                           421,824      23,723     144,729      13,047      27,867      37,043      24,065      41,690      15,612       5,071      11,475      19,804      57,696
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         401,574
     Total collateral                       421,824
 
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.