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 FEDERAL RESERVE
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 These data are scheduled for release each Thursday. The exact time of each release will be announced, when
 the information is available, on (202) 452-3206.



 H.4.1

 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
 Condition Statement of F.R. Banks

                                                                                               October 31, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                                                 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    Oct 30, 1996  Oct 23, 1996   Nov 1, 1995  Oct 30, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      425,130    -    2,656    +   16,005       426,868
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          386,640    -      380    +   16,245       387,585
     Held under repurchase agreements                           2,251    -    1,383    +      412         2,680
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,249    -       40    -      563         2,247
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,652    -      129    +      902         2,120
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                              5    +        1    -        3             5
     Seasonal credit                                              181    -       16    +       34           180
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          400    -      746    -      286            97
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,753    +       37    -      736        31,954
 Gold stock                                                    11,049             0    -        1        11,049
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,749    +       14    +      895        24,749
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         Total factors supplying reserve funds                470,647    -    2,642    +   16,449       472,385

 Currency in circulation*                                     432,128    -    1,062    +   21,338       433,306
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          281             0    -       30           281
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,228    -      186    +        1         5,388
   Foreign                                                        182    +       16    -        3           165
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,667    +        7    +    1,204         6,667
   Other                                                          378    +       20    +       38           330
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            14,146    +        8    +    1,236        13,884
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              459,012    -    1,196    +   23,784       460,021

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            11,635    -    1,445    -    7,335        12,364
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 On    October 30, 1996, the face amount of marketable U.S. government securities held in custody by the Federal Reserve Banks for foreign
 official and international accounts was $     596,136 million, a change of + $     2,747 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,471 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,471 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    11,526 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    11,526 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $        72 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,517 million and adjustments of $       150 million to compensate for float.
 4 Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float.

 * Estimated (Treasury's figures).
 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 Worksheet for H.4.1 (a)


 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF ALL FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
 Millions of dollars
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                                                                                           Change since
                                                        *            Wednesday       Wednesday       Wednesday
                                                                   Oct 30, 1996    Oct 23, 1996     Nov 1, 1995
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                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,049               0      -        2
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      616      +        7      +      158

 Loans                                                                     185      -       15      +       76
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,247      -       13      -      565
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    2,120      -      777      +    1,910
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              187,325      +      969      +    5,346
                    Notes                                              152,392               0      +    4,974
                    Bonds                                               47,869               0      +    5,196
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           387,585      +      969      +   15,516
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    2,680      -    6,652      +      390
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                390,265      -    5,683      +   15,906
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    394,817      -    6,488      +   17,327

 Items in process of collection                          (316)           6,458      -      171      -      549
 Bank premises                                                           1,214      -        1      +       75
 Other assets 3                                                         30,870      -      462      -      374
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (316)         454,742      -    7,115      +   16,186

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 409,453      +       64      +   20,478
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              20,041      -    7,050      -    5,986
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        5,388      +       51      +      761
   Foreign--official accounts                                              165      -        3      -       26
   Other                                                                   330      -       34      -       80
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     25,923      -    7,037      -    5,331
 Deferred availability cash items                        (316)           5,482      -       90      -      187
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,475      -       55      +       64
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (316)         445,333      -    7,118      +   15,024

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,565      +       34      +      630
 Surplus                                                                 3,860               0      +      177
 Other capital accounts                                                    984      -       31      +      355
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 * 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 $     1,000 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    11,526 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $        72 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account
   at Chicago of $       153 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.
 4 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, OCTOBER 30, 1996
 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
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                                                                         U.S. government       Federal agency
                                                                           securities           obligations
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                       Loans    Acceptances                                        Weekly               Weekly
                                                                       Holdings    changes   Holdings   changes
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 Within 15 days             167          0  Within 15 days                18,935 -       60      2,274 -      790
 16 days to 90 days          18          0  16 days to 90 days            88,746 -    5,423        806          0
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            113,426 -      200        275          0
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        94,775          0        520          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      34,028          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 40,356          0         25          0
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   Total                    185          0    Total                      390,265 -    5,683      4,367 -      790
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 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 H.4.1 (b)

 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON OCTOBER 30, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                    |   Total   | Boston | New York|  Phila. | Cleve.| Rich. |Atlanta| Chicago |S.Louis| Minneap.|KansasC| Dallas|San Fran.
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           ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                 11,049      661     4,050       423     624     919     769     1,140     474       168     321     433     1,067
 Special drawing rights certif. acct.      9,718      636     3,385       396     543     835     745       979     419       144     280     399       957
 Coin                                        616       18        24        42      31     109      91        68      29        20      59      50        74

 Loans                                       185        0         0         1       0       0       2        31      38        79      29       5         1
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,247      132       836        87     132     186     150       243     105        34      70      80       190
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      2,120        0     2,120         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                187,325   11,022    69,665     7,250  11,010  15,534  12,501    20,301   8,775     2,825   5,868   6,708    15,866
                    Notes                152,392    8,966    56,674     5,898   8,957  12,637  10,170    16,515   7,139     2,298   4,773   5,457    12,907
                    Bonds                 47,869    2,817    17,802     1,853   2,814   3,969   3,195     5,188   2,242       722   1,499   1,714     4,054
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     Total bought outright 2             387,585   22,805   144,141    15,001  22,780  32,140  25,866    42,004  18,157     5,846  12,140  13,879    32,827
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      2,680        0     2,680         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       390,265   22,805   146,821    15,001  22,780  32,140  25,866    42,004  18,157     5,846  12,140  13,879    32,827
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         Total loans and securities      394,817   22,937   149,777    15,088  22,913  32,326  26,017    42,278  18,301     5,958  12,240  13,964    33,018

 Items in process of collection            6,774      440       808       248     318     503     686       973     259       518     341     371     1,309
 Bank premises                             1,214       94       148        48     101     128      82       110      30       103      56     155       160
 Other assets 3                           30,870    1,433     9,799     1,336   1,873   2,405   2,621     3,574     946       656   1,081   1,601     3,543
 Interdistrict settlement account              0   +1,288   -25,545    -2,399  +6,456  +4,553    +204      +364  -2,722      -919    -730  -2,099   +21,549
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  455,058   27,508   142,446    15,183  32,858  41,778  31,216    49,485  17,736     6,649  13,647  14,874    61,677
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 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 $     1,000 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    11,526 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $        72 million
   securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account at Chicago of
   $       153 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.

 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 H.4.1 (c)

 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON OCTOBER 30, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                    |   Total   | Boston | New York|  Phila. | Cleve.| Rich. |Atlanta| Chicago |S.Louis| Minneap.|KansasC| Dallas|San Fran.
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        LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                   409,453   24,779   127,709    13,478  30,692  39,070  27,866    44,619  16,513     5,356  12,213  12,443    54,715
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                20,041    1,711     4,627       834   1,087   1,161   1,477     2,538     549       456     604   1,446     3,551
   U.S. Treasury--general account          5,388        0     5,388         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                165        6        60         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     330        0       116         2       3      49       2       154       0         1       2       0         1
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     Total deposits                       25,923    1,718    10,190       843   1,099   1,220   1,492     2,709     553       461     611   1,455     3,571
 Deferred credit items                     5,797      392       709       214     209     464     678       569     214       521     291     284     1,252
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,475      263     1,528       192     260     374     323       473     215        96     173     181       397
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   445,649   27,152   140,137    14,726  32,261  41,129  30,360    48,370  17,495     6,435  13,289  14,362    59,935

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,565      170     1,084       223     290     313     422       541     114       105     176     253       875
 Surplus                                   3,860      166     1,028       185     252     284     379       460      95        96     148     240       527
 Other capital accounts                      984       20       197        49      56      53      55       114      32        12      35      20       339
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       ACCOUNTS                          455,058   27,508   142,446    15,183  32,858  41,778  31,216    49,485  17,736     6,649  13,647  14,874    61,677

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  530,439   30,318   180,201    16,329  33,784  46,807  35,617    53,119  20,094     6,945  14,394  21,621    71,210
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              120,986    5,539    52,492     2,851   3,091   7,736   7,751     8,501   3,581     1,588   2,181   9,178    16,495
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   F.R. notes, net                       409,453   24,779   127,709    13,478  30,692  39,070  27,866    44,619  16,513     5,356  12,213  12,443    54,715
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,049
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                   9,718
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      388,686
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     Total collateral                    409,453
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 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.