FEDERAL RESERVE
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H.4.1
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
Condition Statement of F.R. Banks
                                                                                                February 13,  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      Feb 12, 1997   Feb 5, 1997     Feb 14, 1996  Feb 12, 1997

Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     432,568   +         183   +    25,244   437,150
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         391,666   -         203   +    19,387   392,223
    Held under repurchase agreements                             4,677   -         805   +     4,677     8,365
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                              2,038               0   -       596     2,038
    Held under repurchase agreements                             2,570   +       1,323   +     2,570     3,099
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                               19   +           6   +        13        13
    Seasonal credit                                                 18   +           1   +        10        18
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                           323   -         221   -       305      -239
   Other F.R. assets                                            31,255   +          82   -       512    31,635
Gold stock                                                      11,049   +           1   -         4    11,050
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,400               0   -       768     9,400
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,062   +          14   +       921    25,062
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  478,078   +         198   +    25,393   482,662

Currency in circulation*                                       440,138   +       1,086   +    27,689   441,623
Treasury cash holdings*                                            261   +          10   -        13       262
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                       4,829   -       1,379   -       376     5,135
  Foreign                                                          167   +           2   -         9       181
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   7,274   +          99   +     1,440     7,274
  Other                                                            391   +          24   +        15       383
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              13,973   +         452   +     1,314    14,128
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                467,033   +         295   +    30,060   468,987

Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                           11,045   -          97   -     4,666    13,675

On   February 12, 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 $ 625,850 million, a change of - $ 542 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 13,340 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 13,340 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 12,784 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 12,784 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 50 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
3 Includes $ 350 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 0 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
   on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 6,767 million and adjustments of $ 508 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
                                                         Feb 12, 1997   Feb 5, 1997      Feb 14, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,050       +         2      -         3
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,400                 0      -       768
Coin                                                            723       +        18      +       172

Loans                                                            30       +        10      +         2
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                             2,038                 0      -       596
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        3,099       +     1,350      +     3,099
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    192,218       -        56      +    11,991
                   Notes (2)                                150,665       +       350      +       880
                   Bonds                                     49,339                 0      +     5,270
    Total bought outright (3)                               392,223       +       294      +    18,142
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        8,365       +     6,001      +     8,365
     Total U.S. government securities                       400,588       +     6,295      +    26,507
       Total loans and securities                           405,755       +     7,656      +    29,012

Items in process of collection              (356)             6,112       -     1,626      -       467
Bank premises                                                 1,243       +         8      +       105
Other assets (4)                                             30,447       +       615      -       345
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (356)           464,729       +     6,672      +    27,705

                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       417,546       +     1,542      +    27,426
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    21,790       +     5,550      -     1,573
  U.S. Treasury--general account                              5,135       -       215      -        42
  Foreign--official accounts                                    181       +        19      +         8
    Other                                                       383       +         5      +         6
      Total deposits                                         27,489       +     5,359      -     1,601
Deferred availability cash items            (356)             5,566       -     1,010      +       363
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   4,722       +       329      +       453
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (356)           455,323       +     6,220      +    26,640
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               4,702       +         6      +       679
Surplus                                                       4,373       +       150      +       455
Other capital accounts                                          331       +       296      -        68
                                                                          

*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  $ 0 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 12,784 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 50 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 $ 172 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, FEBRUARY 12, 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      18        0  Within 15 days              18,165  +            222     3126  +           1377
16 days to 90      13        0  16 days to 90 days          90,630  +            668      775  -             27
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          122,158  +          5,055      245  +             10
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      93,677                 0      510  -             10
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    34,132  +            350      457                 0
                                Over 10 years               41,826                 0       25                 0
    Total          30        0       Total                 400,588  +          6,296     5137  +           1350

1 Includes $ 350 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 0 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 FEBRUARY 12, 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.          9,400         541       3,272         289         586         809         615         920         348         125         252         375       1,268
Coin                                            723          22          34          56          34         129          98          83          37          25          58          61          86

Loans                                            30           5           0           0           0           0           0          10           0           5           9           0           1
Acceptances                                       0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                             2,038         120         758          79         120         169         136         221          95          31          64          73         173
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         3,099           0       3,099           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    192,218      11,310      71,485       7,439      11,298      15,940      12,828      20,831       9,005       2,899       6,021       6,883      16,280
                   Notes (2)                150,665       8,865      56,032       5,831       8,855      12,494      10,055      16,328       7,058       2,272       4,719       5,395      12,761
                   Bonds                     49,339       2,903      18,349       1,910       2,900       4,091       3,293       5,347       2,311         744       1,545       1,767       4,179
     Total bought outright(3)               392,223      23,078     145,866      15,180      23,053      32,525      26,175      42,506      18,374       5,915      12,286      14,045      33,220
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         8,365           0       8,365           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            400,588      23,078     154,231      15,180      23,053      32,525      26,175      42,506      18,374       5,915      12,286      14,045      33,220
       Total loans and securities           405,755      23,203     158,088      15,259      23,173      32,694      26,311      42,737      18,470       5,952      12,358      14,118      33,393

Items in process of collection                6,468         383         878         366         148         530         814         564         264         438         353         360       1,372
Bank premises                                 1,243          95         151          50         111         128          80         110          31         118          56         154         160
Other assets(4)                              30,447       1,286       9,518       1,490       1,762       2,275       2,398       3,384         921         594       1,028       1,404       4,387
Interdistrict settlement account                  0         244      -17693       -3610        4180        2476       -2087       -1296       -2619        -979       -1099        3117       19365
          TOTAL ASSETS                      465,086      26,435     158,297      14,322      30,617      39,958      28,999      47,643      17,926       6,441      13,327      20,021      61,099

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 $ 0 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 12,784 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 50 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 
   $ 172 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 FEBRUARY 12, 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                       417,546      23,941     143,114      12,543      28,580      37,278      25,153      42,786      16,196       5,129      11,599      17,265      53,963
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    21,790       1,471       5,187         817         867       1,096       1,861       2,609       1,065         556         852       1,779       3,628
  U.S. Treasury--general account              5,135           0       5,135           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    181           5          70           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         383           1         112           2           4          81           3         174           0           1           2           1           2
    Total deposits                           27,489       1,477      10,504         828         880       1,187       1,878       2,801       1,069         560         859       1,788       3,658
Deferred credit items                         5,923         360         733         222         305         455         738         479         189         440         339         288       1,374
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               4,722         277       1,648         203         273         384         332         499         223         104         180         187         412
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       455,680      26,055     155,999      13,795      30,039      39,305      28,101      46,565      17,677       6,234      12,977      19,528      59,407

       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               4,702         182       1,077         274         282         312         461         540         115         107         178         258         916
Surplus                                       4,373         168       1,023         254         286         310         415         524         112         100         171         236         775
Other capital accounts                          331          30         198           0          11          31          23          13          22           0           1           0           0
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            465,086      26,435     158,297      14,322      30,617      39,958      28,999      47,643      17,926       6,441      13,327      20,021      61,099


FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

F.R. notes outstanding                      523,699      29,917     185,521      15,688      32,212      44,038      33,198      50,657      18,940       6,833      13,750      23,120      69,825
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  106,153       5,976      42,408       3,145       3,632       6,759       8,045       7,871       2,744       1,704       2,152       5,855      15,862
  F.R. notes, net                           417,546      23,941     143,114      12,543      28,580      37,278      25,153      42,786      16,196       5,129      11,599      17,265      53,963
Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account                  11,050
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                      9,400
   Other eligible assets                          0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities         397,096
     Total collateral                       417,546

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.