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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

                                                                                                  July 18, 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    Jul 17, 1996  Jul 10, 1996  Jul 19, 1995  Jul 17, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      425,234    -      351    +   13,960       432,310
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          383,393    -       44    +   11,004       383,364
     Held under repurchase agreements                           6,422    -    1,189    +    6,422        12,700
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,351    -       31    -      730         2,351
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,010    +      914    +    1,010         1,690
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                              5    -       25    -      129             9
     Seasonal credit                                              283    +       20    +       50           295
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          420    -      284    -      473            52
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,350    +      290    -    3,196        31,849
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        3        11,050
 Special drawing rights certificate account                    10,168             0    -      350        10,168
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,526    +       14    +      993        24,526
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         Total factors supplying reserve funds                470,977    -      337    +   14,599       478,054

 Currency in circulation*                                     428,944    -    1,151    +   17,915       428,922
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          268    -       10    -       67           269
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,464    +      187    -      105         5,323
   Foreign                                                        176    -       31    -       17           167
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,022    -      269    +    1,806         6,022
   Other                                                          342    +       28    +       14           363
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,252    +       25    +      462        13,067
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              454,468    -    1,224    +   20,008       454,131

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            16,510    +      887    -    5,408        23,923
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 On       July 17, 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 $     549,228 million, a change of - $     1,328 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,003 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,003 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    12,032 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    12,032 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $        90 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     5,945 million and adjustments of $        77 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
                                                                   Jul 17, 1996    Jul 10, 1996    Jul 19, 1995
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                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,050               0      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                             10,168               0      -      350
 Coin                                                                      494      -        1      +      144

 Loans                                                                     304      +       28      -      768
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,351               0      -      730
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    1,690      +    1,650      +    1,690
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              186,819      -      422      +    4,016
                    Notes                                              150,102               0      +    3,404
                    Bonds                                               46,443               0      +    2,764
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           383,364      -      422      +   10,185
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                   12,700      +    3,902      +   12,700
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                396,064      +    3,481      +   22,885
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    400,410      +    5,159      +   23,077

 Items in process of collection                          (602)           6,567      +      628      +      976
 Bank premises                                                           1,190      +        5      +       93
 Other assets 3                                                         30,776      +      530      -    2,662
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (602)         460,654      +    6,321      +   21,275

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 405,159      -    1,780      +   16,991
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              30,649      +    7,999      +    3,405
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        5,323      -      344      -      679
   Foreign--official accounts                                              167      -       24      +        6
   Other                                                                   363      +       15      +       67
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     36,501      +    7,646      +    2,800
 Deferred availability cash items                        (602)           5,927      +      481      +      935
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,323      -       40      -       51
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (602)         451,911      +    6,308      +   20,674

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,159      +       19      +      307
 Surplus                                                                 3,966               0      +      283
 Other capital accounts                                                    618      -        6      +       10
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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 $         0 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    12,032 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $        90 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 $        89 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, JULY 17, 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             282          0  Within 15 days                27,773 +    4,502      1,861 +    1,806
 16 days to 90 days          23          0  16 days to 90 days            87,508 -    1,217        659 -       56
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            116,650 +      473        555 -      100
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        91,751 -      998        475          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,662 +      721        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 38,721          0         25          0
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   Total                    304          0    Total                      396,064 +    3,481      4,041 +    1,650
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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 JULY 17, 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                 11,050      661     4,051       423     624     919     769     1,140     474       168     321     433     1,067
 Special drawing rights certif. acct.     10,168      511     3,903       413     584     790     523     1,079     490       180     342     376       977
 Coin                                        494       18        19        31      20      84      64        42      29        19      48      42        76

 Loans                                       304        5         0         3       0       0       9        36      57       136      34      10        14
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,351      138       875        91     138     195     157       255     110        35      74      84       199
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      1,690        0     1,690         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                186,819   10,992    69,477     7,230  10,980  15,492  12,467    20,246   8,752     2,818   5,852   6,690    15,823
                    Notes                150,102    8,832    55,822     5,809   8,822  12,447  10,017    16,267   7,032     2,264   4,702   5,375    12,713
                    Bonds                 46,443    2,733    17,272     1,797   2,730   3,851   3,099     5,033   2,176       700   1,455   1,663     3,934
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     Total bought outright 2             383,364   22,556   142,571    14,837  22,532  31,790  25,584    41,546  17,959     5,782  12,008  13,728    32,470
   Held under repurchase agreements 1     12,700        0    12,700         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       396,064   22,556   155,272    14,837  22,532  31,790  25,584    41,546  17,959     5,782  12,008  13,728    32,470
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         Total loans and securities      400,410   22,700   157,836    14,932  22,671  31,985  25,750    41,837  18,127     5,953  12,116  13,822    32,682

 Items in process of collection            7,168      543       913       463     326     607     839       465     350       495     412     372     1,382
 Bank premises                             1,190       94       147        48      92     127      81       111      31        89      56     157       159
 Other assets 3                           30,776    1,391    10,240     1,304   1,819   2,374   2,592     3,411     909       642   1,051   1,569     3,473
 Interdistrict settlement account              0   +1,454   -24,287    -1,273  +4,585  +8,391    +641      +410  -2,980      +296  -1,096    -343   +14,202
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  461,255   27,372   152,822    16,341  30,720  45,278  31,260    48,494  17,429     7,842  13,250  16,427    54,019
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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 $         0 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    12,032 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $        90 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
   $        89 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 JULY 17, 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                   405,159   24,388   132,728    14,109  28,079  40,981  27,768    43,017  15,894     6,098  11,312  13,518    47,268
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                30,649    1,878     9,898     1,371   1,520   2,589   1,538     3,290     868       942     989   1,907     3,858
   U.S. Treasury--general account          5,323        0     5,323         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                167        6        62         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     363        2       153         1       3      97      11        91       0         1       2       1         3
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     Total deposits                       36,501    1,886    15,436     1,378   1,532   2,697   1,563     3,398     872       947     996   1,916     3,880
 Deferred credit items                     6,529      504       721       275     303     638     748       552     227       492     412     308     1,350
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,323      249     1,543       183     246     348     301       451     202        97     164     167       371
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   452,512   27,026   150,428    15,945  30,159  44,664  30,381    47,418  17,196     7,634  12,884  15,909    52,869

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,159      161     1,105       190     268     293     426       519     107       101     176     251       561
 Surplus                                   3,966      171     1,057       190     259     292     389       473      98        99     152     246       542
 Other capital accounts                      618       15       233        16      35      30      64        84      29         8      38      20        48
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       ACCOUNTS                          461,255   27,372   152,822    16,341  30,720  45,278  31,260    48,494  17,429     7,842  13,250  16,427    54,019

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  519,731   29,350   186,242    17,553  30,971  47,542  34,321    50,405  18,690     7,064  13,253  20,468    63,872
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              114,573    4,963    53,514     3,444   2,892   6,560   6,553     7,389   2,796       966   1,941   6,951    16,604
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   F.R. notes, net                       405,159   24,388   132,728    14,109  28,079  40,981  27,768    43,017  15,894     6,098  11,312  13,518    47,268
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,050
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                  10,168
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      383,941
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     Total collateral                    405,159
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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.
of the latest statement week. Includes $        90 million
   securitie