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`FEDERAL RESERVE
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 31,  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      Jul 30, 1997   Jul 23, 1997    Jul 31, 1996  Jul 30, 1997
 
Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     447,422   +       1,053   +    22,855   453,635
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         409,823   -         995   +    26,774   408,992
    Held under repurchase agreements                             3,315   +       1,602   -     2,762     8,927
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                              1,209               0   -     1,127     1,209
    Held under repurchase agreements                               350   +         187   -        57       975
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                              216   +         189   -        45     1,286
    Seasonal credit                                                378   +          31   +        70       392
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                           119   -         440   -       154      -593
   Other F.R. assets                                            32,011   +         479   +       156    32,446
Gold stock                                                      11,050   +           1             0    11,051
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,200               0   -       968     9,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,413   +          14   +       794    25,413
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  493,085   +       1,068   +    22,681   499,299
 
Currency in circulation*                                       454,440   -         800   +    27,223   455,487
Treasury cash holdings*                                            321   -          13   +        63       311
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                       4,877   -         335   -       507     5,153
  Foreign                                                          172   +           4   +         8       170
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   7,364   +          67   +     1,083     7,364
  Other                                                            316   +           5   +        21       316
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              15,670   +         327   +     1,785    15,540
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                483,159   -         746   +    29,675   484,341
 
Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                            9,926   +       1,814   -     6,994    14,958
 
On   July 30, 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 $ 631,119 million, a change of + $ 1,139 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 14,567 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 14,567 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 15,398 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 15,398 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 80 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 $ 8 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 7,088 million and adjustments of $ 277 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
                                                         Jul 30, 1997   Jul 23, 1997     Jul 31, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,051       +         1      +         1
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,200                 0      -       968
Coin                                                            477       +         6      -        44
 
Loans                                                         1,679       +     1,312      -        39
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                             1,209                 0      -     1,127
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                          975       +       785      +       693
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    194,207       -       884      +     8,373
                   Notes (2)                                160,524                 0      +    10,422
                   Bonds                                     54,261                 0      +     7,819
    Total bought outright (3)                               408,992       -       885      +    26,614
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        8,927       +     7,277      -     6,531
     Total U.S. government securities                       417,919       +     6,392      +    20,083
       Total loans and securities                           421,782       +     8,490      +    19,609
 
Items in process of collection              (377)             5,733       -       691      -       410
Bank premises                                                 1,258       -         1      +        68
Other assets (4)                                             31,073       +       682      -     1,459
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (377)           480,574       +     8,486      +    16,797
 
                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       430,862       -       258      +    25,931
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    22,984       +     8,316      -     8,068
  U.S. Treasury--general account                              5,153       +       211      -     1,683
  Foreign--official accounts                                    170       +         8      +         4
    Other                                                       316       +         9      +        38
      Total deposits                                         28,624       +     8,544      -     9,709
Deferred availability cash items            (377)             5,549       -       202      -       149
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   4,929       +       354      -       227
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (377)           469,963       +     8,438      +    15,848
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               5,087       +         8      +       650
Surplus                                                       4,496                 0      +       529
Other capital accounts                                        1,028       +        39      -       230
                                                                          
 
*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  $ 8 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 15,398 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 80 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 $ 120 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, JULY 30, 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    1606        0  Within 15 days              16,820  +          1,338     1154  +            800
16 days to 90      73        0  16 days to 90 days          92,691  -          1,476      185  -             15
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          131,377  +          6,530      130                 0
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      94,004                 0      401                 0
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    39,016                 0      290                 0
                                Over 10 years               44,011                 0       25                 0
    Total        1679        0       Total                 417,919  +          6,392     2184  +            785
 
1 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 8 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 JULY 30, 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                     11,051         624       3,938         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                                            477          12          18          53          23          76          58          57          23          19          37          43          58
 
Loans                                         1,679           1       1,037           0           0           0          14         322          86         160          41           7          12
Acceptances                                       0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                             1,209          74         391          40          84         115          81         129          48          17          35          44         152
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)           975           0         975           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    194,207      11,839      62,816       6,492      13,433      18,478      12,960      20,715       7,735       2,705       5,545       7,053      24,434
                   Notes (2)                160,524       9,786      51,922       5,366      11,104      15,273      10,712      17,122       6,393       2,236       4,584       5,830      20,197
                   Bonds                     54,261       3,308      17,551       1,814       3,753       5,163       3,621       5,788       2,161         756       1,549       1,971       6,827
     Total bought outright(3)               408,992      24,933     132,289      13,673      28,290      38,914      27,292      43,625      16,290       5,696      11,678      14,853      51,458
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         8,927           0       8,927           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            417,919      24,933     141,216      13,673      28,290      38,914      27,292      43,625      16,290       5,696      11,678      14,853      51,458
       Total loans and securities           421,782      25,008     143,619      13,714      28,374      39,029      27,387      44,076      16,424       5,872      11,754      14,904      51,622
 
Items in process of collection                6,110         412         830         237         233         438         528         511         217         511         424         352       1,416
Bank premises                                 1,258          94         153          50         117         126          76         109          30         138          55         151         159
Other assets(4)                              31,073       1,345       9,344       1,455       1,910       2,418       2,441       3,383         897         595       1,015       1,433       4,836
Interdistrict settlement account                 -0       -1629       18221       -2153        -600       -5893       -2761       -5318       -2716       -1169       -1384        3134        2268
          TOTAL ASSETS                      480,951      26,396     179,325      13,987      31,300      37,951      29,054      44,787      15,616       6,236      12,435      20,843      63,020
 
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 $ 8 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 15,398 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 80 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 
   $ 120 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 JULY 30, 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                       430,862      23,762     162,913      12,132      29,155      33,994      25,743      39,945      14,313       4,497      10,607      17,975      55,825
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    22,984       1,554       6,521         866         875       1,605       1,582       2,609         663         817         949       1,823       3,121
  U.S. Treasury--general account              5,153           0       5,153           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    170           5          59           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         316           1          99           1           3          86           1         121           0           1           1           1           1
    Total deposits                           28,624       1,560      11,832         875         887       1,701       1,596       2,746         666         822         956       1,832       3,150
Deferred credit items                         5,926         388         714         212         207         436         621         537         201         480         385         307       1,438
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               4,929         290       1,584         186         322         443         343         510         206         101         174         193         577
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       470,340      26,000     177,043      13,404      30,572      36,574      28,303      43,738      15,386       5,899      12,123      20,307      60,990
 
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               5,087         185       1,080         287         352         703         318         491         112         167         134         263         995
Surplus                                       4,496         168       1,023         268         286         310         415         524         112         104         171         250         865
Other capital accounts                        1,028          43         179          28          91         364          18          34           6          66           8          23         170
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            480,951      26,396     179,325      13,987      31,300      37,951      29,054      44,787      15,616       6,236      12,435      20,843      63,020
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
 
F.R. notes outstanding                      541,296      29,680     206,241      15,708      32,736      40,313      34,438      48,705      16,864       6,143      12,353      24,353      73,764
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  110,434       5,918      43,329       3,576       3,581       6,319       8,694       8,760       2,551       1,645       1,745       6,378      17,939
  F.R. notes, net                           430,862      23,762     162,913      12,132      29,155      33,994      25,743      39,945      14,313       4,497      10,607      17,975      55,825
Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account                  11,051
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                      9,200
   Other eligible assets                          0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities         410,611
     Total collateral                       430,862
 
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.`

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