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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

                                                                                              December 26, 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    Dec 25, 1996  Dec 18, 1996  Dec 27, 1995  Dec 25, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      441,507    +    1,029    +   17,503       445,637
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          392,654    -      132    +   14,060       395,381
     Held under repurchase agreements                          11,908    +      144    +    3,911        11,908
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,225             0    -      411         2,225
     Held under repurchase agreements                             955    +      463    -       24           955
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                            118    +       33    +       74            36
     Seasonal credit                                               70    +        1    +       26            69
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                        1,326    +       34    +      430         2,727
   Other F.R. assets                                           32,251    +      486    -      563        32,336
 Gold stock                                                    11,048             0    -        2        11,048
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,934    +       14    +      943        24,934
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                487,207    +    1,043    +   17,994       491,337

 Currency in circulation*                                     446,243    +    3,817    +   23,694       448,556
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          249    -        8    -       21           249
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,694    -    1,475    -    1,475         6,479
   Foreign                                                        201    +       25    +       29           214
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,925    -      199    +    1,367         6,925
   Other                                                          300    -       53    +        3           265
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            14,570    -       83    +    1,500        14,676
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              474,182    +    2,025    +   25,097       477,364

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            13,026    -      982    -    7,104        13,973
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 On   December 25, 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 $     610,954 million, a change of - $     1,433 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,959 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,959 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    10,233 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    10,233 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $         0 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,608 million and adjustments of $       318 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
                                                                   Dec 25, 1996    Dec 18, 1996    Dec 27, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,048               0      -        2
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      621      -        3      +      188

 Loans                                                                     105      -      143      +       42
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,225               0      -      409
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                      955      -      199      +      955
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              195,120      +    2,794      +    9,061
                    Notes                                              150,922               0      -       91
                    Bonds                                               49,339               0      +    5,270
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           395,381      +    2,794      +   14,239
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                   11,908      -   10,713      +    5,184
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                407,289      -    7,919      +   19,423
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    410,573      -    8,261      +   20,011

 Items in process of collection                          (370)          10,694      +    1,754      +    3,159
 Bank premises                                                           1,232      +        2      +       79
 Other assets 3                                                         31,116      -      515      -      540
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (370)         475,002      -    7,024      +   22,445

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 424,491      +    4,105      +   23,083
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              20,910      -    9,093      -    4,876
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        6,479      -    3,510      +      700
   Foreign--official accounts                                              214      +       51      +       36
   Other                                                  (-3)             265      -       94      -       14
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                       (-3)          27,868      -   12,646      -    4,154
 Deferred availability cash items                        (374)           7,967      +    1,305      +    1,678
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,707      -      221      +      241
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (370)         465,034      -    7,457      +   20,848

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,601      +       23      +      634
 Surplus                                                                 3,860               0      +      177
 Other capital accounts                                                  1,507      +      410      +      785
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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 $     2,413 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    10,233 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.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account
   at Chicago of $       106 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, DECEMBER 25, 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              80          0  Within 15 days                20,574 -   11,651      1,235 -      199
 16 days to 90 days          26          0  16 days to 90 days            93,385 +    3,241        694          0
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            122,208 +      491        249          0
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        95,513          0        520          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,782          0        457          0
                                            Over 10 years                 41,826          0         25          0
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   Total                    105          0    Total                      407,289 -    7,919      3,180 -      199
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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 DECEMBER 25, 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                 11,048      661     4,049       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                                        621       17        22        44      27     116      86        71      31        19      58      52        77

 Loans                                       105        2         0         7       0       0       0        17      27        37       9       3         3
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,225      131       827        86     131     184     148       241     104        34      70      80       188
   Held under repurchase agreements 1        955        0       955         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                195,120   11,481    72,564     7,552  11,468  16,180  13,021    21,146   9,141     2,943   6,112   6,987    16,526
                    Notes                150,922    8,880    56,127     5,841   8,870  12,515  10,072    16,356   7,070     2,276   4,727   5,404    12,783
                    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
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     Total bought outright 2             395,381   23,264   147,040    15,302  23,239  32,787  26,386    42,848  18,522     5,963  12,385  14,158    33,487
   Held under repurchase agreements 1     11,908        0    11,908         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       407,289   23,264   158,948    15,302  23,239  32,787  26,386    42,848  18,522     5,963  12,385  14,158    33,487
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         Total loans and securities      410,573   23,397   160,731    15,395  23,369  32,971  26,534    43,107  18,653     6,033  12,464  14,241    33,679

 Items in process of collection           11,064      614     1,833       489     468     878   1,132     1,216     751       656     604     491     1,933
 Bank premises                             1,232       94       150        49     106     128      82       110      31       111      56     155       160
 Other assets 3                           31,116    1,371    10,783     1,289   1,801   2,345   2,559     3,393     899       636   1,043   1,561     3,436
 Interdistrict settlement account              0   +1,899   -25,596    -2,503  +4,836  +3,886    -574      -436  -3,095      -799    -747    +665   +22,464
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  475,373   28,688   155,356    15,583  31,774  42,078  31,333    49,579  18,163     6,969  14,079  17,997    63,773
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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 $     2,413 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    10,233 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.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account at Chicago of
   $       106 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 DECEMBER 25, 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                   424,491   25,378   138,678    13,762  29,791  38,617  27,422    44,511  16,726     5,472  12,403  15,333    56,398
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                20,910    2,057     4,742       744     749   1,572   1,883     2,387     633       596     615   1,577     3,355
   U.S. Treasury--general account          6,479        0     6,479         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                214        6       109         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     262        1       117         1       4      22       2       105       1         1       2       2         2
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     Total deposits                       27,865    2,064    11,448       752     763   1,605   1,899     2,510     637       601     622   1,588     3,377
 Deferred credit items                     8,341      587     1,137       309     324     771     785       907     314       577     503     356     1,770
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,707      274     1,636       202     273     379     335       500     223        98     179     188       419
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   465,404   28,303   152,899    15,025  31,150  41,373  30,442    48,427  17,900     6,748  13,707  17,466    61,963

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,601      172     1,051       273     292     318     425       537     114       106     174     257       880
 Surplus                                   3,860      166     1,028       185     252     284     379       460      95        96     148     240       527
 Other capital accounts                    1,507       47       378        99      79     103      88       155      54        18      50      35       403
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       ACCOUNTS                          475,373   28,688   155,356    15,583  31,774  42,078  31,333    49,579  18,163     6,969  14,079  17,997    63,773

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  528,530   30,376   183,749    16,234  32,920  45,479  34,657    51,694  19,561     7,042  14,199  21,160    71,458
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              104,039    4,998    45,070     2,472   3,129   6,862   7,234     7,183   2,835     1,570   1,797   5,827    15,061
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   F.R. notes, net                       424,491   25,378   138,678    13,762  29,791  38,617  27,422    44,511  16,726     5,472  12,403  15,333    56,398
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,048
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                   9,718
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      403,725
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     Total collateral                    424,491
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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.`

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