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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
                                                                                            August 19, 1999
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     Aug 18, 1999 Aug 11, 1999 Aug 19, 1998 Aug 18, 1999

Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                  527,957    +     152    +  48,129      526,576
  U.S. government securities			        		      		     		
    Bought outright-system account (3)                      487,185    +   1,034    +  45,402      488,290
    Held under repurchase agreements                          1,052    -   1,134    -     897          665
  Federal agency obligations			        		      		     		
    Bought outright                                             249            0    -     202          249
    Held under repurchase agreements                          5,647    +   1,233    +   2,715        4,900
  Acceptances                                                     0            0            0            0
  Loans to depository institutions

    Adjustment credit                                            25    -     192    -      20           20
    Seasonal credit                                             267    +       6    +      11          282
    Extended credit                                               0            0            0            0
   Float                                                        321    +     383    -      22          579
   Other F.R. assets                                         33,210    -   1,179    +   1,141       31,590
Gold stock                                                   11,047            0    +       3       11,047
Special drawing rights certificate account                    8,200            0    -   1,000        8,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                27,102    +      14    +   1,216       27,102
        Total factors supplying reserve funds               574,306    +     166    +  48,348      572,925
						        		      		     		
Currency in circulation*                                    536,280    +     493    +  48,123      537,014
Treasury cash holdings*                                          62    +       4    -      70           83
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks     		      		     		
  Treasury                                                    5,080    -      20    -     370        4,903
  Foreign                                                       207    +      34    +      43          241
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                7,005    -     110    +     145        7,005
  Other                                                         267    -      26    -      87          263
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                           17,860    -     396    +   1,014       17,525
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,     		      		     		
        absorbing reserve funds                             566,762    -      20    +  48,800      567,034

Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                         7,544    +     186    -     451        5,891
						       		      		     		
On    August 18, 1999, the face amount of marketable U.S. government securities held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks for foreign official and international accounts was    606,674 million, a change of
 +$  3,559 million for the week.  The total includes the face value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero
coupon bonds.
1  Net of $     16,545 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the
   latest statement week, of which a net of $     16,545 million was with foreign official and international
   accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
2  Net of $     15,941 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest
   statement week, of which a net of $     15,941 million was with foreign official and international
   accounts.  Includes $      1,523 million securities loaned--fully secured U.S. government securities.
3  Includes $      5,108 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        156 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
4  Consists of required clearing balances of $      6,742 million and adjustments of $        263 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
                                                           Aug 18, 1999     Aug 11, 1999     Aug 19, 1998
                ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                        11,047                0        +       5
Special drawing rights certificate account                       8,200                0        -   1,000
Coin                                                               302        +       2        -     108
					
Loans                                                              302        -   1,312        +      41
Acceptances                                                          0                0                0
Federal agency obligations		
  Bought outright                                                  249                0        -     202
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                           4,900        -   1,420        +   1,752
U.S. government securities		
  Bought outright--Bills                                       199,758        +     948        -      45
                   Notes (2)                                   209,573        -     198        +  32,457
                   Bonds (3)                                    78,959        +   1,075        +  13,819
    Total bought outright (4)                                  488,290        +   1,825        +  46,231
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                             665        -   4,995        -   1,321
     Total U.S. government securities                          488,955        -   3,170        +  42,924
       Total loans and securities                              494,407        -   5,901        +  46,503
					
Items in process of collection                      (634)        7,081        +     126        +      25
Bank premises                                                    1,323                0        +      29
Other assets (5)                                                30,364        -   3,312        +   1,144
                TOTAL ASSETS                        (634)      552,725        -   9,083        +  46,599
					
                LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                          510,297        -     146        +  46,770
Deposits		 		
  Depository institutions                                       12,467        -   8,150        -   2,306
  U.S. Treasury--general account                                 4,903        -     524        +     531
  Foreign--official accounts                                       241        +      76        +      81
    Other                                             (0)          263        -     202        -     115
      Total deposits                                  (0)       17,875        -   8,799        -   1,808
Deferred availability cash items                    (634)        7,028        +     167        +     672
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (6)                      4,186        -     342        -     339
                TOTAL LIABILITIES                   (634)      539,386        -   9,119        +  45,295
					
                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                                                  6,297        +       2        +     444
Surplus                                                          5,952                0        +     732
Other capital accounts                                           1,089        +      33        +     127

*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 $      3,938 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        130 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
3  Includes $      1,170 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $         26 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
4  Net of $     15,941 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest
   statement week.  Includes $      1,523 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government
   securities.
5  Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates.  Includes
   special investment account at Chicago of $          0 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.
6  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,    August 18, 1999
Holdings of securities include securitites held under repurchase agreements, which are classified according
to remaining maturity.

Millions of dollars
                                                                 U.S. government         Federal agency
                    Loans   Acceptances                           securities (1)           obligations
                                                                           Weekly                 Weekly
                                                               Holdings    changes    Holdings    changes
Within 15 days        278          0     Within 15 days          18,796   -   2,410      4,911   -   1,420
16 to 90 days          24          0     16 to 90 days           99,333   +   3,902         27   +       7
Over 90 days            0          0     91 days to 1 year      135,094   -   5,286         41   -       7
                                         Over 1 to 5 years      122,286   -     338         20           0
                                         Over 5 to 10 years      49,748   -     113        150           0
                                         Over 10 years           63,698   +   1,075          0           0
    Total             302          0         Total              488,955   -   3,170      5,149   -   1,420

1  Includes $      5,108 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        156 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    August 18, 1999
Millions of dollars
                                                                                                                                                            Kansas                 San
                                               Total     Boston   New York Philadelphia Cleveland   Richmond   Atlanta    Chicago   St. Louis  Minneapolis   City      Dallas   Francisco
         ASSETS
Gold certificate account                      11,047        533      4,434        319        566        834        724        993        337        140        313        575      1,279
Special drawing rights certif. acct.           8,200        406      3,215        247        396        683        596        725        232        103        231        451        915
Coin                                             302          7         10         19         22         40         40         30         17         16         24         47         30
				
Loans                                            302          1          0          1          0          0         10         74         70         70         41          2         33
Acceptances                                        0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
Federal agency obligations	
  Bought outright                                249         13         99          7         14         19         15         23          8          3          7         12         27
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)          4,900          0      4,900          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
U.S. government securities	
  Bought outright--Bills                     199,758     10,330     79,553      5,983     11,563     15,028     12,159     18,761      6,571      2,389      5,990      9,953     21,477
                   Notes (2)                 209,573     10,838     83,461      6,277     12,131     15,766     12,757     19,683      6,894      2,506      6,285     10,442     22,533
                   Bonds (3)                  78,959      4,083     31,445      2,365      4,571      5,940      4,806      7,416      2,597        944      2,368      3,934      8,489
     Total bought outright(4)                488,290     25,251    194,459     14,625     28,265     36,734     29,722     45,860     16,062      5,840     14,643     24,330     52,499
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)            665          0        665          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
     Total U.S. govt. securities             488,955     25,251    195,124     14,625     28,265     36,734     29,722     45,860     16,062      5,840     14,643     24,330     52,499
       Total loans and securities            494,407     25,265    200,124     14,634     28,279     36,753     29,747     45,958     16,140      5,913     14,691     24,345     52,559
				
Items in process of collection                 7,715        371        982        314        275        461        856        446        436        592        466        415      2,101
Bank premises                                  1,323         93        158         50        157        124        111        107         31        129         52        147        165
Other assets(5)                               30,364      1,374      9,882        869      1,809      4,322      1,930      2,738        763        716        774      1,250      3,937
Interdistrict settlement account                   0    - 1,062    + 1,355    + 6,967    - 2,253    -11,200    -   212    +13,501    + 2,483    - 2,844    + 1,921    - 5,948    - 2,709
          TOTAL ASSETS                       553,359     26,986    220,160     23,418     29,251     32,018     33,793     64,498     20,440      4,766     18,472     21,280     58,276

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 $      3,938 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        130 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
3  Includes $      1,170 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $         26 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
4  Net of $     15,941 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest
   statement week.  Includes $      1,523 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government
   securities.
5  Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates.  Includes
   special investment account at Chicago of $          0 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    August 18, 1999
Millions of dollars
                                                                                                                                                            Kansas                 San
                                               Total     Boston   New York Philadelphia Cleveland   Richmond   Atlanta    Chicago   St. Louis  Minneapolis   City      Dallas   Francisco
       LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                        510,297     25,365    206,502     22,067     26,849     26,798     30,522     61,194     19,098      3,213     16,997     19,393     52,299
Deposits			      	
  Depository institutions                     12,467        442      3,195        498        988        994      1,168      1,061        439        461        521        856      1,843
  U.S. Treasury--general account               4,903          0      4,903          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
  Foreign--official accounts                     241          7        125          4         10         30         10         14          3          5          3          6         24
  Other                                          264          0        138          0          2        105          1          2          3          0          9          2          1
    Total deposits                            17,875        448      8,361        503      1,000      1,129      1,179      1,077        445        466        533        864      1,868
Deferred credit items                          7,662        349        909        293        305        549        922        578        409        571        427        350      1,999
Other liabilities and accrued	      	
  dividends (1)                                4,186        223      1,540        152        242        330        285        392        156         85        154        211        416
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                        540,020     26,386    217,313     23,015     28,397     28,806     32,908     63,241     20,109      4,335     18,111     20,817     56,582
				      	
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS		      	
Capital paid in                                6,297        287      1,316        194        415      1,631        429        605        158        209        174        211        668
Surplus                                        5,952        267      1,208        177        399      1,238        418        583        121        202        140        227        972
Other capital accounts                         1,089         45        323         34         40        343         37         69         53         20         46         25         54
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL    	
        ACCOUNTS                             553,359     26,986    220,160     23,418     29,251     32,018     33,793     64,498     20,440      4,766     18,472     21,280     58,276
				      	
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS      	
				      	
F.R. notes outstanding                       767,675     33,659    304,203     30,861     36,293     52,399     54,512     76,509     26,007     11,474     24,719     37,661     79,378
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                   257,379      8,294     97,701      8,794      9,444     25,601     23,990     15,316      6,910      8,261      7,722     18,268     27,079
  F.R. notes, net                            510,297     25,365    206,502     22,067     26,849     26,798     30,522     61,194     19,098      3,213     16,997     19,393     52,299
Collateral held against F.R. notes    	
   Gold certificate account                   11,047
   Special drawing rights	      	
     certificate account                       8,200
   Other eligible assets                           0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities          491,049
     Total collateral                        510,297

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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