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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

                                                                                                 August 1, 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 31, 1996  Jul 24, 1996   Aug 2, 1995  Jul 31, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      424,567    +    5,286    +   14,922       436,332
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          383,049    +      287    +   12,223       382,378
     Held under repurchase agreements                           6,078    +    4,283    +    6,078        15,458
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,336    -       15    -      727         2,336
     Held under repurchase agreements                             407    -        8    +      407           282
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                            261    +      245    -      199         1,423
     Seasonal credit                                              308    +        9    +       57           295
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          271    -      183    -       23           509
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,857    +      668    -    2,894        33,651
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        3        11,050
 Special drawing rights certificate account                    10,168             0    -      350        10,168
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,554    +       14    +      986        24,554
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                470,339    +    5,300    +   15,555       482,104

 Currency in circulation*                                     427,151    -      258    +   17,582       428,702
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          258    -        9    -       48           261
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,384    +      124    -      992         6,836
   Foreign                                                        164    -        9    -       17           166
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,282    -      111    +    1,854         6,282
   Other                                                          295    -       18    +       27           278
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,885    +      643    +    1,119        14,817
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              453,419    +      362    +   19,524       457,343

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            16,919    +    4,938    -    3,969        24,761
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 On       July 31, 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 $     559,611 million, a change of + $     5,797 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,346 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,346 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    13,017 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    13,017 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $       231 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     5,973 million and adjustments of $       309 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 31, 1996    Jul 24, 1996     Aug 2, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,050               0      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                             10,168               0      -      350
 Coin                                                                      521      +       13      +      161

 Loans                                                                   1,718      +    1,391      -    1,734
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,336      -       15      -      727
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                      282      -      418      +      282
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              185,833      -      589      +    3,278
                    Notes                                              150,102               0      +    3,404
                    Bonds                                               46,443               0      +    2,764
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           382,378      -      589      +    9,447
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                   15,458      +   13,378      +   15,458
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                397,836      +   12,789      +   24,905
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    402,173      +   13,748      +   22,726

 Items in process of collection                          (430)           6,143      +      313      -      417
 Bank premises                                                           1,190      -        1      +       94
 Other assets 3                                                         32,532      +    2,353      -      910
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (430)         463,777      +   16,426      +   21,300

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 404,930      +    1,026      +   16,614
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              31,052      +   11,835      +    2,709
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        6,836      +    1,625      -      583
   Foreign--official accounts                                              166      -        1      -       29
   Other                                                                   278      -       13      +        6
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     38,332      +   13,446      +    2,103
 Deferred availability cash items                        (430)           5,697      +      331      +       75
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               5,156      +      974      +      638
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (430)         454,116      +   15,777      +   19,430

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,437      +       17      +      577
 Surplus                                                                 3,966               0      +      283
 Other capital accounts                                                  1,257      +      632      +    1,011
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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 $    13,017 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $       231 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 $        87 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 31, 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           1,555          0  Within 15 days                28,057 +   10,526        438 -      433
 16 days to 90 days         163          0  16 days to 90 days            86,783 -    4,303        722 +       13
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            118,032 +    5,737        492 -       13
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        92,581 +      830        475          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,662          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 38,721          0         25          0
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   Total                  1,718          0    Total                      397,836 +   12,789      2,618 -      433
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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 31, 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                                        521       17        19        33      26      88      71        50      32        18      43      46        79

 Loans                                     1,718        0         4         2       0       0     292       939     279       131      36      10        25
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,336      137       869        90     137     194     156       253     109        35      73      84       198
   Held under repurchase agreements 1        282        0       282         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                185,833   10,934    69,111     7,192  10,922  15,410  12,402    20,139   8,706     2,803   5,821   6,654    15,739
                    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             382,378   22,498   142,205    14,799  22,474  31,708  25,518    41,439  17,913     5,767  11,977  13,692    32,386
   Held under repurchase agreements 1     15,458        0    15,458         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       397,836   22,498   157,663    14,799  22,474  31,708  25,518    41,439  17,913     5,767  11,977  13,692    32,386
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         Total loans and securities      402,173   22,636   158,817    14,891  22,612  31,902  25,966    42,631  18,301     5,933  12,087  13,786    32,609

 Items in process of collection            6,573      535       566       519     246     611     977       515     254       385     412     237     1,316
 Bank premises                             1,190       94       147        48      92     127      81       111      30        89      55     156       160
 Other assets 3                           32,532    1,432    10,744     1,345   1,878   3,085   2,649     3,510     938       664   1,085   1,618     3,584
 Interdistrict settlement account              0   +1,203   -23,139    -1,397  +3,566  +7,158    +622    -1,064  -3,606      +110  -1,073    +148   +17,471
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  464,207   27,089   155,108    16,276  29,628  44,680  31,658    47,972  16,913     7,547  13,272  16,800    57,264
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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 $    13,017 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $       231 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
   $        87 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 31, 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                   404,930   24,097   131,152    13,672  27,560  40,591  27,617    43,018  15,558     6,066  11,308  13,701    50,590
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                31,052    1,850    12,132     1,762     977   1,810   1,801     2,692     672       720     998   2,102     3,536
   U.S. Treasury--general account          6,836        0     6,836         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                166        6        61         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     278        1       104         1       1      62       8        94       1         1       1       2         3
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Total deposits                       38,332    1,858    19,133     1,770     988   1,883   1,822     2,803     676       724   1,005   2,113     3,558
 Deferred credit items                     6,127      496       645       219     225     528     970       525     215       437     401     258     1,207
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             5,156      262     1,620       191     257   1,007     313       471     210        97     172     174       383
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   454,545   26,712   152,551    15,852  29,029  44,009  30,722    46,816  16,659     7,325  12,886  16,247    55,737

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,437      167     1,118       190     268     293     426       520     110       101     176     252       814
 Surplus                                   3,966      171     1,057       190     259     292     389       473      98        99     152     246       542
 Other capital accounts                    1,257       39       383        43      71      87     120       163      45        22      57      55       171
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       ACCOUNTS                          464,207   27,089   155,108    16,276  29,628  44,680  31,658    47,972  16,913     7,547  13,272  16,800    57,264

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  521,387   29,106   184,707    17,266  30,607  47,399  34,330    50,560  18,672     7,173  13,432  20,699    67,436
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              116,457    5,008    53,555     3,593   3,046   6,809   6,713     7,543   3,114     1,107   2,124   6,998    16,846
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   F.R. notes, net                       404,930   24,097   131,152    13,672  27,560  40,591  27,617    43,018  15,558     6,066  11,308  13,701    50,590
 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      383,713
                                     ------------
     Total collateral                    404,930
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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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