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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
                                                                                                May 15,  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      May 14, 1997   May 7, 1997     May 15, 1996  May 14, 1997       
 
Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     450,198   -      10,725   +    34,935   453,279
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         404,852   +       1,372   +    25,580   406,500
    Held under repurchase agreements                            11,330   -      11,520   +    10,603    11,596
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                              1,970               0   -       474     1,970
    Held under repurchase agreements                               450   -         422   +       448       414
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                               16   -          49   -        11        19
    Seasonal credit                                                154   +          15   +        63       172
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                            47   -          49   -       820      1043
   Other F.R. assets                                            31,378   -          72   -       454    31,564
Gold stock                                                      11,052               0             0    11,051
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,200               0   -       968     9,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,257   +          14   +       851    25,257
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  495,706   -      10,711   +    34,818   498,787
 
Currency in circulation*                                       448,076   +       1,382   +    28,620   449,051
Treasury cash holdings*                                            316   +           6   +        51       322
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                      14,661   -       9,238   +     8,988    16,838
  Foreign                                                          171   -           4   -        14       158
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   7,143   -          10   +       880     7,143
  Other                                                            348   -           8   -        34       355
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              15,163   +         133   +     2,233    15,001
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                485,877   -       7,739   +    40,724   488,868
 
Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                            9,829   -       2,972   -     5,906     9,919
 
On   May 14, 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 $ 640,941 million, a change of - $ 2,458 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 13,465 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 13,465 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 13,194 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 13,194 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 30 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
3 Includes $ 750 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 6 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of    
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 6,877 million and adjustments of $ 266 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
                                                         May 14, 1997   May 7, 1997      May 15, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,051                 0                0
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,200                 0      -       968
Coin                                                            591       -        17      +        16
 
Loans                                                           191       -       239      +        65
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                             1,970                 0      -       474
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                          414       -     1,510      +       399
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    195,815       +       156      +    12,226
                   Notes (2)                                157,769       +     1,690      +     7,667
                   Bonds                                     52,916       +       529      +     6,473
    Total bought outright (3)                               406,500       +     2,374      +    26,367
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                       11,596       -    11,660      +     6,507
     Total U.S. government securities                       418,096       -     9,286      +    32,874
       Total loans and securities                           420,671       -    11,034      +    32,864
 
Items in process of collection              (397)             6,221       -       284      -        48
Bank premises                                                 1,243       +         4      +        72
Other assets (4)                                             30,439       +       111      +     1,412
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (397)           479,416       -    11,221      +    33,348
 
                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       424,707       +       738      +    27,820
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    16,669       -     8,509      -     9,572
  U.S. Treasury--general account                             16,838       -     2,862      +    12,758
  Foreign--official accounts                                    158       -        18      -        71
    Other                                                       355       +        10      -        20
      Total deposits                                         34,020       -    11,379      +     3,095
Deferred availability cash items            (397)             5,688       -       394      +       143
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   5,012       -       348      +       786
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (397)           469,427       -    11,383      +    31,844
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               4,808       +        10      +       758
Surplus                                                       4,496                 0      +       529
Other capital accounts                                          685       +       152      +       217
                                                                          
 
*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 $ 750 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and  $ 6 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 13,194 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 30 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 $ 113 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, MAY 14, 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      64        0  Within 15 days              29,416  -          6,612      414  -           1510
16 days to 90     127        0  16 days to 90 days          86,553  -          4,743      768                 0
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          126,174  +            233      315                 0
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      95,102  +          1,102      416                 0
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    37,746  +            734      447                 0
                                Over 10 years               43,105                 0       25                 0
    Total         191        0       Total                 418,096  -          9,286     2384  -           1510
 
1 Includes $ 750 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 6 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 MAY 14, 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                                            591          15          29          67          27          90          62          76          27          28          52          44          75
 
Loans                                           191          13           0           1           0           0           6          32          30          67          22           2          18
Acceptances                                       0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                             1,970         120         637          66         136         187         131         210          78          27          56          72         248
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)           414           0         414           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    195,815      11,937      63,336       6,546      13,545      18,631      13,067      20,887       7,799       2,727       5,591       7,111      24,637
                   Notes (2)                157,769       9,618      51,031       5,274      10,913      15,011      10,528      16,828       6,284       2,197       4,505       5,730      19,850
                   Bonds                     52,916       3,226      17,116       1,769       3,660       5,035       3,531       5,644       2,108         737       1,511       1,922       6,658
     Total bought outright(3)               406,500      24,781     131,483      13,590      28,118      38,677      27,126      43,359      16,190       5,661      11,607      14,763      51,144
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)        11,596           0      11,596           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            418,096      24,781     143,079      13,590      28,118      38,677      27,126      43,359      16,190       5,661      11,607      14,763      51,144     
       Total loans and securities           420,671      24,915     144,130      13,656      28,254      38,865      27,263      43,602      16,298       5,755      11,685      14,836      51,411
 
Items in process of collection                6,618         383         892         254         261         484         751         701         238         481         320         419       1,433
Bank premises                                 1,243          95         153          50         112         127          73         109          30         127          56         152         160
Other assets(4)                              30,439       1,328       9,115       1,422       1,877       2,403       2,395       3,312         874         580       1,005       1,397       4,731
Interdistrict settlement account                 -0       -1912       15126       -1235       -2154       -4662       -5140       -3559       -2012        -745        -940        3908        3323
          TOTAL ASSETS                      479,814      25,978     176,586      14,846      29,620      39,063      26,729      46,209      16,198       6,497      12,711      21,582      63,794
 
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 $ 750 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 6 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 13,194 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 30 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 
   $ 113 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 MAY 14, 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                       424,707      23,813     152,501      13,114      27,721      35,699      22,854      41,708      15,018       5,057      11,292      19,210      56,721
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    16,669       1,102       2,377         721         719       1,542       1,834       2,197         514         596         548       1,352       3,167
  U.S. Treasury--general account             16,838           0      16,838           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    158           5          47           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         355           0         111           1           3         115           4         116           0           1           1           2           1
    Total deposits                           34,020       1,108      19,372         730         731       1,667       1,851       2,330         518         600         554       1,361       3,195
Deferred credit items                         6,086         350         780         231         251         535         717         514         211         499         322         282       1,394
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               5,012         293       1,643         191         322         442         349         512         204         103         173         197         583
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       469,825      25,563     174,296      14,266      29,025      38,343      25,771      45,064      15,951       6,259      12,342      21,050      61,892
 
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               4,808         195       1,075         288         284         341         474         554         115         117         180         261         924
Surplus                                       4,496         168       1,023         268         286         310         415         524         112         104         171         250         865
Other capital accounts                          685          51         192          24          25          69          70          67          20          16          19          20         112
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            479,814      25,978     176,586      14,846      29,620      39,063      26,729      46,209      16,198       6,497      12,711      21,582      63,794
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
 
F.R. notes outstanding                      531,412      29,820     196,712      16,170      30,645      42,162      31,292      49,301      17,757       6,462      13,114      24,808      73,170
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  106,705       6,006      44,211       3,056       2,924       6,463       8,438       7,593       2,739       1,406       1,822       5,598      16,449
  F.R. notes, net                           424,707      23,813     152,501      13,114      27,721      35,699      22,854      41,708      15,018       5,057      11,292      19,210      56,721
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         404,456
     Total collateral                       424,707
 
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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