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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

                                                                                               October 10, 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     Oct 9, 1996   Oct 2, 1996  Oct 11, 1995   Oct 9, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      424,192    -    1,690    +   12,447       429,775
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          387,293    +    1,038    +   15,814       387,584
     Held under repurchase agreements                           2,047    -    1,486    -    1,505         6,196
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,309             0    -      586         2,309
     Held under repurchase agreements                             538    -      465    +      538         1,104
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             16    -      223    -      104            24
     Seasonal credit                                              246    -       56    +       22           231
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          412    -      188    -      530           763
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,329    -      310    -    1,204        31,564
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        1        11,049
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,707    +       14    +      917        24,707
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                469,666    -    1,676    +   12,913       475,250

 Currency in circulation*                                     431,802    +    1,477    +   19,177       433,389
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          293    +        6    -       25           294
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     4,529    -    2,286    -    1,101         4,722
   Foreign                                                        168    -       21             0           165
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,483    -       58    +    1,740         6,483
   Other                                                          370    -        4    +       21           363
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,511    -      411    +      548        13,664
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              457,155    -    1,298    +   20,360       459,081

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            12,511    -      378    -    7,448        16,169
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 On     October 9, 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 $     588,066 million, a change of - $     2,983 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    11,819 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    11,819 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    11,527 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    11,527 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $        55 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,271 million and adjustments of $       212 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
                                                                    Oct 9, 1996     Oct 2, 1996    Oct 11, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,049               0      -        1
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      607      +       12      +      178

 Loans                                                                     254      -       30      -      805
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,309               0      -      586
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    1,104      +      660      +    1,104
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              187,323      +      627      +    5,473
                    Notes                                              152,392               0      +    4,488
                    Bonds                                               47,869               0      +    5,196
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           387,584      +      627      +   15,157
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    6,196      +    4,841      +    1,363
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                393,780      +    5,468      +   16,520
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    397,448      +    6,098      +   16,234

 Items in process of collection                          (406)           6,930      -      528      -    2,851
 Bank premises                                                           1,207               0      +       90
 Other assets 3                                                         30,426      +      553      -      779
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (406)         457,385      +    6,134      +   12,419

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 409,583      +    1,802      +   18,865
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              23,127      +    5,680      -    4,745
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        4,722      -      705      -      369
   Foreign--official accounts                                              165      -       18               0
   Other                                                                   363      -       16      +       17
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     28,378      +    4,941      -    5,097
 Deferred availability cash items                        (406)           5,761      -    1,022      -    2,367
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,411      -       20      +       29
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (406)         448,133      +    5,701      +   11,430

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,532      -        4      +      609
 Surplus                                                                 3,860      +       10      +      177
 Other capital accounts                                                    861      +      426      +      202
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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 $    11,527 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $        55 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 $       155 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, OCTOBER 9, 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              62          0  Within 15 days                19,860 +    4,939      1,254 +      710
 16 days to 90 days         192          0  16 days to 90 days            90,454 +      729        796 +      230
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            113,926 -      200        432 -      280
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        95,531          0        440          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,653          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 40,356          0         25          0
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   Total                    254          0    Total                      393,780 +    5,468      3,413 +      660
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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 OCTOBER 9, 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                 11,049      661     4,050       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                                        607       17        22        40      29     106      89        65      28        19      65      52        76

 Loans                                       254        0         0         0       0       0       3        40      46        97      58       4         7
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,309      136       859        89     136     192     154       250     108        35      72      83       196
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      1,104        0     1,104         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                187,323   11,022    69,665     7,250  11,010  15,534  12,501    20,301   8,775     2,825   5,868   6,708    15,866
                    Notes                152,392    8,966    56,674     5,898   8,957  12,637  10,170    16,515   7,139     2,298   4,773   5,457    12,907
                    Bonds                 47,869    2,817    17,802     1,853   2,814   3,969   3,195     5,188   2,242       722   1,499   1,714     4,054
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     Total bought outright 2             387,584   22,805   144,141    15,001  22,780  32,140  25,866    42,003  18,157     5,845  12,140  13,879    32,827    
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      6,196        0     6,196         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       393,780   22,805   150,337    15,001  22,780  32,140  25,866    42,003  18,157     5,845  12,140  13,879    32,827
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         Total loans and securities      397,448   22,941   152,300    15,090  22,916  32,332  26,022    42,294  18,311     5,977  12,271  13,966    33,029

 Items in process of collection            7,336      412     2,164       464     284    -455     886       603     268       552     353     363     1,444
 Bank premises                             1,207       94       147        48      97     128      82       110      30        99      55     155       161
 Other assets 3                           30,426    1,399     9,729     1,312   1,842   2,366   2,582     3,496     919       647   1,064   1,576     3,494
 Interdistrict settlement account              0     +923   -30,712    -2,467  +6,753  +6,482    +814    +1,615  -2,386      -424    -593  -1,623   +21,619
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  457,791   27,083   141,084    15,306  33,089  42,712  31,989    50,301  18,063     7,181  13,816  15,320    61,847
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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 $    11,527 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $        55 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
   $       155 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 OCTOBER 9, 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                   409,583   24,586   126,358    13,458  30,846  39,281  28,500    45,019  16,652     5,526  12,268  12,158    54,932
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                23,127    1,496     5,288     1,064   1,158   1,689   1,542     2,994     743       846     700   2,203     3,405
   U.S. Treasury--general account          4,722        0     4,722         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                165        6        60         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     363        1       110         1       1      87       2       156       0         1       1       0         2
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     Total deposits                       28,378    1,502    10,181     1,071   1,168   1,787   1,558     3,167     747       850     707   2,212     3,427
 Deferred credit items                     6,167      382       711       144     233     637     777       557     210       501     321     267     1,427
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,411      259     1,513       191     261     358     315       468     210        97     170     179       388
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   448,538   26,729   138,762    14,864  32,508  42,063  31,150    49,211  17,819     6,975  13,466  14,816    60,174

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,532      167     1,085       222     290     312     426       540     113       103     176     253       844
 Surplus                                   3,860      166     1,028       185     252     284     379       460      95        96     148     240       527
 Other capital accounts                      861       21       209        35      39      53      34        90      35         7      26      11       301
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       ACCOUNTS                          457,791   27,083   141,084    15,306  33,089  42,712  31,989    50,301  18,063     7,181  13,816  15,320    61,847

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  532,375   30,253   179,537    16,335  34,012  47,374  36,155    53,623  20,420     6,954  14,459  21,745    71,509
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              122,792    5,667    53,179     2,877   3,166   8,093   7,656     8,603   3,767     1,428   2,191   9,588    16,576
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   F.R. notes, net                       409,583   24,586   126,358    13,458  30,846  39,281  28,500    45,019  16,652     5,526  12,268  12,158    54,932
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,049
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                   9,718
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      388,816
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     Total collateral                    409,583
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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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