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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

                                                                                                  July 11, 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 10, 1996   Jul 3, 1996  Jul 12, 1995  Jul 10, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      425,587    +      550    +   12,262       426,103
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          383,437    +       75    +   10,609       383,785
     Held under repurchase agreements                           7,611    +      329    +    6,413         8,798
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,383    -        5    -      698         2,351
     Held under repurchase agreements                              96    +       34    -      310            40
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             30    -      239    +       26             4
     Seasonal credit                                              263    +        9    +       47           272
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          703    +      558    -       59          -417
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,064    -      210    -    3,765        31,269
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        3        11,050
 Special drawing rights certificate account                    10,168             0    -      350        10,168
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,446    +       14    +      931        24,446
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                471,251    +      564    +   12,840       471,768

 Currency in circulation*                                     430,030    +    3,925    +   17,106       430,622
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          278    -        2    -       37           268
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,277    -    1,140    -      489         5,668
   Foreign                                                        207    +       19    +        5           190
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,291    +      103    +    2,033         6,291
   Other                                                          314    -       18    +       29           347
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,228    -      123    +      116        13,094
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              455,626    +    2,764    +   18,763       456,480

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            15,625    -    2,200    -    5,923        15,288
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 On       July 10, 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 $     550,556 million, a change of + $     3,220 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    11,958 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    11,958 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    11,610 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    11,610 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $        30 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     5,945 million and adjustments of $       346 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 10, 1996     Jul 3, 1996    Jul 12, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,050               0      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                             10,168               0      -      350
 Coin                                                                      495      -       27      +      159

 Loans                                                                     276      +       11      +       47
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,351      -       37      -      730
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                       40      -      393      +       40
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              187,241      +    1,083      +    4,912
                    Notes                                              150,102               0      +    3,104
                    Bonds                                               46,443               0      +    2,764
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           383,785      +    1,083      +   10,780
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    8,798      -      214      +    8,798
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                392,583      +      869      +   19,578
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    395,251      +      450      +   18,935

 Items in process of collection                          (573)           5,938      -    1,168      +      342
 Bank premises                                                           1,184      +        2      +       92
 Other assets 3                                                         30,246      +      254      -    3,289
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (573)         454,333      -      489      +   15,885

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 406,938      +    1,109      +   16,771
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              22,649      -    2,604      -    1,246
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        5,668      +    1,965      -      497
   Foreign--official accounts                                              190      +       19      +       18
   Other                                                                   347      +       33      +       48
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     28,855      -      588      -    1,678
 Deferred availability cash items                        (573)           5,446      -    1,055      +      324
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,364      -       53      -      135
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (573)         445,603      -      586      +   15,282

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,139               0      +      298
 Surplus                                                                 3,966               0      +      283
 Other capital accounts                                                    624      +       96      +       22
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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 $    11,610 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.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account
   at Chicago of $       102 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 10, 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              52          0  Within 15 days                23,270 +    5,345         55 -      415
 16 days to 90 days         224          0  16 days to 90 days            88,725 -    4,521        715 -       15
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            116,177 +       45        655 +       10
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        92,749          0        475 -       10
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      32,941          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 38,721          0         25          0
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   Total                    276          0    Total                      392,583 +      869      2,391 -      430
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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 10, 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                                        495       19        20        31      21      82      67        38      28        20      47      41        79

 Loans                                       276        5         0         0       0       0       8        37      46       127      29      11        13
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,351      138       875        91     138     195     157       255     110        35      74      84       199
   Held under repurchase agreements 1         40        0        40         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                187,241   11,017    69,634     7,247  11,005  15,527  12,496    20,292   8,771     2,824   5,865   6,705    15,859
                    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             383,785   22,581   142,728    14,854  22,557  31,825  25,612    41,592  17,979     5,788  12,021  13,743    32,505
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      8,798        0     8,798         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       392,583   22,581   151,526    14,854  22,557  31,825  25,612    41,592  17,979     5,788  12,021  13,743    32,505
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         Total loans and securities      395,251   22,725   152,441    14,945  22,695  32,020  25,777    41,883  18,135     5,951  12,124  13,838    32,717

 Items in process of collection            6,511      713       888       305     262     500     670       423     219       494     480     310     1,247
 Bank premises                             1,184       94       146        48      91     127      81       111      31        84      56     157       159
 Other assets 3                           30,246    1,389     9,568     1,305   1,820   2,378   2,643     3,491     909       645   1,051   1,570     3,475
 Interdistrict settlement account              0     +763   -21,352    -1,284  +4,149  +7,704  +1,473      -698  -2,857      -166  -1,267    -306   +13,842
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  454,905   26,874   149,666    16,187  30,248  44,519  32,003    47,468  17,429     7,376  13,154  16,418    53,563
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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 $    11,610 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.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account at Chicago of
   $       102 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 10, 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                   406,938   24,401   133,087    14,313  28,315  41,368  28,240    42,849  16,126     6,152  11,394  13,795    46,900
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                22,649    1,322     6,070     1,055     852   1,499   1,862     2,471     670       454     813   1,624     3,957
   U.S. Treasury--general account          5,668        0     5,668         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                190        6        85         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     347        1       111         1       5     102      17       104       0         1       3       0         3
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     Total deposits                       28,855    1,329    11,934     1,063     866   1,612   1,893     2,592     674       458     821   1,634     3,979
 Deferred credit items                     6,019      541       725       226     254     564     684       498     191       465     406     300     1,164
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,364      255     1,537       187     251     354     307       462     207        92     167     172       374
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   446,175   26,526   147,282    15,789  29,685  43,898  31,123    46,402  17,197     7,167  12,788  15,901    52,417

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,139      161     1,102       190     268     293     425       510     106       101     176     251       556
 Surplus                                   3,966      171     1,057       190     259     292     389       473      98        99     152     246       542
 Other capital accounts                      624       17       225        17      36      37      66        84      28         9      38      20        49
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       ACCOUNTS                          454,905   26,874   149,666    16,187  30,248  44,519  32,003    47,468  17,429     7,376  13,154  16,418    53,563

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  518,712   29,209   186,708    17,503  30,939  47,434  34,597    49,970  18,630     7,106  13,030  20,561    63,025
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              111,773    4,808    53,621     3,190   2,624   6,066   6,358     7,121   2,504       955   1,636   6,766    16,125
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   F.R. notes, net                       406,938   24,401   133,087    14,313  28,315  41,368  28,240    42,849  16,126     6,152  11,394  13,795    46,900
 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      385,720
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     Total collateral                    406,938
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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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