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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 5, 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 3, 1996  Jun 26, 1996   Jul 5, 1995   Jul 3, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      425,054    +    4,399    +    4,543       426,644
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          383,362    +      867    +   10,723       382,702
     Held under repurchase agreements                           7,282    +    4,197    -    1,763         9,012
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,388             0    -      708         2,388
     Held under repurchase agreements                              62    -      685    -      189           433
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                            269    +      246    +       34            10
     Seasonal credit                                              254    +       28    +       39           255
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          158    -      591    -       83           695
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,279    +      337    -    3,510        31,148
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        3        11,050
 Special drawing rights certificate account                    10,168             0    +    1,079        10,168
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,432    +       14    +      934        24,432
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                470,705    +    4,413    +    6,552       472,294

 Currency in circulation*                                     426,105    +    2,880    +   14,815       429,460
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          280             0    -       38           280
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     6,417    -      766    -    7,310         3,703
   Foreign                                                        188    +       17    +        3           171
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,188    -       12    +    1,691         6,188
   Other                                                          333    +        1    +       70           315
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,351    +       99    +       24        13,049
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              452,862    +    2,219    +    9,254       453,166

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            17,843    +    2,194    -    2,702        19,128
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 On        July 3, 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 $     547,336 million, a change of - $     2,009 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,033 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,033 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    12,693 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    12,693 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $       335 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     5,911 million and adjustments of $       277 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 3, 1996    Jun 26, 1996     Jul 5, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,050               0      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                             10,168               0      -      350
 Coin                                                                      523      -       14      +      189

 Loans                                                                     265      +        7      -    1,569
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,388               0      -      708
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                      433      +      433      +      433
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              186,158      +      180      +    6,296
                    Notes                                              150,102               0      +    3,104
                    Bonds                                               46,443               0      +    2,764
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           382,702      +      180      +   12,165
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    9,012      +    4,786      +    2,583
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                391,714      +    4,966      +   14,748
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    394,801      +    5,406      +   12,904

 Items in process of collection                          (645)           7,106      +      944      +    2,721
 Bank premises                                                           1,182      +        1      +       92
 Other assets 3                                                         29,992      +       73      -    4,106
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (645)         454,822      +    6,410      +   11,446

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 405,830      +    4,681      +   15,220
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              25,253      +    4,187      -    3,712
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        3,703      -    3,587      -    3,356
   Foreign--official accounts                                              171      +        9      -       21
   Other                                                                   315      -       11      +       33
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     29,442      +      597      -    7,057
 Deferred availability cash items                        (645)           6,501      +    1,107      +    3,201
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,416      +      103      -      203
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (645)         446,189      +    6,488      +   11,161

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,139      +        1      +      319
 Surplus                                                                 3,966               0      +      283
 Other capital accounts                                                    528      -       79      -      317
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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 $    12,693 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $       335 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 $       124 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 3, 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              61          0  Within 15 days                17,925 -      648        470 +      163
 16 days to 90 days         204          0  16 days to 90 days            93,246 +      618        730 +      237
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            116,132 +    3,941        645 +       33
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        92,749 +    1,055        485          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      32,941          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 38,721          0         25          0
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   Total                    265          0    Total                      391,714 +    4,966      2,821 +      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 3, 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                                        523       21        23        33      22      86      70        42      30        21      49      42        84

 Loans                                       265        9         1         0       0       0       7        35      50       110      29      11        14
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,388      141       888        92     140     198     159       259     112        36      75      86       202
   Held under repurchase agreements 1        433        0       433         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                186,158   10,953    69,231     7,205  10,941  15,437  12,423    20,174   8,721     2,808   5,831   6,666    15,767
                    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             382,702   22,518   142,325    14,812  22,493  31,735  25,540    41,474  17,928     5,772  11,987  13,704    32,414
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      9,012        0     9,012         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       391,714   22,518   151,337    14,812  22,493  31,735  25,540    41,474  17,928     5,772  11,987  13,704    32,414
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         Total loans and securities      394,801   22,667   152,660    14,904  22,634  31,933  25,707    41,768  18,090     5,918  12,091  13,800    32,630

 Items in process of collection            7,751      719       991       358     346     655     910       718     318       516     424     388     1,409
 Bank premises                             1,182       94       147        48      89     127      81       111      31        84      56     157       159
 Other assets 3                           29,992    1,370     9,634     1,292   1,802   2,353   2,546     3,412     895       639   1,041   1,559     3,448
 Interdistrict settlement account              0     +856   -24,701    -1,468  +4,395  +8,213  +1,900      -238  -2,696      +635    -995    +904   +13,196
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  455,467   26,899   146,708    16,004  30,495  45,076  32,506    48,032  17,631     8,160  13,328  17,658    52,969
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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 $    12,693 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $       335 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
   $       124 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 3, 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                   405,830   24,315   132,327    14,262  28,291  41,436  28,202    42,543  16,115     6,136  11,333  13,802    47,068
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                25,253    1,318     5,769       895   1,041   1,841   2,314     3,181     827     1,188   1,055   2,852     2,973
   U.S. Treasury--general account          3,703        0     3,703         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                171        6        66         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     315        1       111         1       1      66       1       126       0         1       2       1         3
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     Total deposits                       29,442    1,325     9,649       903   1,051   1,918   2,330     3,324     831     1,192   1,062   2,862     2,996
 Deferred credit items                     7,146      659       804       257     347     747     797       645     248       530     405     311     1,395
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,416      258     1,573       188     252     357     309       465     208        95     168     172       373
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   446,834   26,557   144,353    15,610  29,941  44,457  31,637    46,977  17,402     7,953  12,969  17,147    51,832

        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                      528       10       196        13      27      35      55        73      25         7      31      14        40
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       ACCOUNTS                          455,467   26,899   146,708    16,004  30,495  45,076  32,506    48,032  17,631     8,160  13,328  17,658    52,969

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  518,722   29,120   187,097    17,460  30,992  47,590  34,581    49,595  18,425     6,976  12,954  20,677    63,255
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              112,892    4,806    54,770     3,198   2,701   6,154   6,380     7,052   2,310       840   1,620   6,874    16,187
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   F.R. notes, net                       405,830   24,315   132,327    14,262  28,291  41,436  28,202    42,543  16,115     6,136  11,333  13,802    47,068
 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      384,611
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     Total collateral                    405,830
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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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