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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 29,  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 28, 1997   May 21, 1997    May 29, 1996  May 28, 1997
 
Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     442,688   +         391   +    26,322   444,124
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         406,056   +         149   +    25,618   406,293
    Held under repurchase agreements                             4,889   +          46   +     2,713     5,213
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                              1,970               0   -       469     1,970
    Held under repurchase agreements                               631   +         232   -        54       827
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                               18   -           7   -         7        12
    Seasonal credit                                                209   +          26   +        76       213
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                            63   -         336   -        93       525
   Other F.R. assets                                            28,851   +         280   -     1,462    29,069
Gold stock                                                      11,051               0             0    11,051
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,200               0   -       968     9,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,285   +          14   +       846    25,285
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  488,224   +         405   +    26,200   489,659
 
Currency in circulation*                                       450,862   +       2,539   +    28,682   452,379
Treasury cash holdings*                                            327   +           4   +        63       330
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                       5,053   -         123   -       122     4,824
  Foreign                                                          186   +          20   -         9       223
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   7,166   +          52   +       452     7,166
  Other                                                            368   +           8   +        20       370
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              15,008   -          38   +     2,037    14,800
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                478,971   +       2,463   +    31,123   480,091
 
Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                            9,253   -       2,058   -     4,923     9,568
 
On   May 28, 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 $ 643,430 million, a change of + $ 1,764 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 13,638 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 13,638 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 13,402 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 13,402 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 75 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
3 Includes $ 750 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 7 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 6,980 million and adjustments of $ 186 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 28, 1997   May 21, 1997     May 29, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,051                 0                0
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,200                 0      -       968
Coin                                                            526       -        40      -        11
 
Loans                                                           226       +        13      +        65
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                             1,970                 0      -       458
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                          827       -       726      -        23
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    195,607       +       206      +    10,363
                   Notes (2)                                157,770                 0      +     7,668
                   Bonds                                     52,916                 0      +     6,473
    Total bought outright (3)                               406,293       +       207      +    24,504
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        5,213       -     2,855      +     1,848
     Total U.S. government securities                       411,506       -     2,648      +    26,352
       Total loans and securities                           414,530       -     3,361      +    25,937
 
Items in process of collection              (362)             8,780       +     2,589      +       580
Bank premises                                                 1,244       +         1      +        73
Other assets (4)                                             27,926       +       215      -     1,505
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (362)           473,257       -       597      +    24,106
 
                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       427,950       +     2,678      +    27,782
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    17,144       -     4,959      -     5,516
  U.S. Treasury--general account                              4,824       -       483      -       557
  Foreign--official accounts                                    223       +        61      +        43
    Other                                   (2)                 370                 0      +        13
      Total deposits                        (2)              22,561       -     5,382      -     6,018
Deferred availability cash items            (360)             7,945       +     2,135      +       324
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   4,799       -        45      +       646
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (362)           463,256       -       614      +    22,733
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               4,826       +        10      +       726
Surplus                                                       4,496                 0      +       529
Other capital accounts                                          679       +         7      +       117
                                                                          
 
*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  $ 7 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 13,402 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 75 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 $ 132 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 28, 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     201        0  Within 15 days              20,304  -          2,363     1301  -            559
16 days to 90      25        0  16 days to 90 days          93,491  +          5,665      434  -            167
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          121,699  -          5,950      315                 0
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      94,392                 0      416                 0
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    38,516                 0      307                 0
                                Over 10 years               43,105                 0       25                 0
    Total         226        0       Total                 411,506  -          2,649     2797  -            726
 
1 Includes $ 750 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 7 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 28, 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                                            526          14          22          64          26          80          52          67          25          25          46          39          66
 
Loans                                           226           8           0           3           0           0           8          43          44          80          26           4          11
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)           827           0         827           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    195,607      11,925      63,269       6,539      13,530      18,611      13,053      20,864       7,791       2,724       5,585       7,104      24,611
                   Notes (2)                157,770       9,618      51,031       5,274      10,913      15,011      10,528      16,829       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)               406,293      24,769     131,416      13,583      28,104      38,657      27,112      43,337      16,182       5,658      11,601      14,755      51,118
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         5,213           0       5,213           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            411,506      24,769     136,629      13,583      28,104      38,657      27,112      43,337      16,182       5,658      11,601      14,755      51,118
       Total loans and securities           414,530      24,896     138,093      13,652      28,240      38,845      27,251      43,590      16,305       5,765      11,684      14,830      51,377
 
Items in process of collection                9,142         590       1,149         392         450         724         910         816         404         690         492         452       2,073
Bank premises                                 1,244          95         153          50         112         127          73         109          30         128          56         152         159
Other assets(4)                              27,926       1,200       8,014       1,353       1,734       2,200       2,255       3,106         790         551         934       1,320       4,468
Interdistrict settlement account                  0       -1971       14373       -1308       -2686       -4756       -5278       -2975       -2170       -1103       -1076        4442        4507
          TOTAL ASSETS                      473,619      25,979     168,946      14,834      29,119      38,977      26,589      46,681      16,124       6,327      12,669      22,061      65,312
 
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 $ 7 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 13,402 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 75 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 
   $ 132 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 28, 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                       427,950      23,683     155,629      12,915      27,215      35,557      23,013      41,806      14,868       4,957      11,063      19,599      57,644
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    17,144       1,024       3,395         818         658       1,445       1,430       2,307         516         363         581       1,373       3,236
  U.S. Treasury--general account              4,824           0       4,824           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    223           5         112           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         372           0         118           1           3         107           2         135           1           1           1           1           3
    Total deposits                           22,563       1,030       8,449         827         670       1,561       1,445       2,459         520         367         588       1,382       3,266
Deferred credit items                         8,306         567       1,062         322         312         701         823         775         294         667         481         358       1,943
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               4,799         284       1,526         185         317         428         338         496         198          99         169         190         570
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       463,618      25,564     166,666      14,249      28,514      38,247      25,619      45,535      15,881       6,089      12,301      21,529      63,423
 
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               4,826         194       1,075         288         289         344         477         555         115         117         180         262         928
Surplus                                       4,496         168       1,023         268         286         310         415         524         112         104         171         250         865
Other capital accounts                          679          52         181          29          30          76          78          66          17          16          17          20          95
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            473,619      25,979     168,946      14,834      29,119      38,977      26,589      46,681      16,124       6,327      12,669      22,061      65,312
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
 
F.R. notes outstanding                      535,437      29,770     201,059      16,132      30,198      41,749      31,260      49,809      17,544       6,362      12,966      24,911      73,676
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  107,486       6,087      45,430       3,217       2,982       6,192       8,247       8,003       2,676       1,406       1,903       5,311      16,031
  F.R. notes, net                           427,950      23,683     155,629      12,915      27,215      35,557      23,013      41,806      14,868       4,957      11,063      19,599      57,644
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         407,699
     Total collateral                       427,950
 
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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