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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

                                                                                               January 23, 1997
 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    Jan 22, 1997  Jan 15, 1997  Jan 24, 1996  Jan 22, 1997
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      434,156    -    5,442    +   21,700       434,703
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          391,658    +       16    +   17,246       391,872
     Held under repurchase agreements                           5,660    -    4,787    +    5,660         4,246
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,050    -       29    -      584         2,038
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,808    -      535    +    1,808         1,550
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             15    -       11    +        3             7
     Seasonal credit                                               17    -        1    +       12            17
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                        1,404    +      530    -    1,432         3,415
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,546    -      625    -    1,012        31,559
 Gold stock                                                    11,048             0    -        2        11,048
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 25,020    +       14    +      938        25,020
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                479,942    -    5,428    +   22,186       480,489

 Currency in circulation*                                     441,696    -    2,205    +   25,949       441,494
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          247    +        1    -       24           249
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     6,524    +    1,013    -      694         8,578
   Foreign                                                        214    +       32    +       39           169
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   7,574    +      365    +    1,153         7,575
   Other                                                          349    +       33    +       39           339
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            14,449    -       46    +    1,572        14,310
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              471,054    -      807    +   28,036       472,714

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                             8,889    -    4,622    -    5,850         7,775
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 On    January 22, 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 $     616,303 million, a change of - $     5,441 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    13,349 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    13,349 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    13,135 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    13,135 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $         0 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,688 million and adjustments of $       887 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
                                                                   Jan 22, 1997    Jan 15, 1997    Jan 24, 1996
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,048               0      -        5
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      651      +       35      +      159

 Loans                                                                      24      -      121      +        7
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,038      -       17      -      596
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    1,550      -    1,360      +    1,550
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              192,218      +    2,493      +   13,558
                    Notes                                              150,315               0      +      530
                    Bonds                                               49,339               0      +    5,270
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           391,872      +    2,493      +   19,358
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    4,246      -   10,402      +    4,246
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                396,118      -    7,909      +   23,604
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    399,730      -    9,406      +   24,565

 Items in process of collection                          (437)          12,830      +    5,510      +    7,033
 Bank premises                                                           1,236               0      +      100
 Other assets 3                                                         30,390      -      641      -    1,150
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (437)         465,603      -    4,503      +   30,253

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 417,374      -    1,551      +   26,218
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              15,321      -    7,145      -    3,576
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        8,578      +    1,057      +    1,489
   Foreign--official accounts                                              169      -        2      -        4
   Other                                                                   339      -       13      +       25
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     24,408      -    6,103      -    2,066
 Deferred availability cash items                        (437)           9,511      +    3,272      +    4,423
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,591      -      223      +      399
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (437)         455,884      -    4,604      +   28,974

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,689      +       11      +      698
 Surplus                                                                 4,496               0      +      529
 Other capital accounts                                                    535      +       90      +       52
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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 $    13,135 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $         0 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 $       136 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, JANUARY 22, 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
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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              24          0  Within 15 days                18,660 -    3,666      1,711 -    1,216
 16 days to 90 days           0          0  16 days to 90 days            84,285 -    4,043        636 -      161
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            122,835 -      200        240          0
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        94,730          0        520          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,782          0        457          0
                                            Over 10 years                 41,826          0         25          0
                     ---------- ----------                            ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
   Total                     24          0    Total                      396,118 -    7,909      3,588 -    1,377
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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 JANUARY 22, 1997
 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                 11,048      661     4,049       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                                        651       18        22        45      28     122      91        78      35        22      57      55        77

 Loans                                        24        5         0         3       0       0       0         6       2         0       7       0         1
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,038      120       758        79     120     169     136       221      95        31      64      73       173
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      1,550        0     1,550         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                192,218   11,310    71,485     7,439  11,298  15,939  12,828    20,831   9,005     2,899   6,021   6,883    16,280
                    Notes                150,315    8,844    55,902     5,818   8,835  12,465  10,031    16,290   7,042     2,267   4,708   5,383    12,731
                    Bonds                 49,339    2,903    18,349     1,910   2,900   4,091   3,293     5,347   2,311       744   1,545   1,767     4,179
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     Total bought outright 2             391,872   23,057   145,735    15,167  23,032  32,496  26,152    42,468  18,358     5,910  12,275  14,032    33,190
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      4,246        0     4,246         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       396,118   23,057   149,981    15,167  23,032  32,496  26,152    42,468  18,358     5,910  12,275  14,032    33,190
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         Total loans and securities      399,730   23,182   152,289    15,248  23,152  32,665  26,288    42,695  18,455     5,941  12,345  14,106    33,364

 Items in process of collection           13,268      724     1,927       488     766   1,096   1,249     1,231     581     1,044     672     661     2,828
 Bank premises                             1,236       95       150        50     108     128      80       110      31       114      56     155       160
 Other assets 3                           30,390    1,396     9,826     1,305   1,824   2,375   2,564     3,455     916       641   1,053   1,563     3,471
 Interdistrict settlement account              0      -81   -11,295    -3,348  +4,086  +2,255  -2,584    -1,611  -3,420    -1,321  -1,113    -332   +18,764
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  466,040   26,630   160,354    14,608  31,131  40,394  29,201    48,078  17,492     6,753  13,671  17,040    60,687
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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 $    13,135 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $         0 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
   $       136 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 JANUARY 22, 1997
 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                   417,374   24,557   143,034    12,797  29,096  37,679  25,435    43,293  16,156     5,226  11,789  14,697    53,615
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                15,321      817     3,384       680     743     750   1,474     2,101     502       398     698   1,056     2,719
   U.S. Treasury--general account          8,578        0     8,578         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                169        6        64         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     339        0       119         1       3      62       7       139       1         1       2       1         2
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     Total deposits                       24,408      824    12,146       688     755     823   1,495     2,257     506       403     705   1,066     2,741
 Deferred credit items                     9,948      593     1,268       367     409     854   1,014       930     364       808     636     573     2,132
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,591      272     1,603       198     264     373     322       488     218        99     175     181       397
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   456,321   26,246   158,052    14,049  30,525  39,729  28,266    46,968  17,244     6,536  13,305  16,516    58,885

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,689      182     1,076       273     294     318     461       537     114       107     178     257       890
 Surplus                                   4,496      168     1,023       268     286     310     415       524     112       104     171     250       865
 Other capital accounts                      535       34       203        17      27      37      59        48      23         6      17      16        47
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       ACCOUNTS                          466,040   26,630   160,354    14,608  31,131  40,394  29,201    48,078  17,492     6,753  13,671  17,040    60,687

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  523,724   30,264   185,371    15,903  32,608  44,694  33,760    51,106  19,226     6,933  13,938  20,540    69,381
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              106,350    5,707    42,337     3,106   3,512   7,015   8,324     7,813   3,070     1,707   2,150   5,844    15,765
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   F.R. notes, net                       417,374   24,557   143,034    12,797  29,096  37,679  25,435    43,293  16,156     5,226  11,789  14,697    53,615
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,048
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                   9,718
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      396,608
                                     ------------
     Total collateral                    417,374
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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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