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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

                                                                                             September 12, 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    Sep 11, 1996   Sep 4, 1996  Sep 13, 1995  Sep 11, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      428,084    -       89    +   16,875       431,746
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          387,539    +      416    +   16,303       387,166
     Held under repurchase agreements                           3,974    -    1,018    -      566         7,400
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,329    -        7    -      612         2,311
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,759    +      450    +    1,432         2,440
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             32    -      108    +       24            77
     Seasonal credit                                              291    -       33    +       48           295
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          985    +      274    +      690           713
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,175    -       61    -      444        31,342
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        3        11,050
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      800         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,651    +       14    +      947        24,651
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         Total factors supplying reserve funds                473,503    -       75    +   17,019       477,165

 Currency in circulation*                                     433,324    +      897    +   20,749       433,215
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          278    +        1    -       39           283
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     4,669    -      678    -      234         5,054
   Foreign                                                        173    +        1    -        9           160
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,313    +       38    +    1,443         6,313
   Other                                                          351    +       38    +       12           351
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,914    -      102    +    2,038        13,953
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              459,022    +      194    +   23,960       459,329

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            14,481    -      269    -    6,941        17,835
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 On  September 11, 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 $     583,427 million, a change of + $     3,318 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    11,572 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    11,572 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    11,945 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    11,945 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $        60 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,071 million and adjustments of $       242 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
                                                                   Sep 11, 1996     Sep 4, 1996    Sep 13, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,050               0      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      800
 Coin                                                                      562      +       31      +      199

 Loans                                                                     372      -      253      +      123
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,311      -       25      -      630
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    2,440      +      945      +    1,231
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              186,906      -      339      +    5,380
                    Notes                                              152,392               0      +    4,488
                    Bonds                                               47,869               0      +    5,196
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           387,166      -      339      +   15,064
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    7,400      +    4,205      -      775
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                394,566      +    3,866      +   14,289
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    399,690      +    4,532      +   15,014

 Items in process of collection                          (487)           6,592      -    3,606      +    1,060
 Bank premises                                                           1,202      +        5      +       92
 Other assets 3                                                         30,169      +      266      -      644
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (487)         458,983      +    1,228      +   14,916

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 409,409      -      897      +   19,790
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              24,371      +    5,202      -    6,242
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        5,054      -      771      -    1,032
   Foreign--official accounts                                              160      -       11      -       17
   Other                                                                   351      -        6      +       12
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     29,936      +    4,414      -    7,280
 Deferred availability cash items                        (488)           5,685      -    2,601      +      537
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,442      +       45      -      107
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (487)         449,471      +      961      +   12,941

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,541      +       23      +      635
 Surplus                                                                 3,966               0      +      576
 Other capital accounts                                                  1,004      +      245      +      765
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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 $    11,945 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $        60 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 $       128 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, SEPTEMBER 11, 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             137          0  Within 15 days                21,043 +    3,592      2,442 +      922
 16 days to 90 days         235          0  16 days to 90 days            89,313 +      274        901 +       10
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            115,174          0        477 +       23
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        95,027          0        440 -       35
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,653          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 40,356          0         25          0
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   Total                    372          0    Total                      394,566 +    3,866      4,751 +      920
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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 SEPTEMBER 11, 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.      9,718      636     3,385       396     543     835     745       979     419       144     280     399       957
 Coin                                        562       14        19        37      29      93      80        56      29        18      64      49        73

 Loans                                       372        0         0         7       0       0      10        43      68       119     113       5         9
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,311      136       860        89     136     192     154       251     108        35      72      83       196
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      2,440        0     2,440         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                186,906   10,997    69,509     7,234  10,985  15,499  12,473    20,255   8,756     2,819   5,854   6,693    15,830
                    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             387,166   22,780   143,985    14,985  22,756  32,105  25,838    41,958  18,137     5,839  12,127  13,864    32,792
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      7,400        0     7,400         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       394,566   22,780   151,385    14,985  22,756  32,105  25,838    41,958  18,137     5,839  12,127  13,864    32,792
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         Total loans and securities      399,690   22,916   154,685    15,081  22,892  32,297  26,002    42,251  18,313     5,993  12,312  13,951    32,997

 Items in process of collection            7,079      520     1,007       263     251     614     800       618     285       465     458     540     1,260
 Bank premises                             1,202       94       147        48      94     127      81       110      30        99      55     155       161
 Other assets 3                           30,169    1,386     9,494     1,316   1,830   2,363   2,595     3,471     903       650   1,058   1,587     3,514
 Interdistrict settlement account              0     +556   -28,309    -2,351  +7,171  +5,756    +920      +485  -3,126      -528  -1,323    -276   +21,026
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  459,470   26,782   144,478    15,212  33,434  43,005  31,992    49,110  17,328     7,008  13,226  16,838    61,055
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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 $    11,945 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $        60 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
   $       128 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 SEPTEMBER 11, 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                   409,409   24,396   128,224    13,459  30,348  39,447  28,449    44,285  15,695     5,682  11,316  13,382    54,727
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                24,371    1,319     6,420       864   2,010   1,796   1,585     2,596     973       535     953   2,481     2,839
   U.S. Treasury--general account          5,054        0     5,054         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                160        6        55         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     351        0       107         1       3     101       3       129       0         1       2       1         3
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     Total deposits                       29,936    1,326    11,636       871   2,022   1,908   1,602     2,743     977       539     960   2,491     2,862
 Deferred credit items                     6,173      442       677       236     229     632     745       510     206       474     417     270     1,335
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,442      258     1,550       191     255     358     313       464     209       102     170     175       396
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   449,959   26,422   142,087    14,757  32,854  42,345  31,108    48,001  17,086     6,798  12,863  16,318    59,319

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,541      167     1,097       222     289     312     427       539     111       102     175     251       849
 Surplus                                   3,966      171     1,057       190     259     292     389       473      98        99     152     246       542
 Other capital accounts                    1,004       22       237        44      33      57      68        97      33         9      36      22       345
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       ACCOUNTS                          459,470   26,782   144,478    15,212  33,434  43,005  31,992    49,110  17,328     7,008  13,226  16,838    61,055

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  529,658   29,656   182,059    16,675  33,460  47,043  35,500    52,758  19,273     6,981  13,391  21,936    70,927
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              120,249    5,260    53,835     3,216   3,111   7,596   7,052     8,474   3,578     1,299   2,075   8,554    16,201
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   F.R. notes, net                       409,409   24,396   128,224    13,459  30,348  39,447  28,449    44,285  15,695     5,682  11,316  13,382    54,727
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,050
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                   9,718
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      388,641
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     Total collateral                    409,409
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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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