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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
                                                                                                September 25,  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      Sep 24, 1997   Sep 17, 1997    Sep 25, 1996  Sep 24, 1997
 
Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                     453,087   +       1,501   +    25,365   457,453
  U.S. government securities
    Bought outright-system account (3)                         411,338   +         419   +    23,760   411,030
    Held under repurchase agreements                             8,509   +         901   +     3,211    12,519
  Federal agency obligations
    Bought outright                                                925               0   -     1,386       925
    Held under repurchase agreements                               725   +         165   +       639     1,056
  Acceptances                                                        0               0             0         0
  Loans to depository institutions
    Adjustment credit                                               17   -          67   -         3        11
    Seasonal credit                                                379   +           5   +        55       372
    Extended credit                                                  0               0             0         0
   Float                                                           491   -         240   +       250       442
   Other F.R. assets                                            30,704   +         318   -     1,163    31,098
Gold stock                                                      11,050               0   +         1    11,050
Special drawing rights certificate account                       9,200               0   -       518     9,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                   25,503   +          14   +       725    25,503
        Total factors supplying reserve funds                  498,841   +       1,515   +    25,572   503,206
 
Currency in circulation*                                       457,571   -       1,082   +    27,311   458,047
Treasury cash holdings*                                            262   +           2   -        24       255
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks
  Treasury                                                       6,949   +         142   -       671     7,328
  Foreign                                                          165   -           2   -         5       162
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                   7,104   +          77   +       603     7,104
  Other                                                            365   +           2   +         1       366
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                              16,183   +         278   +     1,849    15,962
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,
        absorbing reserve funds                                488,598   -         583   +    29,063   489,223
 
Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                           10,242   +       2,097   -     3,491    13,984
 
On   September 24, 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 $ 637,243 million, a change of - $ 4,287 million for the week.  The total includes the face
value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
1  Net of $ 14,741 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
    a net of $ 14,741 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. 
   government securities.
2 Net of $ 15,049 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $ 15,049 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $ 20 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
3 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of
   inflation on the principal of such securities.
4 Consists of required clearing balances of $ 6,808 million and adjustments of $ 295 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
                                                         Sep 24, 1997   Sep 17, 1997     Sep 25, 1996
                                 ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                     11,050                 0      +         1
Special drawing rights certificate account                    9,200                 0      -       518
Coin                                                            524       +        18      -        61
 
Loans                                                           383       -        30      -         3
Acceptances                                                       0                 0                0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                                               925                 0      -     1,384
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                        1,056       +       140      +       956
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                                    194,556       -       238      +     5,204
                   Notes (2)                                161,483                 0      +     9,091
                   Bonds                                     54,991                 0      +     7,123
    Total bought outright (3)                               411,030       -       238      +    21,417
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                       12,519       +     3,594      +     5,349
     Total U.S. government securities                       423,549       +     3,356      +    26,766
       Total loans and securities                           425,913       +     3,466      +    26,335
 
Items in process of collection              (431)             6,425       -       376      +       637
Bank premises                                                 1,269       +         2      +        62
Other assets (4)                                             29,813       +       508      -     1,149
              TOTAL ASSETS                  (431)           484,194       +     3,619      +    25,308
 
                             LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                       433,322       -       693      +    26,323
Deposits
  Depository institutions                                    21,185       +     8,207      -     3,823
  U.S. Treasury--general account                              7,328       -     3,659      +       482
  Foreign--official accounts                                    162       +         3      -         3
    Other                                   (1)                 366       -         7      -         3
      Total deposits                        (1)              29,040       +     4,545      -     3,348
Deferred availability cash items            (430)             5,870       -       552      +       472
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (5)                   4,991       +       276      +       407
             TOTAL LIABILITIES              (431)           473,223       +     3,576      +    23,854
                                                                                           
                               CAPITAL ACCOUNTS                                            
Capital paid in                                               5,225       +        13      +       676
Surplus                                                       4,496                 0      +       529
Other capital accounts                                        1,251       +        30      +       249
                                                                          
 
*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 $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and  $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation 
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 15,049 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes
   $ 20 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 $ 143 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, SEPTEMBER 24, 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     357        0  Within 15 days              20,441  -          2,606     1116  +            140
16 days to 90      26        0  16 days to 90 days          90,302  -             59       46                 0
Over 90 days        0        0  91 days to 1 year          138,991  +          6,020      202                 0
                                Over 1 year to 5 years      91,415                 0      338                 0
                                Over 5 years to 10 years    37,658  +              1      255                 0
                                Over 10 years               44,741                 0       25                 0
    Total         383        0       Total                 423,549  +          3,356     1981  +            140
 
1 Includes $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 10 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 SEPTEMBER 24, 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                     11,050         624       3,937         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                                            524          15          18          53          32          75          66          67          22          19          35          50          71
 
Loans                                           383           1           0           0           0           0           9          69          83         148          59           4           8
Acceptances                                       0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
Federal agency obligations
  Bought outright                               925          56         299          31          64          88          62          99          37          13          26          34         116
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)         1,056           0       1,056           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
U.S. government securities
  Bought outright--Bills                    194,556      11,861      62,929       6,504      13,458      18,511      12,983      20,752       7,749       2,710       5,555       7,066      24,478
                   Notes (2)                161,483       9,844      52,232       5,399      11,170      15,365      10,776      17,224       6,432       2,249       4,611       5,864      20,317
                   Bonds                     54,991       3,352      17,787       1,838       3,804       5,232       3,670       5,866       2,190         766       1,570       1,997       6,919
     Total bought outright(3)               411,030      25,057     132,948      13,741      28,431      39,108      27,428      43,842      16,371       5,724      11,737      14,927      51,714
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)        12,519           0      12,519           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
     Total U.S. govt. securities            423,549      25,057     145,467      13,741      28,431      39,108      27,428      43,842      16,371       5,724      11,737      14,927      51,714
       Total loans and securities           425,913      25,115     146,822      13,772      28,495      39,196      27,499      44,010      16,491       5,885      11,822      14,965      51,839
 
Items in process of collection                6,857         413         801         248         312         502         523         671         450         508         377         372       1,680
Bank premises                                 1,269          94         153          50         123         126          77         108          31         143          55         151         159
Other assets(4)                              29,813       1,267       9,168       1,390       1,809       2,290       2,318       3,237         834         570         971       1,359       4,601
Interdistrict settlement account                  0       -1733       17304       -2264       -1629       -6499       -1879       -2200       -2163        -614         -27        3751       -2046
          TOTAL ASSETS                      484,626      26,325     181,406      13,881      30,384      37,446      29,931      47,862      16,406       6,781      13,765      21,474      58,966
 
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 $ 1,150 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and $ 10 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation
  on the principal of such securities.
3 Net of $ 15,049 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.  Includes $ 20 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 
   $ 143 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 SEPTEMBER 24, 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                       433,322      23,090     165,351      11,529      28,214      33,284      26,809      42,570      14,922       4,078      12,182      19,113      52,178  
Deposits
  Depository institutions                    21,185       2,153       3,996       1,361         861       1,337       1,324       2,941         817       1,695         751       1,334       2,616
  U.S. Treasury--general account              7,328           0       7,328           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
  Foreign--official accounts                    162           5          51           9           9          10          13          17           4           3           5           8          28
  Other                                         367           1         103           0           3         104           2         145           0           1           4           1           1
    Total deposits                           29,042       2,160      11,478       1,370         874       1,451       1,339       3,103         820       1,699         760       1,342       2,644
Deferred credit items                         6,300         384         651         218         224         591         684         600         233         510         346         284       1,576
Other liabilities and accrued
  dividends (1)                               4,991         295       1,589         190         328         458         348         516         206         104         174         197         587
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                       473,655      25,928     179,069      13,308      29,641      35,784      29,181      46,788      16,182       6,390      13,462      20,936      56,985
 
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                               5,225         186       1,100         281         362         808         315         513         105         196         125         264         969
Surplus                                       4,496         168       1,023         268         286         310         415         524         112         104         171         250         865
Other capital accounts                        1,251          43         214          24          96         543          19          36           8          90           8          24         146
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
        ACCOUNTS                            484,626      26,325     181,406      13,881      30,384      37,446      29,931      47,862      16,406       6,781      13,765      21,474      58,966
 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
 
F.R. notes outstanding                      549,104      29,719     206,640      15,310      33,091      40,322      36,233      51,170      17,434       5,850      14,836      26,245      72,255
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                  115,782       6,629      41,288       3,781       4,877       7,038       9,423       8,600       2,511       1,772       2,654       7,132      20,076
  F.R. notes, net                           433,322      23,090     165,351      11,529      28,214      33,284      26,809      42,570      14,922       4,078      12,182      19,113      52,178
Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account                  11,050
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                      9,200
   Other eligible assets                          0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities         413,072
     Total collateral                       433,322
 
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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