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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 16, 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 15, 1997   Jan 8, 1997  Jan 17, 1996  Jan 15, 1997
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      439,655    -    1,678    +   23,125       441,713
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          391,642    -      269    +   13,887       389,379
     Held under repurchase agreements                          10,447    -    1,970    +    9,899        14,648
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,079    -      146    -      555         2,055
     Held under repurchase agreements                           2,342    +      712    +    1,699         2,910
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             26    -       17    -        7           131
     Seasonal credit                                               17    -        2    +       15            14
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          929    -      420    -    1,546           403
   Other F.R. assets                                           32,172    +      435    -      267        32,174
 Gold stock                                                    11,048             0    -        2        11,048
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 25,006    +       14    +      948        25,006
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                485,427    -    1,663    +   23,621       487,485

 Currency in circulation*                                     443,901    -    4,382    +   24,697       443,066
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          247    -        2    +       21           247
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,512    +    1,032    -       37         7,521
   Foreign                                                        182    +        5    +        8           171
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   7,209    +      329    +    1,782         7,209
   Other                                                          316    +       69    +       29           352
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            14,495    +      489    +    1,555        14,432
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         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              471,860    -    2,460    +   28,055       472,999

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            13,567    +      797    -    4,434        14,486
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 On    January 15, 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 $     621,744 million, a change of + $     3,809 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    13,884 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    13,884 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    15,628 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    15,628 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $        40 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,550 million and adjustments of $       659 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 15, 1997     Jan 8, 1997    Jan 17, 1996
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,048               0      -        2
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      617      +       30      +      170

 Loans                                                                     145      +       94               0
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,055      -      170      -      579
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    2,910      +      726      -       90
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              189,724      -    2,336      +    5,878
                    Notes                                              150,315      -      607      +      530
                    Bonds                                               49,339               0      +    5,270
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           389,379      -    2,942      +   11,678
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                   14,648      +    4,873      +   13,148
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                404,027      +    1,931      +   24,826
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    409,136      +    2,580      +   24,156

 Items in process of collection                          (535)           7,321      -      199      -   11,591
 Bank premises                                                           1,236               0      +      101
 Other assets 3                                                         31,030      +      156      -      223
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (535)         470,106      +    2,567      +   12,161

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 418,924      -    3,586      +   23,580
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              22,467      +    3,142      -    9,469
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        7,521      +    2,460      -      338
   Foreign--official accounts                                              171      +        2      +        6
   Other                                                                   352      +      115      +       45
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     30,511      +    5,719      -    9,756
 Deferred availability cash items                        (535)           6,238      -       44      -    3,417
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,814      +      349      +      534
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (535)         460,488      +    2,438      +   10,941

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,678      +       78      +      690
 Surplus                                                                 4,496               0      +      529
 Other capital accounts                                                    444      +       51               0
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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 $    15,628 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $        40 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 15, 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             137          0  Within 15 days                22,325 -      991      2,927 +      556
 16 days to 90 days           8          0  16 days to 90 days            88,328 -    1,311        797          0
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            123,035 +    5,110        240          0
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        94,730 -      878        520          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,782          0        457          0
                                            Over 10 years                 41,826          0         25          0
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   Total                    145          0    Total                      404,027 +    1,931      4,965 +      556
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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 15, 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                                        617       15        21        45      26     119      83        75      34        20      54      54        72

 Loans                                       145        3       125         0       0       0       0         7       0         0       8       0         1
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,055      121       764        80     121     170     137       223      96        31      64      74       174
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      2,910        0     2,910         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                189,724   11,163    70,558     7,343  11,151  15,733  12,661    20,561   8,888     2,861   5,943   6,794    16,069
                    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             389,379   22,910   144,808    15,070  22,886  32,289  25,985    42,198  18,241     5,873  12,197  13,943    32,979
   Held under repurchase agreements 1     14,648        0    14,648         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       404,027   22,910   159,456    15,070  22,886  32,289  25,985    42,198  18,241     5,873  12,197  13,943    32,979
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         Total loans and securities      409,136   23,035   163,255    15,150  23,007  32,459  26,123    42,428  18,337     5,904  12,269  14,016    33,154

 Items in process of collection            7,855      429     1,168       372     283     593     960       645     592       584     427     398     1,405
 Bank premises                             1,236       95       150        50     108     128      80       110      31       114      56     155       160
 Other assets 3                           31,030    1,378    10,590     1,295   1,806   2,351   2,613     3,423     902       634   1,043   1,552     3,443
 Interdistrict settlement account              0     +520   -22,993    -2,698  +4,984  +3,720  -1,866      +539  -2,744      -861    -366    +534   +21,230
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  470,640   26,768   159,625    15,032  31,380  41,124  29,507    49,338  18,044     6,706  14,084  17,541    61,489
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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 $    15,628 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $        40 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 15, 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                   418,924   24,750   141,556    12,989  29,240  37,776  25,976    43,803  16,268     5,349  11,988  14,806    54,423
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                22,467      964     5,471     1,003     931   1,690   1,438     3,234   1,059       540   1,159   1,710     3,268
   U.S. Treasury--general account          7,521        0     7,521         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                                     352        1       114         1       4      63      18       143       0         1       2       3         2
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     Total deposits                       30,511      971    13,173     1,011     944   1,763   1,470     3,394   1,062       544   1,167   1,722     3,289
 Deferred credit items                     6,773      401       819       276     327     546     836       541     246       495     393     309     1,584
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,814      272     1,798       198     267     380     326       490     221       102     177     181       402
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   461,022   26,395   157,347    14,474  30,777  40,465  28,609    48,227  17,798     6,490  13,724  17,018    59,698

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,678      182     1,073       273     293     318     456       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                      444       24       183        17      26      31      28        49      20         6      11      16        36
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       ACCOUNTS                          470,640   26,768   159,625    15,032  31,380  41,124  29,507    49,338  18,044     6,706  14,084  17,541    61,489

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  523,662   30,245   183,861    15,988  32,681  44,869  33,989    51,232  19,300     6,955  13,975  20,690    69,877
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              104,737    5,494    42,305     2,999   3,441   7,093   8,013     7,429   3,032     1,606   1,987   5,884    15,453
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   F.R. notes, net                       418,924   24,750   141,556    12,989  29,240  37,776  25,976    43,803  16,268     5,349  11,988  14,806    54,423
 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      398,159
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     Total collateral                    418,924
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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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