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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 2, 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 1, 1997  Dec 25, 1996   Jan 3, 1996   Jan 1, 1997
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      447,648    +    6,141    +   19,099       452,338
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          392,382    -      272    +   13,827       390,907
     Held under repurchase agreements                          16,590    +    4,682    +    4,796        19,971
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,225             0    -      409         2,225
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,354    +      399    +      469         1,612
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             40    -       78    -      284            57
     Seasonal credit                                               57    -       13    +       33            29
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                        2,601    +    1,276    +    1,519         5,297
   Other F.R. assets                                           32,399    +      148    -      853        32,241
 Gold stock                                                    11,048             0    -        2        11,048
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,978    +       14    +      966        24,978
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                493,392    +    6,155    +   19,613       498,082

 Currency in circulation*                                     449,878    +    3,606    +   25,510       450,660
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          249             0    -       13           249
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     6,326    +      632    +       20         7,742
   Foreign                                                        171    -       30    -      127           167
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,892    -       32    +      544         6,892
   Other                                                          435    +      136    -      306           892
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            14,341    -      229    +    1,878        13,829
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              478,292    +    4,082    +   27,506       480,432

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            15,099    +    2,074    -    7,893        17,650
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 On     January 1, 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 $     618,074 million, a change of + $     7,120 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    13,231 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    13,231 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    14,706 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    14,706 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $       489 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     6,606 million and adjustments of $       286 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 1, 1997    Dec 25, 1996     Jan 3, 1996
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,048               0      -        2
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      591      -       30      +      179

 Loans                                                                      85      -       20      -      214
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,225               0      -      409
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    1,612      +      657      +       20
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              190,647      -    4,473      +    6,980
                    Notes                                              150,922               0      -       91
                    Bonds                                               49,339               0      +    5,270
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           390,907      -    4,473      +   12,158
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                   19,971      +    8,063      +    8,226
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                410,878      +    3,590      +   20,384
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    414,800      +    4,227      +   19,781

 Items in process of collection                          (367)          12,761      +    2,067      -    2,964
 Bank premises                                                           1,233      +        1      +      108
 Other assets 3                                                         30,989      -      127      -      869
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (367)         481,140      +    6,138      +   15,783

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 426,522      +    2,030      +   25,286
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              24,524      +    3,614      -   13,792
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        7,742      +    1,263      +    2,955
   Foreign--official accounts                                              167      -       47      +        2
   Other                                                                   892      +      628      +      635
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     33,325      +    5,457      -   10,200
 Deferred availability cash items                        (367)           7,464      -      504      -      674
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,732      +       25      +      404
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (367)         472,043      +    7,009      +   14,817

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,602      +        1      +      626
 Surplus                                                                 4,496      +      635      +      532
 Other capital accounts                                                      0      -    1,507      -      192
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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 $    14,706 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $       489 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 $        50 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 1, 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              75          0  Within 15 days                27,846 +    7,273      2,062 +      827
 16 days to 90 days          11          0  16 days to 90 days            89,036 -    4,349        541 -      153
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            122,780 +      572        232 -       17
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        95,608 +       94        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                     85          0    Total                      410,878 +    3,590      3,837 +      657
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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 1, 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                                        591       13        21        43      25     113      81        70      29        19      56      49        74

 Loans                                        85        0         0         9       0       0       0        18      29         7       7       1        15
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,225      131       827        86     131     184     148       241     104        34      70      80       188
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      1,612        0     1,612         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                190,647   11,217    70,901     7,379  11,205  15,809  12,723    20,661   8,931     2,875   5,972   6,827    16,147
                    Notes                150,922    8,880    56,127     5,841   8,870  12,515  10,072    16,356   7,070     2,276   4,727   5,404    12,783
                    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             390,907   23,000   145,377    15,129  22,976  32,416  26,087    42,364  18,312     5,896  12,244  13,998    33,108
   Held under repurchase agreements 1     19,971        0    19,971         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       410,878   23,000   165,348    15,129  22,976  32,416  26,087    42,364  18,312     5,896  12,244  13,998    33,108
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         Total loans and securities      414,800   23,131   167,787    15,224  23,106  32,600  26,236    42,623  18,445     5,936  12,321  14,078    33,312

 Items in process of collection           13,128      706     1,796       476     688   1,064   1,556     1,537     666       639     843   1,284     1,873
 Bank premises                             1,233       95       150        50     108     128      80       110      31       111      56     155       161
 Other assets 3                           30,989    1,363    10,910     1,280   1,787   2,326   2,520     3,303     887       631   1,031   1,541     3,411
 Interdistrict settlement account              0   +1,024   -27,599    -1,762  +5,007  +3,821    -511      +157  -2,694      -453    -650    +218   +23,441
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  481,507   27,629   160,499    16,131  31,888  41,805  31,477    49,919  18,257     7,194  14,257  18,156    64,295
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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 $    14,706 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $       489 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
   $        50 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 1, 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                   426,522   25,417   139,364    13,822  29,861  38,736  27,511    44,858  16,769     5,503  12,435  15,340    56,905
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                24,524    1,048     8,167     1,297     856   1,275   1,708     2,574     718       721     817   1,730     3,612
   U.S. Treasury--general account          7,742        0     7,742         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                167        6        62         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     892       38       410         9      43      89      53       120      33         7      21      19        51
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     Total deposits                       33,325    1,092    16,382     1,313     908   1,374   1,775     2,712     754       732     843   1,757     3,683
 Deferred credit items                     7,831      511       883       261     280     698   1,033       808     292       653     463     374     1,575
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,732      268     1,796       194     261     368     318       479     216        96     171     178       387
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   472,410   27,289   158,424    15,589  31,310  41,177  30,637    48,857  18,031     6,984  13,912  17,649    62,550

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,602      172     1,051       273     292     318     425       537     114       107     175     257       880
 Surplus                                   4,496      168     1,023       268     286     310     415       524     112       104     171     250       865
 Other capital accounts                        0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       ACCOUNTS                          481,507   27,629   160,499    16,131  31,888  41,805  31,477    49,919  18,257     7,194  14,257  18,156    64,295

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  526,826   30,331   183,368    16,172  32,850  45,352  34,458    51,546  19,480     7,027  14,148  21,005    71,088
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              100,304    4,914    44,004     2,351   2,989   6,616   6,947     6,688   2,711     1,524   1,713   5,666    14,182
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   F.R. notes, net                       426,522   25,417   139,364    13,822  29,861  38,736  27,511    44,858  16,769     5,503  12,435  15,340    56,905
 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      405,756
                                     ------------
     Total collateral                    426,522
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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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