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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
                                                                                            August 26, 1999
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     Aug 25, 1999 Aug 18, 1999 Aug 26, 1998 Aug 25, 1999

Reserve Bank Credit  (1,2)                                  527,424    -     532    +  46,431      532,606
  U.S. government securities			        		      		     		
    Bought outright-system account (3)                      489,467    +   2,282    +  47,189      490,096
    Held under repurchase agreements                            642    -     410    -   2,170        1,195
  Federal agency obligations			        		      		     		
    Bought outright                                             247    -       2    -     204          238
    Held under repurchase agreements                          4,527    -   1,120    +     889        8,250
  Acceptances                                                     0            0            0            0
  Loans to depository institutions

    Adjustment credit                                            36    +      11    +      32           33
    Seasonal credit                                             279    +      12    +      25          289
    Extended credit                                               0            0            0            0
   Float                                                        174    -     146    -     247          201
   Other F.R. assets                                         32,052    -   1,158    +     917       32,304
Gold stock                                                   11,047            0    +       3       11,046
Special drawing rights certificate account                    8,200            0    -   1,000        8,200
Treasury currency outstanding                                27,116    +      14    +   1,214       27,116
        Total factors supplying reserve funds               573,787    -     518    +  46,648      578,968
						        		      		     		
Currency in circulation*                                    536,056    -     224    +  48,280      537,160
Treasury cash holdings*                                          83    +      21    -      10           84
Deposits,other than reserve balances,with F.R.Banks     		      		     		
  Treasury                                                    4,851    -     229    -      54        5,401
  Foreign                                                       180    -      27    +      13          164
  Service-related balances and adjustments (4)                7,033    +      27    -     135        7,032
  Other                                                         282    +      15    -      91          266
Other F.R. liabilities and capital                           18,044    +     184    +     967       17,934
        Total factors, other than reserve balances,     		      		     		
        absorbing reserve funds                             566,529    -     234    +  48,971      568,041

Reserve balances with F.R. Banks  (5)                         7,258    -     284    -   2,323       10,927
						       		      		     		
On    August 25, 1999, the face amount of marketable U.S. government securities held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks for foreign official and international accounts was    607,906 million, a change of
 +$  1,232 million for the week.  The total includes the face value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero
coupon bonds.
1  Net of $     16,534 million daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the
   latest statement week, of which a net of $     16,534 million was with foreign official and international
   accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
2  Net of $     16,482 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest
   statement week, of which a net of $     16,482 million was with foreign official and international
   accounts.  Includes $        704 million securities loaned--fully secured U.S. government securities.
3  Includes $      5,108 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        156 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
4  Consists of required clearing balances of $      6,739 million and adjustments of $        293 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
                                                           Aug 25, 1999     Aug 18, 1999     Aug 26, 1998
                ASSETS
Gold certificate account                                        11,046        -       1                0
Special drawing rights certificate account                       8,200                0        -   1,000
Coin                                                               302                0        -     112
					
Loans                                                              321        +      19        +      61
Acceptances                                                          0                0                0
Federal agency obligations		
  Bought outright                                                  238        -      11        -     213
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                           8,250        +   3,350        +   3,286
U.S. government securities		
  Bought outright--Bills                                       199,218        -     540        +   1,143
                   Notes (2)                                   210,829        +   1,256        +  33,524
                   Bonds (3)                                    80,049        +   1,090        +  14,074
    Total bought outright (4)                                  490,096        +   1,806        +  48,741
  Held under repurchase agreements (1)                           1,195        +     530        -   8,077
     Total U.S. government securities                          491,291        +   2,336        +  31,392
       Total loans and securities                              500,101        +   5,694        +  43,800
					
Items in process of collection                      (684)        7,130        +      49        +     595
Bank premises                                                    1,330        +       7        +      36
Other assets (5)                                                31,054        +     690        +     673
                TOTAL ASSETS                        (684)      559,163        +   6,438        +  43,991
					
                LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                                          510,430        +     133        +  46,791
Deposits		 		
  Depository institutions                                       18,375        +   5,908        -   5,257
  U.S. Treasury--general account                                 5,401        +     498        +   1,070
  Foreign--official accounts                                       164        -      77        +       2
    Other                                             (0)          266        +       3        -      99
      Total deposits                                  (0)       24,206        +   6,331        -   4,285
Deferred availability cash items                    (684)        6,593        -     435        +     450
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (6)                      4,558        +     372        -     291
                TOTAL LIABILITIES                   (684)      545,788        +   6,402        +  42,666
					
                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in                                                  6,302        +       5        +     438
Surplus                                                          5,952                0        +     732
Other capital accounts                                           1,121        +      32        +     156

*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 $      3,938 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        130 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
3  Includes $      1,170 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $         26 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
4  Net of $     16,482 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest
   statement week.  Includes $        704 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government
   securities.
5  Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates.  Includes
   special investment account at Chicago of $          0 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.
6  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,    August 25, 1999
Holdings of securities include securitites held under repurchase agreements, which are classified according
to remaining maturity.

Millions of dollars
                                                                 U.S. government         Federal agency
                    Loans   Acceptances                           securities (1)           obligations
                                                                           Weekly                 Weekly
                                                               Holdings    changes    Holdings    changes
Within 15 days        288          0     Within 15 days          13,846   -   4,950      8,250   +   3,339
16 to 90 days          33          0     16 to 90 days           99,148   -     185         27           0
Over 90 days            0          0     91 days to 1 year      140,219   +   5,125         41           0
                                         Over 1 to 5 years      123,110   +     824         20           0
                                         Over 5 to 10 years      50,195   +     447        150           0
                                         Over 10 years           64,773   +   1,075          0           0
    Total             321          0         Total              491,291   +   2,336      8,488   +   3,339

1  Includes $      5,108 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        156 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    August 25, 1999
Millions of dollars
                                                                                                                                                            Kansas                 San
                                               Total     Boston   New York Philadelphia Cleveland   Richmond   Atlanta    Chicago   St. Louis  Minneapolis   City      Dallas   Francisco
         ASSETS
Gold certificate account                      11,046        533      4,433        319        566        834        724        993        337        140        313        575      1,279
Special drawing rights certif. acct.           8,200        406      3,215        247        396        683        596        725        232        103        231        451        915
Coin                                             302          6         10         17         21         39         43         30         21         15         25         43         33
				
Loans                                            321          0          0          6          0          0         10         73         68         73         44          2         46
Acceptances                                        0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
Federal agency obligations	
  Bought outright                                238         12         95          7         14         18         14         22          8          3          7         12         26
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)          8,250          0      8,250          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
U.S. government securities	
  Bought outright--Bills                     199,218     10,302     79,338      5,967     11,532     14,987     12,126     18,711      6,553      2,383      5,974      9,926     21,419
                   Notes (2)                 210,829     10,903     83,962      6,315     12,204     15,861     12,833     19,801      6,935      2,521      6,322     10,505     22,668
                   Bonds (3)                  80,049      4,140     31,879      2,398      4,634      6,022      4,873      7,518      2,633        957      2,401      3,989      8,607
     Total bought outright(4)                490,096     25,344    195,178     14,679     28,369     36,870     29,832     46,030     16,121      5,861     14,697     24,420     52,694
  Held under repurchase agreements(1)          1,195          0      1,195          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
     Total U.S. govt. securities             491,291     25,344    196,373     14,679     28,369     36,870     29,832     46,030     16,121      5,861     14,697     24,420     52,694
       Total loans and securities            500,101     25,357    204,718     14,692     28,383     36,888     29,856     46,125     16,197      5,938     14,748     24,434     52,765
				
Items in process of collection                 7,814        374      1,015        391        310        500        739        565        404        696        333        411      2,077
Bank premises                                  1,330         93        163         50        157        124        113        107         31        129         52        147        165
Other assets(5)                               31,054      1,409     10,189        889      1,847      4,369      1,971      2,796        774        726        794      1,282      4,008
Interdistrict settlement account                   0    +   323    - 2,292    + 6,830    - 2,445    -10,877    + 1,082    +15,653    + 2,753    - 2,815    + 1,860    - 7,600    - 2,472
          TOTAL ASSETS                       559,847     28,500    221,451     23,436     29,235     32,561     35,124     66,993     20,749      4,932     18,354     19,742     58,770

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 $      3,938 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $        130 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
3  Includes $      1,170 million of inflation-indexed securities valued at the original face amount and
   $         26 million of compensation that adjusts for the effects of inflation on the principal of such
   securities.
4  Net of $     16,482 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest
   statement week.  Includes $        704 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government
   securities.
5  Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates.  Includes
   special investment account at Chicago of $          0 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    August 25, 1999
Millions of dollars
                                                                                                                                                            Kansas                 San
                                               Total     Boston   New York Philadelphia Cleveland   Richmond   Atlanta    Chicago   St. Louis  Minneapolis   City      Dallas   Francisco
       LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes                        510,430     25,423    206,757     22,041     26,502     26,790     31,893     61,243     19,057      3,269     16,888     17,716     52,852
Deposits			      	
  Depository institutions                     18,375      1,902      3,675        549      1,309      1,474      1,209      3,542        816        607        560        969      1,763
  U.S. Treasury--general account               5,401          0      5,401          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0          0
  Foreign--official accounts                     164          7         48          4         10         30         10         14          3          5          3          6         24
  Other                                          266          0        136          0          2        106          1          1          2          0          8          2          7
    Total deposits                            24,206      1,909      9,260        554      1,321      1,610      1,220      3,557        821        612        571        977      1,793
Deferred credit items                          7,277        334        825        282        298        554        822        526        376        539        372        364      1,986
Other liabilities and accrued	      	
  dividends (1)                                4,558        233      1,770        157        256        350        300        409        165         90        162        223        444
    TOTAL LIABILITIES                        546,472     27,900    218,611     23,034     28,376     29,303     34,236     65,736     20,420      4,509     17,993     19,280     57,075
				      	
       CAPITAL ACCOUNTS		      	
Capital paid in                                6,302        287      1,316        194        415      1,631        430        606        158        209        174        211        671
Surplus                                        5,952        267      1,208        177        399      1,238        418        583        121        202        140        227        972
Other capital accounts                         1,121         46        315         31         44        389         41         68         51         11         46         25         52
     TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL    	
        ACCOUNTS                             559,847     28,500    221,451     23,436     29,235     32,561     35,124     66,993     20,749      4,932     18,354     19,742     58,770
				      	
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS      	
				      	
F.R. notes outstanding                       774,639     33,883    306,177     31,147     36,316     52,771     56,427     76,963     26,175     11,450     24,848     37,701     80,781
  Less--Held by F.R. Banks                   264,208      8,459     99,421      9,106      9,814     25,981     24,535     15,720      7,118      8,181      7,960     19,985     27,929
  F.R. notes, net                            510,430     25,423    206,757     22,041     26,502     26,790     31,893     61,243     19,057      3,269     16,888     17,716     52,852
Collateral held against F.R. notes    	
   Gold certificate account                   11,046
   Special drawing rights	      	
     certificate account                       8,200
   Other eligible assets                           0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities          491,184
     Total collateral                        510,430

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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